Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-24

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THE LATEST OPINIONS OF THE LONDON fINKs.
Prom the London rimss. pe.5
Cen Scott denies that 1, " In direc, obsdience IN IN
s,ructiors from the goyernmrnt at Wsshpetop. that
Commodore Wilkes penetrated the outrage 9non our
a,g Sofsr 60 we'll Cen Soott however bas only de.
MED what no one ever believed Our special correspond
| ert at Washington had by anticipatiou fortified us
against giving credence 70 any such fabrication Hehad
already oi "a that the act Of the CAPTAIN of the San ia
ciho was his own and that he had undertaken this CO.
terprise as meaps of distinguishing hn,ef IL Is rot
however very assuring to fed that Gen. Scott like his
ccuntrymen Is rather refined 10 dsavow the conception
this than repu iate it now at It has been done
He wishes to look upon Il as yery small afr dr. and he
does no: seem to be able TO see that the question of
What is coutraband of war cannot be as lawfully deter
;oed nv an oel er NJ sea aa nv an n,,a
court He tIipks that after nnb,ic insnt has ham
og.rod nv tho of;cer If ons conn,r ~ ,ba a., 81 a.
o,ber ,hs 6rst tbino 20 hs Jo,e Il NOT co,n1.,a 90
tuition but an areumept between the ministers of tho
two countries whether what has been done in violence
might not hays been legally effected In a nescefuI
msnuer General Scott pfeyously mistakes the feeling
the country If he believes that good relations
America and England are TO be nreserved nv anv such
spgoes,iona as t6ess We have ant IN Wssbi,e,on
When tia, has heen donc We shs he bsnnv to d;scnss
The otbsr onss,;on, at ;.n. A. snv Ian 9th fhs
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eTas they lave seeh 'ois anu nave msoe SUM-
clumsy a"euPs 70 meet H. vi coute' hiSAhn1t DC ar
gue1 upon P.'ncPe. lug cgs.q uences VI sucu ruie
L WOUu W uhNeEth puuCys ~ 10 hbtmpteu, netelOTt
oy some sr.es, and even oy some Wno ougn. 10 Know
oet.r anu 10 INV oeef, toJustuy .A nas oeen oone
oy oommoao.e "hkes-,o, we csuu1u,ly tos'ain ron
eaupg LUIS as IA act 81 INC feusra oases uuui tney
nave iormaiiy adopted 10y showing tnat similar
h!ngs have been Done before. one gentleman az Boz
ton' VINO s we oeheVe nes, reiave Oh senator sum
ner VINO is SAID 10 Wrte under hs insprauon quotes
ynst ne cas case ~ point Hnere - ne says an envoy
| ON 'ne lnsurgen.s " Hwer"s W nonano was c.P'ur
| ei on ooaru pa'ch snip, ana was comm1'eo 10 tne
| rover Is ua'or nj. ueoIse suuihe, 70 eu'rey ms
tken az 10 'se one mp no' 10 ms CASE lof ne
sup np On ooau WI Gu NJ. S .n ,f ro'
D!'In Uu' nnie,e, 'us no .qu,ny 'en - 10
thnks tha even wee ms case parallel 70 tnat OF tne
| trent 10 al Us crcu%s'Ances, soW1 90 showed oy
" or oy france or oy RUSSIA or oy spain or by any
civilized maritime naaon 70 nave any bearing upon the
qneshon as 70 Wnat the law Oh nanons AZ me present
| dty. hundred wrongs wiz NOT make right Ine
pages OF history r oaek as history can Dc read are
speckled Win deecs OF violence and CRIME put tnese
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| nov constitute virtue
Ii the Cabinet OF asongton proposes to contend that
must in the year 1851 submit 10 endure Of the hands
their cruisers every udgny which our ancestors have
ever a: any time inflicted upon neutral dag, then We
understand what wiz be the issue between u.s. Hthey DO
not propose 70 go tb length tnese OF long
buried circumstances are irrelevant and are In toem
Ives ac9nelson o. weakness Inere Is no,ning wnleh
could not De proved oy sucn 40 niece IN
year lsOi the government Oh france sent ue,aenmeDt
with artillery across Tue ron,er OF neutral sHte ana
there seized refugee Drought MIN 70 france rled MIN
by court martial and sho' nm. This Is pre-
ceeent which toe world IS never likely TO forgef,
for the name OF the victim was the Duo DEoghien-
The French, however, would De little snrp'bed IL the
Americans were TO think themselves usiihed by this pre-
cadent In landing near HaVre and carrying OH come cap
tain OF Confederate era't go, at date so late ss'
June, 1908, an American captain, IN tne naroor o.
smyrna, UNDERTOOK 70 oemano possession Oh hungarian
refugee, whom tue commander OF the Austrian snip Of
war ossaro nad kidnapped from tne snore Inc Ameri'
can cisarcd LOT econ anu proposed 70 tne Aus ran
IN the naroor 10. tne person VINO nad no
more claim on America tnan on Engnnd.
ire american, no"ever ~9uio scar9ey noia tns P,e'
cedent 20 yusty lne captain ., an Inensn gae IN eelI
ing In the streets otNew York an Eogsh subject .ccur'
sc Of treason seas. .ae so'erImen' o. sogano' nor
would they De rasnfd 70 zee suosantai Justce cene
Against me hagnsa ingae oy atrnSo snip otwi WScs
vien W. po ,sa 49,, nsT Ut N nes
of. as,So az SnlI .ne o'aer
O. Sp. h.;on $4,000 ~ ~ ss
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~ eutra s.te and The oonoson N ,hs sns so,cs
-h;cS ths, s.ts vss sbI, N proSnse viii ,hs G.h;.
MAJ Al washington be willing that we sboud on The srst
oec,son sppes 70 this precedent as ruIe Of interrs
tionsls1Y win Nap,Isop. or the Emperor of Aust,is
be justified in seizng French or Austrian refuge In.
let az saw Canada aud bringing, him through the fsde.