New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
@aAr IS TO BE DONE WITH THE PIRATEsi

f.,ai the Wash ton Correspondence of II PAl4 Io.
L. 1bs question is seri0nsy dieuse1 IN the Cahi.
re- wi1out ens d.6niie p.s' being suiv'd at. IL
A. snpptesd that in the ouT weeks newly scat
.o1l feet will have eaP,u.ed a. least toue huioEed
0EbArn sailors, Who. ordiug 10 tie C'c'n7 ehnp-
csod tV t,e ENtcu i've, nusl be regarded as pirate,
sad exc, uted a. sucii. Bu. you are aware that tie
suhect is full OF 6iiculty. Al ttc iime Cea. Nc
Clsll 10 took 20 maIy pri-Oners vi Col Pcgr'm,
Srto 10 yOu that the War De, Grimcu' h@d te.t III
oders to release hem all. II yder, oi conrs' os
O. I'd. ! stated Al tbe same time that me Ada1nis-
traii1n had decided Tot 10 hang any OF The sadoio
tskeu on board Of southern pivaieeis. Ihis wes
.rle at the time. lie deiion was made, poJ from
tnv fee of clemency towaid HE capfurcd saii1re,
tu from lpoiives of policy. No instance oi Gug'ng
ig vet taken Ilace eibrr site; and The Ad" iiis-
traiioD felt Hing to e iu course OF pOhcy winch
gliglt be follJ Se1 OIL the otter ride
lie result of The inaugnrai"n or sub percy
%youll be the indscriminhle murder OF hund'eus OF
r..o,crg In the h.ids If the rebels lnclding many
Snoabe ci,zens and the enactment Of nes o horror
0peoualed thOse OF tho F,ench Revolution. Inc
Ad,nnisration therefore, decided. as have slld, not
. hang any oi the pir te But within day or two
She question har been ~ ain raised H. The Cabinet AZ
geas one member If thai bo0y is 10 favor, Gs be eA
Yls.ses IT, OF disearitV all sqCei.ush nOnsense, ato
d angling every re el onud 10 arGis against the GOV
.arnueut whether Iaken on the sea or lAnd. lnk Is
p6oub edy the course at ought TO be taken. II The
Government rrgards is nisiter simply an iusnr
Seciun.7 Tbis ID tie vi taken Of II by President
1i4eoln; end he, lhOugh be deplores the neess-
aty 0! zach diesdfui ncasufes, IL Ia aEOr Ol sueh
GO re as will show u the world that are in eafnct
10 This matter aed th,t traitors found in arns
Sgliust the Government uust expect aod recei
. uai,Or doom. But the Secretary OF State 10
n favor of a uider, AID as he thlnkr, OF wiser
toGise OF poll lie admits that by the strict ru,ts OF
9aw, tie Southern priv tevt- -Dea hIo rintes, and to
hang them might b. jussibei but, he sal 6, "ec tsfy
Las led disregard ioner constitutional provlslos,
aimee tho commencement Of tis strife. In this iu'
galee the same Le~fsStg would teem 20 dictate re-
Lxaton Of tie striet rule OF law. II We bang these
rnen, toe Rebel. Wl hang NJ. ty, Col Corcoran and
Col Wilcox; aod thea we, in retaliation, will hang
IL. Faulkner AID The rriso ers at Fort Ldayete.
9hps there VIII DO end ~ horrors. To avoid ts,
1lr. Seward fuvOrs a more leuiert cOuree than ie
would Iecomm' nd under ordinary Circumstances. His
ePini has great wei ht with The President; but the
gstter is by no means YET decided The other uem-
keFs Of tie Cab et aro disided in sentiment the
eubiect. Mr. Welles sides wIh Nj. Seward, aud o e
6ecreiay OF Wa holds sbrGt be yiews only lie
objects 70 any further release Of prisoners ss 10 The
case OF Col. Pegsam's u,en. MIR. Da.s aud slr Blair
soth 60 for extreme MEASURES, regardless vi oOuse-
Suences, and Mr. SIiih al euteua0s the s8me views