New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-05

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svsv arrest them if they attempt 70 l"s' ,,, .
we %' &C., Although he had IN bis n,'ln 'ss q
Nae'!, nv land the princiGle spI ies eYu"ny ~
PoSs Nv sea. But. i upon Waters anno;,' .ne
smbssador may he taken from ths 1 Sir Williow
much nor9 VIC ~, pr;,sb authority maritime law,
ooo g Tho lellicelt may stop I'VE Ihoass"uor OF
ts!s -. %, - 99ss.oCe' How much more then
~ ,me ' 10 sfon The Mason and SIideiis
confess that here can S Se @ ordnsry EmsassaSor
.1TVo akJand and America at war with each other
',h.r Nould be Disposed 10 modest The EmbassadoT
- ,bs cher TO Austria. The present case respects
not the ordinary Emtsssadcr IN Whose protection
10 freedom the welfare Of the world may be said o
be interested IL respects 60 issaries who are more
EFFECTIVELY ms well more guilty identified with
snnerlatively wicked Rebellion than are the soldier:
in its armies Who does not see that pair OF such
einissaIies with their dispatches may be more i'm,
portant to the Rebellion than dozen ship loads Of
soldiers? The whole spirit and sense of the law or
principle which authorizes the taking of soldiers out
OF The neutral ship authorizes with the utmost en-
pbasis the taking out OF such euiseaIies also.
baps only one Of all Mr. Summers numerous an'boIl-
ties il applicable in both letter and spl TO me TAX
ing of Mason and Slidel. say in sP'r"; for WHO
doubts that Gen. Cass, who would spare even 'uo
save-trader, woud feel himself bound III cousI,ehey
20 spare every other orimMall can out Woiusl a,
Mr.. Summers temer,y in quoting tue S'ehera''
should sooner have eXpected him 10 eXclalu: y non
tai orr;lio 20 I admit il Gen. Carr, the pre-
eminent patron Of the savetrade, Is TO be taken as
representing American prnciple, that iren 'he trent
case has been settled on American principles. surely
the General bv proving too much for Mr.. Sumner,
proves roiIing for him. Mr.. Sumner has but weak
ened bis argument by quoting hin.
SO far rs nv reading and memory serve me, you
can find nothing in tie whole field Of American
authorities in favor of waving the right Of search
in the of any criminals save slave traders. Ato
is not Mr. Sumner very inconsistent win bin sci,
In his speech be maintains the right Of search Wild
respect TO slave-traders. Why, then, should be not
maintain it with respect 10 these " h"sfeS h""d"
renerls" who were caught in performing very
essential part of the work Of bniloig up the most
abominsble slaye-trndug emf ire which the world
has ever known African slsve.iraders are dong
upon a comparatively petty scale W Mason al
Slide are lsboriDg 10 have done on scale as broad
IA the whole EARTH To be consistent MIR. Sumner
cannot escape from letting African slave-traders De
well as Mason and Slidvll pass on.
The current Of American authorities Ia no more
with Mr.. Stewards point OF taking the sip into port
than with Mr.. Summers point OF taking persons
from H. For the question with the great mass OF
those authorities not whether The ship ehonld be
tskeu but whether seamen SHOULD be taken from II.
MIR. Seward argues that II was American to let
Mason and Sdell 70. Had Old JOHN Brown after
his demonstration in Virginia been caught IN neu'
tral ship would Mr.. Seward have argued that 1t was
American 20 let him gol Oh 10 lie did argue
that il was right 70 hang bin:-and he would have
argued that il was right to hold Lin. Poor Old John
Brown was the enemy Of Slavery and the friend OF
but bis country. Tie noble Mason and Sldeil were
the friends Of Slavery and the en' mes oil but ther
country. And this on American principles makes
wide difference against the one and for the Others
said that tie Trent case has not been settled on
American principles. add that il bias not been set
tied on any principles. II bssnot teen settled at ALL
Even what the case was was not agreed upon Dy
the parties nor step taken nor a proportion made
TO agree upon il. We have no right 10 say that
England acceptance Of Secretary Stewards conclo-
sion will bind her not to take her rebels from our
sbips For the case be presents Ii mol the case
described in Earl Russells Letter to Lord Lyons
TIE Earl speaks not Of gnily emisSareS ard traiors
but OF certain individuals" anu -four gentle
men ., and surely individuals" aud " gentlemen q"
include many whom 1t would with one consent be
clearly wrong TO force from shlp In our hatte 10
reach proptiating cOnclurion and save ourselves
from British guns se made h'tle account OF pre.s.
Tat the European Daiio0s, us well those who
have ss those who have not many sbllf, Should be,
iu.i new 80 much concerned for tie rigbts Of neu-
trials V not erauge--ior just now they are them
selves neuirals We're they beilig eents they would
. speak IL different tone. But That our Statesmen
DOW, while America IL bel!igereut, should be VIE
ing with each other in extravaf ant concessions TO
neutra would be marvellous indeed, were II not that
by tbs means they can bope TO make America sats-
fed with herself instead of ashaued OF herten al
the way she has got out Of the Trent trouble Some
Of our Statesmen 20 far pforose IN respect TO
the sea the eOtire abolition OF oOntiabaDd Of war.
In their absorbing zeal for neutrs tLey forget that
belgeTent has rights and that ia the event OF rueh
abolition another bell. eren might, through nentras,
carry On an effective and iaal war against him.
They forget too, that by Whatever principle war
might be carried On through beutTals on TIE sea IL
might be carr ed on through Leutrals on the laDd
also. Hence when couple Of nations, France aud
England for Instance, should get 10 war with each
other they would have recruiing stations IN other
nations as well as III tleir OWE, and thus draw the
world into tier war. Hence, too, the LOIeZes and
Walkers and other flEbDsters ould never lack for
recruits TO carry out their schemes.
England il now fayoring the doctrine that the
neutral ship shall be exempt from e-areh provided
she is going neither TO IRON The port Of belhg
ereDt. But this is absurd doctrine. Surely tie
question whether neutral ship may terve bellig-
erent be affected Dy the question whether the
ship leaves our coast one rod NOb or one rod South
of our boundary; nor by the question whether ii
reaches coast little one de tho other OF that
boundary. The chip may serve quite a. eiiectually
in the one case 10 in the other.
Horace Greeley, who.e writings are always well
worth reading, would let tie neutral fbp 20 Tree
provided she bias not gone out Of her way 10 serve
the belgerent. But reason fOrLids that she should
knowingly serve hun eitherin ont OF her way. Mr.
Greeley holds the Trent Lave been nnoce nj because
abe dld not 90 cut OF her way 10 facilitate the guilty
mission OF oldel and Mason. Was she innocent pro-
yided they gave her Sl0,O0Ol And is it at all i'm.
probable that they paid her large indemnity Tor her
r,k III taxing She cid not ne,d 70 out OF her
wa 10 bep the Rebellion. IN 10 other way 70 well as
in v bat Mr.. Greeley calls her usual ana lawful
voyage" could she help it,.
aud why, ask, should the sea police be less
searching and strlct than the land police Because
England bas taken thousands of innocent persons
from neutral ships does il follow that the world i.
10 renQuish the right TO take guilty ones from
them much question whether ibe felinquisblueDt
Can b. afforded The night hss been abused; and
though and efficient securities az ips, it, abuse