Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-01-03
Lord Lyons demands the sur
render of Mason and SIideI.


New YoRK. Dee. .2S-Lord Lyons has
sen Tin .he British demand for the sur.
tender Of Mason and Slidell Time was
given to Secretary Seward to reply.
The official correspondence between ,
our GoxefnmeAt aud Great Britain rel
alive ti, tie seizure Of the tTaitors Sill .
dell aRAzMason is received. the FIRST is
a letter from Secretary Seward to Min
lister Adams, dated Nov. 30tb. IN which
he compliments the latter for wisely
speaking aud acting at the Lord Mayors
dinner; and also states thai -'' he told
Lord Palmerston simply the fact when
informing him that the life oFathe insui-
rection was sustained by the hopes of
its recognition by England and France;
and if those hopes ceased. the inSuuec
ton would perish in 90 days.
He Ie!ers IN the same n"te TO the fact
Of the arrest OF Mason nad Slidell by
Capt. Wilkes, as new aud unforeseen
circumstance which is TO be met By the |
two governments. If poSsiblein a kind /
" spiiit. Lord Lgops had said nothing |
on the subject. and no explanations !
were furnished to Minister Adams F.; it /
being deemed prudent that the ground /
taken by the British governmeht should |
be first made known. here, and discus- |
sion be had here but Secretary Sew ard
deemed il proper to statestbat Captain
Wilkes acted without instructions and
the subject, therefore. is free from en-
IbaIrassments. whicis-@night have ensued
If the act hal been lLgssiireeted.- -
| lie trusts the British government will
consider the subject in friendly lem
per and it may expect the-best dispo-
sitiou en- our part
The next letter is from Earl Russell
to Lord Lyons. dated Nov. Both, which
dotails the Trent affair. lie says:
''It thus appears that certain indiyid-
usls have been forcibly taken from
British vessel. the shit, of n neutral pow
er. on a lawful and innocent voyage !;
an act of violence which was an affront
to the British flag. and a violation Of
i International Law. Her MaIesty's Gov
ernment are willing to believe the act
was without authority, end resulted
from Misunderstanding aszthe Gov,
emment of the United States must be
fully aware that The British Government
T would not allow such an affront to the
national honor pass without fall repara-
tion and the British Government is
unwilling to believe that the United
: States intended unnecessarily to force a
t discussion of SO grave question be-
tween two Governments.
Her Majesty's government trusts the
government of the United States will,
Of its own accord, offer snch ftlress as
: alone could satisfy them; viz: the liber.
S alton of the four persons and their de-
/ livery to Lord Lyons, that they again
be placed under British authority and
a suitable apology for the aggression
committed Should lhese terms not be
. offered by Mr.. Seward, YOU viii propose
> them to him. .
Mr.. Seward replies to Lord Lyons. BY
whom he was furnished a copy OF Ear
c Russell's letter. stating that the dispatch
i has been submitted 10 tho President
i Mr.. Seward states that the British
government rightly conjectured, what i,
how my duty 10 stale, that Captain
Z Wilkes acted Hpon his own suggestions
$ of duty. without any dirsction5Aor in
t struction, or even f0rek nowledge of !
, ON the part Of this Government. n,
= directions had been given h;aeAor an,
other naval officer, to arrest the four per
sons, or any of them. on the Trent, o
ID any other British vessel or any Aeutra
$ vessel, there or elsewhere.
/, After discussing the whole subject a
: great length in all its bearings, MIR. Sc
= ward says:
OF al trust have shown to the satisfae
at ton Of the British Govern t,ent, by
ID very simple ami natural statement O
ne facts and analysis OF law applicable t
them, that this government have naithe
VI meditated, nor practiced, or approved
OF any deliberate wrong in the transaction
G. to which they have called its attention
ed and, on the contrary, that what has bee
10 SIMPLY an inadvertancy, Consisting in
departure. by the naval officer, free frol
~ any wrongful motive, from rule, vi
he certainly established and, probably. /
te the several parties concerned, either in
pn perfectly understood or entirely Ill
known
~ For this error the British Goyernmel
no has Alright to expect the same repari
he ton that VIC, as an independent Stat
no should expect from Great Britain,
10 from any other friendly nation, in sip
- liar case
~ I 4Iave not been unaware that in exam
III ming this question have fallen into ;
IL, argument for what seems to be a Britt.
de side of it. against my own country; b
I am relieved from II embarras
chat subject. For / had hardly fail,
o. into that line of argument, when | di
lts covered TINT | was really defending al
re- maintaining not exclusively British i
n IL
! i'ished American cause ndI uron Britt
~ authorities, but upon principles lhat-co
nc Stitute large portion of the distinct
bic policy by which the United States ha
ng developed the resources of a coutiner
and thus become considerable mar
time power, AMI won the respect al
confidence of many nations.
These principles were laid down f
OF us by James Madison in 1904, win
ca Secretary of Safe under Jefferson,
er- his instructions to James Monroe, 0
nt then Minister to England"
ry Mr.. Seward says, after quoting the
lse instructions, that, " if l decide this ca
ed in favor Of my own Government,
OF must disavow its most cherished prime
1ai Piles, release and reverse, anil forev
It's abandon its essential policy. The cor
ent try cannot afford the sacrifice. If
'e' maintain these principles, and adhere
ing that policy, l must surrender the CT
the itself.
'na 1t viii he seen, therefore, that Il
u ua- Government could not deny the Just
'he Of the claim presented We are ash
a tf- TO do 10 Tie BRITISH nation just aohat
Is'r aiWdyS insisted all nations ought to do
'fe' as.
ZEN In coming to my conclusion. he
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