New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-25
THE AMERICAN BLOCKADp.

IL ,he Uonse Of Lords Lord >tratheoeh lyho hos
elected 70 use The title of Gsmpbe!j 80 cN IT,
tentiOu 10 tie blockade Of tie iolis 9. tie C.n-
isder,e States Of America. and 10 aOve an a0afts.
fof c0uies of any pouceuce upon tic yn' le.i
which might have taken lace tluce The Gaze 81 iAV
papers Wsich had been isia before laiiamc.'. lie
noble and learned Lord sud that las onJ-ct Ms n"'
20 declare thai the blockade ought 10 20 asc1, or
sny means 70 be adopted with thai ve", Dui 10
Sow that toward O.s OF the ten er-his Ia
AmeIicl-tfc SoutleTh or insurrecu' umy Power
we bad cssnnisG an attitude which she en'rC, y 81
DID not yio.te neutrality, ana tnai o. retiofe AZ
neutrality ooe further action was necttt"iy. oar
a. .ude toward tbs5 Power arose ont % '..s patch
addressed by inc noble Earl al The ietd az t1e
F0reigu-OEice 70 Lord Lyons on tie 18Th Z,
February. About Juiy or Augus. lat Ne Appealed
20 tho Government a. Ric1mo1d 70 iIGnce eu 10
srceoe 10 tie principles q public law winch were
laid down By the ne Power At Paws IN toe yes'
lej6. The negotiation vas cOuo acted - gentle
rasn Of South Caroline, wnO Tad tbe conideace d
oGT Consul a. ChaTiestcu, ana O: Lofd y one AM
although tie Richmond Government nl{ns -ave DE-
Ckued 20 receive tho propagation OF lac GROUND tlai
they could not hear neeonatOr 1Oiu Power
which r1IueeO 10 recognize The place they claimed IN
The society o. rail0Ds, tiey cjd not act tpOp maj
feeling but on the l3th e August tis COAgcss Ol
Tle Southern States resolved 10 embrace The prncl-
PIES laid down ia the treaty c. Pane, yilh TIE eX-
eeption of that relating to priyaheung, which we
hsd 90. asked them 70 ADOPT. When The Presi-
den! Communicated this decision 10 tie n,gOla-
TOR he pointed Cut that IL had teen ado. fei ~ he
sanguins expectation that should GcAv.e ti1cily
90 the article Of tie treaty which I'D down ,uat
blockade 10 be binding sSOuli be effective. The
dispatch o. the 18th Of February, winch was not
called Tor by any question or any emergency, sanc-
toned, o. the part OF her Msestys Government,
The blockade Is II h8d been carried o st Wiiaiug-
Ton ana Charleston, when u Tss notorious taht u
had been less strlc' than sry other pOiOu OF ne
Eeabosrd from the north Of Vi0oia to tHe extrer1-
iiy OF JeZaS. Thus the altitude which we had
adopted toward one Of tho beigerenis had boco 10
induce tlem 10 make generous concession ca un-
dsrsia1oiug from which we seemed to hay. departed
The eff Z " that dispatch clear was 10 releafe the
Government OF Washington froal ,he necessi.y ol
usutai ing at any part OK Ter coasL a more SHIN
geLt blockade than t'4t which eGls.e1 al Nlgir4-
Ton aut Charles on 70 which tue noble Lau bad
gwen bis sanction. Tho issue 10 be gfhl pied with
was, not whether the blockade ought [, have etn
IA 5ed or ought now o. BE- disturbed bg whether il
Wa ne afy e. Clyc O. lts weakest PAD c0utpc-
uous, i6olaiing and, IA FIR 40 c0Od " en-, friui-
to1s sahcnon OF coarse, n might be slla tha' ~
ace ioie blockade was uIaintailed - Charleston
I-d "huinglon iL st such, however, vas not tte
Gaze WIS practically a, oWiodged by the Fed.
en- OoFernmeut when they sank ne qtOfe
neet 80 Ouarl61lol, and was further proved by Ire
fact tD2t Vessci5 between Liverpool gnd ,aat DOit
were iu.ured against all hazards at IL Per cent,
whereas ~ per cent wouli barely cover tho 81 81
thorough blockade. The d!sDftcI q Of I0gFul
Bunch printed ia the papers g. united Il j. rli.ue,t
afforded uniform Gf0 c0Lciusive teta.ouy a. Tao ir-
salitiency Of tho blockade al the Two pofts he had
uenlioaod. j. saDpou 0. this view de noble Lord
then read copious extracts from the dispatches a.
question. lie faf from eaying that censure on. t
. faH upon the Government, bat he saboitted tfgt
tho facts supported tie Inference that further core
ki0odeuce Was required, Gd ttat he Ucnse wgaid
CO well 10 ask Tor IL. Further Correspondence might
seow tue, tie Government possessed Evidence calc,.
sted to rebut the dsatches Of oar naval officers 8nd
Coasuls, aud il might eXpi4in proceedings wuish 10
he Government O, Richmond must otherwise eeem
adverse. The dc Lord concluded by now K Tor a
copy Of any correspondence Oh tAo subject subse
Yeea to ito papers which had been presented to tie
House
Lo7d Atinger said lie lad not anticipated such an
easy solution Of tho Trent difficulty aud atrlDufine
asho Old, 70 tie conduct OF her hajs.ty'd Gov.
llsai be could not iorJear expressing hio opinion
''H 'a' pfa4snce, 1guiIy aud coordination which