Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-02
THg BLOCKADE.
rHE DEsIrI N rHE HOUSE, or ooxxoss-yIEws OF TEE
british PRnss.


BRITISH PRnss.
We published, Yesterday, q sketch OF the debate 10
tire House Of Commons, The It'll inst, Mr. GREGG.
rye motion for copy Of any s9Onds ce relative to
the blockade subsequent to the papers already before
the Hosse. The closing speech BY tie Solicitor General
vas omitted. 1t is reported as follows
The Solicitor General was Of the opinion tIIt il was
the duty Of the Govsrnment 10 maintain he, had
h,h RIO Done strict and impartial neutrality e!wesn the
consending psrs,s With regard 10 be blockade. It's e.
hoency must bs Judged BY GIe B.tAin By those prir
cipss Of international au which had been laid down By
the disnr gushs drSt, and which had invariably
been acted When questions Of blockade had aIiseD.
gland had strong interest a. any country in the
word in uA;ntAnj' the nights Of hlCcsads BY oelhg
sreut Power and sLe bound 10 exercise the great
cot caution before she took any course which might u
ma,sly destroy the vAlu' Of maritime supremacy, kA
great arm which Independence, and strength tsa
haAn sai.hi~hsd-
TIE honorable gentleman entered into lengthy srru
nsnL in The eourSs OF which be quoted numerous pre-
cedsn,s show that the PIES ut bockAde was as eli
en-. o. other blcckades had been in former years and
gba. &c would be violation, both Of International law
and OF Inc prircipes OF neutrality brsk t. In 1925
public notification Vas issued by the British Gov rnmen
that there ueulI be rigoroui blockade a. Havre.
f,roe uas seLt cut 20 establish the bocsade but the
u-andsr vas 40 reniGs in the execution Of his duty
shat he haoualy IoEed ships 10 run in, 90 that prsen
cay-it q light be said thtre no blockade at all
Yet il Wa nev,r;ates held that so lcng fore,
NAMED Ind the notification not ignored the block
ale vas considered 20 be in eIstecce and any neutral
vessel breakicg il liable to capture That va, he
considered Csc strictly analogous 70 that Of the block
ID. OF the Southern ports With this exec pon that the
dues of the blockade force in the latter nsarce had
b,sn more vigorously executed. BE complicated the
s3e,oh OF Mr. ThrAsher asserting that the facts the hon.
orable member bad laid before the House we're Wholly
unausEsrabe The received By the Government
fully abolished 10 accuracy CT bis stAliscs- he prov
cd eouyineiuEy that there had onv been two H.
sapess, and thosr, TO- u1der the cover Of hight In
uhich the blockade had been successfully run.
He bad "a I'D TO gather from the houorsoe number
from Galway, what uIs the precise end be wished 10 a.;
States The manner in which belSsrent operstcns so
far the blockade was concerned ought TO be carried
o. and their thsr NAs not accepted, 70 establish an
ned neutrality and by force break through and des-
the obstacles ubca the listed States had placed to
he access OF cur merchant vessels 70 particular ports
Such course on par, would have been actual war,
aad vas not more honorable because uuAvowed. In
col cuson spoke in the hctest terms OF the patient
rbearance the manufacturing population Of this coSn
try lad ,1nbGed und.r the priVA oas tbs un orunae
u uskls had entAiled them and urged that dspre
eurs wi e. even more powerful than that Of Govern
meats wou have been heard from end OF the COO
try TO the ether il Ministers ad listened for moment
10 any proposition for breaking the blockade. He Ie-
suued bis amidst loud cheers from all parts Of the
House
After some fur ther remarks from Lord R Cecil and
Admiral Walco the motion vas negatved without OIL
vision.