The New York herald., 1862-11-28
England's Neutrality.


The dominion Of hs been the single advarags
which federal have maintained intact during
The hopesssness Of ne enterprise in which sns North
srners embarked must have made iteef nantes
long ago even % New York. by season q this ready
the outside world that the federal have
always been well supplied with rifles OF the last pat
tern powder of the best qssy, bullets ana percussion
without stut and artillery OF the grsatest power,
while their unhappy enemies driven use fowline
pieces and rusty muske 70 economic their wretched
powder ana sometimes TO prefer old nnt guns 10 percus
rnes lack OF caps wherewith 70 re them Ever
since the commenced the American steamers have
been loaded wi articles coniraband q war; and II the
Confederates had had feet 70 enforce their bsie>ver
v,oAls. there hardly merchant ship which cleared
frsE an English 10 federal American port which was
munitions Of var which constituted the part of
Brtsh exports TO America
All these and many other advantages has Mr. Lincoln
Obtained BY reason q his supremacy at But in
this there must be slight cloud n
the heavens. The sumter wreched little
boat stole out o southern harbor buzzsd all over the
world and after rather insulting than destroying the
cury Of federal commerce got back again with mpunty
The whole navy Of the federa states mpoten either
10 the Alabama little steamer Of very ineons dera
bic force but which TO be invisible the North
sery irsss Of he Vessels rom yrop. 70 Ssx Ysqs sSs
cruises about under sa, keeping her coal probably
serious emergency and shs boards and burns every
federal ship and cargo she can fall 10 with. This very
annoying War risks are become realities and the mer
cnants or Nee York furious So they have good
right to be- navy q hundred and my ships Of war
surely ought TO drive from the miserable little
steam corvette which has no home 10 which 10 run,
and which 10 obliged 20 burn priyes fW want OF q
friendly hsrbor wherein 70 sell them. But ~ In
not with their navy The commercial casses of New
York ind fault. 1t is with England. We have heard
something OF this before but to-day publish the text
Of the renonstrancs the New York Ihsrnber OF Com
merce They have Issged report upon this subject
IN which not ooe word occurs as 70 the negligence
scsncy OF their navy but they declare that sths
most widespread exasperstiCnn " rising Sgainst this
COUNTY, because the Confederate steamer Alabama
burned The federal merchant ship Brilliant Their
for yug buin In
this country that the guns with which she Is mounted
were also bought IN this country. We doubt Of
fh<ss fdcs ouh0gA hGve s<cul Information az 10
n<va. Blx uhdi has England 70 % wth hu Suppose
had knowingly allowed shipofwar 20 be built and
armed and provsopsd and manned aud 10 co. Tying the
Confederate nsg out Of Of ssspors we should
have wrong We should have done what the United
states did when during the Russian wsr they sent the
America scross the Pacific VI the Russians IN the
seates did when the Russian war ship the Great Ad.
mira laid down 10 al American dockyard. hut
we have doue nothing Of the sort Our shipowners
have sold ship as they are every day selling sbips
noLaing 10 them or 10 ~. She lc poyt an un1rrsed
ri Depend upon II sbe infringed Law municipal "
international for Mr.. Adams ord hu oDsnts as well 40
the secret committee which site 10 London bad all their
eyes upon her whether she would have been a lawful
prize when sbe had lcs waters know not. that
must depend upon her papers but ehe was not a ship
which cur government had any right W stop How many
steamships does the Nev York Chamber 0f Conmsrcs
IN nix our shlpnuiideYs turn In yearq Are we 70
shut IN our shipyards wei factories homage
~ the federal Inst vi conquesu The New York Chamber
or Commerce and especially Nr. Low Who seems 70 be
their moushpoce would appear 10 be of this opinion
Ihay nave heard With amazefnent THAI other shpg
hag lilt ~ fngland aui Scotland witch NAV possibly
,e. ia a, future time Confederate vsssels Of Mr.
Is has moreover hoard thai clad ship bcng
balp tore or het utosc and he ha also read " The