New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-27

purpose OF 5uch reference DuI one Ol nVc.'nn =
graduation at the supposed approaching disinesr>
,ion of the British Empirei We n, ked 70 be-
come q party TO the humane principies OF pno'
lie law embodied in the Paris DECLARATIONS !"
which We had originally been in,i'.d " peeome
parties, to which fOry-six orerent na'Ioi,s
Priuciualities 40 Uncomfortable MS not TO be even
noticeabls upon tho map Of the commerclai world
Rot this wa der led uness coupled with Inc huii'-
rating condition not required OF even tne hoe, 'eo1,
siderable of any OF the c.ns, rsnrety that
tbs Erench crown has been in controversy iot Tue
lot half century between three great dynsstles-ue
n;ncss of the elder Bourbon e; those OF the Louis
Pbilippe the third, and the now success III QUE m
,,n ;nreria, dynasty Of Napoleon. Suppose, 10 the
confrrepces at Parir in 1885, the British Governeo'
hsd coolly suggested to the French Emperor the
inporsapse in the event OF an outbreak In rraoee,
aud conflict for the throne, that II NUT lie under
stood that those declarations, then egned on the part
If Great Britain should have no BEARING upon such
as tbose to which have referred, there
would he no difficulty III reaching the eonriosIon that
TIE amicable relations betwe IL G'eat Dntain ana
France would he ut end-an Insult tnat would not
have been forgiven by the French Emperor o, the
French peopls The United States are not, how
ever. without moral triumph in this respect The
principles for which tney bad conieIded aid formal
Is p,oo,ed in 1854 aud IN tue earliest Fefoda VI our
tistory have trumpbed over the Irregular aud arb-
trarv principles oontended Tor and practice by Great
Those ar itrary exactons led 10 our struggle 10 1872
but they ually practically gave way ia tho opening
of the Crime an war with the dread OF conflict With
this Republic, had tho attempt been made 10 force
them UPON US as Deutral aud independents Power
We had. al the OUTSET of our difficulties, given Ms II
monument reason for our proposed adherence TO The
Paris declarations fact TINT guided Iorlion
of our peof had raised the standard Ut revolt aid
declared their purpose Of inviting Tivaieers 10 prey
upon the commerce of Tho U"lon. TITS reason
was ssngned by us as far back as the 2lh OF
April 1861: vet 10 the 3lst OF July, IN the same
wear the slightest intimalion had Lot been given Of
any dissen, or objection on the part OF the British
Government. The Dispatches OF Dir. Bun II, Bat
ISL Consul at Charleston when captured by Tie vigil
lance Of our police, revealed tie act THAT he was
in co.e and infinite intercourse with the authorities
OF the revolving States. He comnuDicat, the fa,
that the b. tish authorities had approached the Rebel
Government seeking their acques euce In the pr n
G, ole that tue neural flag covering beutral X DDS
was to be respected. Upon this discovery our Gov.
eroment demanded the recall If this MIR. Bunch (oi
iniouity) Tie British Secretary dec'i ed howev T,
To accede to this request; and our Government, Oh
thu I'D Of October, lo6l, determined to revo'e the
exeouatur OF the Consul "who bas not only been tie
! bearer Of communications b taeen the iisuig gents
and folei. government in violation Of our laws,
hut hAs abused equally the confidence OF the Two
governments by reporting, without the authoi oil
III. Government and il vi lsiou OF their own Iocy
IA well as Of our national rights, that the proceeding
] in which tie Was tllksScu ~hs III tuO ubiuic VI ~
taty with the insurgeus, ano the frst step toward
the recognition by Great Is iiain Of their toveeiLb-
~" lyon the instant OF 'be Trent affair and The
CAPTURE of the two Rebel mrsaries, our Gove,b-
luent Dispatched adyices TO our Mini ter Al London
tlnt the captore was unauiho.zei; aud, upOu the
application OF the B,irrh Government, there
r. representatives. Of the resoed States woEld be EUR
rende ed. In tins our Government Teried their Mt
ton upon the great American docli iLes OF publ Law,
which we have constantly asssrt'd ,ince u oii4i'
! ~ m oh s,f iavl ,u.-.l
IN acknowledging their r.lete. attempts TO
controvert the porl ions OF our Government.
s submitted in the able dispatch OF Secretary OF
State Lord Russell, in lis letter TO tho Liverpool
Sii owners Association responds 10 that burt oil
mn aren't indgnaliou with which The Lo sdon 1'm,'
sseL. 10 anu,ndyert upon the action % our Gocern
mept by cloeibg, for the iime being, through the
agency Of "A stone blockade, the r,b,llous City oi
Charleston. Ills stone dit, temporary .xreGient,
desiged 10 he corrected as OCCASION and conN-iiene
nav suggest and Wien the rights OF sll COZ ceru.d
anal demand IT, 10 all exceedingly limited affair. IL
be brought up in the form OF SUCH All Indictment.
Let us zee whether we have not, IN ibe hittory OF
this great public censor. a1nndait evidence 70 q, M
war AZ early 1904, III dissatcn dated February
q of that year, marked mot confidential, f'nn
Lord Hobart, 10 Downing street. 10 tie CONTROLLED
I Of the British Navy, measure. were taken by the
Kinp's command for secretly choking up with stont
The entra ce into the harbor oil Bouogne, In Frame
AS Risheleu the great Statesman, bad cone IN 1913
by blocking mp the harbor Of Roche lie Tor tho els
: lance Of N. arly q lie. When The Bdiish people
were wapinga war against The Thirteen colonies
they SINK stone obsiruoIions Ia The channel at SG
yo,nsh Geor.ia which Teu ain 10 tits hour. IL
IsOy the British Admiral Lewis, uTon leaving the
narrow entrance at Alexandria, Egypt, sunk live
slips loaded with stone. Al silil later lerlod
within sight Of the present hour, Lord Ma, ier
during the Criuean war recomnp nded the slnki. 4
of rocks 10 prevent any Intercourse with tue bar OF
Of Cronstant During the progress Of That war TIE
Russians themselves chokcd up the hafbor Of Sev'e
topol 10 prevent the destruction on that ride OF
the Notifications hy the comoiued iiee's OF Fran
and ENGLAND Tie present exposion Of Bnilsi
oiuion therefore was NJ knawn in l77J, loOi, 1917
and 1854 for then they did those very acts. aud Jns
titled tn IN ss principles Of public law, which tLey
now deuounce III our case no bal barods cilmef'
Pending the struggle in which we IRE engaged u
oreserys intact the constitutional hhorics 81 the
American people, until recent events connected WIN
the success Of our arms demonstrated our aoiiy 70
settle and adjust on. own domestic oferencer II ei'
10 ourselves fOregn Intervention har been rel ea'ed
Threatened. Our condition has teen assinllai.d u
tbnt of the TuIks wBen engaged IN c,il striie vi b
Greece resulting In the severrIce OF Tie latter by
armed Intervention from tie Turkhh Power, and
The destruction oil the Turkish fleet iii tue Bay o.
| Nayaruo This intervention has already been ex'
tended TO distracted and unfortunate MeAco. III
NV humble iudgnent it is the outy 81 lie whole
American p.OYlo 10 protest aginsi TIE introduction
of such Intervention III the adminirtrnii n oi any
PEOPLE living any portion Of TIE Western Dtinis'
pheie, 10 alke dangerous 20 our pea,eh she'y
After the overthrow OF The great Napoleon, The
del oic powers in Europe put iorth the ireiension
Of interfering III tie inteinsl afi ir Of FraDee los
Wa done at 1raIau ana L,ybacb ut L"d Castie-
resgh protested ia belsll tie Bplsh nation. Ia
lh3 the Congress Of Verona iuter;ered ~ tnr iier'
ual Government OF Spain. Mr.. Canning, however,
declared that the principles laid down hy the Alcf
IN that retlcd struck at tie very sXiscnte md VI
tails o. the British Coz s,itntoD. Il, under all tnee
circumstances, iut,ryeu ion lie neoitded, AID ouT