The New York herald., 1862-03-25

ment TO any particular course that those Of who
agree with him, - do, should express 70 ner sassys
ministers what believe be the feelings Of the CON-
serce OF this country (hear) that we should, ncces
sary, strsnthsn the hands OF the government in nego
tiating with other Towers. Qiea-, hear) 1t is ques-
ton, doubt for negotiation with other Powers, and
must be- left in the hands OF the government. Whether
she motion ought be in the form of address the
or Of resolution s really q matter of very
MINOR Importance and certainly would not call for
she decided opposition which has been offered to this
proposition by the right honorable gentleman The right
honorable gentleman will not listen to it at ALL He
says, You might as well agitate whether there shall
be priyaeerihg or not, whether you will upset the
whole Declaration Of Paris entertain this
tion." And he quarrels with my honorable friend the
We all thought settled Again, he says, You make
general motion and confns your speech to particular
Joint" Why is .ha. psrcnsr point =, 70 -. which % we
The supremacy Of the Of this country but cannot
by damaging Your commerce and your ship
ping interest iHear, hsar.y Do you mean 70
i were not bound to protect your mercantile marine,
or that you will have less naval force to employ
as.nst your enemy were freed from the duty Of con
most property TO be seized9 Surely England. What
country would gain most by the preservation Of that
pertyf 1t is England: Hear. hear You say that your
object in is to injure your enemy. What country
would be 80 much injured IN war through her commerce
DsssasOn Of PARIS was signed what course ws ought to
have taken. Bsa ers not the slightest doubt my mind
tAas " ys sSh to oe your commerce, and at the same
tiMe % your efficiency bsuigrent at sea- you
ssoM erassiy 70 consider tie motion before u.s. The right
hnnorabls gentleman says that the Duke of Wellington
burnt houses in SPAIN Well but you don't want to take
anerchant ship fuel }" and laugh) and there
fore the right honorable gentemans argument entirely
@ Gnt ,s ~ 70 the
pect meeting Of dpomatsts to consider the welfare Of
commerce you must wait till the Greek kaends. For
my part do not see why Congress should not meet and
discuss this question TO the interests both OF
and Of Europe. do not know what course my honora
bls friend viii follow but have heard with regret the
announcement that the will entertain
this question, and that they will not do it because
:he United States did :. not adopt this principle
case Of struggle between two great sections OF
country and international dispute. 1t therefore
honorable friend firmly believe that sooner or later
this principal win prevail. Hear, hear) 1t may be
resisted by the present administration and yot had
certainly thought the speech which my honorable
friend quoted that would hot have encountered oppos
ton from the noble viscounts government. (Hear,
hear.) thought from that language that tho noble
vsoount had that IL necessary moderate the
horrors Of war; and that the government was disposed
a. much as possible TO protect the private property
oe their own countrymsn well ~ Of others. But,
whatever course The government may take as to the
% u - 700 general not pnt in proper form arm
confident that the time viii come when the Horse
w not turn deaf the prayer which is addressed
% ny thss: soriy Of the commercial interests o'ths
M. r..CosbSr moved the adjournment Of the debate
Of loT' sT hss s 20 %:
che possible importance 70 the interests Of the
country and one, therefore, which requires % be fully
sAa, will Be the opinion OF the Houssthat the prncl
pc which the honorable member from Liverpool recon-
a. navs po.er Of is cosiry aud uo~d Be an act Of po
loal swtcids. (Cheers therefore hntirey concur in
the motion for adjournment "a l.ugh,) We shall be
perfectly ready assist the honorable member fixing
. day for resumng the debate. So
Nr. Ba,csr-I hope the noble lord viii eve whole
nignt for ID great disadvantage 70 have important
question like this brought after other subject has
oeen discussed (Hear, hearl Ths noble lord hes ex
nS a. ~H sS:s qaoss sy s ssss
gentleman opposite hope when he rises " address the
Hsoss the main question that he viii revert 70 his oid
iord px1arnr1x-I am willing 70 lot the debate com,
On the nrst thing on Monday night next. (Hsar.)
The debate WAS then adjourned until Monday night.
The Execution OF Captain Gordon.
WHAT THE EXETER HALL ARisrOcRArs THINK or
a. 1000. LIE ACT. Il .r..F q, o.
Prom the London Herald, March 1o]
The hanging OF captain VI SLAYER caught t fdgrdNe
deico would be event in tho history OF govern
ment but must be looked upon something stll more
extraordinary in thatof the federal States Nothing
better known than that great number Of years. the
vesses used nthis iniqditous traffic were, almost with
70 ss e s
tans AZ the verymoeut that the aboIitionis meetings
Boston aud New York pouring the traffic the
viAls Of wrath at which Exeter Hall, in its
eervid hours would have stood aghast there were
sells IN the two ports quietly Fastening on preparations
wnsn syeryUoay aroand, excep. the state Marshal,
- TO % od0us an infamy In our own tempts To
force the bsnencent Legislation which the cxortions
Of our phianthropists had at length made part ol
che law OF nations, chief obstacle always
the United States They would do nothing thsn
suscep.p,b.y pSs they were -a. ever Assuming aSus
the honor Of their flag allowed 70 do little The
traftc as much carried on in American bottoms
that Of cotton, and the vexatous difficulties which they
interposed between cruisers and tue efcient per-
f0rmance or their duties In reference American craft
undid philanthropy Of years. and made the immense
expenditure We annually devotng the ice al
but useless. II must be owned, the credit Of Mr..
Buchanan the late President, that whsn 70 avoid the
complications that menaced suspension Of the peaceful
relations Of the two countrie We practically abandoned
oar right 70 ourselves of the genuine character
he WAS not take active measures TO charge that
a The convention by which the states bOund them
% 70 concur IN s Soas
cation by the American cruisers has vndcaisd tho bona
fds, which was At that time under some suspicion,
wes s.iOnably that Of the Eris under the com
nand Of the Captain Gordon whose execution narrated
IN oMr impression Of to-day. so ~
must bs admitted, however, that the friends OF the
slave who have looked 70 this strong great
lesson must road with disappointment the disgust
ing incidsn,s which have marked this execution They
arc certainly revolving any which the Iiveiiest
imagination could have created Tor the porposc
ol d,scrsng capital executions It has long been he'd
q currect maxim, that no man, whatever be may do
IN New York, need rear the galows he has thousand
dollars in his pocket Captain Gordon Of
In the position IS 70 money 70 test the axiom; and
II would that after the jury had been per-
suaded to find him guilty, the Judge 20 pronounce
sencc and the President order execution tho govern
ment fur from that they could gvo IL effect.
The first danger wbs that Of rescue which was urged
the public in the Of justice in public hsndbis,
professcdy signed by former Mayor Of Brooklyn. To
provide against this, are told, eighty marines were
drawn up, under orders Of Captain Cohen,
thor muskets loaded with ball cartridge and capped,
the bayonsts fixed and themselves posted in the
yard u the New York prison, under the gailows,
ready 70 await all This danger mot, there
NAMED another; the prisoner had taken large dose Of
strchnine supposed have bscu given him by his ws,
and had all but escaped the hands Of the law
hours before that fixed the time for his execution
when It's agents observing the death struggle, assisted
him with stimulants and kept him alive long enough "
90 through with tho operation which II was tneir
business TO see that he did not escape. He
writhing in commissions, which seemed TO increase
in violence with each return Of the It, Lock
ing which he could neither talk nor sroan. Half
alive, half dead, whskey given him every few
ments TO restore vitality or deaden PAIN and thus, suer
could know stuphed by the alcsho which alone leaves