The New York herald., 1862-11-09

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mate mode prosecuting s- ~ ~ wSsS s
Il disputes BS, the bloctsas of cosI or q oomri
slsns Il Sssa he .ps design ssFS % s on ss
sgans sna om - very nature against The trade q
armed men, Is procsodins which Is diloal. 70 rsconals
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order % seize and eonsae % sysry vessel Nit cargo
he rue objects Ql mode Of s,iss IlIs
which NOM hhd few advocates now hs presented fsr
ina. despatch dated Juno 27 1852 was brought undar
the notice Of the OF Commons the 18th Of Febru
ary 1851 was not present at the tins, being In Agers
but the questions were put IN the house IS TO the purpor
Foreign Minister, alluded To the fact OF the American
Minister in London having read the despatch to him.
Lord Russell In describing the contents Of the despatch
which he did very accurately ALSO unfortunately our
present position took occasion 70 give the why
said was for our Interests that commercial blscIades
should DO maintained adding that he could not listen
to proposal Tor putting an end 70 them, and that u
should possess the right Of blockade That doctrine,
coming from ths Foreign Olce within the last three
ing ought have important bearing, upon at
titude At tho present Time In the nrst place. i tho
system q commercial bockades DO maintained,
government insists u should be maintained, sort
OF strategcs means Of defending oursevesK We are 70
submit to because necessary for our national de-
fence aud bonorthen becomes serious question who
thsr the particular interests thai from time to time 70
become tho victims Of system which they have
which tsy can apply no remedy, ought not 70 % coa
dered as fairly entitled to exemption ro tho whole bur
You would indemnify the outskirts Of town for the de-
motion Of houses with view TO defence against tho
bDs,
system OF commercial bockades. But say, IL II is
for the maintenance Of the national honor % ad
here 70 that system that the cost oSgM TO Be bows by ~
,o, become serious question H,cs 90 on as
qaenoss 4 tbs system. But II affects our position "a
another way, which we cannot too carefully guard
south in order order s 70 get our s Gotten NJ But recognising a.
SoA scosd d noA,S0 to.ards oaining e cotton (HSar
he NorH % Secade Is po,ts The only question tSes
would DO whether tho blockade was effective. But
bewdsred with the calanious prospect which they
before them, that the rsoo0nitssn @ the Independence
scman ors On he par Of En0ian and Francs o. osAr
countries % 90 there and get TIE cotton acnH ~ viii ofhs
aei the have made alter she facts which arc
record we when we began " suffer from the appca
on Of doctrines TO our Own case were IN the teeth
merely OF international law but Of the Law VI whchwe
ourselves the chief promoters and mantanos to re-
violence 70 got the cotton. thcre Is no amount OF
suffering which the American people, every man aud wo-
man OF them supposing them to be the thcir
fathers this side OF tho water arc would not endure -
outrage (Hcar) But now will deal with this question
merits s 1t interest the interest Of tbs
English nation to maintain and perpetuatc the system q
commercial boclados? Tho particular suggestion oil Mr.
cass tsthar in the origin OF blockades it was never
intended blockade whole coast, or to shut out the
export and import Of articles conraband of Ia
there then any ground for supposng that this country
has IN interest in maintaining that system by which
those blocades are extended all commercial ports7
Mr. Cass says that intended to extended
and gives facts and In support of his
assertion that in its origin blockade meant the investing
NJ rcvl Oh gn4
at tho same time. Tho Americans do not
object to that; they do not object TO your
mouth ara plymouth not 70 be liable ~ Investment.
but tho argument that the peaceful ports Of commerce
what interest have nation In opposing that prin
cipc? Why,I think It ia oasy to show that we, Of ~
people in the world have the most interest II establish
ing II. And bear IN mind that am arsus THIS matter
only affects own interess. do not come here
az Humanitarian phlanthropist, asking my country
men give up systcm which is advantageous to them
homage TO the genas q the occansc we ge
reaching millennium, but ask 4 Lecauss as an Eng
shpan, and as public man Ihsve not. and have
had, any other criterion " guide me. nor any other
standard by which to form my opinion but tne Interests
The honest Interests Of my country, which believe,
mankind. tcs'oers Understand tnst ] don't beg
the question, bat challenge discussion npn sts
merits and IN the way 70 which ,i am now plSps
be advantageous for England 70 maniaa the system
Of commercial b ckades, supposng we were al war With
that country. There arc only three countries with
which England could POSSIBLY have maritime
war of any serious Dimensions France Russia and
the United States. lake Franco. Why, since the dis
covc'y of the the rail merchandise u.
tended for the interior OF France which under ord
nary goes by way Of Marseles Havro and
other ports could ana way 70 enter BY Rotterdam
Hamburg and very soon Also ss the lines of railway are
completed by the ports OF Italy and oven Of SPAIN and
with tie addition It'd cost, certainly without snch an
addition would form nsul erabe bar 20 the French
| people obtaining and enjoying those commodities
6. Nsissfo ls I'm trance-has lost its force by the
| Interrogation OF the locomotive and the rail NOW
take Russia There is no -upt .aa. " aesaru " .nas
country, which wc imrs' % nc@sny s,y " rsw &
materials especially its souho P.%a ~ I,,, ,o
Black Sea the principle OF commercial bo,. wa'a ~
hod good 10 all It's iorce Therefore ask yoa wy
war with Russia would II be the interest England
force the system of commercial blockade a oi
cocrcg that country and putting end " the hosti
during the Crinean That war was declared in
March, 1904. France aud Engand had deficient
harvcsts and in France especially there dearth ot
food What course thcn pursued by In 80 coi.
rics Did they instantly ava! themselves OF the power
the war was declared in March, 1854, It was uutd
March, 1855, that the blockade Of ths commercial ports
OF the Back Sea and the Sea Of Azof declared We
order that England and Franco might get grain from
thcm, aud we ga more than haf q mllioa quarters
OF from them TO feed our people while we
tho carrying on the most destructive
operations ~ the siege o Sebastopo That s practical
instance IN our own d. and IN respect 70 our own coun
Try IN which we applied the principo advocated by Mr.
C.ss viz Tina, OF besicging military arsenal ana
ryias on simultaneously peaceful intercourse with the
u la the otLor directon Bear mind that OF all the
ports from Russia, Whose chief exports materials
hemp lax linsecd taow and grain England takes far
than oha-n the Of some articles shc takes
much seventy and eighty per cent. Well five
were at with Russia, should cnfofcc blockade
upon hor portsf Again. have an Illustration OF that N
the List We profced. is true, TO blockade Cron
stad prevent the Of raw material sch as x ard
hemp by sea TO England BY that means we merely d.
scf,od that traffic hro, gh PRUSSIA: and In one year 1856
broughi from Prussia tslow 70 the smountof 81 500.
900 sterling while in the year before the amount bad ncs
bcan fa 900 Well but the government know that those
articles were coming from the ports of Prussa In the
Rattle and We had debate the subject raised in the
House OF Commons, whore motion was made in regard
10 this coutraband trade, 10 called In Russian
produce. I suppose that gentlemen seeing that
blockade entered into large specuations lisnila
hemp aud Indian seeds, and they perhaps thought
rather cheating them that Eussan commodities were al
loved come into this country In that Indirect way.
The consequence that vigorous appeal made 10
the House. and by dcputations to the Foreign Minister
with view 20 stop that conrabsud trade Tho govern