The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-01-30

ter, pronounclng it an outrage against
international law, was appointed an Admi-
ralty Judge? Why should he be better
posted than the older explorer, Wilkes
England decides that he could have lc-
gally taken the Trent to New York, but
had no right to take out the ENJOYS; or,
as General Scott has clearly put it, the
greater crime would have been the lesser.
This is the first time / ever saw Napole-
on's remark verified, that blunder was
worse than a crime There are several
ways of settling the matter without war.
[ wish our Government had tried the
traitors, convicted them for high treason,
and sentenced them to be gibbeted, and
then, in its strength, generosity and Glenn
ency, banished them forever from the
country they betrayed. Had this been
done before Earl Russell's dispatch, all
would have been in order, and your be-
loved Ambassadors would shortly be your
guests again, with the brand of treason on
their passports. England says it would
have been in order had the Trent been
taken to New York Why then not send
her over, keep back the specie, the pas
sengers and the mails-simply send the
ship there-or if not, the afiGavits, and
let it 90 through the Prize Court. Twill
guarantee that Slidell and Mason shall
have a fair chance Another way-re-
membering how well Lord Ashburton and
citizen Daniel Webster settled matters on
former occasion-why not let Miner
Gibson, or Gladstone, or Lord Stanley, or
Golden, talk the matter over with Edward
Everett, Thurlow Weed, or Bancroft, or
Seward, or some properly chosen referee,
Again, let us sec what the meaning of
international is. From what | observe,
the word seems to mean England alone /;
but on examination it may turn out that
it means more than one, or several ma
tions. IF so, then England has no right
to settle it, nor America-why, then, not
allow Russia, Prussia and France to put
the matter straight, and give them one
per cent on the estimated cost of the war
towards wiping off their annual deficits !!
That is it-settle it by contract. Suppose
Mr.. Seward, as he most likely will do,
condescends to argue the point-has he
not a right? Suppose he takes out of his
pigeon hole-he always has these things
handy-some chap, some sec, some page,
a long suit of references. For instance,
in 1872, the right Of search was then dis
cussed, and don't be surprised when [ re-
mind you that Lord Palmerston was then
Secretary of War, or let me start with
that disputed case Of the Congressional
President, IL. Laurens, ambassador to HOl-
land, ferciby taken out Of the Mercury by
the British ship Vestal, carried to Eng
land. tried, convicted of high treason, and
sent to the Tower to await the malefac-
tors DOOM That was in 1880, and this
was the man afterwards exchanged cor
Lord CORVALLIS, whose remembrance we
continue to celebrate on the 10Th of Oc-
tober
Take another question-say nothing of
the kindred cases IN the Foreign Office,
the Leonard taking the man out Of the
Chesapeake and the Leander's ex?erien-
ces--but take the American ship Hercu-
les in the Lcvant Q8I0) putting into a
Sandman port with the brother of the
Emperor i'll on board. The moment the
captain of the British man, of-war heard
the name of Bonaparte, he boarded the
ship with drawn cutlasses, and forcibly
seized Lucian Bonaparte, and carried him
a prisoner to England. L believe the
American had no mail agent on board,
and that Bonaparte had no daughter to
throw herself in the doorway, and slap
the face of the British officer, which may
prevent this case from being exactly y anal
agous.
Take another epoch. The Caroline
Lord Palmerston was Premier then, also
was said to be assisting the Canadian
Rebels in the Niagara river (of course
the Bermuda, Fingai and Gladiator got
off their arms as matter of course, Eng
land being neutral) Col McNab, with
his armed men, boarded her in the night
time on the American shore, killed Amos
Durpee, set the ship on fire, and let her
drift over the Falls. England said it was
all right, and the gallant Colonel was
knighted Stand forth, Sir Allan Me
Nab! He was the Wilkes of that day,
and last week was the guest of the Queen.
Later still, did not your officers board the
n b. Chase and take the Irish patriot,
whose funeral was celebrated by some ff
ty thousand of his countrymen the other
day in Dublin, forcibly from under the
American flag, and bear him away to Eng
land ? All these cases [ find in the law
books, chapter on chapter, page on page
You say they are not analagous-what
of that? There are certain rules laid
down, and | have consulted all those rus