The New York herald., 1862-11-04
THE Amgse-Rcbel Steamer Aiabause-
Open compssoity or tho Ersstsh Governs

THE Amgse-Rcbel Steamer AiabauAa--
OpeM Complsoiiy or tho Ewtstsh Governs
meat.
Tnc startling news we yesterday .patlished
of the renewed derredaiioas ci the pirate Ala
bama On cur commerce sa the high seas Is
naturally arousing tho indignation 0. oar Whole
people. IL is the duty Of oar government 10
take the matter in hand witholt mcnents do
lay The British government must be beld ac-
counable for all the oatrages AMI inhaman'tles
which this piratical vessel has already or may
hereafter commit Such q cowardly aud dis
graceful violation 0. theAaws OF neutrality as Is
involved in the fitting out and armament Of this
vessel can nowhere else be found. Ostensibly
the property Of the Confederate government, it
is we'll known TO all England ana the world
that che is British vessel. She was openly
built in an English shipyard by British work
men, and paid for by British gold, subscribed
by the merchants Of Liverpool, her crew for
the most part being Englishmen. There was
no attempt whatever made 70 prevent the
building of this ship, and in due course che
sailed under the British flag, 10 scour the seas
and prey upon our peaceful commerce. 1t Is
ridiculous to say that this was unknown to the
government; for the fact was stated over and
over again in all the English and American
newspapers, and at last IL was broughs
TO the direct notice Of the British Cabinet. The
evasive reply Of Lord John Russell that the
government could not interfere with private
speculatons-~must he wen remembered.
Here, therefore, is case Of the most fragrant
,,oh. xo( fkn ,att Z.
overt act of hostility against q friendly and kin
dred nation engaged in strife for national
existence. How different was the action Of the
United States when Great Britain was engaged
in war with Russia. AT that time some seven
years ago--a rumor became prevalent that the
bark Mora was being fitted out in tie port of
New York. nominaily for China but with ute
rior purposes hostile to England. The British
| Consul as soon as he learned the facts, commn-
nicated with his Minister at Washington, and in
! consequence Of their representations the Mora,
an American vessel, in an American port, was
seized by the District Attorney Of this city and
| kept in custody for two days. There was,
however, no truth whatever in the allegations
! concerning this vessel, and when the proper
explanations were made she was discharged
This was the way in which we kept the neu-
trality laws when England was at war, and
nothing can more plainly show the equity and
justice of our government as compared with
the craft Of the British administration.
"Our laws" declared the New York
Chamber Of Commerce on that occasion,
in the most solemn manner forbid
the being concerned In the fitting out
Of any vessel to commit hostlities against
any nation at peace with the United States"
But British merchants, who have lined their
Golfers with gold drawn from American indus
try, now find it more honorable to fit out pirates
to destroy the commerce of our country. At
the present moment there are other piratical
vessels being fitted out in English ports for the
rebel service, in defiance Of the royal procla-
nation and all the obligations Of right and jus
tice. The London Times publicly informs us
that the Earl of Clarendon and other distin-
guishsd persons recently visited the shiphuild-
ing yard Of Messrs Laird Brothers & Co., at
Birksnhead. Here they inspected the monster
iron-clad frigate Agincourt, for the royal navy;
the troop ship Orontes "and two iron-clad she'll
proof rams Of very peculiar shape and
construction, rising into shape under the
shed where the famous 200 was put together"
A Liverpool paper more csndidly informs us
that these two latter vessels are being built for
the Chinese governments. e., the Southern Gen.
federacy
Now, ii is time that these outrages on neutral
rights should be ended, and the position Of the
British government towards this country be dis
tinctly defined For this purpose it will be
necessary for Mr.. Seward to make an official
representation to the British Cabinet Of all the
facts we have mentioned and Of as many more
as may be necessary, and to demand that there
shall be no more such vessels permitted to leave
the ports Of Great Britain. Let him show how
English gold, influence, enterprise and talent
are engaged in this shameful service. II Eng
lands neutrality is not all farce, such repre-
sentation from our government must meet with
pronpt attention, and II may be that the pratt
cal crafts now being got ready in English ports
will not be added to those already aaoat.
In the meantime let the Navy Department
look to the Alabama. Let fast and powerful
vessels be sent upon her track, so that the com
mercc of a great maritime nation like ours may
no longer be aggrieved by the depredations Of
q single pirate, commanded by one bold and au-
dacious man.
THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT IN NEw JEr-
sEY--From the correspondence we published
yesterday from Monmouth county, New Jersey,
il would seem that the conservative counter
revolution in that State will be as marked
as that in Ohio. Jersey has always been
q conservative State, and there can be lit
tls doubt that shat State, which was carried
against the republican party In 1S6O-the only