Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-09-24

British Government and in circular letters were sent over
the world"
But il was not enough to declare the principles
They be enforced, Spain and Portugal hung back
The Secretary of the AnSlavrry Society was sent to
endeavor TO create these countries public feeling IN
favor of the abolition Of slavery and the British Minister
at Lisbon desired by Lord Palmerston TO afford al
the assistance and protection his power for promoting
the object of his Journey" British officials 10 foreign
countries sometimes backsIded This corrected BY
another circular addressed to all the four quarters OF tno
globe, setting forth that it would be uniting nat any
officer holding an appointment under the D.sn
should, either directly indirectly hod OF Do IN
terestsd in slave property The Parliamentary Papers
which attest the universay of this instruction. show the
complete with which it was executed. Inc Consui
AZ RIO Jan-ro in ssyehoding Braz had among his de-
uestics thu ee negro slaves groom ana the other
waiter and woman he forced TO hire as nurse 10
his chidren-bu he discharged them at once under the
discipline of the British Forogu Office; ard
Lord Paimerston, in formal despatch, expresses ms
satisfaction II la CUBA the time OF the reception tnere
was not single resident officer holding under It's BRUSH
crown entirely free from the charge oil counte
nancing slavery But only few days afterwards was
officially reported that there not single British
officer residing there who had not or was no1
least preparing to relnqush the cdious Practice This
quick work Thus the practice according 20 tue
rule Every person holding office under the British
Government constrained to set his face against
slavery and the way by having nothing 10 do with IT,
in EMPLOYING hiring the slave OF another nothng,
directly or Indirectly
But Lord Paerston, acting in the name OF the BRUSH
Government did not stop with changing British ofhcais
practical aboonists whenever they we're IN foreign
countries He sought to enlist ether European Govern
ments in the same policy, and to this end requested
them forbid all their unctoDares residing IN slave
holding communities to be Interested IN Save properly or
in any holding hiring Of slaves. Denmark for moment
hesiatsd from unwlingness to debar ts omcers 10
slave countries from acting according TO the laws where
they resided when the minister ut once cited 10 support
of his request the example of Belgium Holland sweden
Naples, aud Portugal all of which, witnSut delay naa
yielded to this British nterventon and Denmark ranged
herself in the list Nor this interchangeable propa-
ganda confined it's operations to the Christian Powers
With sacred pertnacity it reached into distant Monam-
medan regions where slavery mbedded not only IN the
laws but the habits, the social syste, and the very
life OF the people and called upon the Government to act
against it, No impeachment stood in the way no preu-
dice, national religious To the Schab OF Persia ruling
vast outlying slave empire Lord Pamerston announced
the desire of the British Government to the condi.
ton of slavery abolished in every part OF the world
that it conceived much good might be accomplished
in Mohammedan countries by steady perseverance
and By emitting to take advantage OF favorable OPP
porunites and that the Schah would be doing fhlg
xtemely acceptable to the British Government and ma
ton if he would issue decree making penal for Per-
sian to purchase Slaves To the Sultan of Turkey,
whose mother slave, whose wives we're all slaves
aud whose very cOunse0rs generals and admiras were
originally slaves he made similar appeal and he sought
win the dependent despot by reminding him that only
in this way could he hope for that good will which was SO
essential to his Government that the continued support
of Great Britain will for years to come be an object
of Importance to the Porte that this support cannot be
given ectualy unless the sentiments and opinions OF the
majority Of the British nation sha be favorable to the
Turkish Government end that the whole Of the British
nation unanimously desire beyond almost thing else
to put end TO the practice of making slaves Such
at that time the voice of the British people Since
Cromwell pleaded for the Vaudois nober voice had
gone forth The Worlds Convention against slavery
itself TRANSPORTED while platform speeches were trans
fused into diplomatic notes The Convention, earnest for
universal emancipation declared that the friendly inter
position of Great Britain cnud be employ for no nober
purpose and, il to crown its work, address to
Lord Pamerton humbly and earnestly imp ored his lord
ship his high authority for connecting the over
throw of slavery with tho consolidation OF peace and all
these words at adopted in foreign dispatches
expressing the sentiments OF her Majesfys Govern
ment II Better watchwOrds ther> could not b., nor any
more worthy Of the British There be
sodaton peace without the overthrow OF slavery This
is true when first uttered Therefore Is Great
Britain still bound to her original faith che abandon
he OF which she the declared protectcess with
out the betrayal of peace as well as the betrayal OF
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but even now while speak the conspicuous idel
y to sacred is announced by the recent arrivals
from Europe The ship canal across the lsthmus oil suez
first attempted by the early PhaIoah and at last under
taken by French influence under the auspices OF the Pacha
OF Egypt is most zealousy opposed by Great Bitan for
the declared tnat in its construction forced labor
employed which this Power cannot In conscience sane
ton Not complete this vast Improvement bring
ing the East and the West together for which
kind has waited throughout long centuries will Great Bril-
tain depart the which che has goriousy de-
cared Slavery is wrong therefore it cannot be employ
ed The canal must stop if it cannot be built without
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GENERAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO INTERVENTION.
And here close the historic instances which illustrate
the right and practice of foreign Intervention The whole
subject will be in these instances teaching clearly
what avoid and what to follow In this way the law Of
nations like history gives ts best lessons But for the
sake of planness gather up some of the concu-
sons.
Foreign intervention is armed unarmed although
sometimes the two not easily distnguishabe An
armed Intervention may have in it the Of arms
it may be in disguise. II this is the it must be
treated accordingly.
Armed intervention is and nothing less. OF course
ka-
a Believing, rs do most profoundly, that
never be game but must always be crime when it
to be a duiys crime to be summed if it be not
duty to be performed swiftly and surely, and that
ton like Individual not permitted to take the sword
except in Just sedefeDce-I find the limitation in
armed which becomes unjust invasion just in
proportion departs from just selfdeience Under this
head is naturally included all that intervention which is
moved by tyrannical intermeddng spirit, because
italy hostle when Russia, Pru and Austria parti
toned Poland; when the Holy Alliance ntermeddled
every where aud menacel even America or when Rus
interviewed to crush the Independence Of Hungary
France to crush the Roman republic All such iuterven-
ton Illegal nexcusabs, and scandalous Its vindica
tion be found only the erontery that might makes
right
Unarmed intervention is of different character. If
sincerely unarmed may be regarded obtrnsve but not
hostile 1t may assume the form Of mediation, the
profsr Of good Offices, at the Invitation of both parties or
the OF civil war; at the invitation Of the original
authority. With such invitation this intervention pro-
per and honorable Without such invitation Of doubt
full ch aracter But il known to be contrary the de-
sires Of both parties the desires of the original
thority in distracted country it becomes offensive and
nadmssbe, unless obviously the side of human rights
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