The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-01-28

any naval forces al all have been Stationed,
have been invested so ,nefficientiy that
hundreds Of entries have been elected into
them since the declaration OF the blockade:
that our enemies have themselves admitted
the inefRciency Of their blockade in the
most forcible manner, by repeated official
complaints of the sale, to US, OF goods con-
traband Of war. sale which aoula not
possibly affect their interests IL their pre-
tended blockade was sufficient "really to
prevent access 10 our coast" that they
have gone farther. and have alleged their
inability to render their paper blockade e.
fective as the excuse for the odlous bar
barity Of destroying the entrance TO one OF
our hatbors By sinking vessels loaded with
stone In the channel; that oar commerce
with foreign nations has been intercepted,
not by The effective investmentof our ports,
inor by the SEIZURE of ships IN the attempt
to enter them, but BY the capture on the
high seas Of neutral vessels BY the cruisers
of our enemies whenever supposed to be
bouad to any point on our extensive coast,
without inquiry whether single blockad-
ling vessel was 10 be found at such point;
tina, blockading vessels have left the ports
at which they were stationed. Tor distant
expeditions, have been absent Tor many
DAYS, and have returned, without nntice
1 either of the cessation or renewal OF the
blockade; in a word, that every prescrip-
4 ton OF maritime law, and every right oi
n sutral aations to trade with a belligerenl
under the sanction OF principles heretofore
il universally respected, have been systemat.
icaily and persistently violated by thr
United STATES. Neutral Eurnpe has receis
ed our remonsirances and has submitted IN
almost unbroken silence to all the wrongs
!. that the United States have chosen TO in
/ fiict on It's commerce. The Cabinet .
. Great Britain, however, has not conine,
E itself to such implied acquiescence IN thes
e branches of international law a. result
!. from simple inaction, but has 10 publish
! ed dispatch of the Secretary OF State 10
a Foreign Affairs. assumed to make chang
i in the principle enunciated BY the Con
|, gress of Paris, 10 which the faith OF N
/ British Government was considered TO b
Ie pledged; a change toy important aud 70
Re preiudcial 10 the interests Of The Contsde
IN racy 10 be overlooked, and against which
9, have directed solemn protest 10 be made
at after vain attempt TO obtain satisfacior
We explanations from the British Gossrnmer
10. In published dispatch from her Majesty
he Eoreign Office, 10 her Minister at Was
ism ington, under date Of tbs 18th Februal
J." 1862, occurs the following passage:
Of, Her Majesty's Government, howese
he are Of opinion that assuming that the bloc
he ade was daily notified, and also that nun
e. Der OF ships is stationed and remains al 4
le, entrance of port sufficient really 10 pr
m vent access to it; or 10 create an erldc
il. danger Of entering il or ieaUing Il, and III
i've these ships do not voluntarily permit |
~ gress or egress. the fact that various shi
ties nav have successfully escaped through
ice (as in the particular instance here REFER
Gu 10, will not Of its self prevent the blocks
u from being an effectual one BY in,ernatic
snt al law"
in The words which have italicised are
] Of addition made By the British Gosernm,
rom Of its own authority to principle the !
OF act terms or which were settled with del
rico eratlnn by the common consent Of civil
Rio ed nations. and BY implied convention y
-ous this Government, az already explained, /
,ck- their effect Is clearly to reopen 10 the p
: Of iudiee 81 the Confederacy oae of the v
the disputed questions Of the law Of blackl
ears which the Congress Of Paris professsd
ice settle. The importance Of this change il.
the Oily illustrated by taking one Of our port
sole az example. There il " evident dang,
vet in entering the port Of Wilmington 4
!mn. the presence Of a blockading force, and
IS as this lest the blockade is effective. "Ac,
hose is 10, really prevented" By the blockad
from fee, to the same pori, for steamers ase {
llted tinually arriving and departing, 70 that,
hose by this test the blockade 10 Ineffective
war invalid. The justice Of our complaint on
lifted point is 50 manifest a. to leave little 3
we're for doubt that further reflection will ind
, the the British Government TO give us such
], in surancei - will sface the painful imp
en- sions th,t would result from ito langa
time il left explained
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