Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-17

ence OF The French Government haVmg been received
No public protest opposton however, has be-, mad
by Es Imperial Majesty sgans the pr"t6lliOn to trad
with imposed Fr nch citizens BY th" paper bloc ad
!" the United States although have reason to below
that ssfu attempt made, "n his part, l.
cur the assent of the BFlti-h Government h.
Of action cn.ouant with the ct,t"s %" public lt~s
afi With The dsm tnds Of llstice towards Gs.
The partlaty Of hr Marsty's Government in favor o
our enemies has been ulthrr rynced in the marked die
rr,nce "l ts conduct the subject Of The purchas-
supplies by TIE tno BE- lgerentsf Thi difference has b.
nsPlruolH since the very emrnt Of the
As early the LIST "f May, l-Gl the British Minister
Washington informed by the Secreay State n the
UnlIed tates that he bad cent Engand and that
others w"Gd &" t" France t. purchase hrus and TINS
fact commune Gated "a the British Foreign Office
which interposed objection Yet, in October of the
year EaIl Russell cnet tanned the comp int Of the
United States Minister london that the Cunrdcrat
States were importing c"ntthb4ud of from the island
of Mass u directed inquiry uto the matter and obtained
report from the auth r!tirs of the sand denying the
alb CATIONS which report enclosed to Mr. Adams, and
rec lved by him sat tsacory evidence to dis Ih
suspicious naturally hrowa upon the authorities of Nassau
by that unWarrdntab'e act
SO, too when the Confederate Government purchased
IN Graf Bitan, neutral country, (and with stree
observance both of the law of nations and the municipal
Ia" q" Great Brtajn) vess"ls which were subsequently,
armed al cVmmI- soued vessels # war after they had
been tar Removed from English waters, tho British Gov
ornDent, in violation Of ts InWs and Difference
the impUrtuna demands Of the United States made
Intellectual attempt to seize weasel ani did actually
seize and detan another which touched at the aand Of
Nassau her way Confederate port, and subjected
her to ~ nnnnnded prosecution at the very ii wien
car9"es # munitions Of being openly shipped
from BRITISH ports New York be used in warfare
against
For nearly three years this Government hss exerc
upltrstloled uisdict over may mI"0s ot willing
ami United pnopL. Ii has ali dct~at armies
# Invaders whn have IN sought It's suhversion Sup
ported b. thr confidence ana sagnn al its citizens the
ContrfSr5Cy has 1cked element which dstngu Rhrs
independent nation according 10 hn principles public
law Its gis3a i've, executive and judicial departments,
each in S sphere have performed their appropriate
=
found peac ana t"e whole energies OF the people hav-
been developed the organic :ton of vast aairE wh
Their rlghs and liberties have rested Under ~
protection :" the courts Of III. ice THIS GuAc3eTaCy IL
e her udr peEdrn dependency o the ited StsIa-s
for u" "ther earthly Power claims tire night lnvr
Without historic fact which the prepus..
rest, wittnuf line word of treaty ur ... ,ur
which color to title the United Ststr>
serted that the B,ilish Government have cp.el
ree thai the:e sovereign States dependences Of the
G"vermneht whch IL administered al Washington Great
Britain has accordingly entertained with that Government
the closest aud most Intimate relations, wh" refusing On
its deunnd, ordinary ameahia intercourse with and
has, under arrangements made with the other o
Europ- not ony denied our Just cain Of admission into
he faulty ol nations, but trpo.el ss!vr through
"hrctual bar, I" thu acknowledgment "f rights by
So 1t had become apparent by the declarations
OF the British Mns sters, the debates the BRUSH Par
Lament in July last, that her M,.sy- Government
determined t. persist mdrhhitey 81 policy
which, uuder professions oi neutrality bad become SUB
serIi-nt 10 the designs ~ rneuy felt NV duy
r. call the Commissioners formerly accredited to that Cnrt
and the correspondence the subject IL Submitted I"
yOs.
The British Government may deem this war favorable
occasion Tor establishing by temp rary sacrifice Of their
Neutral rights precrd"n which shall Justify the
ex rcse at th"s" extreme beigeren pretensons that
their avail power renders Formidable The opportunity
Tor obtaining the ac assent of European "vrrnur to
nm ~ Conduct 1hch ign re- thr ubhgat"us o the de-
rarauu ~ Pare and treats ths instrument ra her
th'"r,tca exposition ." principles than binding
mrnt, may b. c"n-iderrd by III" british Ministry iu>ti
f,lsa
Cnuutry at the eXpru-s of But permit,
wa0ut protest, the assertion that Int~rnaonaI
morals regarded as "''upartia Heuta'lty conduct
avoNrd I" be exec, dinghy advantageous Ia al the
bp gerrnts
| have stated that We arc without adequate remedy
against the injustice under which suffer, Tgere
hut two that applicable "a the present
ditinn o relations with neutral Powers One is o
initiate the wrong of which, complain to retaIiatr by
The declaration o paper blockade Of the cast oi
tmtd States and to ctptur MI neutral vessels trading
with their ports that rtcrcc ut the igh
seas. This measure c4nuot mm nd, lrs tru, tha
i, doing should hut follow tn" prared"ut- et hy
Great BrtlaiA and rance Ia the Berlin and Mlru decree
and the British orders IN c,uuc At th h'Ganiug Of thr
present Rtury. But it must hr remembered that
Ourselves protested against tn very sgua
v"n'i ms q" the aH =" nat os tni declared the HtrupiH
"a excuse trm, IN gutlnd ~ their being rrvitalury
utterly u,ufirrut III - biockades quoted by
writers pubic nW standing rrpr"ach the good
n~mr Of the Eat-on- who betrayed by Temporary
a.prrat"n into roug dong aud ought Ia b. regarded
rather I" b. avoided an examples to be fol-
lowed
he nth'T mna,urr tot open to this obi c.ion The
second rc u thr declaration u Paris which provides
that neutral hg enemy goods, w,Jh the
crIt"n "t coutrabard ut war concession by
bell -re n favor u urutra md net simply the enupCa.
n"n !" an acko'wI god pr-exlslng rule Ike the fourth
,Itcln Wnich referred b ckadrs To th concession
So uni ourselves by tie utl"n with Great Britain
AMI France, uhch tonk the sthpe a the resolutions ad
ed hy predecessors the IL h August, l-6l The
consideration rendered tor that concession has b. en
withheld We have, ther. FORE the uud~nabe right 10
r'fisr longer IL remain bound by compact which the
o'her party refuses to fulfil But W. should forget
that the var but temporary and that 4, sire that
prarc shall be srmau"ut Tie future policy of the Con
rdcrncy must be to uphold neutral rights t. Their
! full px'cu..
4 The principles Of the 1rclaration Of Paris c"nmrni
themselves t. our Judgment moro JUS, more hun'"".
more With modem ciVluz uzatru thnH trsr
brjge'ent prctersons witch great naval Powers have
hrr"totorr sought 10 jn"ducr ioo the maritime c4d'
H. rreo und'nahe gh' to the ex"gcIs "t lt"@e pre-
eislnis IL policy higher, w"rter u us ard d" our caus
thtu e. T,yuk, aGh"son g. punr is that "r approve
Let hupr tor - rHlh"r nh return ny sense
oi Justice which fan tu awaken great people 10
the cuuciuist that III, Nhich we ar" engaged
ought rather b. u,dr reason r "rheardnre o ad
yantap. than ai ocr.io1 or the unirendly conduct o
when rtake just CurIpiaut
rHa ARMY ANp ms SUPPLIES.
II The report at the Secretary of War you rpri red
measure. ut lt GIon required tr maintaining IT. Elf
cituuy .uNg s numbers, and furnishing tho supple
/ H. rf,.ary tor IT. su"uort
InouLh h ve lost many Of the best Of -id 'r'
&pd most pat rtl :, The sad bur nnt7oda
blr result q" Tia" battles aud tolls at such csmpogr u.