The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-13
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the English Government seeks r. ooun-
tenance and protect those engaged In 80
unfriendly an act are subjects Of grave
interest What the London journals say |
lie Of slight consequence, because their
diatribes lack authority and every 9TH
er element that might entitle them 10 re-
spectful consideration and what the |
peripatetio orators Of flrcat Britain ut
tor on the hustings is still lese worthy |
Of notice; but the declarations OF the |
frst Minister Of the Grown, ia bis ace |
In Parliament, demand attention and
reply, For this reason We oevote
brief space In these columns to-day, - q
. ponse 70 the extrsof binary statements
made by Lord Palmerston In the recent
debate elected by the remarks Of MIR.
Golden. There are points in tho matter
upon which the people of both countries
should BIO informed, and we state them
hers In the hope inst through orr pop
ular channels Of intelligence they may
reach the people of England, who sre
the friends of this Republic
Lord Palmerston Ia reported thus -
"rhe American Government have laid
down the position for themselves, be-
cause they have declared that neutral
is at liberty 70 furnish q beliigerent
with anything the belligerent may
choose TO buy, whether it be ships, arma,
ammunition, or anything else"
Nov, tho main point At issue between
the two Governments Is concerning the
furnishing Of wsrIiko ships, and, keep
ing that point strictly in view, nothing
could be more at variance with the fact
than the foregoing statement OF the Brit
ish Prime Minister. The occasion when
the American Government defined its
position upon the question in dispute
was during the Crimean war, when Eng
land was belligerent and we were neu-
trail. The ground then assumed Is the
identical ground upon which we take our
stand 70 day. Doth the American Pres
ident and the Secretary of State, ct that
time, drew a broad line of distinction
between selling arms and munitions
and the furnishing Of ships. In bis
message of 1866, President Pierce, while
he claimed for our private citizens the
right TO furnish their manufactures o.
arms and ammunition TO both bellige-
rents, distinctly informed the European
nations that our municipal laws, in &C
oordance with the laws Of nations, 'ar'
peremptory in their prohibition Of thu
equipment Or armament of belligeren
cruisers in our ports" This is the po
sition which "the American Government
laid down" when we were neutral, and
it will be observed, that IL IL, 30 far a
ships are concerned, exactly the OPPOSITE
of that which Lord Palmerston allegc'
in his place in Parliment Any one q
home or abroad may verify II, who turn
to the message OF that year,
Again, Lord Palmeraton misTepresent
the Government Of the United State
} after the following fashion. Mr.. Lair
: had made reference 10 the barqu
Mauyy, which, during that same war wa
J being fitted out in New York, and as wa
I | alleged by the British Consul, as Rus
D sian priYateer. Upon this, LoEd Pal
merston, with show Of candor, remaike
!, \ IS follows -" We conn lained, aud th
! ship was examined, and declared by th
e local authorities to be free from an
: ground for molestatfon. Nevertheless
e there was the best reason for believin
4. that the ship WAS destined for the Rue
L
o tons in the Eastern seas"
: All this is of the worst style of miG
representation The term ''locap NJ
n thorities 10 used to make il appear Thu
i some inferior magistrate or functionar,
o under local prejudices, made one side
y examination, and discharged the vesst
! when there was good grounds for her d,
tentiOn. The truth Is, that the order f
= the seizure aud detention of the vess
was issued by the Attorney General
l. the United States, and ell the subseque
n proceedings were under warrant Of {
Admiralty Court of the United State
/ and not by "lOcap authorities az q
10 And when Lord Palmeraton says th
IN these authorities declared the vessel
sr be free from any ground for mOlestaiiC
ir be adopts . very mean way of statii
the real upshot Of the case, which WI
l. that the MauTy was held in custody Of
Z. United States Court until TIE British %
I, sEI himself declared there was no grOui
8t for detention.
10 There is still further departure frc
le fact In tho statement that there "
e, reason for believing that the Maury W
g destined for naval operations, in behs
As of the Russian Government, ain {
or Eastern seas. No such pretense "
y, pat forward by she British Consul at I
TO time; for the sworn information
ir which he had the vessel seized and d
s. tanned by the Attorney General was, "a
she intended 70 cruise in the track Of
RI Ounard steamers 20 Liverpool, with |
a. purpose Of seiElng them; aud this whS
he fabrication about tho Eastern seas"
OF . sheer after thought.
The United States needs no beti
a. record than that we made during /
IN OrimeAn war, and particularly that Pi
d, Of IL which relates TO tho barque MAJ
" We then occupied precisely the sal
I'D ground we stand on To-day, while I
~ British Government has in all essent
ee particulars reversed its position.
o. then claimed the right 10 sell arms, 81
ld to both belligerents; but we disclaim
'rt the right 10 furnish privateers aud shi
ot of war. In the case Of the Maury {
de doctrine was put TO the test and vi
in the celebrity Of lightning--fOr the ord
ut were sent by telegraph--the Mauyy v
p seized and detained within twenty If
Is hours after the British Consul filed
he information; and she was held In cl'
custody until he lifted the libel hims'
She was not allowed 10 run out 10 sea
10. means Of delays aud dilstOry Proces
Ne ings, as the alabama was by the Brit
authorities
Ity Moreover, the English Government,
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