The New York herald., 1863-09-11
followed IN 1885, and Css,ian pride reeptcd In Iass
In from the da<a OF the caniest


itses pdependeR January 27 1892. After a contest os
thau FIVE years. with alternate and disaster
sne great YsTers sseenea 9reoy e., N 1872 eu, The
came tho instance of Bsgium, which declared Itself In.
dependent 10 October tss I'D Was promtly recognized
by the great Powers, WIG ineryrped forcity Tor This
nurps fae last nssncei ~ iexas, which declared its
,naepcndrnce "a necemSer. 1885, aad de'esles ths
IA is5d The power OF Mexico seemed TO be- overtrown,
| nut Andrew Jackson, who was then President N tho
United States, in his Easssge ~ recemAer q, 1887,
laid down the raie Of caution ana Justice on
sucn an occasicn, az iooast'lfe acsn wredsemc; o.
place in tho family of nations IS at al times
IN act o grett cccacv aad responsibility; BAT mara
from auo,her OF which t had formed integral rart,
ana winch stu ci,ims dominion over a. pre,baturr
e shoc cause of war, is always abe 10 b. regarded
rs PROOF ~ an nnricndy sprit And hrc ncIaie Jy
,na, our country should kcso plo uni INC
the next yearwhan tho contest had prac, isay ceaee
sna CRY ine claim 5ennneaths new Power wasnc
1s4o by Great Britain France and pcigum Tey,s was
snneyed % INC United states IN 1885, but at Ibis time
hex'oo haa mol loinod N tho general rec gnton.
pRN fIps ApriIciBrE ~ Hrs ocSriIoN.
such are the historic Instances which illustrate inter-
tfop tho recognition may he armed unarmed wis an
intermediate case, where the recognition may seem
unarmen when in reality II IS armed whom Franco
simny announced ts recognition OF thu Independence OF
tho n ed states aud at the same tme prepared to main
tan 1t iy war.
hrmed recognition simply recognition by coercion
isa heliaeren' &C. constituting war; and il can DO vim
~,
ready all the sponsbil.as Of war as in tho
recent cases OF Greece and Heleun not cs the
une o. IN se un,,eS sates ~ France 20. an At
menhermept or brtition 0. cputry IN nature Of
enive beyond ordinary especially when the country
tn he sacrificed h uhc and potters against i are
crewned hcads Prccecing from tho conscinusness OK
brutal power, such an at'emn IL insult mankind
" armed reco milton at any time can find apology u win
be only whcre Ia sincerely made for the protection
human rights It wouid bc bard to condemn that inter
veniipn which saved Greece TO freedom.
unarmed recognition is wher. foreign Power
knowiedres IN some pacific form the Independence ps
colony or province ngst the cnim Of s ortinai gov
crnmcnt Al hough excluding al deG q coercion, yet II
cannot he uniformly us 1ed.
RECOGNITION CONTEST rEvpISG.
And here we ARE brought to tn IT question Of tne"
on when Mr. Canning so poiniedly piqued himself.
and 10 which Presid Mt jackson erred when no
sugges'cd tnat "a premature recognition" might
be 'io'xed upon ms !rs'inable cause Of war"
Nothi-g is more clear III that recognition may be
favor at one time whe II must be rejected at another.
So far - assnncs To ascertain rights Instead of facts or
nation undertake ~ sit in judgment the rights
P~olher nation without It's consent Therefore. 1t nnot
declare that 6e a colony province IS ed q in.
dep r m the necessity the case that
international INTERIOR rae may not fail u ascertain
the fac g. c,refaly wisely and on the actual evi.
dcncc, may declare that de fac,o the colony pro.
vince appears to be in possession OF dcpcndence which
possesscd beyond the possibility Of recovery: and
secondly, that tho new government has achicv.
ed that reasonable stability with fixed limits which
eivos of solid rowcr. All OF this is simply
fact and nothing moro But iust In proporon for
egn ration anticipates tho fact or agnes the fact or
substitutes It's passions for the fact torscends the
well dclned bounds or International law without tho
fact OF ndependencc positive ID axed there nothing
but claim. Now nothing he clearer than that while
the errblc litigation Is stl pending aid the trial by bat
tie, TO which appeal has been made yet undecided, the
fact Of independence cannot exist There is ouly paper
independence, which though reddencd with blood
better than paper empire paper blockade. and any
PRETENDED recogn tinn OF It, Is wrongful intervention,
CIT with ust neutrality since the obvious ef.
FEC. must be TO encourage the nsurgent party Such has
been thc declare judgment OF our country nd Its prac
tcc even under crcumst nces tempting in another drec-
i'm and srch also tho declared Judgment and prso
tee OF Great Britain with reference to sp nisb Americas
rhc concInsion then IL clear In order justi
coent!on mus appear beyond doubt that de- faco tho
is established secure within Axed limits rcse arc con-
dtions precedent, which cannot be avoided without
,ba, x - d. naran Of ,hc nc,cs
Of the world. viii bc for Us shortly to inquire II tbero
he not another condition precedent which civilization In
DO you ask now IL foreign Powers Gu acknowledge our
srvcmonrer embryo ns an ndercndent naiiony There ia
madness in the thought. recoeniton accompanied bt
the breaking Of tho blockade would be war--mpious
would be the allies savcry tho ration or
In history none more accnrscdionc more 10 draw
down upon Us authors the iudgmnt alike q God and
man. But the thought az rcconit,cnunder existing cir
stanccs-while the contest Is stil pending-sven
without any breaking OF the blockade or attempted
erelon, satanic abSu-dy hardly Iesa imrious
The other or course wond unbushingiy assume that,
n fact the savemougcrs had already ceedcd in csab
fishing Independent nation with uniroubied govern
ment, and con ormation OF tcrritorywhen Ia
tact, nothing h cstabshednothipg Is untroubed-uoth-
ing ginele boundary line and
Is element OF Independence except the andacous at
tempt when. fact the conflict is stii waged
battle fields, and these prelende-s independence
have been driven from State TO Stitc-driven away
from tho Mississippi which parts thcr-driven back
the interior or in block ,ded ports so that only by
stealth can they communicate with the outward world
Anv recognition OF such sion existing ony as
prc,cnsior, secuted and denied by whole people with
invncb'e armies and navts embatiIed against IL, ID
DC flaming mockery OF truth. II would assert nderer
dence fact when notoriously II not "A fact. Il
would he enormous lie. Naturally Power thus guilty
wold expect 20 support the lie by arms.
fMrpr oE ri
WITH sLa,ERy A. CORNER sTnsE.
Iu DO not conten, myself with single objection 10
this outrageous consummaiiou. There is dr.
fercnt nature. Assumng.i.for the moment, .what am
glad TO believe can never happen, that the nes slave
Power hrs become independent IN fact while the national
lng has sunk exhausted in the contest there
objection which. In OF Cnristian light thank God,
solemn covenants. have branded slavery shall forget
their vows, while England TIE declared proteclFess Of tho
Aricrn race aud France the declared ch4mnlan o.
ideas both break away from the irresistible logic "
their history and turn their backs tho past. Vain
Is honor vain II human confidence these nations nj
moment or high duty thus irnobly fail. "Rcnown
and grace Is dcad" Like the other objection this IA OF
fact ao for It s founded the character OF the snve
mongcr prc;cnsoa claiming rccogaiioa all OF which
fact. Perhaps II may be said that u y question o.
puosiIon o If ,be Sac, be es,,ssed sa,ng more
is necessary than that the new Power shalt
1T ta bs Independent, and. from the natarc sor
the case eycrv patton will Judge OF this fitness
fact. In undertaking to acknowledge Power,
you proclaim ils fitness for welcome and tho
family Of nations Can England put forth such proca.
NATION favor o the whippcrS ~ and sellers
children Can france permit Louis Napoleon put forth
such proclamation
aud hero. the threshold Of this inquiry, tho true
state ~ tho question must not be forgotten. II
whether old aud existing relations shall be continued with
Power which permits slavery but whether relations
shall be begnn with F0wer which not merely per-
mis slavery, but builds us whole inoerable pretcR8on
upon this barbarm. No new slave State" is watch.
word with which are already familiar. but even
tfs cry does not reveal the fun opposition 70
this ncy revolt against civilizations; for even II
disposed 10 admit new slave State, there must be,
among who have not yet lost all of deccncy
an uudying resistance 10 the Admission of slave
Power, having such an unpuespned origin and such
unqucstoned purpose that which auns Ia piracy
aud blood before the civilized world, seeking recognition
for criminal Here " nothing for nice casnis.
try. DUTY plain rs the moral law or the multpica.
,ior table.
Look for moment a! the unprecedented character OF
this prctenson Presiicut had been elected by The
people, IN the autumn Of 1sC0 who was kuo wn bo
against the extenson q slavery THIS all. lie bal
yet entered upol the performance o hGs duties nt
the rnnngers thai Slavery hnma