New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-05
TEE law OF RnOCn.nr.

Government to act SO promptly and dccsively
az to anticipate the questions likely to arise
out of the temporary suspension of the block
AIDE. IL ia of course not 10 be expected that
the Government will act without official in.
formation Of the facts. but we shall assume
for the purooses of this discussion that tEr
ollegat;ons of tbe Joint prorlamatioo Of Gen.
J,.,,,~.,,orJ NIL Con, Ios,s1o,, ora f,,,e r,-
= :, ,.rs .,.,or.,-, - +s;s ,ro,,,e,.t g. ,nd.r.
s,ocd o,.,r,,. A., lo,l WIGHT, of tLo c,e.
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m 49,. ....f......,... g.. ..
Genuine 1oc..,.,.t ro.,yi.bs,inJi,g IN. sogrce
From, or5 a., cbarcd ,br,,,b ,r,.;o,, &C.. r..
.co-va i T. s,,te. i'm s,b..,,r. r.t a p,b4l
,.o,ol c.roe or ~. ,,,r,;,c of I,, ., at.
,o.,.l e., rr,;+.d s,,to, loclol,., roo. OF
rho lo-bor If Charleston and spr, ii .cer.oj.
-. a .aa ou+ - .;,t, a. a.. ,u.. tho
al. a. M, h,,.,t.5.. =. ,,...,.c.-..
t,rn.I,r d..l,ro3 70 n. r,.,,J Nv . .u,c,o-
c.--- t-n, "a of,or na o1s, I.r or Ion, or,
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eThuirht 10 '"Ac W c""s'Iuo"'"
The case has been likened TO that OF tenn
rororv s,,s,eusion of the blockade by a storm
r.: n..a4 c-oo, =, s,,-
"h'ch oIi'es INC olo0""""s NV
ton, but il il not that case ana inc ul''hc-
tiou between the two il clear. Every blockade
INNS. be spbiect TO INTERRUPTION by violence oil
,,.,ttor and ia established in the expectation
If sucb m occurrence and With a view to ia
Immediate resurnption when the weather per-
pits. Bu. a Dispersion of the bockad.ng fleet
bv superior force is not contemplated when
hostile mort ID closed. If it occurs, It Is con-
.;ds,ad n he such an interrup,ion az NAV
obonce tbo poli,y and plan of the b!oekadipe
never and neutrols are not bound to presume
ina. &, j. intended 10 b. ref.tablished. On the
ouestion Of 4 susrens;on BY storms. the English
AID Continental authorities are at variance.
Oo tho question Of the interruption Of the
IJ..l,J. Ly A, forcibe di.ncrsion of the block
adm, gee, the, are substantially agreed. The
Io,y on that snbiect il stated by Haueck in his
lately null;,hed work on International Law. a.
follows:
"wnen tie bioct,llng squadron {. driven away rom e.
station by superior force Of tho enemy tho n'ef'aPon
-, are ,,.,,r r., b,,o, e. to lie
knowledge OF pepts. either by public declaration or by tho
uo'oTie'y Of the fact as were Legally 'r4oe "",a IL N'
hi'' e''a'',,'',, . " y. nv
D,o, on Irsu-,,ce GA ., tc
go, ,o;,. sor.. ..c,ch n, eve,t j., a., Of
6.ctu,I ,nterrpptiop. opersting rs a le.al dis
continuance Of the blockade" Chancellor
Ke,,,s l,,cuaoe il even ,troucer. "When a
LIoctade !. ro;.ed Voluntarily or BIZ q superior
force il puts m end 10 il absolutely: and if il
he resumed ueutra!s must be charged with
not;ce Il, uoyo and without reference 70 the
forme, state Of things before they can be in.
vo,ved IN .be cuilt of a violation Of the block.
ode Kents Com. y. l. D. rs 7th ed.
presi5ont Woo.ev whose work though ele.
,,.nt,rv !, not without authority. is of the
emma orio;on. "A blockode ceases whenever
the vessels which constitute it are Withdrawn,
whether with or without compulsion from the
enemy, SO that the undertaking is, for the
time at least, abandoned. If the vessels
return after leaving their stations, the com
mencement of q new blockade requires the
same notification az before" Interna-
tional Law, Jlo7, p. AS. Aud finally.
Wheaton declares that: "The ollg exception
TO the general rule which requires the actual
presence of an adequate force to constitute
lawful blockade arises out Of the circumstance
of the occasional temporary absence OF the
blockadng squadron, produced By accident, as
in tie case Of storm, which does not suspend
the legal operation Of the blockade" Gle
meh's OF International Law, pI' D. CHI ), = -