Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-03

facilities for the purchase and transport Of Armstrong
gans and other Warke munitions Of choicest English
workmanship and aise for the hdiug OF ships to be
1 used in behalf Of slavery. This snl le statement Is
enough Il is vain 20 say that such concession was a
| necessity There may have been a strong temp
tation 10 It, oonstitu Ing perhaps imagined
Aiiy, as with mAny persons there is strong tenp-
| tatoR 10 slsvery itss f. Bat such ooneesaon 10
Eiays-noDgsrs fighting for slavery, can be viudcated
only slavery vndicatsd. As we'll undertake 20 de-
/ clare neutrality between r GIT and wroEg-bs wesn
good and ey-With oonce-s q 70 the latter or beig
eTent rehts, zud US set the apology Of necessity.
II was natural act essentially uufendly in char
acter, and also the slserity with which t DONE
rboud create throughout Enrlsnd unfendly senti-
msnt toward "a esgy stimulated 20 msnsee OF " r
! Aud thh men ce vas nor vTnDtng soon afterwards,
when the two rebel emissaries board the Trent weTe
s. .zed By pEriOe brave commander. whose Asnest
fault was hat in the absence Of instructions iroH as
d-uts This aceident-for it and nothing else
was msra presented and with utterly indsis si5e
exaggsrs;iln charged BY the British nation backed
BY the British GoFerntnent INTO easas yslit a. uea
| an unauthorized incident which obv uslF involved 10
question Of ssdsfenEe could Justify wsr bstweeu two
civilized And yst In the face Of positive dec
laraon rou ths Uaited States, that It sceiden',
tha British Governments made preparations TO take pat
with the rebel -layemengers and tly began ch ig
noble F-eEs stons by keeping bsck from he Brit sh
eOvls the o cisl patch Of Jhs 3Jth November 1851
where Governasnt after snnoune ng th It Captain
Wilkes had acted without aay Ia trueiJns pressed
rust that 'the British Government would eensC er
/ the subjeci in friendly temper and promised the
bs-t dispo iiion on onr psrt" II Is Panfnl 10 rees
these things But they belong 70 history snd
| eannst forget the lesson they tesOh.
lac ECTFlty OF our navy IS only an0t1er occasion
for criticism in a similar spirit Nothing can be done
suyWhsrs 20 please sslf-COnstuted monitor. Our
naval ocers in ths West Indies, acting under nstrue
tons modified on The Judgment Of the British admi-
Taty, are re pretended BY Bord sss in formal dis
patch The Judges In prize indeconriy
Titled hy the minister from his place in Pariis
ment when 1t is notorious that there several who
viii compare favo SHY with any British admiralty
judge since the days Of Lord StOwel not except
ag that bic ana Upright magistrate. D.. LushiDgton
And his minister has undertaken to throw the
British shield over newly invented contrso and trade
with the ElRvemougsrs, via MstamUrss, ealaipF that
II was lawful branch OF commerce and "a perfectly
] legitimate trade" The Dolphin and erhoH were
ivo ships elabortsy prepared In London for lhig Illicit
| tnterc0urae, and they have been duly CGndemeu ss
luch; but their izurs by CTuiZeTs made ths
ccession OF official protest snd complaint with the IL
siuuatfon Of vertous ,pture and sfb rary interir
euce," followed by he menace that, under such cir
Cuus snces IL obvious that Great Britain must in
! terfere to protect her flag"
This persistent, iueXorable criticism, even at the
penss Of all consistency Of nl y, has broken
forth In forms Incompatible With that very neutrality
waieh was 50 early declared II was bs snsugh 70 de-
/ care neutral'y when ne queHlo1 was between 3
frisndY power and insulting barbarian but it
worse after the declaration 10 depart from It IN Dords
| sNiy.
Il must be slaar aud shove suspleion Like the rep
utahon Of woman, it is lest when you begin to talk
about it. UnhaPpiy there s too much occasion 20 TAX
about the ';nsutraity Of England say nothing Of
parliamentary uttsrsBCe that the national
| datssted by large majority Of the House Of
mons" OF q other most uuneDrsl speeches coHAne
myself 70 Official dec'sTa1ons Here the case is plaza
Several Of the British cabinet Including toe Foreign
~ crelGFr ana the Chancellor OF the ELCleQuar.
great maztets OF words have allowed themselves In
public speeches 10 ehs sctorze Extensively eur present
effort to put aoWa rebel slayemongers a. contss foF
empire on one ride and for indPend the other
Here were words which. under specols FORM were
undersOod % give encouragement I, rebel slavsmon.
gers Bat they were more spseious than trae-syea Ing
nothing but the side espous5d by the orators Clearly
Eids il T. contest for national life involving the
liberty Of race Gle Tly the other side tits 3
recognition and power Dur empire Is simply to
crush rebel dsvemoHReTs. Their Independence sim
ply the urrestraned power 70 whip and u shil
drsn- Even Il a. The beginning The Natioual Govern
msBi made declaration The subject, yet the real
character Of the war Was none the less apparent in the
repeated declarations Of ths ether side no did not hes
iiate 20 assert their purpose 70 build power
szveryss IN the Italian campaign Of Loss Napoleon
sgsust Austria the object was necessarily apparent
even before ths Emperor tsrdly Milan put forth his
LIE giving rTocauation that Italy should be free from
the Al1s 70 ths Addatc by which the become, in
aisn. Thar such robelisn shOUd be elevated by The
uunsutrs words or fore gn cabinet inte respect
biy Of which IL is obviously 5rth = is only sRoth.
sign which va5eh.
But it is not In words only of speeches dispatches
or declarations that our danger lies. sorry add
that there are acts also with which the Btsh Govern
msHe re too closely associated do Hot refer to the
uHliuited supply Of munitions Of Wz-," that
army Charleston Iks our 1favy At Vcksburg &, com
Pelicd TO encounter Armstrong guns, and Bakey guns
with all proper ammunition frem En- land for the
right OF British subjeels to ssn these articles rebel
siAvsm0Bgsus was liked when the lsttsr by sudden
mytEmsrphOs, changed from lswisss vagrR Is Of
the ocean 70 lawful belgernts Nor do refer 10 the
Ou
the wind" always Endsr the British nag, wal
contributions toe rebel ssvs-monEsrs FOR hese t1o
sBi0y kindred immunity. or course, royal proea
nation can change wrong into right or make suea 0us
otherwise han iainJral but the proclamation
may take from it the character OF felony.
Yet evontte proclamation gives no sanction to the
the eoumercs Of ths United lt leaves ths par
liamentary sfa.ute, well the general law Of
Hons In full efficacy % train ana puni such Of
tense AUD et IN the face OF thi5 obvious prohibition
standing furH In the OF the law and Termed
ssR 'setore human statute purged the veal"
also e1 ssPlhsd by toe national government when,
from the time Of Washington has always guarded
ports sgsust such outrage powerful shps hsVs b5en
suBcIed, equipped hstsd out and manned in England
wiih arms supplied by another Euglsh vessel,
and then Hmi1g that this h0cHs p0CHs AL English
liability was oided 5hcy have protested At ones 10
rob and destroy the commerce Of the United States
England has been their naval baEe from which
derived the original forces and supplies which enabled
Iheu to sail me Several such ships de-
rsdAting the ocean, ike Capt Kidd under pretended
cnumissiu uns-eaeu In ifsslf naval expedition. As
England not A. war with the Uuited States, thess
81 Pc can be nothing else than pirates and their conduct
is that Of pirates, Unable 10 provide eoart for tie
trial Of prizes they revive fer every captured ship the
barbareus ordeal Of ire. Like pirates, they all
they cannot rob FLYING from 20 Sc IN awes pi.
raey they turn the into a furnace and metipg
pot of American commerce OF tAese iucsndariss the
most fa1ous Is the Ala5ama, with picked crew ef
British fsoTs, wi gunners out OF her Majesty naval
issssve" and wi Tything else, f,om ke9i 70 top
mast, British-whieh after more than year Of uuaU-
u hsvoei Is still burning tue property Of our eitizana
without eues entering rebel savs.monger port, bat
keeptug the uubiucal connection with gland
ont Of whose womb shesprsng, and neve. losing the
original nationality stamped upon her by the origin
that at this cay sac British pir ship, precisely
a nsjtTs born Englishnsn, rObbng on the high seas
aud never nstralIzed abrOsd is British pirate
wish thsrs wore no, to much reason obsievs tia.
ali these performances are sustained by prevailing
Birth Eympa.l ~.
And y5t Tor tie honor OF England, let It be known
thai there Eng shmen wuo have stood 6rm and
sasksn smdgt this nful recreapcy. ThsirnR
net be iersotie1 And stl yrs for the honor OF Eng
lsEd let l. be Fpokea that the " lTkingcla SEES who
were called % suH-f he most have srayey boTH TIER
calamity, without joining With the enemies The rspub
lie Their cheers have been for freedom and not Tor
Bat not content with msecnstruing the decisions Of
the supreEne eourt, In order ks thsH for
naval expeditions - syredzss on ssr UomBsrce
whole history h Forgotten nisrs presented. II is for
gotten that early 1893 under the Admin atratien
Of Washington, beiOTs any act ef Congrsse the sab
ieCt the National Government recognized its liability
under the law u na0us Tor sh htsd out in its port
todsprsdats British commerce; that Washington, in
= message Congress, describes such ships vessels
commissioned or equipped Ia wa ks forI within the
limits Of the U litsd States" and also military
peisil ens prises' american State papers vol
g., p - ana ua Je ners A. IN vtadestins thus policy
u fepreliu, ID, in sitsr to the Preach minister,
ihat it cue Wh 10 preserve the morsls Of cit
Gems from being vitised BY course Of aoess piunder
aaz murder (lbd l4s that tn occAsion the
tionsl Government The distinction between 'uII-
nitions OF war; which s nEutraI might supply in the
way Of esnirneres to a bsIgerent ami ships Of war"
which nsutrsl'Nss not allowed 70 supply, %
gugnest with LrusTtus. Mr hammond she British
1893 complaining OF two EIesoh prvatssrs hted
ChAriesOn, 10 erue sgaiDst British commerce,
pressy declares that he considers them breaches Of
that neHTay which re United State profess 10 eb-
ssrve, End Qseet CuutTSv enCus Of the proca alton
witch The FTesidenS had issued,n (NhaTtOus StE5B
trias p. 49 lEnd that very there were cIimins.
proceedings, a. British nsisNuOu, account o these
priVsts ers whca affirmed by tie court that
such EhpI could De hItad cut in Rsutrsl ,port
without violation Of International obligs stiouE thai.
promptly tksreAitsrWard, on the apphcstO on Of the
/ b lush lfoVernns4t, statute enacted in hRr.
0N HHfrTa rr n .NaH nnngn
nsnce Of cur atty; that in 1878 CeAgrss enacted
another statute ia The uaufe VI foreign enlistment Aet
vHich was proposed example by Lord Casteresgh
vheu ufgng similar statute upon PGri lament; thai
1873 he conduct Of he UnHet States this whole
saad was proposed 70 the Briti.h Parliament
snpe by Mr Canning; that in 1881 dur Dg the rsbslt
ion ia Canada on the application Of tie Bdthsh Govera
nent "a 10 is special Efsction, a. was announced
| In Parliament by Eord PAniefsto who 'ss a. the time