, 1863-09-15

ter, pY EpCQcn WclaluolpHosls, NeIa changed
from 1aWlets yagrants Of the ocean to lawful
telligerente. Nor do refer to the swarms
ct swift steamers, "a pitchy cloud warping on
tie eastern wind" always under the British
fleg, with contributions to the rebel slave
opgers; for these, too, enjoy kindred I'M
nunity. Of course, no royal" proclamation
can change wrong into right, or make such
proclamation may take from it the character
Of felony.
But even the royal proclamation gives no
sanction to the PREPARATION iu England Of .
naval expedition again6t the commerce of tha
United States. It leaves the parliamentary
statute, as well as the general lan Of nations.
in full efficacy to restrain and punish such m
odtnce. And yet In the face Of this obvious
prohibition, standing forth In the text Of the
law and founded In reason "before human
sthtute purged the common veal" also ex-
emplif1ed by the National Government, which
from The time Of Washington, has always
guarded It's ports against such Outrage, pow
erfu1 Eh1ps have been launched, equipped, IT.
ted out, and manned in England, with arms
supplied at sea from another English vessel,
assuming that BY this insulting hocus. .pocus
all English 1lbera1ity was avoided, they have
proceeded ct once to. rob and destroy the
commerce Of the United States. England has
been their naval base, from which was derived
the original forces and supplies which enable
them to eail the sea. Several such ships are
1oW depredatipg on the ocean, like Captain
ittelf.a naval expedition, Az England is not
at war with the United States, these ships can
be nothing else than pirates; and their con
duct is that Of pi1ates. Unable to provide =
count for the trial OF prizes, they revive for
every captured ship the barbarons Ordeal Of
Fire. Like pirates, they. burn al1 they cannot
rob. Flying from sea to sea, they; turn the
ican commerce. Of these incendiaries the
most famous is the Alabame, with picked
crew Of Bl1tiEh sailors, with sttrafued gun.
ners out of her Majesty's naval reserve" and
everything else, from keel to topmast, Brit
ish which, after more than year of nnlaw-
citizens, without once entering rebel slave
.monger port, but a1wnys keeping the umbIli.
cal connection with England, out of whose
womb she sprung, and neyer losing the orIgf-
nal nationality stamped upon her by origin,
so that at this day she Is British pirate ship
blug on the high seas, and never naturalized
abrCnd, i6 British pirate. subject.
It is bad enough that alI this should pro.
coed from England. It Is hard to bear. Why
Is It 1ot stopped at once? One cruiser
might perhaps elude a watchful government.
But it is difficult to see how this can occur
once-tw ice-three times; and the CRY is still
nounced. like stars ut theatre. VIII they
be allowed to perform? !! wish there were
not too much reason to believe that all these
performances are sustained By prevailing
Britith sympathy. 4 Frenchman, who Was
accidentally prisoner on board the Alabama
at tie destrue'Ion Of tTo American ships. de-
scribes Bii;ieh packet In sight whose crowd
ed passengers made the sea resound with
cheers as they witnessed the captured ships
Landed over to the flames. The words Gf
Lucretius were verified: Suaue etiag be7i Ger
tamil a magma tEe7f. But these same cheers
we're echoed In Parliament, rs the builder Of
tie piratical craft glo1ied in Lis deed. The
glad spplatse, 1s now given to slavery and
its defenders; II am an EDglishman, and
nothing ct slavery is foreign to me-" Ac-
coTdfDg]y slavery is helped By English arms,
English gold, English ships, English speech
c., English cheers. And yet for the honor Of
Erg.and let 1t be known that there are Eng
llslmen who have stood firm and mistaken
amidst this shameful 1ecreancy. Their names
csnnot be forgotten. And still more for the
homer Of England let It be spoken that the
working classes who were called to suffer the
most, have hrayely BONE their calamity with
out joining with the enemies Of the repnb-
lie, Their cheers have been for freedom and
not for slayery.
SALES or WAR VESSELS.
Even If It be admitted that "ships Of war;
Ike "nunitions OF VAR" may be sold to
be]lig erent, a4 is asserted by the British prime
minister, echoirg the Lord Chief Baron, it is
ton, to which I have alrtady alluded, that
the eale is a commercial transaction. nufe and
eImrle. and moi. in any respect. hostile ex-
peciticn fitted ont IN England. The ship
must be exported us m article Of commerce,
ard It must continue such until Its arriya, ut
Al LufIt - 4
fitted out ard commissioned as q "ship Of
War.n wien it's hoetile character will COM
u,erce. Aty attempt in England to impatt
to It a hostile character. or. In q word. to
mike Epela1 d It's naval base, must be crimi-
nal !: but this is precisely what has been done,
and here are the leon1ne footprints which
point SO badly,
.f,er c,t;n,- early nrcraaen+. n sbou that
7 s' w sH0" @uAs
me Cnltea etales' uhoer washington, on the
application Of the British government, made
compensation for damages to British COM
-nsrca nndar c,rcunst,nea- 1,rct ,ass v.~a-
tons. and. sti1l further. by ~ snecisl I, tre.tv
made compensation tor damages t'by vessels
originally armed, in our norris. Mr.. Simmer
o e0 WA so'''' LA A''11ae'
con@tnueo' ....--.-... r--..--
ENGLAND 1IABLE FoR DAMAGES.
The early precedent between the United
States and England is in every respect com
p1etely applicable, and since this precedent
Enp,and hnt A. her @ mniton-it it, mat a' he oci ".
crn2ea IN the nresent occnsion ns ar frrever.
sni,a ~ .nu oaon ~ ~ 1FtsIes- H,a
s.o,e oecalauon q thte1nat1onn a1Y. Other
made to take compensation fron, M which IL
i1at1v Te!rcfed Thrn Wa aeF cnmnensStion ""Ii 20
from her hit eyen }f The reenonsfhilifv far
1osti1a avnedt,;n- fttad ort Il R.,t;ah orts ~.
were nnf Min fhere Is aomeih,nv IN ~ ~.
rent cnr fnrt nf the Rr,t;sh noreT5mcnt nj.
cnintea r. remnre ~ ~, danht p;rata ahiee ~, ~
o4 I'm e asaHy 70 ps
c1a1ed !, sn5iicSent tn sfon tSen h .hs Rsi,;Si,
:nra@r,nnr4 1aci;nes +o 9;,end - ~ - ~
sne T. on.nsn daoi,aes ttnn' ~, ue 1J ntxato
sh}ns eayfn1 .ttf he p,r,1am ant5,v sta .p,ta a
jnafennate then lat fhem s,il + t. IL MT
needfal 10 consider the apelory' The act Of
declension is positive, md lis consequences
IIe ra.nonsih;I;tr a. ~ ~ H,,t1sh
for tLefe criminal txpeditions. n thns flY.
Ing this 1esponsi ibillty VI but follow the sug-
eesti6ns Of reason and the text of on approx.
ed authority, whose words hare been adopted
in England.
att nuet he 1afa down AZ a maxim that sorer,
eien Who, knowing he crimes Of bis subjects. as
for example that they practices piracy strangers,
not Einder u; ssndeTs t. hsmscn erintpal, because
~ so LUZ ~ har hss @ mcrnttaS naH tae commits
that M a ~ sovereign kaowssyhst lis subjects openlv
ard frequently commit, and, as to lis power of
hindering the evil, this likewise 10 always pre-
sumed, unless tho wait Of 1t be clearly proved"
Such are the words Of BurlamaquI, In bis
work on NATURAL Lave, quoted with approba-
tion by PhillImore In his work on the Law Of
Nattors. fPhi1limo1c, vol l, p. 237.) Unless
these words are discarded as "maxIm'-
while the early precedent Of British defnnna
upcn as for compeueation is also rude1y re-.
iecttd-it is difficult to see how the British
Government can ayoId the conseouenccs Of
with the pirate ships in iii their
Isw1ess derastnfinn Rnt + forhe1r - 6ws1l