Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-22
RRIfIaH C0HRULS.


BRITISH COasULs.
\ Mr. M.soes purposting to be Engilsf
consul at Mobile, was lately complained OF
not by cur Government, (nobody knows ou'
GovernmsnO but by tho Washington enc, as
having connivsd at breach of the Yankee
blockade. he was a: once recalled to Eng
lend 10 disgrace.
A few days ago i. was made public thai
another gsnt!suau-Mr Orid!snd, heretofore
English Vice. Oonsul at Riohnond-wss to 60
to Mobile in his stsai. Mobile and Mont
eomsry papers express GONE im1at;eHce a
thsss arrangements Continuing to oe made
quits Independently 1T the Govs'nmonr OF Inc
country. Aud loo Mobile " Advertiser
pratssss agsinst Nix Oridiaud's being istn't,
tad to enter upon the discharge Of any cor
snlsE funr.iona In chat city.
Ths-s S. sc understand, mistake As &c
facts. MIR. CIidi.nd does not go 10 Mabile st
a consnl, hut as q mare commercial agstt
and quite un6tfleislly. He msy, CT may not
ba approved bg MT. Seward liz that ca
pscity; hut at say rats hs has received
no ersqi,at,T from Washington. Ths:s
can he no objection To = commercial sgen'
residing in soy city. We ourselves have
commercial agents, in Pstis, in London, and
in Liverpool, (which last is -ons too nsny)-
And It now seems probable, from the pro
Gesdinsd 0i the R:lish Governments Mobile
mid 1t Charleston that Lord Russell will not
wait for tbs slow action CT our Department
of atsts. hut viii h;msali eHd tbs emkarrass'
rasat ny gradually Withdrawing consui sttes
consul ard Supplying thsiT plscs with msrs
uaothoisi agents like ME.. Oridland. This
would rs much bsttsr. 0onfsaetsts faeliug
wpuid III tast csss no longsr he irrl.stsd by
the anomaly Of aRaisl parsons authorized to
live in OH. ports by tina public enemy; and
those authorizations sanctioned by our Cay
srnneht
Rl: new question will At anns srise.--
Will thses new unofficial agents, not evan
purra7tins o: pretending to be unnsns, be
psraittsd to siss protection pspsEs to British
subjects! And viii thsis projections be re-
spsct-:: We see no Iesson why they should
no, IL, as T'ali SIS thoss given bY persons
~bu d. p:e.s:I 20 TO ooGsuls. In fact, the
ss,asn;e IT. H. .'!.teUcs Is rather circun =
sts:Tre iG f=.9r III Ito iaE arrangement -
4 cd il sss n:.ys Is" '..s allowed zen holding
I'll trsQGGfar i:3... tie uEelny to exempt resi-
dents or the G5n!s!.7ac5 from consc.Jp,ion,
there Ia no ground jos .rrusins to respect tie
authority OF Q taSn VITO does not hold that
.rsguat,r, nor ely other document ~hstso-
ever. Why saould not every one claiming
to he an Ens!istmsn give his protection to
every ono else claiming To- re aa English
man? They axe Ill tbs sii.e 10 us. Off,
cialjy We know monaco! tEuIu, and ybody
Is So much consul as everybody slse. This
would simplify consular duties, snd divide
Tie Pre- fits and fees thereof.
", annex some remarks CT the Mont
Eomery "ad4e..issr" upon this point:
"Tne. impudsnce and presumption of foreign
governments in appointing CONSULAR agents
to reside 10 the chief cities Of tho Considers
oy. with q total obliviousnees Ut cur exist
once rs an independent power, Is only
aquallsd by tho supinsncss Of our govern
mont in allowing such officials to exercise
heir functions within our limits. The Bri-
tish Minister at Washington, acting under iu-
struclions from the COURT Of 81. J.me7,
transmits osdsrs to tho consuls in sho Con.
fsders.e States 90 though that country was
sliIl = part of the United States, and when
svsr their scta displsase him hs las them
.ent homo, and others appointed in their
place. The fault ia not his, however. So
long 40 the government no represents fails
to recognizes the Confederaoy, and 80 long ss
tbs Confederate Government refuses to re-
oegnizs ITSELF he has no alter native but to
Sand to our sssports consular SCENTS, duly
furnished with the exsquatur of the Prssi-
dent of tao United States"
But now we do not ask for even that ere.
guafur; o. any other ersQuatur; and the
Advertise Is iudiserset in charging foreign
with ''inpudencs and preaump-
tioo," in appointing cnnsuls or any other
noEs Va stonts III oof PoAss, WNnout rocOS-
MIXING Gus govsrnmsnt or existence as PEG.
pie. II. we are content, they may be &c.
The "Aivsrtissr'' rcntinues-speasing OF M.
Orid]and:
Tito Mobile Advertiser protests against
his bang afioweh To GUITAR upon tho duties
OF his otfics in thss city; bus unless the Gov
srnmsnt ID prepared to sssnue tho position
that this III an independent; country, and
lnaintsia it, We see no reason why Mr.. Odd
laud should be singled ont for reputation.
We know nothing of the character of air.
DsidIani, snd care less. As msy be . friend
10 thu sou,a, ana smiusutly h.tod for the
position, or he may be q rank ahoitianist,
and wholly incompetent.
hxteVer no is, he StSnda sn thu saala cate
CORY with the other forsign consuis III t'sT
country md his just as good right to be
received ami respected. Il IS nothing that
his commission heafs date one or two years
later than that OF Others; the principle ia the
asms, ana At xny tune since the Don sds-
rate Government xa& established tho CON
auia OF foreign powers could lawfully act.
without recsiyins THAR sxsaua.urs f,o;, ,hs
dovernaient at Richmond, Mr. Oridlsnd can
do SO now"
Certainly he csn. The "Advsrtiser'sn
susmisss about Mr. Osidland, personally, arc
Unnecessary. Thts is not tho point. Thoa.
who have the advantage Of that ssntlsman's