The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-11

b0At you CannON OFAW uth AuNtANh w |
tReen ships that may evidently be built
for wariike purposes, aud those tha' NAV
~ eventually applied - warlike pur-
poses.
a ship wight be built in this countrT
capabls Of being converted into a ship
Of war, but wit1 respect u which, while
building, IL would b perfectly impossi-
bic 10 prove By any legal c"u' truciion
that she was lot nded tor q ship Of var, /
and th ,refore liable to be interiered with. |
The learned gentleman complained that
tho Government have net txprcis the |
vigilance Incumbent on them in such q |
matter, anu that they have relied eutite- |
iv on receiving Information from the |
Minister Of the United s ates but that
10 not the fac. The Home OtHoe have |
employed all the means that uld with |
propr,ety be- used sno 10 come cases com
plain,s b ave been made that they have
employed that syst N Of spies which ia
resulted to 10 other cOunt'ier; still, the
uosernment have thought II their duty
TO plny people opebly and leg itim .ie-
ly 30 obtain Information. Win re-
gard to the Alabama, an explanst on has
been given by the hnuorable m, NJ
Der for BdL enhfad. With iegaIu g.
Tho AL xand,ia, tho 10 iiion OF the
Goverume, having been called TO tnc
construction If tie vessel, aieps we're
tax n TO stop aud seize her. Tie trial
came of, but the judsmrnt Of the Q uri
| was against the Governnen', the q urt
| d,cIding h ., q tder { 10 elan list
meut act the ,og Fimtt had no Il. b.
| 10 stop her. Exceptions have been put
into hat ruling, but / am sfrsi tue
queaiiau cannot be decided until next
November. ! really think there is 10
ground on which EITHER favorable gen.
tleman or The Federal Government can
found any complaint that Der Msj-sty's
Government have not done oil tLat the
muniripsl Law entities th' m 10 do Ia ru-
gard to the fitting out tf ships in tins
country. Thtro Is further uitti ;ut,g.
will euppOse a ship DO IL If such
charac er that you might safely BAY il
wa built for war Ike ,urp Iets Then
vou must prove ahU IL is intended for
The honOtalls gentleman aesumee tha
parties may be IN cCm inaiiOn TO eVade
the Law, but in that Csc d, thing can
be easier than 20 show that 3 ship is not
Intended FIR the PARTICULAR state for
which she is supposed to b. built. The
honorable gentleman suggests that we
ought 20 amend the Foreign Enlistment
ACT, and add the word "buildIng," Is
EARNED and equipped Bat that goes
hel Ond the OF, s,ion OF ebips-of war -
You put al end 10 branch of trace
the building Of ships Of com
meree for foreign St8us. CLEAR
L 4
what even the honorable gentleman cIn
templates. | cav nothing about the
question Of altering your Law 10 nit The
convenience of any foreign Government
OF at any % "ticular moment We der
took = ching Ia the law some years ego
not ia d, France TO any demand from 4
foreign Government but because we
thought, as gentlemen and men Of honor
tho u verDmeDt and Parliament Of thi,
country were bound 10 do what we pro
, posed TO protect an allied Sovereign iron
the personal danger TO which he was <.
posed from cOnspITatOFR In this country
"e did IL spontsne' usly, hot no sucl
, principle applies so thi ca tor q
puTsue the course the bonorab gentle
, man rec mmends would DO lettering our
/
and | do not think tho House won lC
: agree 10 such change. think we ous h
! 20 endeavor 20 enforce our law a. far Al
We can, and that wherever we learn TIA
I there ere ships being built presumably
fr a bell gerent, between which Hut
other b, ligsTents we pIOtess 10 b5 ntu
. trail, We ought to enforce cur law 81 70
u as courts Uf justice enable us tn
will be the oourse pursued by the Gov
{ eminent. AS rgar0s one Of the iron
D clads to which my honorable friend j..
: referred, ava inform, 'ha' the Frtnc
0 Consul claims Il for the Emperor OF tn
. French. Mr. Golden shook his head.
b How that e. cannot cay.
sEoat TARV wELiEs' LETrER
/. The foil ins is the lc,I,r referre
h 10 in che pEse ding De ate:
n Navy OtPAB MINT
G Washington MAY 10, 1868 (
| DEAR SR-You invite my attention {
e the speech OF Dc. John Laii d dtliVtit
= in the British Il use Of Commons on ID
e Nth Of March, Ia which no rppresente
9 that The Secretary OF the Navy N de az