Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-08

while P8IhanRnb Tue recognition u
| America says: The reception Of new state into the
society Of vzed nations by those acts which amount "a
| recognition, is proceeding which as u has no legal
character purely of moral nature aud he proceeds
to argue that since England is the only anceuy free
State in the world for her to refuse her moral aid to CON.
muntes struggling for liberty act of unnatural harsh
Thus does he vndcate recognition for the sake Of
freedom How truly he would have repealed any recognl-
tion for the sake OF slavery, lot his life testify.
But, perhaps, better testimony 70 the practice Of
nations be- found than III the words of Vattel whose
work, presenting the subject in "A familiar form, has
done more during the last century TO ashiou opinion on
the law OF nations than any other authority Here It is
briefly:
az there be any nation that open profes ion Of
trampng juee under foot OF despng and violating the
right Of Others Whenever IL finds an oppprtunt The lne
and ehastise To support unjust preens on
do pjary only him who s interested IN thus
preenson but 10 mock nj Justice in general nure all
nations He who odions Srant-he who declares
for unjust and rebeons peopleviolaea his duty As TO
those nsters whe, under The e o. sovereRns, render
themselves the scouges aud horror OF the human race they
savage beasts whom every brave man may justly ex
terminate from the face 81 the earth But the maxlms OF
religion tend e3ttbsh by vi lence and To Cypress all
those who wiPnot embrace IT. the law OF nature fornios US
favor that religion to contract any unnecessary aaice
with its nhuman flowers, and the common SAFETY OF man
kind invites them rather enter int" an alliance against
such people, to repress such outrageous fanatics who
disturb the public repose and threaten all natione' "
Vany do you urge this recognition any principle Of
the comfy of nations This is expanslve tenn into
which enters much Of the renemects amenities and hos
pitses OF civz .ton and also something OF the oblga
tons of moral duty But where an act is prejudclal TO
national interest contrary TO national policy or ques
onabe in morals 1t cannot be commended by any
sderaons Of courtesy There paramount duty watch
must be betrayed by kiss For the sake OF comfy,
Of good will and friendship not required by law are
performed between Dauns; but an English court has
suhoritavey declared that this principle cannot prevail
where it violates the laws 81 country or the law
of nature and the law of God - and this adamantne
ground was decided that American slave who had
found shelter board of British man.o war; could not
be recognised slave II But the same principle would
prevail against the recognition of new slave nation
Vanly do you urge this recognition any reason of
peace. There be peace founded on njustlce and
any recognition injustice which will cry aloud re-
sounding through the universe You may TO have
peace but twill be only smothered war, destined to
break forth in war dreful than before.
Thus is every argument for recognition repealed, whe
Their it be under the sounding words practice OF nations
comfy Of nations, peace There is nothing IN prac
ce nothing in comity nothing 10 peace, which is not
agsint any such shameful surrender.
But applying the principles which have been Already set
forth assuming what cannot be denied that every Power
is free refuse recognon assuming that is not every
body OF that be considered commonwealth, but
only thoe associated under the sanction Of justice and
tor the good :; that banded together for the
sake of systematic crime cannot be- considered
wealth assuming that every member OF the family OF
t0us will surely obey the rule of morality; that IL will
shun fellowship with the wicket that will not EN-
ter into the service of babarians that will avoid what
is unbecomng aud do that only which is pious safe
and glorious" and that above all things it will not enter
into alliance to help the unsody;" assuming these
prete whose declared principle OF association is
3 essentially wicked. Here there be question
The is plain; nor ia any language OF conumely
too strong to express the lrrepresbe repugnance
to such pretension which, like vice. be hated needs
only to be seen" Surely there can be no Christian Power
which will not leap to expose it. saying with irresistible
voice: No sanction Of slavery No new qaickening
OF slavery 10 ts active and aggressive barb4rism No
encouragement to the ibusers engendered by slavery
No creation Of slave territory No creation 0!
slave navy. No new slave nation No installation Of
a ciy 81 hl1 will ia
il recognition prevasfrom which good Lord deliver
Nor wl this be the end Of the evil.
Slavery through the Power, will take its place ia
the Parliament of mankind with all the immunes of
independent nation ready always to uph Ii and advance
ITSELF aud organized uiSeentng propaganda Of the
faith. Power having its inspiration such bar
barism must be essentially barbarous founded the
serted right to whip and 10 sell children 1t must
character of disgusting hardihood aud, openly
protesting determination To reydutonzo the public cp
DION OF the world 1t must be IN open schsm with clvllza
ton tself that all its influences will be wild, savage
brutal, and all it's offspring kindred in character.
P4rd senders pard rom tigers tigers spring;
No dove il Matched beneath the vultures ing.
Such Power from ts very nature, must be despotsm at
home tempered only by assassination" with cotton
is ms cad of Siberia while abroad it be Acgres
sve dangerous aud revolling ia itself Mqgnam LoirQ
GiHlm whose fellowship have nothing but the fifth
n.ss of evil aud whose very existence viii be ntoler
able nuisance. When Dante, in the Wndictye judgment
which he hurled against Florence called It :" bor
delo, he did not too strong for the mighty
house Of liame which the Christian Powers are now ak
ed for the first time to license Such must be the cha
racter If the Power. But though only n recent
wrong and pleading prescription the lllmiiabe auda
city ~ its nature will hesitate at nohng nor Is there any
hing ohensiye detesabe which will not absp into
seli IL will be Ishmael with It's hand against every
man. 1t will he brood Of harpes deiling all which ID
cannot steal IL will be the on--eyed Cyc0p Of nations,
seeing only through slavery spurnng all fools who do
not sre likewise, and believing forth ia sivage egotbm:
Know, then we Cyclops a above
These alr-brrd people and their goatnurssd Jovei
Aud ltarn orr pro, oeds with ties and thine,
Not as dove wills, but a. ourselves incline.
Or worse STILL it will bs the sousss monster Of Franken.
seinihe wretched creation Of moral science without
GOd-endowed with life and nothing ese-forever ravDg
mady, the scandal to humlhitypower'u only for evil
Whcss destruction will be essential to the peace OF the
world.
Who welcome snch creation Who cons0rt
with IL? There is somethf athsome in the idea There
is contamination in the thought If you live with the
lame, says the ancient proveib you will learn to limp il
you keep in the kitchen you will smell Of smoke; if you
touch pitch you will be defled. Hut what lameness
ptul that Of this pretended Power; what smoke
foul as it, breath what pitch delng touch lit
is Oriental saying that cstefn uf water will be
impure il dog be dropt into it, but continent Of
water with rebel slavenong would be changed Into
a vulgar puddle Imagine, if yuu pIease, whatever is
most disgusting aud this pretended Power is dis
gusng still Naturalist, report that the pike will swal.
low any thing except the toad but this it cannot do The
experiment has been tried, and though this fish, in it's
racy, always gups whatever thrown to it, yet nvara
big il spews this nuisance FROM its throat But slave
monger pretenson than the toad and yet there
foreign nations which, instead Of spewng it FORTH
already turning it like precious morsel ON the tongue
But there is yet another ground which make his
appeal II part Of the tumphs Of cIyzsi1n that
nation tself alone Whatever il