Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-17
From the Manchester Guardian, August ~.

rae E.xlish Frees GA Confederate Z>asns.
Ihe dub season is relieved by renewal Of fuss res
pecng vessels which are being bnt, as il is alleged,
for the Confederate service in tie hiersey and the
CLYDE We are given TO understand By class of 20
Utica. agitators who desire to bs supposed to m4an
more TRAN they say-aud who certainly must mean
great deal that be the Case-that tie PaImerstcn
government may expect to hear Of it again in rather
unpleasant manner, il they 90 not summary arrest
potion Of the business presumed 20 be carried on By
emcent shpwrights at Liverpool and Glasgow. This
challenge to responsibility at the bar Of pubiic opinion
ought to be accepted boldly 1t is given 1t will
'condu,p however to lest decision OF The question to
observe that the OF condign consequences II
cese Of default 0rEor, comes from party who are
avowedly animated bg strong partizanship in the
matter OF the war in which British citz3a7 accused
OF designing unduly 10 interfere. The Federal govern
raan OF America, having been compelled to orego the
purpose which, despite the tmsy denial gwen Mr.. Lard,
undoubtedly entertained OF procuring ships owaT for
its own service from English dock yards, desires,
through its agents this country to prevent s adVer
sary from obtaining any part of the advantage OF which
| it has been reluctantly deprived. K The ut
most result Of the collected evidence was to render 1t
probable that the Alexandra had been uIlt with a
view to her fading purchaser il the Confederate
States TO be subsequently used by them as ship CT
war, and this, if 1t had been iuiy established
against the defendants would not according to the
Idistuct decision of Sir F. Pollock have suiiced to
bring them within the purveW of the law. Assuming
The ships whose character is called IN question, to
be really what they alleged to be, 1t is unlikely that
after the light thrown upon the law by tie las trial,
there is more evidence against them than there
against the Alexandra. we infer rather from the alb
sence Of all specific declarations IN the memorial OF the
Emancipation Society that there is, Indeed considerably
ess If we are wrong, and there legal proof sufficient
for tie purpose of procuring convicol the people Who
make a business Of writing up through good
aud evil the Federal side OF the American quar-
rel need not go whining for official assistance on The
plea that their clients the salt OF the EARTH and that
the dearests interests of the human concerned
their
waydIy btfure the proper trIbuno5 with the proofs ~
their hands demand that interference which, though
it cannot Ea conceded merely to the extraordinary viz
tues ascribed to the United States By imagnation will
certainly not be refused to their papabe and Tia
grant crimes. The temperate and sensible part OF the
community in the meantime will be intent On no OBJ
ject much as that OF preserving our own peace
which to be done not 10y making weak CONCESSIONS to
every foreign Power whose passion and distraction may
prompt it TO address us in angry tcnc but by hod
ing the balance equally between al nations, and SO con
duc:ing ourselves IN cur neutrality as we snail desire
and require other Powers to behave towards u8 when
Ue have the misfortune to be beligerents.
From tie London Time Au9uet 2s.
ENGLAND ALARMED AT HER NEW NAVAL DOCTRINE
We hold and acknowledge it unlawful to
equip vessels of for the use of be!lgereDt We
being neutral and yet every cruiser IN the service OF
The Southern States has been matter OF fact sent
to sea from tie ports OF this country. 1t Is not the
fault of the Government, the case OF tie Alexandra
sufficiently proved bat there must Clearly be fault
somewhere when see the spirit of the law evaded
and things done which would rather und0pe and
which our own national interests call upon to stop
We admit that the case is xc1ptiOnal 1t turns, il
fact upon the passionate AID overrung determnaton
with which the Federals enforcing a prcdIglous
bockade. To this one mOmentoGs obJ ct they have
deyoed their whole naval resources and have thrown
the police Of the sas upon Ii their squadron5 were
not so busy on the seaboard OF the Southern States
matters would not have been managed easily in the
Mersey and the Clyde; nor would the Florida be qu
ety lowering about the Channel to pick up Ter new
copsorts on their coming out. AS il is this kind Of
trade is left undisturbed, and the Federas instead Of
snappng up the would becruisers their first appear
lance Complain of for allowing them to ap Gear at all
lust lately they have ordered the construction OF six
poweru iron expressly for the purpose OF pat
rolling the sea- AID if this squadron should not b
Iabrurty diverted 10 Charleston Norfolk we shOulC
, soon hear less Of the Alabama and her dOings
Hitherto the Southerners have been left with this
field of action entirely to themselves and so profitable
have they found it that they have recently proposed
a throgv their whole energies into the work In tina
might such extension given to the trad
IN gu sstion as could hardly be tolerated.
IL Is hard thing to say, perhaps, that we may sell
hundred thousand rifles whole cargo OF gunpowder
y to belgerent and let not ships null; but we Cal
only add that some such distinction Is actually rec0g
nlzed, and that 1t IS Our interest to nVadae II
y We ourselves have maintained it as we'll az the Amer
cans. During the Crimean war we addressed protes
to the Washington Government on the subject of yes
sci believed to be destined for Russian use, and th