Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-26
British Neutrality.

British Neutrality.
The Esouirsr of Yesterday morning says Of the cor
resUou5sucs purpOrtOg TO have taken place lately be-
tween Karl Russsn aud the President, through the
aQspoy Of Lord Lyons ard Mr.. Burton n. HARRISON
The whole correspondence is maoDiGe'u'ed ron
whole cloth, No such letters have ever been received
% sritten in Richmond" Presuuiug this denial 70 C
hy authority We conclude that idle brain has en-
poytd ils IN the invention OF hoax apparently g.
dss,u Of good motive Of Wit. /; makes bat h'ut
die ence thgugs, said yesteidy, Whe he; or no
tae correspondence is what { PretendI to be- TIE IN
po-t.ut fac. remains tlAs the British authorities have
again sgu4zsd their subseryisncy to Ankee ithlenc
aad interest and betrayed the holouness and fal'y o.
their pretended neutrality" BY pledgng themselves
FsmOnslrAe and protest agsus assumed ehor on ou'
part 20 obtain from Great Britain vessels 10 be us,d IL
dsead ng ours Ives against the Yankees, While they
permit them without objection, not With secret coll
nvanos and aid TO recruit Btsh subjects BY the thou
SAID on British soil 20 swell the raEks Of our invs-
dsrs. We quoted paragraph yesterday from Man
ehsstsr pager in which AusOa Was made 10 this oc2i
initial Of the ministry TIE LONDON Ladsz Of the IL
March reiers TO the matter still distinctly IL
follOwiag paragraph: Three Wesks ago the Attorney
General read from his place in Parliament an extract
10, sss short time afterwards, smother gl th-
Ger Of the Crown ths S3ieOr General al5o iron hiS
pacs in Parliament, announced thai Her Majesty
Government were abeu. to address reno s,rAnces to
that Of the Confederate States Whether these 70
moEsranee5 have bsen received, a;e yet 20 be tx
pscted or the purpose to make them has been aoaL-
dlned We are without infora ltion. Bat, should such
81 insOence be added to the many acts OF Injustice
have had already 20 submit to the hands Of the Bet
lab, We hope il will receive 4 reouke from The
President tia vii teach ,Ar Russell and his colleagues
70 know that puny and feeble they may think "a
can Yet Afford 10 hOd in seorn and contempt
msnt, howsver powerful, shA. is eOWAIdy enough 10
eringe 20 Yankee suagser aud mean enough to viola
pledge Of neutrality betseen tSO bel6gssents to the
Prjudico Of the weaker, simply because it IS tie
weaker.
In the beginning Of the var, after acknowledging
a. beligsrens they denied the privilege,
BY international Law to bshEersnt, of elryiOg pr
ships into their PJris for condemnation and sals-a
al Ihs sfsos Of which they knsH would be almss,
wholly 70 depriVs Of the power Of meeting the
my as sea. Taey ns1s permitted the enemy to eo,e
ports the free OF which hal been guaranteed to ii u
By treaty, without the slghtssi protest thuWy ey.f
heard o. They have allowed vessels bearing their G
to be captured in neutral waters taken into Yankee
Pors, aud with their oArgOes eOn6eIted. Tney have
allowed other vessels TO be pursued and fred upoa md
others still 90 be captured aud pundered within British
Waers, with scarcely a word Of complaint. 7 ey
have acknowledged a. lawful aud binding Olocka
tlas has bssa run mole than thousand tines. tbol "a
pledged BY the treaty Of Paris 20 rsspse: no blocks
that did AOt oppose seus obstruction 90 the passage
Of vessels They have sses aader eoas rueton
10 their own Sd yards upon suspicion that they
we're intended for " have sought through spies and
paid niOrmers 70 ob.An proof of the allegation, AMI
falling, have reversed the laws Of evidence By demand
Ing that the builders shOud prove that they were OF
designed for rs fhus they have relaxed perverted Or
ignored Law, the occasion required alsays in the IN
tsrest and for the benefit Of enemies The prac cs
eject 70 ourselves has been equivalent to post ye
Intervention against II nov 10 these accunula d
wrongs they venture to add the impertneuce Of O.
tess against assumed offences Of ours, after having
fAed IN all their make Cus a clse Of csncs
rePes; the expression Of cur hope thas the Pr.-
d5nt Wil rot let the occasion pass without brabdi g
taeir conduct with stigma that time will never efAse
Thar action in reference to the qae,tiOn of shps r
cont as win their course towards the system Of Yao
kse recruiting Leland Is the last degree disgrae
E lis msnt Act, YET while they bring The who's p,y.
srs of the Govern TO bear prevent tue sailing Of
vessels suspected Of being iltend,d for us il Is dOub,
hul If they do no. actually isoitsts the Efforts Of Yae-
kee agents 70 obtain recruits in IreGd Tor the arm es
Of the enemy. Not lOOg siuee respsc able Irlh
iournal the Dlbln NatiOa placed the number of re-
uiss obtained in tv,lse moath5 from Ibis source It
10 900. In tbs House Of CO1mons, last month, the
M slis Of Clanricards moved for copies Of Aoy =
pors that might have been received by Her Nsjesys
" G5verlmonL respecting recruiting in Ireland Tor ,te
81 Federal Army. After commenting On the serious
character Of the os1cs, and iss nOtOrisy his lord
ship remarked that the IRISH eOnstab lary hen.
esi and intelligent and could not havs failed 20 report
70 tie GOvsrHBasnt skas going Besides, Ea'l
Russell bad incidentally adVerted the subject in
correspondence with Mr.. Adams The returns of see
Emigration Commissioners also furnished add tionAi
. evidence. How did the Unsi States act toaardJ
koglAnd in 1857 Tue British Consul at Nav York
: thsughs there harm in paying the travelling
expenses Of British subjects, who wished 70 return
home 70 enls, In the army aud navy Toe Supreme
Court however, decided that the words Of Che Ae,
hire and retain. susceptible Of verv broad
aisgpseta'iOn and met the case. The United State
" Government withdrew the sIsquAurs from cur con-
sg and Insisted upon the removal OF Mr. Champion,
{" the British Minister at Washington. Yet this vas
very different matter from enisng fOrsigG sa jsess
e. the FsdeFals are doing in Ireland His lordsbip
" then referred the case of the Ksarsags aud to he
distribution Of Federal uniforms in Ireland II he