Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-02-04


Hath its errand sped,
Fight therl whilst Yet spot
OF earth remains to tread
Norfolk City Jail, Sept. It'll, 1863.
AMERICA ABOUT BRITISH NEUTRALITY.
The Northern papers publish the diplomatic cores
Pondent between Seward and Russell upon the the sab
ect of the cotton Ioan Confederate cruisers steam rams
&c. To show how completely England has, been bull
lied by the Yankees in this matter we print portion
of the letters With such timdity as is shown by the
British Government, we may we'll be satisfied that
nothing has been further from its intentions during
this war than the recognition of the Confederate
States
THE COTTON LOAN
Mr.. SEWARD TO Mr.. ADAMS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 10, 1863. {
This Government has heard with sur.
prise and regret that loan has been made in London
the insurgents with conditions of security and
mpt openly hostile to the United States and it has
good for assuming that most all of the mon
eys thus loaned paid to British subjects resdiig in
Great Britain Tor advances in money, labor arms mill
ary stores and supplies used in fitting out those hostile
expeditions in violation of the Queens proclamation
and of the enlis acts of Great Britain as we'll as
of treaties and the aVof nations. The President does
not for moment believe that her Majesty's Govern
ment have lent will lend any sanction or approval to
gets that be perceive that any part of those
transactions niBical to the UDted States and sp
parently universally known in Great Britain have
arrested the attention OF her Maestys Government or
counered any opposltion or even any manifestation
+ OF its dsapprobation or censure.
The loan made by European capitalists is direct
engagement with the armed insurgents who have as
sumed to CONTROL supply, and deliver cotton for the
endorsement of the money advanced, with interest You
will give notice to Earl Russell that this transaction
necessarily brings to end all concessions of whae yer
FORM that have been made by this Government for NIT
gatng or aevatng the rgor of the blockade in regard
to the shipment of cotton aad tobacco. Nor will any
title of any person, whether citizen of the ned States
or subject OF foreign Power, to any cotton or mer-
chandlZe which title is derived from through any
pretended insurge1t authority or other agent hos
tile to the United States be respected by this Gov
ernment.
1t would be to evince a want of irankness and good
faith if should fail to inform Great Britain that in
this country the proceedings to which have referred
have to be regarded, equally by the people and
the Government tending to compcate the relations
between the two countries such manner as to rem
der it difficult if not altogether impossible maintain
and preserve friendship between thema result which
the President believes Is far from being desired bv
Great Britain it is from being the policy the wish
of the United States After the the courts of
the United Kingdom which the President has specially
authorized sequel to the anticpations and remon-
STRANGE which you Ade thus far without any eff
ecve result, this Government is not aware of any
Oin6r measures WtnQ power 10 arrest the
tendency have described and to avert the calamites
have deprecated If it be in the power of the British
Government to suggest anything further that it may
be thought possible and proper for the United States
to do with that view the suggestion will be received
and considered with the utmost candor and respect.
You will, in such manner as shall seem most proper
bring these views to the knowledge her Majesty g
Government.
EARL RUSSELL TO MR. ADAMS.
| FOREIGN OFFICE, April z, 1863.
| oio IL
consider with the attention deserved the letter which
you addressed to on the l4h ultimo reply to my
letter of the 9th ulmo the subject of the intercept
ed correspondence which you had aegrd went to show
deliberate attempt to establish within the limits of
the United Kingdom system of action direct hostile
to the Government of the United States.
have now the honor to observe to you that, while
you withhold your acquescence In the opinion express
ed by me ct that correspondence and state that you
shall transmit copy OF my Eote with profound re-
greet, to your Government you, nevertheless do not
controVert the ptncipa! positions assumed in that
note.
You do not deny, frs that it is lawful for her Ma
jestys subjects to lend money Securities other
wse to either beligereut, or, secondly, that it is
also lawful to sell, to either beligerent, munitions
war.
Upon this subject beg to call your notice that no
longer ago than the goth of last November in
ganizd system in the United States of aiding France
n the in which she is engaged with that republic,
but in which the United States neutral Mr.. Stew
ard replied by this, among other citations
After quoting from MIR. WebsteF's dispatch to Mr..
Thompson, Earl Russell proceeds
1t seems clear, the principle enuucated in these
authorities that, except the ground of any proved
violation of the Foreign Enlistment act, her Meesty's
Government cannot interfere with commercial dealings
between British subjects and the styled Confederate
States whether the subject of these dealings be mon
or contrabaad goods even ships for warlike pur-
poses.
- Mr. ADAMS TO EARL RUSSELL
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
/ LONDON, April E, 1868 {
\ have given to all the pass .ges presented
by your lordship the profound attention which
habituay pay to everything from the source.
canuot no perceive that they have any effect il
disturbing the positions which have been heretofore
fsumed by myself The sale and transfer, by neutral
of arms of munitions of war, and of vessels OF
war; to begerent country, not subject to blockade
the time as purely commercial transaction is decided
by The Sc authorities not be unlawful they go
sep further and precisely to that extent have nysel
e taken no exceptions % the doctrine.
Bat the case is changed when belligerent is show
to be taking measures to establish system OF opers
tons in Neutral country, With the intent to carry
a war from its ports, mach in the same way that
would d. if it could from its own territory, when
appoints agents residing in that country for the pu
pose of borrowing money to be applied to the fifth