Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-25
The Triumph Of the Russell
Policy in Regard to Ameri-
can Affairs.

The manufacturers and vcndcrs of sin
lister rumors will find their field of opera
tions good deal reduced by the triumph
Of the English ministry on the question
as to stopping Mr.. Laird's rams. Fo
some time past hints of possible chang
in the ministry and Of the advent of tn
tory party to power, have had their place
among the devices for toning down public
feeling here to the proper degree of de-
preston. TIE ministry, however, secured
upon this trial victory of some import
ance, as showing its firm tenure Of public
confidence in this matter; aud to-day
there is no question that all the mischiev
GUS and adroit efforts to excite popular
feeling against them as having neglected
to assert the dignity Of Ell gland, have
failed. For some time to come then we
may hope for palmer sailing in our inter-
national matters.
One argument which we find piled in
support OF the course pursued by the
ministry, is worthy of more notice than
most that is to be found in the dreary
columns of the debates. The Honse of
Commons were distinctly asked to sup
pose the case reversed and England the
belligereut and some other country the
neutral, and to apply the rule of the
Conlederacy to state OF facts. Suppose
we were at war with the United States, y
said the Soicitor-G General, "and we had
bIockadcd all their ports, should we per-
NIT steam rams to issue from the ports Of
France Would my friend be imposed
upon by representations that those vessels
were intended fer the Pasha Of Egypt or
the Danish Government ?' These ques-
tions carried with them an argument to
which the opposition could make no sue
cessful answer-none that was satisfactory
to the House, nor, we suspect, to them
selves.
Still moro significant than these ques-
tons by the SoIicitor-General, however,
was the course pursued by Mr.. Thomas
Boring. That gentleman may be said to
have closed the debate on behalf Of the
ministry, although his political associa-
tions are with the other side OF the House.
He declared that as merchant, and as
one whose interests were identified with
peace, he must protest against the course
OF those who sat with him on the opposi-
ton benches. "What would take place,
he said, ''in the event of a war breaking
out between US and another nation, if it
were allowed to a neutral country to arm
vessels as nirates to destroy our COM
merce !? We are not uninterested in this
matter. As merchants we are interested
in maintaining that prin ,iple, which We
AMI propounde ourselves when
we were engaged in war. We are inter.
csted in the principle adopted by Jeffcr-
son. and which if it be broken thro' now,
may be acted upon to our injury hereaf-
ter And in conclusion he thanked the
for their conduct in the matter
in debate, although he believed them
"open to grave censure for not having
prevented the departure Of the Alaba-
ma"
Mr. Fitzgerald, the manager Of the at
tack upon the ministry, attempted t,
weaken the force Of Mr.. Baring's re.
marks by observing that, "though ranking
among the merchant prince of this coun-
try, he did not represent the mercantile
coma unity Of England this evening. -
Bat it will be found difficult to impair
the commanding significance of an ayow.
al, made from such source, of the real
direction in which the commercial inter-
ests of England now lie. And this is
the more important, since it is in behalf
of those interests especially that the right
to make merchandise Of vessels Of war,
equipped and ready for their work, has
been asserted. d.-B0ston AdUeriiSer.