Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-18
FROM EUROPE.
SPEECH or EARL RUSSELL ON AMERICAN
AFFAIRS. 7'8
The Danish Conference -Kossuth at Work.
AMERICAN ArrA1Rs IN PARLIAMENT,


AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Lords OH the lst instant,
= In reply to questions from Lord Clanricarde,
Earl Russellga adetailed statement in re-
gard to the alleged recruiting for the
United States army in Ireland, declaring
emphatically that no such offence against
the Foreign Enlistment act had yet been
, proved but explaining that many laborers
had been hired to work on American rail-
ways and in manufacturing establishments.
He said:
"Last year presented papers-corres-
pondence between Mr.. Adams and myself
on the subject of Rritish subjects in the
Federal armies, and those who have read
that correspondence may remember that
our complaints were of general nature,
because we had not evidence of particular
cases in which the offence was brought
home to American agents. Mr.. Adams
on each occasion denied the truth of these
allegations, and on one occasion he said that
until had brought it to his notice he did
not think there was anybody in this coun-
try who could have believed it possible that
agents of the United States Government
were employed enlisting British subjects
for the Federal armies. With the general
allegation, and with that general denial, l
could only wait until there was case in
which particular evidence could be pro-
duced. 1~~ s.5.
- y "It must be borne in mind that
the United States Minister has said, and said
with perfect truth, that owing to the great
number of men employed in the Federal
army, and owing to the great progress
which railway works are making In the
United States, there are many railway com.
panies in America which are anxious to
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wages. The Chicago Railway company is
known to have hired men for the purpose
of working on their line; and we have infor-
nation that person, named Finney, hired
room In Dublin few days ago and there
engaged young men, who are going or are
gone to the United States. My noble friend
must perceive that even although it could
be proved that many of these young men
on arriving In New York, tempted by a
large bounty offered to them, may enter the
army of the United States, yet if they go
from this country without any contract to
enter the army, if they GO for the purpose
of obtaining good employment and good
wages-and wait till their arrival in New
York to decide whether they will be rail-
way laborers or soldiers, there can be no
ground for prosecution under the Foreign
Enlistment act" Hear, hear y q 24
Concerning the neutrality of England
Lord Russell said. y ~ isiai 3in-GD
my noble friend has said what he has
never been able to prove-that the neutral
ity of Her Majesty's Government has not
been an impartial neutrality. Well, the
United States Government are of opinion
that from the very beginning Her Majesty's
Government have taken side favorable to
the Confederate States, and that allowing
the latter belligefent rights-which they
say induced other nations of Europe to al
low them the same rights--was very par
tial conduct, because it was favorable to the
insurgents. / have always contended
against that pretention. We considered
that as the Confederate States comprised
so many of the States of North Ameri-
ca, were inhabited by SO large population.
and contained SO much of the wealth that
had existed In the United States, our de-
cision was not partial but perfectly inn
partial decision, founded on the fact that
the Confederate States were entitled to
belligerent rights. Hear, hear.] No doubt
it may be said and It has been said that this
advantage has enabled them to derive very
considerable supplies, and so enabled
them to carry on the war against the
Federal States. On the other hand, the
Confederate States made their COM
plant with respect to the conduct of
Her Majesty's Government, whom they
have all along conceived to be partial, as
against them. I must say that though they
areentitled to impartial conducts they are not
entitled to any other conduct at our hands,
because, thoughrecruiting for the Confeder-
ate States does not take place In this ceuntrys
as far as we are aware, CONSUMPTION does
take place as regards British subjects re-
siding In the Southern States. When we
have endeavored to obtain redress for this
we have found that the consuls who were
appointed when all the American States
were united, have on sudden been driven
from the Confederate States, and there is no.
one there who can take up the case of Brit
ish subjects, who are very frequently forced
into the Confederate ranks against their
own will, This and other hardships are in
fiicted upon British subjects in the Confed-
eEa.e states and from the loss q eonsuls :
OBTAIN . the redress to which they are entitled.