New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-11

singls-ey in his ultimate ieferJDi'~'D'r we
certainly find ii difficult % rrai thc reror. q
his 0ji,ey dicsa % the law-ncar;as wls poo6r'' o.
ing, and reconcile them With DIE result ay ".'.oh
ho actually arrived ihey sen 10 Us
! TO show ihat his decision amounted Z"
"gnibblirg" "evAion," agains. which he had
declared himself, at 10 earlier stage. with
manly franlnc,s Thus wien Sir Hugh Ca'rn',
/ for the defendants, hni pushed h's claim for The
/ license Of the Condolences 70 equip ships IN
/ English ports 10 The verge Of absurdity by de-
ciaring:
"Is,y beyond vi donbs clear .co'ug % international
law that you my bune snip omsile - nt' d hr ~
slip with guns ammunition ara chen c'y nat s"p ot'
side Of he limit to coa, Jar dc o sad der tr'er me
gun ori ammunition Wrrh you bad 70, pa IN board j"' O.
/ you would do ia foreign port
Baron BramweIl interrupted by saying:
90 tat be not brooch Of III, w eerany looks very
much Lac an eya,ion.'
! 70 which Sir Hugh Cairns replied:
"Tle moment # 10 ,hi % be sn,,on ha poi' is con
/ -eisi 10 me-"
Baron Bramwell, agein:
s'son b. o ro , F s %'Y s fT'S Sa. ~. sh' en-
YOU ola Of 'y'dis a" y hen .; i'In1el on pi,p% y'
i, hi: Doe, International NV prohibit ''iH one flaae'
ate, M dJrc from one. s> q. qaib,lwo vessels one
Of which 4. irmed oud ne other not vins io' an opD'r
tnifv ~ 70 tnr or Jur mite, ho shore away rom ne9
sterory eni then whom thero ne n'rned ,e',I ,'hs
led 3D. wi1 board the other into an afn'' one
N lflng 81 y iud Daily News nov 10.
A lttle further on, tho learned Baron, follow
ing up his train OF thought about eyading q
statute. puts the question to Sir Hugh Cairns;
OF And could uo de Jary be- a,sed: Do yon Ind
that tie equipment Wa sl1'9n"'y dg'c ei' ,"' paw
lion OF ths neutral sia,eF'-Mofnns 'ssr' Nov -
And yet, with these ideas iquibbllng, eyading'
and substantial infringement. on the I7Lh Of
November, he announces, on the 18th OF Janu-
airy, that any English shipbuiider may equip a
Confederate vessel 20 any degree short OF fitting
her to go into action and not infringe upon The
Foreign Enlistment act
That We mag do him justice, this is the learned
Barons idea Of squipping, when trying to dis
ting,ii.h between cquirpine and lrmrg:
case ,y val be tha, that slip 'houeh not 'r'1,d
-gnr'd Tor warsr purpose by a'",s '''y'r Toiia
lsh'Ing crew uu.ae'' pi.to powder shot eo'n.. ant
boarding appai' sbc mint be Vel 'ad 10 be- eslPeolo
. waiise pIrQysrJ. though not afied
50 that, when tho statute sl-s that whoever
shall equip, furnish, tit out OF arm a .
yes el." with intent "a cruise against neutral,
or "0GemPi so 10 equip" or assist or "be
concern,d in eqrpping. he hail be Liable &c,
no oGrnse i, committed until YOU get aGshting
crew aboard. with mu-k.t-, pi',ols, powder and
shot, cuilnsses and boarding appliances, AL COM
ri ,te-(uot for an inrasiOn, blt)-lOr IN crGsion.
Could there be worse quibb.ing than this Well
docs Baron Pigott suggest, in ha very sensible
opinion, tina. even the cannon (ol Baron Bran !
wells suppositon y viii not De an armament
without the powder and shot to make them
destructive. No Baron Bnmwell's law 4
amounts merely to a substantial repeal Of
the distinctive and cumulative terms of the
statute--"cquip," furnish" aft out or
" am by a quibbling away Of all difference /
between The three frst, and then practically /
abrogutinr the fourth. So that, while the Chief
Baron Shr,nks from touching bis own in
struction t"opinion" more property at the
jury trial" in my opinion they all mean pre- |
ciscly the same thing"-as if it were piece OF
hot iron. Baron Bramwell boldly says the three
first all no mean precisely the same thing, and
the fourth il not worth noticing.