New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-20
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passion on our part were inevitable: that out m -
some complication or collision might ensue tina, a..
such complication or collision Necessarily rain ~
Rebellion more than victory tho field of Nh,
All this they saw, and acted accordingly Tn. wsas.
proceeding was trap in which TO catch tse (,ovs,
mcnt Of this country II was Hoped that this wa, "a.
Rebellion would gam that powerful Britain iptervs.
zion yhich would help TO restore its fil.,n srtpn..
For myself sir, an determined no. 10 10 capos, \,
any such trap. There are many things which e;ns.
Britain has done since the ibreak Of our PIs's.
which ~ my mind, ere most unfieRdly bsl I a..
unwilling that anything shonld I've lore a, -
side to furnish any seeming apology for that rsy, ~
teyyenti0n which has been constantly mcnseed ~.
Which wa, fOTeshadOwed IN the most hasY mi 80
liable cession Of ocean beliigcrehcy 10 hc sats~.
gers who had had not single port pri,o court n.
body tic wrong have suffered more clear, tn.
do; but other things al5o While ueeer g. sS..
10 claim orr just rights and reminding this i',var 4
ways OF duties which il has plaiay elected Icaaas
forget that We are engaged at ;hs moment II var ~
the suppression %! long coDn,ed aud mos. yiru.,s
Rebellion. which has tau, far tasked best snsrs,s-
10 this work let us now dedicate ourselves uIthn.
aronsag another, through Who's. alliance she le6eis,
may BE- encouraged aud strengthened. let cut dow
lhe Rebellion. Do tins aud shsil do eferyttIn,
mcsIw lille trust the senate will aot ts moved by a.
sion any hasty action on any of tue gres aa
before il; but that each will he considered carefully an.
calmly on its merits according 10 the cu,tom Is 49,,
body This surely l. the dictate Of prudence ADD
cannot doubt that il Is the dictate OF patriotism ala, DO
Washington Ia bis farewell address warn, Us as.in,.
the insdious evils of foreign infuenee But IL. lssc.
Ous evils Of our Rebels seeking to cmhrol as with o,
eisn powers as deadly any infgeucs now b-mrs.
against Forowarned. let Us b. sleatfast .sai5~S
them.
Mr. SHERMAN said the Senator from Ns,.aebu..s,,
Mr. Summer had alluded N bat ore Of the outrage,
committed by the Rebels from Canst he had proba
bly, forgotten the much more Scr0us affairs MIRA
took pao on Lake Erie. He Or. Sherman) happ.nS
20 be in Toledo ct the time Of tIe!r occurrence one a
our vessels, engaged IN commerce between Detc, asS
Sandusky was entered by men with arfgs cOna.s,d
ab0u, their persons When they had got IN Tie y.ss
4 ,ba and. Quiv ~pu tla
and manned and ~ once became vessel IL va undss
the Rebel flag Thus the Rebel hag @as kept gostins
TOR some nonrs within sig OF three Respectable c!isH
Another vessel, the Bay CITY, also engaged in p,arer,
commerce. was seized the same ls aad 1y III the
hgrbor of Sandusky within few miles II where I.sbs
officers Leld as prisoners OF var who were opty
kept from reespure and release by the steamer Mlcbi
gan. There plan to seis, that vessel also and q
they had done So they might hive lid HtGcr trbun
Detroit Sendusky and Cleveland In tweutyi0ur houy,
they might have destroyed commerce equal 10 our -
tire coinWcrCe on the ocean. Mr.. Sherman desrs<
hat another ,lct You'd BE- remembered that for
reason rot yet disclosed tni, plot failed the nurd
went into Canada. and the authorities shielded Ihsa
and discharged them from arrest. it was no, % ~
wondered ct that people In whose ull,s, ssnb
things occurred shOud feel alarm and sarAs3,
for IL that plot had succeeded, property u -
untold amount would have been destroyed. Fhey msks
have sc.zed hundreds OF vessels plying between BgfAs
and Detroit had they succeeded IN capturing The AisE
gan as there armed vessel Oh the lase sKctx
this one iIr. Saernah then adscTted TO the repes =
the Reciprocity Treaty. For ten years ttc peopl. q
the North. West had believed themselves robbed .! hn
treaty but they never would have moved In the aat>s
II tiey had not found that the people vS
had been fed BY their commerce were " ,ec'iAl
Rebel pirates encouraging them N tier 20
signs When such was tho case. fifeTeYt !s,ufs
snrung up; and row the people OF the no, thess
states wotld protect and defend Themselves hs
(Sherman) expressed his sincere regret that tho 'rd9
.ofGeu Dix which was in strict accoidGlce win
internaii onal law should have been Tevoa' u lie -
ieyed the spirit of the order the only way Ia vha
We could meet these marGldr' II Was noi me i2ai =
war perhaps but the tear o. is o2nseqnences aha We
CONSEQUENCES Of pressing this policy an. iarier h1
would probably induce tie Canadian autG"ites v
respect our rights AZ nation bnt until t.ry s.@sss
some such spirit that he ihgu7ht the HO'ern,as
ought T. assume oil tire rights II raj To puFDhr prstS
and robbers aD any other country u
desire, also 90 cai. attention 10 '@r
significant article puhlisAed IN Toe LpHdSD i'"ea
January -G.. Il was semioh'csai "a IT. c1arae'-t
ana yei.rrc "a the treaty arrangement "t 10 ID
that article IL VS. said shat Great BTtln coha Iaros
naval fplcs into the Lakes through iie "ciHnh |nsss
before we could prepare force to meet r. IL VA. pre-
dent NJ sherman thought. 90 give this macr altos
ton III war hTol ont between these two cuitriea
would not I've like the waT Of 'ol2. or the Reyotlon
IL would be fight between the TWO gree'es' po"s'
the globe.
Mr. SuYyYR-Thers are two points on which I VIII
IN make q remark not b. WAY II arguufnt nor u ~
press any differences Of opinion lht senator i
Ohio has called attention 10 IN" order 81 ten pN
and ayerred that II IS supported By the eminent auhor
- ~ Mr. pIinorr tie latest English writer on The
/. ". OF nniious. The words or Mr.. tplimo-e sa'f
b.,n quoted IN tue Canada pre-. nd IN -''" q" 'ss
spaper. OF our country Tt"g q" see'n % sthcas
he order II Gen. Dix but perhaps the senator roo
Ohio bis not bed ais attention called 20 another itt
iiy of our country. whlch IL n different seuse ~
Ter to the rrcrAG work ii ten. hair'. IN t1e Az,
nations which. take it Oh IN AZ. 5 the o,l rrtcusa
manual on that subject which ,,'is. u >rn1iOfs III
refer 10 that thcy Viii tAGt tl. wiiar. ale. 4sos
ing the very words q Mr. painorc. tiees eSccp,.os
70 them. aud treat, them rs too brld. ara d"nvs
liIl
srstain.i by the aw of nations In short 80 s-ys mss
ANYTHING done In thai sense Wcud be on aet 81 "n
Now sir do not intend myself. on TN. o'castoh .
express NV opinion that question: lhrrv - 40 -
casiJn for IL. The passage Tcrredt" in "th dAeeEs
book vas nitergard Icad b. 81. Sautrf. I'D
sir Johnson ASKED IL tea. Hiilec> cii"l sny ~
thority
Mr. Sr,ryEs-r thin, nut. lie goes iu., rri.iess
do no, H.sh % BE- drawn INTO any eSgg.ser
oriuion. | merely call attention. "a ths dFt5eoeS
opinion ~ show mat while aa EnglishIan N"4ia 'esA
10 srsisin cen Dix. an Am'ficaa authority d'es as
i,,taiu hun. There was pnr other tupiv 80 N",h 'N
senator referred: that the naval force "a thr ish
he - awcrc that the srHiscmeit on mar +"'"ct
anomalous and his never ~ cncd Ilt s'.'n '. -
Senate I, does seem nnfc iT"n p'or'i ieed ,! ne
PRECEDENT but tie Origin history and ctr cer ~ tass
aTelnqrmtat IRE sti sgber,f az doubt IL WIS "a %
aecouut thar only tie olnr a.! De- Air'ia,'1 ~
lion in The Sch'c. @i.nt irf VII 'A'J ~ 'u 90
nlcs OF he Department wit. rcrrucc 10 t1f dfJif"N
Manor as 10 mas b" ,lirhcttrT II. Nhel tif il"s"S
ton received the oennic I'D hi't co. Pf''r, A'".
tinn and IT, can Proceed % 10 sno'uL I"hh"' ~
have no Jouht they viii act p:"inh'g 's ""' ~ WV
arr in condit 20 act 90 800. ,,.,.,.t.
Nr GEu.E.-Tl.e - oac s'i'ci t,'' aA' DC" .
tr0duced ia this debate. G" With tesiie 'Nv 49,
tee on Foreign Afldlr, - nirtrl tiels ft'tu'',-
,hst il fl, to the tirth %. .tc tiiraiiuH ~ ~ ~'~
y.p,. III. editor srts ih.N the. era laiV H'ea
trira'cs Oh che lakes - .si Pea w"cG' -thd 'u i" ~,
the canals rady built .trt H. rt> "' 70 % ~ ~ -.
c,,uicitv ~ ur ul..te, rHL c"'v''.' f'pIl" a
Ano,rs ihnt thy never bod g,n.".t' ~ ,'r Sr."a.
nes.Ied for this rnfrcss except d1rng ile lines