The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-02
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Mr. W. E. Foster thought the Attor-
ney General had hardly explained WHY
the Georgia should have been allowed
TO stay at Liverpool even upon the
ground that she ought to be treated
simply as any other belligeIent vessel
or as federal Ships of war had been
treated. The instructions ofthe Adfni-
rally forbade any ship of war of bel
Ggerent 70 FenGih for mare than TWEEN
iydour hours many ef our ports, unless
detained by stress of weather, or I'M
less she required provisions or repairs
and in that case she must put to sea.
within twenty-four hours after her wants
have, been supplied, NoY, there was
90 coiorahls pTetext Cor saying thatthe
Georgia had been detained in Liverpool
for repairs. She,fud s-across from
the coast Of France, wbere. She had
been repairing thirty Three DAYS at Bor-
deau She had come ostensiblv for the
purpose Of paying Oft her crew; and he
should ike 70 ask any member of the
house whether a federal ship OF. var
would have been allowed to pay off her
crew insap Epglish port EGEIf oEs
Mr.. Foster then proceeded to con-
slider tho danger Of setting bad preee-
dents, remsrking that it appeared Ia
him that her Majesty government had
let slip The opportunity which this sor-
rowful war had given them for putting
tho inteInati0pal law. into a. Etate-that
would Be to cur advantage and behe-
fcials e. fhez Interests Of civilization.
He concluded by giving this warning,
via
Let the House consider what would
be their position if they 1oers 70 experience
TIC same treatment from oEX Jorag. conntrss
which AnleT5cG toGS receiving az khs hazds
q oar merchants. bear, heart he
would not appeal othe case ofAmeriea
herself, because some people might ssy
that whatever principles Of iHterna1
tlonal law We might agree to, America
would not abidebg them. This he did
not believe 70. be true. and be. thought
1t might &c shown to be Untrue BY past
examples AAntsae Bonld tsks tie case
OF possible war with Germany-he
should look upon such an event with
the greatest 10 -ror-l hear, hear1-but
4 ne MI GIT beitsg some Etatenlenf "a :
the papers and even some speeches, 10
would seem that some persons lIoot 1sd
forward vita no great dislike 10 a war
WIN germany, accompanied bv- in dif--
serenoe--or more than III iiffereuceL -,n
the part Of France. We could NOT look
for q course from France different from
that tva had HID loNssrsls 8,,,arfa,5 / N !,
case ola war, with Germany we mioht
no a0pbe easily seal up every port of
that countrFi, but suppose that out of
the port o. aAfsrseElies q ship should
make its way ,sSfid cut ofthe harbor of
Bre5t another with .anIn anition. and
they were 10 meet OF the Italian coast
ana then goaots 10 prey nponE our com.
merce IA the Mediterranean sea. What
Bonh be orr .feelipgs Ia sach a case
ttieat, hear Z Shoug deTe- allow France
% 10 that without doing all we could
20 Fevent III tHear, hesr1 III they
sl4oWeo tl'ls ms IN e % be a-precedent
Tor the iutsfe, would a. not pfoi1iee an
immense addition TO any future var
unless ~ were one 70 vitauv = fFae,;,,,,
our nahonat existence tliat We c5,lS
notaHord y taigefsuchH n dc,l,I., $50.
upon our shonldrrs2 = "a : ts''sS 3 HS1
Then people SAID. There are o,,,
some Two or thrse Fessels got up after
oil against The -AuneEican marine ar5
how weak mus DC fae American NV ~,
2 Pernit. r But after al sits-waa, !,
Comparatively easy thing % do. r Hear
hear. "a lathat had 20 Be dene was b.
take every vessel they conld, and run
from every vessel they could not yffit
were cur mercantile marine snstead 81
Inst ct A1nerica thai was concerned,
Of three or four, We should have thirty
or forsy esdisers- II was 4 perfsctly
cheaP game. lf they ware taken they
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