The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-28

Tap indgnstioo q the English people - the
seizure Of the Florida is 10Th real aud natural. The
only thing Confederate found hoard was the
comm,suaon sgncd By tie rebel Secretary Of the
Navy HALLonr, which purportcd to authorize the
/ destruction Of American ships. Everything else
on board r. VI the snchpr H. tho needle, wss Fog.
Bsh. There WAS not Confederate inch Of canvas,
| r,,nl, nail. 81 even man on board All were
knvlisl, and there for English even more
than ioi Confederate purposes Every hip burned
by tho Florida resulted In q coinparat vely psltry
Slvantago TO the rebels while TO the English peo-
rio tho tono6ts were incaicuiable, by driving neu-
trail commerce To their shores Then
too, the Florida wss the last Of her class,
and her destruction, under any circumstances,
would produce dse,-H wall than was raised for
the Alaama II would lc hard for tho rcbci and
English ingenuity combined " replace her under
the more stringent construction OF the neutrality
laws cuforcod by the firm policy Of the President.
In view II all these circumstances, Ii apparent
that the loss Of the Florida would he iarnento'l, m
any case, by cur transatlantic cous!ns Her
seizure, however, In = neutral port, enables the
tide Of English symr~,hy for her fate to flow un.
checked BY the considerations ~ honor and decent
regard " the opinions Of mankind, which re-
pressed tho expression of feeling and opinion re-.
sToctng tho loss Of the Alslama. II Is i'm
rosible " dssrtn,nc how much Of
this loud.poutbed indignation Of tho
= glish journ.ss Il lhs called invAson " nsu-
trial rights 10 influenced by love of Justice, nation
81 rivalry and sympathy for the South, or scf-in.
tsrcst Ii Is probable that the considerations Of
justice and fair play. a. compared with the other
bascr motives are rs grain q wheat 70 . barrel
Of chad. Nothing be more absurd or scli-s,ul-
tiying, than the assumption Of England tn oct az
,he champion u Brazil in skss csse. No nation in
tho world has committed mdts unblushing crimes
| agains, iutorns,i uAl law, V,an England Her
cruisers have constantly cut out eneinys vessc's
from neutral ports, and FROM the protection oi
neutral batteries. ~ her acts she has debarred
herself even from protesting against the compare
| lively mild offence, II any, Of tho seizure of Tho
Florida. In view Vi tho whole tenor Il history,
u Ia impossible 70 avoid concluding tina, England,
under similar circumstance, never would have
| tolerated the Florida and other Confederate nui-
sancee. NJ assumption OF islliRcraut rights aud
IA, neutral port 10 the world would have shielded
sh ps commissioned, say, by Irsh or New zca.nd
rebels from seizure and conhscstion. We Ike
fair play, and "" shall observe u in ,hia, a. IN
every other case, aud afford Brazil every rcparsto,.
IT, sfcr discussion AMI examination Of the facts u
the Florida seizure, IL shall appear that any wrong
has been done to her II VIC arc In the wrong we
shall admit II to nral.l-,he party sggrlcvcd. Ru,
we Diet st hypoc-isy just much as We admire fair
play, and insist u At England shall not be permitted
~ Interfere m this matter, either to counsel, threat
| en-. or 10 ITesch 90 US.