Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-02-03

SIR our ul>pdJtu OF the ZOth OF June
(No. 1881 has been received, together with
three paper books containing report Of the
trial Of the Alexandra.
If the law of Great Britain must be left
without amendment, and be construed by the
government in conformity with the rulings o
the Chief Baron OF The Exchequer, then there
ciH bel Tt for tie United States 10 altc1uatige
bit to protect Themselves and Their commerce
against armed cruisers proceeding from BRITISH
ports as against tie tagal forces OF public enc
Hg and also to claim and insist upon, i7,alnui-
ties for tie injuries teisjcb al SJtcb expeditions haze
hitherto committed or shall hereafter. commit
against tbs gorey3aaelst ant TIE citizens OF the
United States. To this end this government IS
NON Prepatrtag 7taual force ruth tie utmost
y{qOr and II tie 3tatouai 1dgU trbck Il is rand
iy creatllg, shall not BE- sufficient for TIE em1-gs3l-
cV, Hte5 tic United States mast bring into luUiov-
nse,t Spcb private armed ,lau@ forces TIE nsl--
cLttHe marine stat afford British potts, do
nestle as well Is colonial, are now open, un-
der certain restrictions, to the visits OF pirat-
ical vessels, and not only furnish them with
Goals, provisions and repairs, but even re-
ceive their prisoners when the enemies OF the
United States come III to obtain such relief
from VOYAGES III which they have either burn
ed ships which they have captured, or have
even manned and armed them as pirates and
sent them abroad as auNillarIcs in the work
of destruction Can it be an occasion for
either surprise or complaint that If this con-
dition of things is to remain and receive the
deliberate sanction of the British government.
tie Many oT te United States teN reccigc YtStr~sc-
lions to pursue tteSe enemies into tie parts trhjeE
thus, IN aiolatj0a Of tie tar Of nations gsf the
obligations Of ueHtral1Y, become hasaL0yS for
pirates The President very distinctly per
ceiyes the risks and hazards which naval
conflict thus maintained will bring to the com
merce and evan to the peace oftuc two coun-
tries But he is obliged 20 consider that il
the case supposed the destruction OF our COM
merce VIII probably amount to a. azyaI lga5.
sc9gca By Poftso ed t,oSt, Of tie british nation
ag0DsSt tie gorerzautlt a4td people Of the juit,t
States-a lrar tolgated although not asc1gcd or
agoared bg tie BRITISH goUtyuuelt. If through
the necessary employment Of all our means
Of national defence, such partial war shall
become a general one between the two ma
tions, the President thinks that responsibility
for that painful result viii not tall upon the
United States.
In stating thus frankly the views C this
Government, it's proper for me to add that it
is not the Presidents purpose TO resort to the
extraordinary measures Of defence 10 which |
have referred, unless they shall be rendered
necessary by final decision OF the British
Government that It cannot and will not inter
fcre to restrain the hostilities which are now
appreheudcd; nor viii / allow myself TO sup
pose that her Majesty's Government will for
moment conceive that anything have writ
ten upon this point is written IN a spirit of
mere demonstration; ON the contrary, while
the pacific md friendly disposition of her
Britannia Majesty's Government Is fully ap-
preciated and relied upon, il is wei under
stood that that Government is the last one I'm
the world to yield to yehcmence what cannot
be conceded in equity and justice, So, on
the other hand, it ought to be understood chat
the United States, if they could ever be pre-
sumptuous, are sufficiently chastcncd already
by the scOurge Of civil war to seek peace and
friendship with Great Britain and all other
nations through any concession that Is com
patible with the permanent interests of ma
tional life and honor