The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-21

to recognise the existence of belligerent
rights on the part of both Of the combat
ants, and to declare Her Majestys neutlal-
ity between the two parties. lCheers.
And this, accordingly, was the course
which we recommended. The proclama-
ton in that sense was approved, II noS
actually drawn up, l believe, by my leaFnea
friend the present Lord Chancellor; anu
the course of neutrality thus adoPteq was
certainly received with favor, and, De-
lieve. commended itself to the sentiments
of the country as the right course loe W
to take 81 a4ap4I Gtatsa1e !, .o'h,.,..
.wo;ted the arrival of Mr.. Adams.
NV not what Mr.. Adams could say on
the subject If / had told my colleagues
49, 40 mat wait for him and consult
h Sa~' balieye it would only have caused
oa,h. -rassment in the relations between
~ 20 Countries. He could Scarcely have
snnroved ANYTHING We didBhort of taking
tba nsrt of North against the South. But,
then. it is said, ifthe proclamation of neu-
trality was not altogether wrong, at any
rate it out to have been delayed, and that
unfriendliness was shown in, the manner of
it's promulgation. I conceive that there
was nothing, unfriendly, nothing uncour-
teous in the declaration !; but, on the con-
trary, that it was the proper course for
tbs course for this country to declare ct the
earliest moment that it 4, meant to take
partneithey with the North nor with the
South, but to remain entirely neutral in
the contest. CHear, hear. Be it observed
also that from the issue Of that proclama-
ton, on tho 18th of May, Her Aajesty's
subjects were bound to take no part in the
contest, and we're warned that they would
disobey Her Majestys iDjunotions if they
gave aid to one side or the other aaileo
Your lordships all remember the affair
of the Trent. 1t is said with regard to
that affair, as with regard to the procla-
nation If neutrality, that the proceedings
Of the government were unfriendly and
uncourteous, and / am accused-not for
the first time certainly, nor probably for
the tenth time, but with as little Justice
now as onlany of the former occasions
of having had dispatch put into my
hands which ought to have been pub
lished, because it contained an assurance
on the part of the United States govern
ment that they did not intend to resist
the delivery of the vessel and the commits
sioners. My lords, that was very far from
being the case and although Mr.. Adams
did bring me a dispatch on that occasion,
it was dispatch relating chiefly to other
questions between the two.countries, and
merely ending with q declaration that if
any demand were made upon the subject
Of the Trent, that subject would be fairly
considered by the United States govern
,ment, The dispatch, was not put into
my hands, snds therefore / could NOT pub
lish it. Even had = it been left With me,
and had I published it, it would have given
no satisfaction, because i certainly be-
lieved, and my noble friend at the head of
the government also believed, up to the
last moment, that twas entirely q matter
of uncertainty whether the United States
government would give up these commits
sioners, or whether they would refuse to
do 90, and withhold arbitration. oIroa-a1 |!
~ Earl RussE1aL continued with the follow
ing remarks, from which It viii be seen
that the warlike dispatch of the British
government in regard to the Trent affair
was modified, as has been frequently re-
ported, BY the advice Of Prince ALBEIT:
And now as to the manner in which
these demands are made. In the first
place, wrote to Lord Lyons, and begged
Him not to make any demand in the first
instance, but to acquaint the Minister with
the nature of the dispatches, and request
that he would name q day when the dis
patches could be- put into bis hand, after
Consulting the President. That appeared
to me the course which il was most cour-
teous to take. And Tam bound TO say, in
mentioning these facts, that there is one
circumstance connected with them which
does the highest credit to the memory,
good taste and discretion of thelate Prince
Oonsort.J AT the last moment, after Her
Majesty had approved the dispatch, We re-
ceived letter from the Prince OOnsort,
in which he said that some OF the express
sions used in the dispatch might be con-
sidered too abrupt, and suggested other
phrases, which he thought might make it
more easy for the government of the Uni
ted States to accept the request which it
conveyed. These phrases were adopted
6y the government and embodied in the
dispatch, and, doubtless, tended in some
degree to render the document more ac-
eeptable to the United States government,
who were called upon by its terms to per-
form duty in conformity with the law Of
nations, and regarded by the people of
this country as an act of justice. Hear,
hear.] ,....g.,,.. .,-'l, - =
Having defended the steps which the
government had taken in the cases of the
Trent, the Alabama, and the steam rams
the noble Earl said that he had every rea :,
son to believe that there was nothing in
the relations between this country and the
United States which could give rise to the
apprehension Of hostilities. At the same
time he felt bound to say that the impar-
tial course of Her Msjestys government
had been impeded and, endangered from
time to time, on the one hand by the par
tisans of the North in declaring that the
country was unfrfendly and hostile to the