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upon record the views OF II held by the government
tent 10 which the period my al this post has
enabled me TO do them but feeble Justice
THE uNPREcEDENTED CHARACTER OF BRITISH RE
coGSITION ACKNOWLEDGE.
In the note which had the honor to address your
loosp on the 20th OF May last, when recaptuiatng in
Tue form oil propositions the argument win ch made the
basis o. certain recamaions upon her Majesty
mem, submitted hrst Of all that the act o. recogni
ton by her Majesty government of insurgents as beigc
rents on the high seas before they had single vessel
anoat, Was precip;tie aud Unprecedented ?
TO this affirmation understand your lorlship
reply cy ednaay od"taaag NE Truth n al least cne-
hdJ9n In pleading ~ justification that the insurrec
ton which caused it unprecedented Won certainly
concede that the recognition Hte~ist
H. may then he hereafter assumed fact beyond dis
pute, that similar done by one nation
wards another with which 1t IN aml,y
ITS rREcIrIrANcy EQUALLY CLEAR.
With regard to the Other term which took the liberty
use, the word ''preciptate beg u call your
lodshps attention to tue ground upon which you pro
coed 10 justify the Of recognition You pleased
TO observe that il Followed and did not prcceae our own
declaration OF the intended blockade Of
the part OF the conedcatcs to issue letters OF naque
Now, pray you particularly 10 note that, u this be
the whole made lordship has gone the length
OF copcedng that her Mgstys goperamea actually adopt
cd tis most grdre proceeang miof The eridence ia
possession Of dnyfdc phoerer upon ,chich 20 rsa The
statement Is simply that declaration Of antua ms 10 act
had been made by the respective parties preparing FOR
struggle
THE BLOCKADE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN EsrAB-
LisHED BUT FOR BRITISH RECOGNITION.
Hence feel constrained respectfully TO submit II 10
your ordshp whether the history II cfcihsed nations
there can De found single tance IN mhich step c tuch
Importance cos taken friendly Ornament IN
regard b another, upon a presumption OF what
going TO be done assumption of certain acts conem
plated but not performed II would appear TO be the
part OF calm statesmanshp in cases which fail
deeply to affect the interests Of friendly nation to post
pone acting at least until something shall have been
tualy done TO require H. In this there
certainty at the time when her Maesty's government
acted that either Of those declarations OF intention would
"a prnSn mt ono M in nnfn
OF TACT never executed Neither IT all beyond the
possibility Of belief that the other would have been
equally left incomplete but for this uery acton Of hr
Majesys gorenDenf hich preriud all chancs Of dpod-
ing hacing recors tot. The actual blockade them 50
sequence Of it, pocu With the reluctance OF my covers
ment to resort to that measure and the causes whis
overcame II, your iordshp must have been TOO ful1
acquainted at the time 10 render IL for to
dwell upon this matter further
RUSSELL sELF-coNvICTED.
As still stronger proof Of the precpi'ae nature Of
that declaration IL needed pray permission
only to refer to your published letter TO Lord Lyons
written the very day the Of the step
taken by the made by yourself In the
House Of Commons the 9th Of May 1861. In that let
ter your ordshp freely admits that by reason OF the
interruption Of the communication between New YORK
and Washington, you had not then any information OF
the precise actually taken down TO that mo-
ment by either OF the parties in the struggle (which up
peared 10 have commenced
Yet in spite OF these circumstances which deprived
her Majestys government Of all accurate knowledge Of
facts, and Notwithstanding that there apparent
cause IN event that had occurred urgently demand
ing an immediate dccson II was determined 70 Gd p,
Hs step al This ne--o step uhch ho,reuer int ded, cotd
mt just at tn beginning Of Undertaking % sap 6y rio
lence The estdied authority eo friendly Pour, fail 10
hare an influence Injurious b, he maintenance Of
thai authority tororabie opertar,p. Consider
ing the nature OF the friendly intentions which your
lordshlp Is pleased 20 take credit for and IN which
fully believe, the very best which can imagine
for this proceeding is that II preciptate. should
be to be led TO the natural inference that oad fol-
io,c my admitting 10 b hare been dHs 'rtt dsberd'e pre-
meditation. | therefore must rtfuliv persist, not
withstanding your lordships rel. ~ In the opinion
that have not failed TO give the cphct which most
fttingly belongs TO IT,
ANOTHER fALLAcy TAKEN ~ HAND.
But your lordship in your note IS pleased 10 Instfy
this extraordinary, sunprecedened and prec pitate'
step on another ground This i, the s.magnitndc' OF
the appearance Of the insurrecion This certainly cor
responds with nv impression OF the reasoning which
you assigned to me IN the first conversation which had
the honor TO hold with after my arrival in this
try the 18th OF MAY, 1851 This view IL now amplincd
in the form Of the propositions with which your lorshp
has now favored me
Tina, the history OF modern nations affords example Of
tended 50 immediate in ns operson 50 wen 50 long
PREPARED 50 soon and 80 completely furnished with the na
generals and oaeeTs Of high military reputation arms,
,he ssablisRed soyernment '''s"'' = VI
Tha, ~ reached her Maeys in tho
favor OF this nsarrrcon that three States including
join iss@ hat see states upwards of three
Ave millions Of people extensive Of the negro slaves Tat the
President Of the nseen government bad procamed his
Presden, Of United other hand had pro
Of the Southern states and that in these The
station al as &c the for s
TOUCHING ur Az OLD SORE.
In respect TO this may lie permitted TO beg your At
tenon TO the fact that with perhaps the exception OF
the gross number OF people engaged, do think myself
able 10 furnish example Of Instruction in every
particular corresponding 10 your description which has
occurred within the last century do not doubt cf
osa anoher rord
Yet notwthsandng all the points Of Identity that
case, cannot find that her Maiestys government Was
met at the outset, In 1774 with any announcement by
foreign Power in ami,y with Great Britain of neces
rent power because Of the magnitude OF the struggle
or for any other Neither IL there the smallest
ground for believing that II woald have tolerated tho
proceeding for one moment II II had been
Her Majesy's government al once resorted without
scrpe hesitation to every right ordinarily exercised
by bcllgerent in a with q strong Power, and WAS
with degree OF resistance effective and endur
ing than any manifested in the late struggle That re-
ssence too wa carried out on the ocean, where aone
the Interests Of di.tsn, neutral States liable 10
seriously affected by tho domestic strife " any nation Ina
. manner far more extensive than the insurgents by
their unaded efforts could have attempted. Yet
length OF time elapsed before any foreign Power, how
much inclined, ventured 20 ind IN this STATE OF
things for considering the people waging such
a war as beiligereni Power IL furthermore 10 certain
that II at any time the smallest indication Of leaning
that way manifested Itself In any OF the commercid
Powers 4 wa, inm.dla y saad Jy ne British ocvemmoi
for remosltrdns and r,ciomaison
HARD uIr At THE "FRfgSDLY- GOVERNMENT.
Your lordshp has been pleased review tho conduct
81 France In this emergency, and 10 endeavor 70 ri
ASIDE the parallel which attempted in my note the
ground ihs, that country was animated by a policy de
codv hostile Great Britain. The fact Il doubtless
But Il 50 happens that this only bears with the
force in my favor on the present argument Had France,
being inclined TO inurc Great Brta dec dcd to recog
the insurgents bcllieercnt, would, according
70 the doctrine now avowed By her hNesty's govern
ment have been dong than absolutely
necessary and altogether tusti6ahe Why did u not
take tins step at oncef Unhaprily for the example,
Great Britain at the outset std upon considering
her a friendly rover, and c1sd upon her sotemny
~ deit flvm any dhrrp tchd'rrv D. gnfe M
pres7ce n NE fusrymi far,c In PROT OF this,
beg permission 10 quote brief extract from an historical
writer we'll known ~ have drawn hls statements from
official Mr. AdOphus SAYS that IN April, lTI5
that IT, one year after the outbreak ~ the nsurrec
ton
The friendly disposition o he French government towards
Britain has uneliyny d~u1usfaird AMI the
expectation that would ~ ored to NC Amercsn.