, 1865-10-28

Correspondence between Minister
Adams and Earl Russell.
What the United States AAkcd-Kux.
teai:H Emphatic X1cfu>ul,

The following is condensed statement OF
the correspondence between Earl Russell and
Mr. Adams On the indemnity question already
referred to by telegraph:
ME-. ApAMs's REJo1SDER-uE ASKS FOR RE-
FARATIoS AND ISDEMS1F1cATioS.
Under date Of May 90, Ar. Adams rccapitu
iatlng the points heretofore brought to the
notice Of the British government. His Last
point reads thus:
That the injuries thus received hy country
Which has meanwhile sedulously ende,sorel to par
the legal means at hand 10 prevent tc1, a. Wei as
the unutllingness to seek tos mpru stringent pow
cry, are Of 70 E1are nante In reason and justice
Identification
Alter stating his ylcws on the preccaents of
Spain md Portugal, quoted by Earl Russell.
Nj: Adams winds up lis letter as follows:
Thus 1t Is thas whatever may be the line Of policy
conclusion; The natton that recognized the power
rs bellGeEnt bcinZe Il had bui,t vessel md BE-
came itself The eoalse q al the bellicesen charae
gardct as responsible for III The damage that has
cn=ued from that cause TO the commercial power WITH
which II mas under the most eaczcd obligations to
preserve amify md pcsce.
EHL RUSSELL REPLIES AFTER 4 PArsE or
THREE MONTHS.
On the ::0th of August Earl Russell sent In
an elaborate reply, stating that it had been
purposcly delayed, but That now, the United
states being at peace, and MIR. Seward re-
covered from the injuries lie received from mn
s{n, and. therefore, able TO auply his -emart.
able powers OF mind to the questions ut issue''
the time had arrived Tor cal,n aud candid
discussion. The points of the reply arc:
l.. That the inennec,ioa hsd no parallel in mod
: Thst While IN the sprinp of 1911 .h,,h,,, 11,-
coln nrocls,msd hiostads and i.ar.on n.t1s III
i,rusa iet,ers Of marque, The tomnsnder of TIC
lions: 1>' 49, 'A'' ~
8. peslsing to remain neutral, Her Ms}csty's
Government while respecting the blockade, wus
bound to Recognize IN the fo-called Confederate
i. That Her M.jcsty'e Government put that nell
traity In force with "fa1tness and Impartialt1y."
~ lhas lae foselEn Enlistment at i Intended
ally of her majesty.
=: Thai he owner OF the Alabama succeeded In
getting hsr o to sea on he very morning That the
:, That the oreto was beenn to BE- built IN Eng
Lind. but completed At Wilmington.
S, Tint the INNS were seized 1t Dirkenhead, tho
CHntou or P0mpero convicted in Scotland and that
the Kappahanuoek wns forced to take refuge in
Calais.
y That IL is not enough to ray that the Foreign En-
shown he ] ~oad snpfn hsre eeen
efficient.
70. That only The most extensive employment OF
mr. Of tbc UIrates, '1' s"'"
II. That the Shenandoah was despatched to other
waters, 81 aaa there made an armed cruiser.
~ = ana tasls sas1s NO ground Tor Fepasaton
~"9 AI1au nAAa",,
Eati hnsseai 1nen concludes ~ lollows:
IN your Letter o. the "a Of October. 1874 ron
Me1e 6leaseo 70 esx I'm. tne Government 9f the
s,.t;on ''' - ~ "s'es ~ ans ao'"' VI nsoi'
Her Mstcety,s Government h.yc Tim. herr, led In
conrider Wl1at question could be put to nny tovc-
rcien Or state to ~hon this very great power should
he asfigncd.
tappc-1f to Her Majesty's government that thece
arc bnt Two Questions ~ which the claim Of com
eolo DC tstea- TIE one +: Have The
in nthcr Wnnds 71i,h rooa f.itt a.u ~ d' t o.,
lie maintenance ct tbe neutrality tbey X
The other is Have 1he law officers IL lie crown
pIopetly understood the Foreign Enlistment act
"htn they decAned, n june 1872 to advise the de-
tcnqa an9 . H.. " Ut aaaa aaa 9o oihcf
shns hnt,inS ~ iins IL r,its; o'nc1
Il appears to heT MaIeaty'e Government II,
1eiher Of these questions coaid be mi to io,cgu
Government with any regard 10 ihc dignity and
chaIacier Of the British crown and the British
nalion;
~ sf tsi iaa1cs' % are the sole guardians
s,,s =, Ta.o ",ei ,r;t III ;t;. - ~ ey
ncG,1ss;tT theT nrnicsseI I The isr ocsr te M
Crown Tust Sc held to be better interpreters OF a
British statute than any foreign Government c.tl pe
presumed 70 BY. Hez M:jest5s Government must
therefore, decline either to make reparatton and
eompnsau@Gn @ 10. aaG @ 1laoe Dy !he Amoana
Fer naaicats'1 rnSernment III caneeiSe t1,st i, +hev
were TO al Otherwise thry would cudan"rr thr nd.
eijon ofncutrals in nll future wars.
hef ms1esays y ~ government als, however, rcady to