Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-16
WING & sHUMWAY Proprietors.
. aIdtohdeld, Conn, Thursday, Nov. 1e, 1865
Neutrality.

IOrmeu Eafi nuSSell IHdt tDe OnlCeQ SCabeS en- tailed the responsibility upon the government of England, of all the damages inflicted upon our commerce by privateers fitted out in Brit ish ports. < sss Earl Russell replied that we first recognized , the South as belligerents by blockadiug it's ports; and that England did everything in it's power to prevent violation of her neutrality laws in the building and equippng of privateers, furnishing arms and munitions of war to our enemies. &c.
 5 In answer to this Mir. Adams said that the British government, by it's precipitate and un- precedented' recognition of the southern gov ernment, inoited the rebels to come to Eng land and purchase vessels, provisions and mu- nitions of war. He says:
 1t was at that moment, that deliberate policy was adopted by the insurgents, under which base was made in this kingdom for all the extensive warlike preparations since con- ducted by them. The officers were then estab- lished, and all the ramifcations of bureau regularly organized Mir. Adams also reminds his neutral friend that no proper vigilance was exelcised by the officers of the English government to enforce the neutrality laws, and that no attention was paid to the representations of the United States on that subject. He continues
 . Thus it is, that whatever may be the line of argument pursue am compelled ever to re- turn to the one conclusion the nation that recognized Power as belligerent before it had built a. vessel, and became itself the source of all the belligerent character it has ever DOS sessed on the ocean, must be regarded as re- spoDsible for all the damage that has ensued from that cause to the commerce of Power with which it was under the most sacred cbli- . gations to preserve amity and peace
 In his next letter Earl Russell sees fit to re- fer to an offer made by our government over two ago, to refer questions of disagreement to foreign powers for arbitration. To this propo. sition, that he has no reason to believe is still open, he says:
 The law officers of the crown must be held to be better interpreters of British statute { than any foreign government can be presumed to be. Her Majesty's Government must there fore, decline either to make reparaton and compensation for the captures made by the AL aoama, or to refer the question to any foreign State
 He then says that the British Government > will consert to the appointment of a commis sion, to which will be referred all claims aris. ing during the late civil war, ach;cA de tuc popers shall agree to refer to the commission. CTS l; aud has the impotence at the close of his letter, to congratulate Mir. Adams on the over. throw of slavery.
 The reply of Mir. Adams shows degree of wisdom and statesmanship of which American people have reason to be proud. We can give but two extracts from it:
 s sif,s says he, the examples thus set by her . eMaJesty's Government should come to be gen erally adopted, and the principles of neutrality upon which 1t rests be recognized as part of the code of international law, then it is not diff 2 hcultlto forsee the probable consequence. A new era in the relations of neutras to belliger- ents on the high Seas will open. Neutral ports m Chat event, will before long become the true centres from which the most effective and dan- ? gerous enterprises against the commerce of peliigerents may be contrived, fitted out and executed. The existing restrictions upon the exploits of daring adventurers will rapidly be- come obsolete, and no new ones will be adont. eo. Shlps, men and money, will always be at nand ana for the service of any Power sufficiently strong to hold forth probability of repayment m any form, or adroit enough to secure a share of the popular sympathy in its undertakings. New Fiorldas, Alabamas and Shenandoahs will appear on every sea. If such be the recognized : raw, l Will not undertake to affirm that the 7conntry which have the honor to represent would not Tn the end be as able to accommo- Britain '' N'e"' In conclusion he says:
 s1f 1t has been my misfortune to observs in tba progress of so wonderful revolution. deoree of coldness and apathy prevailing in many quarters, from which my countrymen had everv tlgnt to expect warm and earnest svmnathv. . 1T throughout this great trial the severity o} wnicn, lew not we'll versed in the nature of our institutions could not fully comprehend etha voice ot encouragement from this side of tbe water, has too often emitted a doubtful sonnd yet indulge the hope that the result arrived at will ultimately correct the hasty and harsh Judgments that flowed from the lack of faith and confidence in our fidelity to righteous cause Of the friendly disposition in this re- gard of the members of her Maiesty's Govern rnent, and especially of your lordship. 1 have never permitted myself to doubt. And vet, in the midst of the gravest of our difficulties, l cannot forget that even your lordship was pleased, in an official published dispatch, to Visit with ths severity of your Ibut too weighty censure<he greatest political measure of the late lamented President, that which, in fact opened the only practicable way to the final at tainment of the glorious end. Under such cir cumstances, pray you not to be surprised if am compelled not to disguise the belief that with ny 0oseinment, as among my countrymea at .sge' tnere IS still left strong sense of ni 1red
 ,eenng, which only time and the honos of .
 peI.er understanding in future. held ont hv tha likely to correct.' 'ap note' are
 MT. Adams also informs Earl Russell tbat
 he will refer his proposition of settlement - to bis government
 MT. Sewards reply has not yet transDired but no one need doubt that our national d;pn;. ty will be vindicated. Already large uuant;. tyof claims for depredations by privateers have been filed in the State Department, by the suf fering parties. Mir. Seward said in his speech at Auburn, that indemity for damages visited by British pirates upon our commerce would