Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-03


aations committed by the rebel cruisers
fitted out in British ports, has caused
profound sensation in England, and has
been commented upon at length by both
the London and provincial press. The
tome of the comments is indicative OF
great anxiety as to the result of the cor
respondence; and it is also strikingly OBJ
servable that they make no effort to con-
ceal the fact that the controversy IS with
a power ready to assert and able to main
tain its rights, and with which an en-
counter at arms would be anything but a
pleasant pass-time. The points made by
Mr.. Adams in stating the case to the
British Minister of Foreign Affairs, are
thus summed up in his commu-
nication of May 20:
1. That the act of recognition by Her
Maiesty's Government of insurgents as
belligerents on the high seas before they
had a single vessel ahoat, was preclpltate
and unprecedented. 2. That 1t had the
effect of creating these parties belllger-
ents after the recognition, instead Of mere
lyacknowledging an exIstlngfact. 3. That
this creation has been since effected ex-
clusiyely from the ports of Her Majesty
kingdom and its dependencies, with the
aid and cooperation of Her Majesty
subjects. 4. That during the whole con-
tinuance of the struggle in America, Of
nearly four years in duration, there has
been no appearance of the insurgents as
\ belligerent on the ocean, excepting II the.
! shape of British vessels, constructed,
equipped, supplied, manned and armed IN
| British ports. 5. That during the same
period it has been the constant and per-
| sistent endeavor of my government TO re-
monstrate In every possible form against
the abuse of the neutrality of this KING
| dom, and to call upon Her Majesty s Coy
ernment to exercise the necessary powers
! to put an effective stop to 1T g. That, al
though the desire of Her Majestys min
listers to exert themselves In the suppress
sion of these abuses Is freely acknoWi-
edged, the efforts which they made proved
| in a great degree poWerless, from the IN
efficiency of the law on which they relied,
and from their absolute REFUSAL when So
i lieited, to procure additional powers to
attain the object. z. That by reason of
! the failure to check this fragrant abuse of
neutrality, the issue from British ports Of
a number of British vessels with the aid
of the recognition of their beffigerent
character in all the ports of Her Majesty s
dependencies round the globe, has result
ed in the burning and destroying on the
ocean a large number of merchant vessels,
and a very large amount of property be-
longing to the people of the United States.
g. That, In addition to this direct injury
the action of these Britishsbuilt, manned
and armed vessels has had thelRdirect eff
feet of driving from the sea a large portion
of the commercial marine of the United
States, and to a corresponding extent en-
larged that of Great Britain, thus ena-
bling a portion of the British people to
derive and enjoy advantage from the wrong
committed on friendly nation yanotheT
person. 9. That the injuries thus receiE-
ed by a country which has sedulously en-
deavored to perform all its obligations;
owing to the imperfection Of the legal
means at hand to prevent them, as well as
the unwillingnesss to seek for more strin-
gent powers are of so grave nature as
in reason and justice to constitute valid
claim for reparation and indemifcation.
In the same letter also occurs the fol
lowing happy hit at Earl Russell, in reply
to his Fluctuations on our having got rid
of slavery:
/ Ireceive with great pleasure your lord
ships assurances that the efforts by which
the Government and Congress of my coun-
try had shaken off slavery. have the
Warmest sympaties of the people OF these
kingdoms y i5s
I IF, from painful observation in a service
extended through four years, / cannot In
candor yield my entire assenttothis state
ment, as applied to. a large and too iafiu-
ential portion of Her Majesty s subjects;
81 ut has been my misfortune to observe, In
the process Of so wonderful a revolution,
degree of coldness and apathy prevail
ing In many quarters from which my coun-
trymen had every right to expect warm
and earnest sympathy; if throughout this
great trial, the severity of which few not
well versed in the nature of our institu-
tions could fully comprehend, the voice Of
encouragement from this side of the wa
ter has too often emitted a doubtful sound,
[ yet indulge the hope that the result ar
rived at will ultimately correct the hasty
i and harsh judgments that howed from the
Hack of faith aud of confidence in our E !.
delity-toa righteous cause. Of the friend4
by disposition in this regard of the mem
bers of Her Majesty's Government, and
especially of your lordship, have never
permitted myself to doubt, And yet in
the midst of the gravest of our difficulties.
L cannot forget that even your lordship
was pleased, in an official published dis
i patch, to visit, with the severity of your
| but too weighty censure the greatest po-
litical measure of the late lamented Pres
ident, that which, in fact opened the only
practicable way to the final attainment of
| the glorious end. Under such circum-
| stances | pray you not to be surprised if
| am compelled not to disguise the belief
| that with my Government, as among my
countrymen at large, there is still left a
strong sense of injured feeling, which on
ly time and the hopes of better under
standing in future, held out by the con-
elliatory strain IN your lordship's note, are
likely to correct.