Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-28
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN ENG.
LAND.
VIEWS or LEADING BRITISH STATESMEN.

By Ae City Of Boston from Liverpool on the
kth instant we have the following additional de-
tailsSI foreign news;
/ BELLIGERESr RIGHTS.
In the House Of ords on the 18th instant the
following debate occurred The Earl Of Derby
who was very indistinctly heard, said;
wish 10 ask the noble Earl, the secretary Tor
Foreiga Affairs a question with regard TO Two
documents which have lately appeared IN the
pub;ic papers having reference to American bel
hTerent rights. The fret OF these documents ep'
pears 10 have been communicated b. the n0b'e
Lord hlmself to the different departments Oi Gov
ernmeot aud the second purports to be copy
OF q noel tmatioa OF the Pie ident OF the United
States. The FIRST document addiesSed by the no
bic T. ri 10 Government officials was TO the effect
IN 4 mace having bsen restored throug hOUt the
ta-ritorv Of tie U. states the claim OF The Con.
fedegates 10 he regarded as BELLS efenti must De
taken 10 te henyeiOuh abandoned. When that
6Ocumsnt was issued the statement il contained
that peace had been restored throughout the terri
tory OF tie United States was not quite accurate )
but since ths document was issued the COLiede-
rate armv. which was then ia existence, aud
which VAS holding the extensive district on the
further side OF tie Mississippi, and was said TO
he powerful force, well organized ana capao's
OF cSniinu.ng the contest, has altogether sur
rendered while the Chief OF the confederate
Stt'es who Tor years has maintained struggle
against the whole poser of the United States,
aud who represented population OF seven or
eisht millions 10 now prisoner tT the hands OF
the Federals aud Is awaiting his trial. The state
Iaent contlined in the document issued by the
n,bie Easl il. the;efOro, now practically correct.
ltm,y not te out OF the way that should eX-
press a hone entertained not only By myself, but
Dy the noble Earl Opposite, not only by this
House, but by the country a. lasgc and by the
l. = - Ia, 10 hifh Los
achieved 90 signal a victory will follow course
not directed by revenge or viOlence-that
they may sex not [, CXaspcrate the feeling
o. their former antagonists which have already
been too much eOlbttered bat W II UnGeavor by
deeds OF Cancellation and OF netcy 10 iecomCut,
il possible Union 50 neaIlg dissolved; and That
they will coEseEt % ucat those whom the Tor
tunes OF war have placed at their disposal, not as
fevo ted subjects. but as vauquHhed, though not
dishonOtcd, enemies Loud chcor-.I TN the
course taken by the United SAFES VIII materially
det end the estimation in which they vii. be held
bvt civilized world, 50 that this IS a subject
which cannot fail 10 be Of vital Importance To
them I now wish 10 call The attention Of the
no6ie Earl to mis- reply the other evening to the
question of the noble Baron (Lord bOuGhtonh
who asked hia whether, under the cl'clmst1n.
rcs which had occurred Il was his intention sill
TO continue 10 acknowledge the hellicercnt rightE
. OF the Confederate States. The noble Earl tlen
= gave IN answer. which VS. satisfactory 20
, las HluSe-na ~, that the recognition OF the
hellicefctt ri-htSWthc Confederate States 10y this
. country must depend eutrey uron the course the
limited s. stc, thcmse!yes thought Mt b adopt in
the matter. and thsf Is soon as the United State
csa;ei to Ival thGAs3lvts Of bo.lscrsnt rights
a, agdius. neutral commerce, this cCuutTy would
q, .s. 10 acknowledge the beliSeTent nights oil
the come 3rrate sites. Now, he pIOcla a.
ton Of The Pres:d}ut Of the United st teS directs
% t1,t certain pCItg are 10 he opened, hut that
-, 81, all ,v AM
be closed for 'ha PRESENT, aud that the crew Of
auy merchant vessel attempting u enter s1ch
closed ports shall be treated IS pirates. No doubt
the P.esde.t OF the United states exercises great
power, but surely be dues not p ssess the power
p of changing the International law OF the world.
H. nav either aim 20 esesCise belliyerent rights
aud 50 establish q blockade, or he may make mn-
B pieipal rcculst.0rs excluding vessels from GER
tain ports: but he cannot by fierce OF pr. clama
I ton lust IL the infection on those infringing
those regulations the penalties attaching u pi-
racy instead OF those apTertsinNgtO smuggling
( An assumption that any TessOn guilty OF an in
fri cement Of these regulations Is TO be guilty OF
piracy is one which il is impossible 10 pass 10
! noI.el and therefore wish to Ssk the noble tafl
I whether he has reason to believe IN, this al
: legged proclamation OF the President oil tue nited
States is genuins; whether that proclamation has
{ been communicated TO him and whether in that
! case ne has takea aly notice OF II, and has pro-
! tested avlipst doctrine which il IS impossible
I for Us 10 aekn0w ledge, and whether be is pre-
pared to CON uunica,e 70 Parliament any papers
he has in d. possession on the Subject 1 also
! wish 20 ask the nsbs Earl how far the circu r
! be has sent round is compatible with the answer
! be case the other evening, 10 wlith be stated
. that telli7ereut rights would not be withheld
from the Confederate slater 20 long as the United
States put forward claim to Interfere with neu.
. tral commerce.
: Earl Russell, who was almost in udible from
I 81. AZ a say
will tirs. state tie circumstances under which the
letter alluded 70 by the noble Earl was issued. IL
! appe rs that the noble Earl has heard that the
success OF tue Federals has increased from day to
/ dGy, and that the Coniederates wee correspond
ly less able TO keep no the contest with their adj.
versaries and thattae slrrender OF tie entire ar
N oS Of the latter Was to be daily eXpe tied. I'M
/ der b sc circumstances we had 70 consider what
course We should pursue. There was sOmo Diff
Guilty in the matter because We hsd no regular
communication from the United states assuTias
~ that as regarded neutrais, belligerent rights
on their part had been sbsndoaed. On Tho Other
hand there vas great fiihculty IA our going Oh
With the concession Of hehgsrsnt rights, bScause
Of the entire cessation OF war on the entincns OF
Amerlca and OF The fact that there WGre twb vea
( s,s, and only tVO--tha StoneIHll and the She,
/ Rsndoah-RhjCh were supposed 20 30 Coesedeta Q
, Cruisrrs. Gas Of these ives Supposed OF under.
stood 20 hRve been dissT ned aud given up % tho
doah, mad put tuio various ports IN the Australian
/ co,on;e4
Obviously Il would have b,en au anomaly when
/ Tie war Ia America had entirely ceas d, that u o
( Shenandoah should DO going about from lOtL 10
mort "a the British dominiUns, obtaining coal and
( prov is ms under the QGeen's order OF 1851. H.
yas uuCer these cirC ulnstanC5s Tie question OF
] putting an end 10 tie bei!igerent nights came M.
I der tie consideration Of the Cabinet Prscti-
! cally the whole OF tfC American continent was
/ urdc- the authority Of the Government OF the
( United states. and STAGE then Galveston has been
I place under that authority, and General Kirby
smith has surrendered, 80 that there is no force
1 wLateve. under Confederate authority. Before |
< wrote the letter to which the noble Earl refers
/ had al interview with Mr.. Adams. the United
/ states Minister ia this country, and asked him
/ vile her his Government were ready 10 abandon
their beligerent Iights De said be had no in.
Z structiOns on the p Int, but he was convinced
. that his Government were prepared TO adopt that
course. The COMMUNICATION made % the French
Government on this point was still more explicit.
! TINT being the state OF atilrs we believed II
| was due 70 the United 5 ates and to our
| own position to adopt the course which
IL iu1icated in the lett.r 10 which the
n yb.c Earl has called attention. have 40 Objec-
\ ton 10 lay the etier on the tabse. IL has been
published in the London Gazette and il has been
! communicated 10 the maritime Pos crs generally.
may add that from Madid and Copenhagen a
| well as frcm Paris, we have received cOmmuni-
cations expressing a concurrence 10 our views.
! With regard 10 the question Of the noble E1rl
on the sub .ect of the proclamation Of the Presi'
/ dent Of the Tn ted States, must say that the
Z document il certainly very curious ono. 4
! laugh While, no doubt it is right enough Ia
| announce in the proclamation that after GER
| tain dat.-namely the LIST OF July-the Southern
/ ports viii all be open to foreign cOmmerce-the
| Te'son given for the delay being the necessity
for making certain Custom House arrangement
the sentence at the end Of the proclamation with
regard to piracy is somewhat startling. s.
| Frederick Bruce states that he has been DdyiseJ
that according 10 the American law PERSONS At
tempting to enter those ports could not be con-
vcted OF piracy for that act, and that II pr
sons should bs arrested while attempting TO en-
ter them no court can mi those parties