, 1866-01-15
BRITISH NEUTRALITY.
l1nportant Diplomatic Cor
respondence. :
Mr. Adams to Earl Clarendon.
TIE SHENANDOAH PIRACY.
Earl Clarendon Declines to put the
Shenandoah Pirates On Trial.

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Earl Clafenaou uocllhes W pat 'ne
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mr.. Adams D,,cu.ses the Great Qucs-
ton and shows the Difference
HrstIsh Neutrality.
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NeH 1o1A ~ Lev c'oeA rA'uay laofhioS'
We lay before our readers Important portions
of d1nlomatIc correspondence from the full
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22d:
The hAAA OF Fnnr1as sa99n o1,,e. ~ NJ No. 1S Is
SIM: Her Najesty's Government are rlad 10 find,
By your Icttes of lie llth inst, That you'enteftan
20 doubt list tho promptness Of the proceoding
.aken BY than for tic delivery Of tho sucuandoah
united statss. t 'A''''A ''' >''s1NAt'N'eA ''''
With respect, however, to the disappointment
81 Hes Najesly's Goyrrument, aiter having before
taem The voun!nous pspers with which Jou had fur
in:ain which ths5 vere engaged inu.t observe int
thsre YES nothing in the deposltious and other pa
ptrs Of which you forwarded copies to this Office
which, even 4 1t bad BEEN capable Of being subsan-
pnsent tn Ll5erpool before the crew Of .he shenan
daah were dispersed, would have tended to thow
that any cnptute had been made or attempted by
Capt, Waddeu OF hia crew, alter and With notice Of
The termination OF the WEI. Ard I mu<t further
observe that f the ease nd been otherwise these
pspe1s would not have been Eesetvaole as evidence
fill facts could have been deposed 10 BY one or
more witnesses present IN this country. no 1nagis-
t.te could have kept any Persons In sastoay 1Ron
papers,
may add that II any Evidence in support Of q
charge Of piracy bad besn forihcorains was quite
mtnt Of The United States, Ut even OF any private
person. TO have taken tho necessary proceedings b.
ioIe ls.Es'ta!s, ss ii vas iqf Hsf Asest5s Gov
C1tR1xpoyx
au. ApAxs TO TIE zAa. Or ctASSNpos.-fRs-
eeWeo No'. ~
A10A1'oT os,,nn o. InI HaI Ha!t1p 2 5TnF1s' 1acF
M4Losu: h.,o he honos to ', ,:RoTlsaee I'D aI tbo
reception q note nom yonr predecessor, The Blight
noh. Easl hassen. daled re "a i1:t-; p reply 10
one MniGn r. anafeesd 70 a,m aa toe aon OF sep
ander consideration between Her aajesty's Gov
eminent a1o last WHICH nave INC 1onoE 70 repre-
sent: tot
thus compelled to open my relations With yonr
Lorushlp ~ spins Q! tontEovclsy. can only
nIEs n sx1enn'on e ~ e. thaa proceeding The great
their wider bearing on the fn,1rt relations Of Ill
ne eatlazea natohs On NE gloee. Euithermore,
sazi1y going On Of lhe toplcs under treatment, we
IasJ, lcfote long, arrive IT soue sort Of lermlna-
,e99oo.y t9P oamy
nj k0sd.hips nots appears g BE- substantially
hnIh IN ,re, h,1ina nrn, - ~
.o ens4si ". - ~ ,.a tn1 81
he 5Sdp of sxe.v y negita eon,11 oI ~ 6r@t @
.h;0 snT.r - n;n.,,r ~ ~ t,91 ~ L9Iu
fnc adnnton Of sncI s,ea,nrrs .. X neatn,s Itse
ny JnaEM ~ H. S.if,s M.11oa' 70 aoy femGn
in,o sennmaGt esG ~; III fa.eflng
contents conf hsmseit II with M % yoaehinx ': In tSo So
&C eo91net , q " t9'tfu - tS sates n past Sases
Eri.sTn ari co,nniin.d 3, =. M r,ai y Sseat
h. nro1ss Of he Iafe wsr The c6Irs ~ ;he ~
sn M nds@n or ufes asa dsne 70 70 fia Is
a the ueea sates 0 lifted ont
,,is y r ae,, ne y. M .! e9e 9has
~ ~ <.e'n e+s -. " Popss a'sl 70 nosn hoW
NAV be main mar e1t,ris IT, snne,r sra, msa ,.a u
Ho -,ia slle!tun-ns ~ ~ otAes.
Bat @ @1onsenting 10 e1te he langnAge and action
ot INC tnlteo states 9ovetnment IN tho Portuguese
70 Justly IL lstsl eoua.e q hsF i1e xss.y de7
81, S ,Hr, NO" etawn ,nto 4oss9n y obvioas
On my eide. hass alteady, in preceding note
expressed 1t ~ ny opfn!on that the grounds taken
in 4 ihat ease M wsfe lmptes1aole.
Il Necessarily fnloW6 that On this point ws arc
f1lfy a:teed- Where there Ii no dfFerencs It Il
ohytoutly superauous to continue an argument
Here would beg permission TO obsetTe that in
al the previous examination Of this topic hare
caret1lly ahsu!ned from the tax OF afnrnIns that
neutral power IL absolutely rceponI1be for tho in
tud]ous consequences Of my md every violation at
neutrality lhat may Originate within its territorial
limits, without regard to the ctscnma attend
Ing each casc. Tic pfoposIton which have al.
dmed, and still do continue to insl1t upou is tat
a peutraf IL responsible for all INJURIES which mar
10 eneue 10 friendly nation when IL fails 70 e1eE-
cse Ill the mexns In 1t1 power for prevention and
constitutes itssh the solc judge Of tho extent 10
which it Will refuse to resort to stronger ones
within III reach, when the old ones are proved bY
the injured party 10 hare been wholly inadequate 10
the emergency.
In antNer to Lord Russen's reference to the
AnleliA tand rr1yateets uf 1876 and i617, Nj.
Adams 9ays;
The United STATES did not recognize tho fBsur-
Ernts u south America - oclltGerent until the
tact Of The presence q their armed vessels inside
patent 10 lhe;E on the otcan. But Great Britain
dsd erect The iasutgetts in the Uultcd sates into
bellretent before they showed vessel on tho sta,
Sstos thsy osEanhzed n a1my on l,na and bsoEs
sGeI hea oone tnns ont declare an iataation to do
"T9. .ae{ Rsse. s ..alMans saa.setlasnns e8aGateo.
+,,s - St.,.s th.t H. ,nt5ss liz II -
~. v@iste3 ~ Snnth ar,,~Ir.1 y. Ht H
cr,tt. IL co,rsrtinr .1f.h th.t- o,, i.s .i