New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-09
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AMERICAN AFFAIRS IL THR ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
--SAU TRALITY LAWS AND THE FHNlANS-
SPEECHES BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
TIE EuANCRILnR or LIZ EXCMEQL Rk.


THE CHANCELLOR or TUR EYCHEQJ BR.
Mr. labouchere Gel; d attention 10 the irad.
eouaey OF our neutrality law ia enable rs 20 ff our in
terlatiolal obligation toward foreign countiies. lie
urged q at in the Interests humanity ~ was neccs-
sary TO etse law yiica lad hitherto been pIodrc.
tive Of great evil and that az Obligation iesiei Of every
plate 20 preTent its subjects nom engaging IN ecls "'
hostility against power with which 1t was at peace
he conte iGed that il act Of hCsily TO am aud
nTey innGn = commerce or a friendly power. AID lie
instanced the injury which had been Inflicted by the
Alabama Florida. and Cihcr Fessels but IN tl!s c"l'
try upon the commerce C the United States during The
MI Eo'I1ck reminded the Hon. member t,at in The
Federal slny many B.esh subjects hud served Who
now called Themselves An Icar Oilers. and appeared
rs Fcnafs in Dublin Iec FtCClals also oblaileu ghf
poWder I'd other mate. al, d from this county
ami wi toud moi tie Coairderates obtain slips lie
acknOv cd ed that his spsthes we're oil IN favor Of
She Southern States In Is opinion tie Federal army
was made NJ OF n body Of Digad Dnsettys. They had
conquered. and he ished them jy Of their cohquest
They were not yet. hoye''- repnted Ieop,e @Hd Ne
hoped they never would bc. lCiios OF 90, OH
M LANG thought tsc law relating 10 tue capture OF
prvate 81, perry should b. the same az sea as upon and
There COZ ID be no doubt lt captain = be seized phi
Sate property on land In the way a. he was allowed
20 DO a. oUld at once DC casmercd IT. this coun,
try had an immense lr'cTes IN me question. ana Il
for sncnc!Is the present law relating ~ INTERNATIONAL
obi cations .o
and the -aids Of Gen Sheridan 20 controvcrt nr
5ane'e assertion that private property was respected
on land. AT the same tine there could be no doubt
that on. laws car he Of great a1iendneni. He
sugces,cd that an international congress Should be
called to-cther by whoa the whole subject should he
considered He expressed bis approval Of tie conduct
pursued by President Johns since he had been e the
head OF the American Gosenment and SAID he behe'ed
fe had dore much "a cOuciatc tie unhappy people OF
the Sou. aud render them conented with the rule OF
MIR. Icfsvre reconmen ded that In future compiled.
<ions sucl a. that which Lad arisen with Aulesca the
points OF difference should be referred to Arbitration
The AtiorneyGeneral said that the subject hal De.h
6iscusseC ~ 40 very temperate and eandid manner
fhat Whatever might h. the opinions entertained by
bonorab.e embers in rcgsrd TO H. he dd not appte'
bend that any public dsad youtage wouid arse rom 'he
ajsc1Ssiop The question was ore Of great Importance,
and al hc same time Of 40 small difficulty. The hon
orable member for Windsor was not quite accurate
when le stated that TIE Government Of ths country
had been gevera times urged by the Government OF the
United States 70 alter tie Foreign Enlistment ACT
The vory reverse wes much nearer thecase az h'try
early period Of the war tic Government Of this country
that questions of this nature might arse, and
an over made before any instance had occurred
pfirury 10 the United states ny shps td 10 nave
been fit ed out from this country. that the two Govern
Tnents should endesyor mutually 10 consider tie question
eftLe uCndment OF their respective Foreign Enlist
1ent Acts IN order that % nccrt togethertht! might
zee who'll there any defects IN them Tat Nigh;
BE re1neded. What was the nnsTer OF TIC United
Mates 10 hat OVeruret 10 familiar aud hOmely
pbrase they threw cold water upon II eether. They
said they Lad objection 20 enter II II were 'he wish
sfthe Government OF this County, into the cODsiGerd
ZION of that question but that for their own part they
were of iaion their Foreign Enlistment Act required
NO ameadment, and was perfectly sufficient for TIE
purpose inter ded He wished the House to consides
In Whit position that placed the Government OF
xhs country with regard to any alteration bad been
thougit advisable, in our Foreign enlistment Act
They had wish 20 introduce measure which dId mol
commend .tsel 10 the general OPINION OF the peopie
The first question would have been. whether any init
aarjon lad been received from the United States
90 the cilcct tnat the defects in the laws Of both
countries should be considered Parliament would
course the correspondence and would have
learned la. the United states thought that no altera
zion was required In their laws. Then the question
oud ha' been asked whether the Law Of the United
Ytatos sarsantiay differed on Tins suhiec, from ouI
swBwLejhor our law was Inferior IN point o. suicency
b the laW Of the United States for n II rot and al
the United States thought their own law adequate they
soud not have entertained the idea OF altering IT. Th'
tew taken Of the law by TIC hon. member for Windsor
yM Eaidv accurate. Hear hearl The hon. gentle
mar had .dvorted TO the two sections IN tie United
States aN OF 1917 which alone had at any time beer
veferred carrying the powers OF the United State
substanl ty further than the powers IN our own act
One of these powcrs enables security 10 be requrct
y<yom tte owners or consignees Of every arIne'
chip or ye,se fitted out from port Of the Unite.
eminent I'D the late Lord Chancellor felt and d
che Unitsa states were told, that our own law wal
quite equo, 70 deal with Of that description. II
xae United States law were adequate 40 Was ours 10
mo armed slips sailed out OF the ports OF t cOu
Cry againl the commerce OF the Uniied slst' near
Aear.l Tie other section provided that any vesse
might be detsined which wOs manfesy bnlt for war
Ahe purposes, or the cargo Of which princIpaly con
sisted Of arms and munitions Of var NOW, no sue
vessel eytr left our shores Hear hear. III th
United States were right In the Judgment they ions
asd expressed that their own law was adequate,
would have been impossible for us to have como !
,Parliameft far as the Law Of the United States wa
concerned and TO have asked for alteration Of III
raw. Hear hear. Ii was thought that laws wonl
BE- SUFFICIENT. and 80 the negotiation fell 10 th
GROUND Eve had entered into these negotiations an
Hed II night have placed the relations between th
United saes and this country in worse position tina
ah,y woud have been bad we endeayored to put i
force the law az II stood The information which won
Ssye Justified the seizure OF The Alabama reached tn
(SoyerDmtBt so late that unfortunately they were
Ntls 70 retain that vessel Admitting that the Law va
mi "a nsrfect as he could wish. stu he must tbs