The Portland daily press., 1866-01-16
The Adams-olarendon Correspondence.

Dor in the South, which exists in the North
N. Y. Evening Post.
The Adams-Clarendon Correspondence.
The correspondence between Mr.. Adams
and Lord Clarendon in relation to the case of
the Shenandoah is published in the London
Gazette of December 22d 1t is too volumin-
Gus for our columns, or we should have given
it space entire. 1t cannot be said to Put any
new aspect upon the subject, the various
points in dispute remaining much as they
were before. Mr.. Adams presentation lof the
case is unanswerably clear, and his country
men have reason to feel indebted to him for
the able manner in which he has stated their
claims. He shows clearly that the conduct of
the English authorities in granting hospitality
to the crew of the Alabama greatly facilitated
the outfit of the Shenandoah that the Brit
ish government could hardly have been ignor-
ant of the fact that Liverpool was virtually a
naval depot of JEFF. Davis, and also that that
government was repeatedly and constantly in
formed of the movements, preparations and
intentions of the rebel agent in Liverpool, Bull
lock-
Lord Clarendon makes but a lame appear
ance in his reply. He declares that the rebel
agents kept within the letter of the English
law and that it was impossible for the govern
ment to go behind that. He concludes thus:
"The agency of Captain Bullock for the
Confederate government was, indeed, to some
extent disclosed by parts of the evidence re-
lating to ships which were the subject of ac-
aS VS. coyernment hit not in sncI ~,
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a. ;n5oI,a,t Of bor NG.;ast,,s odr.ors ~, -
;f nroceed;nos bad hoo, ;,,s+it,tad ano;. 49,
him narSona7iy thew would have heen afta,J'
ad with snccessf1i resnlt H''N''-0
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18th, in long letter from which the follow
ingis an extract: " s'ttN.
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or,,1oent of tbe Irntad States that tba mo
- their ,,orts as y;olatsd hv So,t
10y, = ;ns,,r1opts ,oaI;n n,,tf;ts in cnnnact;o
;.,, tba;,. o,v,, o;.i1aTs thav ;n,eda telw mt
IN forca the nrovisions of the ev;stino law.
,,rosac1t;ons were instituted AGAINST the for
a;a,a AGENTS as we'll az c;r;zens and decrees Of
70, tit,1fon were obtained from the judicial fri
h, :, lie in the eases Of cantnred nronertv : Tn
oth,r words. nothing was left undone that en-
oron could ID To bring to hear ex;stino nrayen-
ta3f;ye le@;slation aoainst these Offenders
n ** 9Wher I turn NV attention tn the
,,rocea,linos Of her Maiestv;s government az
ftteu are noted IN fine drearv list of INV renra-
saniations and comnlaints Contained in fhe
Tr;nte5 memoranf1im furnished to me- with
his lordshio's note of the I'd inst: when per-
cieve real Justice to have been so seldom done
and SO often defeated, however good the inten-
ons may r safro,'ca Il tha an I'ess hr WILLS
strances made by myself against the establish
ment OF a naval bureau IN Liverpool. conduct,
~ ny because not single stem was eyea
tskar, either TO prevent their action or to mn-l
ish them. / cannot but be sensible of a differ
ence in the preventive action Of the two coun-
tries in similar circumstances which would
ever forbid me from chasing them together in
one connection or a single moment. asd u
H3d. 1t is not however. denied that. in the
me case as in the other. several casesof lille
yol outfits tool, nlace which tbe existing layvs
19roved ineficient IN nrevent or nnnisb = j.
aIn that of tho IInited Statas tba ranroeen.
tative If the aogrieved mower made at once a
1irect appeal to the government STATING the
aa,,sa ~ fba 5;fficrlty a,,J asj;s;t;.sS, -,
oo1,enent FIR fha nnrnosa of oita;,, f m1m
he rannisite source stroncer nnuars eSr , ,'ya
Jug ~ t;oh H. 80 po" ss III Pc
s.ai os o,SeJ Nv recoo5iz;na- tha ;,,at;r
Icy ntaint ana AZ once adent the Hssice OF
,ne vn'p'' '''N - ~ N1p''s 'le S'
S' sTf her Ma;estv,s oovern,oant hos At .nr
IN tbis st1sgie f9Iownd thai a~.r az a
,aS escaned nv obseryation shon1d ha clad
10 - oorrectad when affirm that II has dona
he directly opposite thing" ,1s
In answer to the very cool proposition on
he mart of the English Minister to revise the
tatutes OF both nations at THIS Time, arter that