Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-07


The important portion Of Presiden
sjOhnson's Message, so far as regard.
Europe. is his treatment of the two grea.
questions il which England and Frame,
fare interested. The u relates 10 tn,
demands made upon Us for the damag,
occasioned by the privateers; the othsr
(which more nearly affects our neighbor
ito the Intervention in Mexico. II seem.
THAT the privateer question has advanced
5another stage without the Foreign Ofic,
regarding it rs at all necessary to follow
Jap the dispatches already published viii
55he further important information. The
lGcss.tg several weeks ago informed Il.
ithat Nir. Adams had requested our Gov.
iernmeGt 10 specify the claims which i
Twas willing to refer TO a joint commits.
'sion; and the reply of Earl Russel
Twas that time would he required
for the preparation Of such a list. Since
.then We have heard nothing from thai
iquaTter; but the message Ofthe President
.iispels our Ignorance. The Government
ihas finally declined to submit the priva-
beer claims 10 the commission; "and the
proposition in that very unsatisfactory
State has been declined.u What is the
consequence Are we to have a wal
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with an ultimaum? Does this republic
which has just given Sc striking an ex.
of its wariiKe power, threaten u
the horrors of war as the means
left by which its honor MAY be vindi-
The President, we must recol-
lect, is that gentleman of whom many
.denunciatioas win be found recorded
In the columns of some of our cotem-
.poraries as a violent, sanguinary, restles,
iemagOgue, only eager for "a cause Of
quarrel with other nations. No better
cause IS likely TO present itself during Iii
lenOr of Office, but Mr.. johnson does not.
exhibit any egerness to plunge the two.
nations into war. lie has apparently ar
rived at the conclusion that the refusal
IF national demands does not necessarily
an immediate appeal TO arms /
that nations may differ even about im-l
portsnt questions without hurting their
70 mutual destruction, and striv-I
10 crimson the sea with blood. HeI
hoes not Tecoplmend any present attempt.
at redress, but prefers that the question:
shall standssiGe untiiit IS hereaferIookcd
7t by u people in what h~sregards asi
more Justice and equitable light.
II there is no present attemptatredress
by the sword we may be sure that thes
question can neve be revived at any
uture time for solution by violence. We
10 not suppose we have heard the last oil
L, but when il again comes up il Will
be with a view to a dispassionate reeon-S
liberation in the light Of whatever eX-
lerience may then have accumulated.
We do nOtcare 10 conceal our regret thate
his cause of enstrangement between thes
Countries has not been entirely removed,
s we are satisfied the position in whichz
lac affair has been left is not favorable tos
own interests. Ourabsalute repudia-s
OF liability for the issue of privateers
mounts very nearly TO the munich
lal law OF a nation, and the do
nestle interpretations OF that law art
ne measures Of It's duty as aneutral. TheF
respect which the acceptance Of such Dc
ale by the maratime powers hold out Isl 5
omewhat alarming. Not only would it
lace a weapon in the hands of therowdy
in America in the event of our
.eing engaged in war, bat there is no
laratime nation which can escape the4
Consequence Of a precedent SC democrat
ring and so contrary to the true princi-
les of international law. We are not Off
pinion that England can fairly be heidi
agponsible for many Of the claims pre-
srred against her BY the United States
Ne believe il the cases had been
,irly investigated by a commits z
Ion mutually chosen, that OF the Z
lsbama would alone have been OF any
And il would have been bettel
NJ rs 10 pay a dozen times over for the
estruetion Of that privateer, which LORD
'nssell admitted TO the House Of Lord
escaped through the treachery OF
me ofour own officials, than 70 have
4 tbe books, as arule established by our
ives. that a nation ought ia no case 70
limit TO discuss claims directed against
or in relation to breaches Of neutrality.
he continuance ofsuoh an unsatisfactory
.ate of international law is a worse me :
ace against England than any position
.hich the President or the American
eople are ever likely to assume.
The Presiaenfssa Great Britain.
The London Daily Neegs, of December
teenth. remarks; president john
MS reference in his Message to the rela-
on OF his government with foreign pow
5 appear TO have been friendly in their