The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-05

f gestion lis notsdeemed unreasonable
but it belongs to Congress to direct
the manner in which claims for in
demnity by foreigners, as we'll as by
citizens o the United States, arising
toutaofsthe late eivilSwar, shall be adj
; Indicated and determined I have no
doubt that the subject of all such
claims viii engage, your attention at a
81 CONVENIENT and proper time. 3oana
THE CLAIMS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN.
ao It's q matterof regret that nc. CON
siderable advance has been made, to-
q Cwardan adjustment of the differences
! between the United States and Great
Brltaln, IaPlsfng out of the depreda-
4 Sloss, pRdn oa ,natT94al commerce
4 Il md Their itFe spas b esi committed dur
ing our lclvillwar by British subjects,
III Atom pf international lawiand
treaty. obligations The delay,ahow :
lever, may be believed to have result
edig no small degree from the domes-
tic situationIof Great Britain. aiilrggqa.
An entire change of ministry 90
cured in that country during. theilast
hsessioh of Parliament! The attention
of the new ministry was called to the
subject at an early day, and there is
some reason to expect that it viii now
be considered in a becoming and
friendly spirit The importance Of. an
early disposition of the question cam
not be exaggerated. Whatever might
4 be the wishes of9he two Governments,
! it IS manifest that good will and friend
ship betEeenthegtWs countries cannot
be established until reciprocity In
the practice of good faith and neutral
ity shall be restored between the re-
spective nations. 1oi -
ASPECTS OF THE FENIAN DIFFICULTY.
On the 9Th of June last, in violation
of our, neutrality laws, a military ex
British North American Colonies was
projected and attempted to be carried
on within the territory and jurisdic-
ton of the United States In cbedi-
ence to the obligation imposed upon
the Executive by the Constitution to
see that the laws are 'faithfully-ekel
cuted, all citizens were warned, by
PROCLAMATION, aga inst otdkihg part, in
or aiding such unlawful proceedings
sandstlel proper civil, military, and
paFal officers, were directed tol take,alli
hecessargs measures for the enforce41
ment Of the laws. The EXPEDITION
failed, but it has not heeh with
cut its painful Consequences Some
of our citizens who, it was alleged,
were engaged in the expedition, were
captured, and have. been brought to
trial, as for a capital offence, in the
Province of Canada. Judgment and
sentence of death have BEEN xpf6-.
nonnced- against=Seme,- others
have .been-aeaHi sted,-=-isu4ly believing \
/ IN the maxip 9 ggyennlaent that SCI /
verify OF civil punishn elt o. mis-
guided persons who have ! en-
gagged in revolutionary attempts
which have disastropsly failed, IS
unsound 99ald Z 4nwise, such repre-
sensations have lbe6nx made to the /
British Government, in ,behalfieof
the convicted persons, aslbeing sas-
tanned by an enlightened and humane
Esialgpep q wild af4is l1epsd. sinduce ih7.II
theIr cases an exercise OF clemency, I
and judlcious. amnesty To all Rhoil
were bGengageddi III q the movement.
eGounsei hasnbeen employed aby sthe !
Government to defend citizens 9oi' the
United States on trial foEcapitaI Of /
lenses In Canada g and a<discontinu I
ance of the prosecutions which were I
Instituted In the courts of the United /
States against those who took part in |
the expedition, has been directed haG
i have regarded tbs, expedition as
not only political In its It's nature but as
also in a great measure foreign FROM
the United States in its causes, eha-l
raeter and objeots.bnThe attempt was
understood to be made in sympathy /
with am insnrgent party in ireland, +
and, by striking at a British province
on this continent, was designed toad !
in obtaining redress for political
grievances, which it was assumed, the
people of Ireland had suffered at the
hands of the British Government du- |,
ring a period of several centuries.
The persons engaged in it were chief
ly natives of that country, some OIL
whom had, while others had
not, become citizens of the
United States under our gener-
al laws sof naturalization. Conn
plants of disagreement in Ireland
continually engage the attention of the
British nation, and so great an agita-
ton is now prevailing in Ireland that
the British Government have deemed
it necessary to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus in that country. These
must necessarily modi-
fy the opinion which we might other
wise have entertained in regard to an
expedition expressly prohibited by our |
neutrality laws. So long as those
laws remain upon our statute books,
they should be faithfully executed, /
and if they operate harshly, unjustly !
or oppressively, Congress alone can
apply the. remedy, by their modiica-
ton or repeal ~ ,z793e gM sai.-le 10
OTHER FOREIGN QUESTIONS. .vroIf
Political and commercial interests +.