The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-27
Relations between England and
America.


Earl Derby prime Mini-ter) IN a speech on
the address IN the House Of Loris said
Shortly after the Accession Of the pre-eut Gov
crnment u Office. the United States Government
addressed a ~deTaryL 10 tie Foreign Oihce. reap
itUlatinz the grounds Of complaint which they
-taJed they had before offered for the Con-idera-
lion Of the Oficc. Ia answer L. that. my noble
relative. (hi- 71n. Lord >Jarkev, the English
Foreign >eCTetaTr-) thought 1t ne,s---ary . enter,
not acrI1nJninG-ly but particularly, into q di--u-
sion of the various points rli-ci- And | would
state distinctly that there was one question
pressed upon u.s. a. II wls Erg--cl upon the noble
earl opposite tEarI kls>saj @, which We Thought
We could come % a ctmIr Ili-e rr -e-u-mcut-
That WAS a- L. IIe night ~ this country I, decide
~ what time and under what Circumstance We
i4lrrate-.
In the fr-t place the question Of recognizing
beiligrrent rights l. inherent IL an independent
power; in tie next place. 3 recognition VI bell
=erent rights should EOJ Tleceic but DllOw a
declaration Of Llyckadc by TIE United State u
blockade J. essentially the exercise yf a belliyerent
right. and when a blockade was declared between
the two PARTIES there Were two courses open 70
Her Maic-ty's GuycrTuIent-tD refuse u recognize
the validity Of the blockade On the ground that
there was np be.iIgereut. or On the other hand,
- recognize lie bciiScrent rights Of the two Tar-
tee And / think that between the two altcrna-
rivcs Earl Russell selected that which was most
friendly 70 the United States when he recognized
that which WIS q most imperfect blockade, al
though, by taking this course, he found himself
under the necessity 81 recognizing cOrTelatiyc
obligations.
Bat I cannot think this a point upon which
the United States Government lay much stress,
because We saw very lately that upon the intro
ductiOB Of the new Minister from France at
Washington. a declaration was officially made
that after the evacuation Oi Mexico by the French
there would No longer remain between the two
Il single question To lead u "A ground
for difference or complaint. Now. the Govern
InenJ Of tie Emperor Of the French and the late
Government of Her Majesty pursued a precisely
identical course with reference u hclli2crent
rights and the recent blockade and surely if
there l. no ground Of complaint between the
United States and France with reference u the
conduct in connection with the blockade of
the Southern ports. there can be no ground of
complaint against Her Nlajc7ty's Government in
To the same matter.
But, my lords. | viii say this if the United
States admit the principle of arbitration, if they
ran point out the precise questions which they
desire to- have submitted t. the aTbiter. and the
upon which they seek for redress and
compensation, we shall hc quite ready to meet
them in Il friendly spirit, u discuss the points
upon which arbitration i sought. and. If we can
lind an impartial arbiter, 10 refer to his decision
the question at issue. Such are the points we
has" s"bmitted to the United States Government.
IL remains To be seen whether they can De brought
To q satisfactory conclusion. | trust thew NAV,
Or there are no countries between which friendly
are more entirely for the interests of
both than this country and the great Republic mt
he other side of the Atlantic. Nothing could be
more suicidal than = war between the two cOun-
rice nothing more destructive of their best in
erests and, AT the same time. there are no two
Countries which have ii IT. their power 70 be more
Useful to one another.