The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-11

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nation Of neurslitv hsd appeared before either court
pronouncsd ts opniou and before either causs Of
arose British subjects sore siaiman's IN some and
cations. Among the facts Of when she supreme Court
took notice. ard which they set forth - the grounds Of
their opnjon. IN the following :-"As the news
OF the attack on Fort SUMTER and ihs organization
OF The seeding states assuming TO act
beIigerents could become known In Earooe 10 VIII
the islh OF May 1861, the Queen OF England issued
her proclamation neutrality recognizing hosi,ies
existing between tn. government Of the United States
OF America and certain States styling themselves the
Confederate States Of America This nmedistely
followed by similar declarations Of silent scquiescencs
The issue between the United States and Great Britain
which Is the subject OF the present correspondence
not upon the question whether civil has recently
existed in the United saies IL the upon
other question, namely, whether such civil war was
NATION OF neutrality. Certainly there stage when
civil commoton, although attended by arncd force, 10
aso srns that local ooa transcend NUM-
cipal bounds and become civil wars 1t Ia always
important, and generally dialcalt and perpsIns, TO
absolute precision. The disturbed nation suffers
loss OF advantages recognition is prematurely
loss IL il be too long and unasty withheld.
Strangers who NAV be dealing with the
other may be iniurously affected In either case.
Now, what is alleged on the part Of the United
States Is that the Queens proclamation which, by con-
ceding belgerent privileges to the insurgens lifted
them up for the purposes insurrecton to an equality
with the nation which they Attempting to over
throw Was premature because unnecessary, and
that IL was In it, operation unfiendly because IL was
premature:
The President earnestly dcsircd her Msstys govern
ment not TO intervene 10 any unfriendy way 10 the do
nestle concerns Of this country. He distinctly stated
any possible injuries which foreigners might suffer
as light as possible, and fully to indemnify them.
N.jesty's government, on the s,h Of April. 1901,
said that the matter seemed not yet ripe for
a. ha they could rhss added how
ever. statement that English opinion seemed 70 DO
groups
OF States and might not inurousy affect the rest OF The
world II then made known that tho subject was TO
be debated that day in the House OF Commons
and that six days thereafter motion for absolute rscog
milton Of tho pretended oonfederacy otherwise called
there new nation, would Do pressed In Parliament
When these facts became known to this government
taken to reply that the answer Of the Foreign
her Msjcstys government was therefore advised that
they at ibsry TO choose whether they would re-
tain the friendship Of the United States by refusing all
aid and comfort TO their domestic enemies whether
her Majestys government would take the precarious
benefits Of different course Il was not long len IN
Britain would elect Her Majesty's principal Secretary
for Foreign Affairs having invited conference on the
% of May, nolnced TO the United States Minister In
London, Mr. Dallas hat three representatives Of the
called southern onfderacy were then IN that capital
and that be- Lord Rus oil, willing 10 them
officially. He then mide the important announcement
that there already existed an understanding between her
Maiesys government apd that of France, which would
lead both to take the same TO recognition,
whatever that course might be- The United States Min
ucpr6pareu nSrucu0n6
these revelations replied that his appointed successor
Mr. Adams, was then on his voyage. and might be ex
peced within ten or alteen DAYS me Secretary &C.
the new minister The proposed movement In Parliament
for recognition was at the instance of the Secretary OF
When the President received an account Of the last
mentioned interview, he then unable the United
States yet unable 10 perceive how thought by
her MAJESTY government entirely consderae in regard
to the United States to consult and agree with France
upon question vital United States without afford
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then unable a. they yet unable TO perceive how 10 ID
Justly considered BY her Maestys government any more
lawful just friendly to entertain traitors against the
United States with view to business negotiations with
with them, unofciaily and privately than Is to enter
tain and negotiate with them officially and publicly Be
shs may. Earl Russels explanations revealed to
United States the fact that even thus early before any
surgeuts, and even before any meditated blow
had been given by this governments in its own
people entertaining privately and not unkndy, de-
bates with the insurgents and with foreign power,
sanction Of the Rebellion in the United States, and ais
solution Of the American Union. They are yet unwi-
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new Minister, In the meantime had been charged with
the duty Of the appeals Of the ds9nienis
could advance, either on the Of British interest,"
under the preext Of zeal for the freedom of trade for
the freedom OF men, The nsurgent omissaries reached
London on the 30th Of April The Presidents blockade
procsmstion which was issued on the 18th Of April
Dallas with Lord Russell. no favored the 10.
say say" conddins,y. heard them diseisim slavery as
legged that s real the. high prices which the
so.caed South was obliged to pay for manufactured
turers they favored him with glowing statements OF
the South, and It's exports valued by millions He
come TO be formally discussed inquiry must be made on
two poins:-lst, Whether the body seeking recognition
could maintain its position as an independent stae and
In tvh At man in In ms
with foreign States After reviewing this conver
saon, is to be wondered at that the iraors when
retiring from tins Interview assured his Lordship that
they would rest In London In the hope that recognition
tof the sovereignty OF the Southern Confsderacy
namely, on the 9Th OF May, tho principal
Secretary for Foreign Affairs announced in Parliament
that the Ministry had consulted the law officers of the
Crown-the Attorney General and the Solicitor General
and the Queens Advocate-and her Majestys govern
'ns 10 The
seemed to them 10 be just principles must be treated ~
= beigerent The Queens proclamation, which went
half the way towards recognition OF the socaled SOUTH
en Conederacy was issued at London on the 10Th day
Of May, in the morning Mr. Adams arrived there in the
evening He was officially received on the 16th This
is the history Of the Qaeens proclamation Of neutrality
What wrote concerning IL in the despatch which Lord
Stanley has received Is as follows:-
While as yet the civil war was undeveoped and the
insurgents were without any organized military forces
treasury long before they pretended to have flag
to put an armed ship even amerchant vessel upon
the her Msestys government acting prec ptately,
We have always insisted proclaimed the insurSents
beiiigerent conceded them advantages
and privileges OF that charaoler and thus raised thom
In regard 10 tho prosecution OF unlawful armed insur
rection TO equality with the United Stat 8. Tho
United States remain OF the opinion that the proclama
zion has not been justified any ground OF either
necessity or moral rght that therefore !. was an act
OF wrongful Intervention, departure IRON the obllgn-
tons Of existing treaties and without sanction OF the
Law OF nations
The defence which Lord Stanley upon the deci-
sions OF our courts 10 again reviewed and Mr. Seward
says
The rsc,als from the sustain the historical view
Of the which have presented Before the Queens
proclamation OF neutrality the disturbance In the United
states merely a local nsurrecton. II wanted the
OF 70 enable 1t 10 be civil and TO live,
dowed as such, with maritime and other bcgersnt
rights. Without that authorized name Il must die, and
expected not TO live and be fragrant civil war, but
10 perish mere insurrection.
IL was therefore, not without lawful and wise design
tina, the President declined confer upon the