The New York herald., 1869-04-15
drama, with the outstretched ocean 20 theatre,
aud Hr.tlsh praLes as the parfOrfnera:-

they sd not solitary war ship saoa n dock or or ID
.as PROCESS OF eonssrso and when they had power
,ney appeared the Of terror and destruction 70
parsuis Of their shps American srcbans had to psy not
only tie the war risk sso on their shps After
bulnin- ships with their cargoes, the
ha to pay the war risk on the caro- his ship had
The pre- renee was matter Of alwayssiyen 20
employment on these hard terns as long az were
good neutral ships in tle freight Under such
owners ou to take such rohess business occasion
n s eS wiz he & e' .ae,s snps ne 'ds a. ner
Out ncus saciacs or pat Them anier freisa as FOR pr
tecion-Keporl OF H. NJ Morse United States Consul at
London, dated January l. 1853.
Beyond the actual loss In the national tonnage
there was a further loss In the arrest or our
an nelisent statsticlap puts a at live Der cent
annually, making, in 1866, q total loss on this
account OF l5S4 95s tons, which must be
added to l2sg O35 tons actually lost The same sta
tiscian after estimating the value Of ton at forty
dollar, gold and making allowance for old and new
account M sllO 600 OoO TO these authorities add
that of the Nat ona Koard of Trade which, In re-
forth the dimlnution of our sailing tonnage. saws
that 1t Is all to be traced 10 the war ON the ocean
whiie the tonnaae Of the nation was ran,dy isan.
pearing by the ravages OF the rebel cruisers and by
sales abroad, there Was no construction OF new YES
partn such is the various testimony ali tending to
one conclusion.
Tn,s "a what bova to aav for rho nrasonr on
sntjonaI ,osses thron0h the destructfon or cam
merce. THESE are arSss enoarb: Int there IL ano
ther chantar vnera tnev ara iaroer for reSer or
comrsa Z" the nationai ,"sses cansed nv tho mo ~
onaas,on Of the war and traccabIe directly tn Eny
on ~ VI VIZ u = o h , thi ,,, W
a .so ~ o a,. pHasV as ~. WIZ to ouuon & asis %
0 nv %a 81 n,, s0 rn mS ht
oncourageu ny hope Vi support Mom EngMno' tnat ~
@ ~. ~ onoo W s,e % " pe s
and Sv nr,;,sn s'nn,,eS. tho, ~ a. 20 @ w ,n, MY,
emu py br;tsh ;s suRples' shat was quickenea intS
nrotes aaw,ma % apo,v W.T. aorn o hrr~tur % sSi,
nr 80 - - go 81. ~. un, rs
to or can can pc doa0tea dnas Without Brtsh
Not nrs co % r uo h h,, 20 " a s a a., sU y, tt, @
Nos ~ roSs VI m rs ~ ny & wesU ~ ..is nay
% M urs u ara .Is ,ass Saoct, S tT
~ "a a an,. a,s nsh MI,o hess 0uJe .na he @
@ ~ n cannTs 70 sas" @ s0o o'en .nas ne naVai
Er~,and A Mr. Condan hotiv aatd IN tho yIs M",sa 90
nor shnrea ON the fin,ted SUITES w,th an
1, S 90 % ~ .,snt oo,,r,-, es wv, al
a. anv ori"arS or war; ~ sas ccoay ~ sS,a ,est
~ n,nn" t5e canrnc, " nd uaa ,yar w ~t % T. ISL,
vuy , snv ,h, ~ @ W. ws 9us ~ us.
n.y. nTs no & & s t Ss al wa, s & o ~ OUT
~ England upon tne nat,onai unity. Inc sacrince
~ ~ precious e Is pes a. Onu I au SVpensa'loh, pus
i sneao Iay % De an n ss.ase @ ., une ma,
uonaa s & Vss - IA & & nv was suppressea
as ' eus. " ~, oiu ti s omt ~ H; @ , ~
ACC; cohsaeraDie portion OF "hicn mas Deen already
PAID, Leaving twenty-nye rn hundred millions % as
ahronSn Rritsh intervent;nn ahe war was 9nmhed
ia ~, aarauon, s, OF & III any way eAlended as cannot
70 uouoteu. tnen u England Justly Responsible
lor the additional expenditure to winch our country
lnens oi THESE g.eat accounts, sucn must De tne
yft ~ ~ th any Ease TS,y Manu. ,snt o h s,hpe
eluity VI tHe Ease. inis p'ain stateneus, Wtnout
vo mU,u VI ~ VI - enou.n
nenr r ne the on ne M @ r.rona , ,osse
mneuci oa .no ve1. s 1h ~, ~ U 0oiSice VI
,ne proiEnEou & "a ae S wal noy sss.nu osiore US
mountain g WIN , 5ase ,. or9au as ae naiion ana
ior wise craftsmanship 70 determine now TINS fear
M M I . ~ @ So 40 St :, upoH @ oSssA s.m ps ~
sbao o the two oStries nj s"' no o'er
PERHAPS ! oagi 70 & anteipate an onlecnon from
Seher so si1e the N estcr,on Of or comar
Mne.ner v tne ueS',ho',oa ~, VI our con nieve OF
mot. o @ as not 70 be insr c,se 81 cii @ Ting re
30 % az p ,Se ~ oc e Isc a @ ~ G @ % ihs S
snenca os an act ac '9 :, Graan a@u ia
no f,fr eycnsa fna answer 10 eynlc,s % ,rhaP ~ ,aaI
aces ms susered by the ntsd s,s @ %
4, rc, anJ nrax,a1s a'shoD0hs i 81 eaUa aS es,se
case individuals suffered ana IN tie other case ss
occasions where overyonn,ng ali sndivinai y ~ ~" %
aSss are DAMAGES sniferea hS the nation 90 G TN,
reparatlon to indivduas would be insufficient: nor
can tie claim OF the nation he ouestioned simply
because 1t Is large because the evidence with re-
gard To t Is dinerent from that in the case Of an In
by the best possible evidence and tins IS ali that law
OF reason eau ,Ss Se - Css snon or e oa
S,srv wiI, NJ rscor., ,hs nat,ana losse rom Britsh
intervention, anu II is only reasonable that
excluded IRON Judgment. Because the case |
Is without precedent because no nation
ever before received such injury from friendly
not be considered on the evidence Even the rule
of the common law furnishes no tmpediment: for
our damages are the natural consequence of what 1
was done. But the rule OF the Roman law, which |
Is the rule OF international law s broader than that
OF the common law The measure Of damages, ac- /
cordng to the digest, is ''whaever may nave been |
lost or might have been gained:5 0,tqntt1n
,nitt abesf, Quantan,ule lAsuTi pottf: and this /
same rule seems to prevail In the French law Dor.
rowed from the Roman law. This rule opens the |
door to ample reparatt0n for all damages, whether
individual or national
There another rule of the common law, in har. |
mony with strict Justice which Is applicable TO the
case. nnu IL IN tnc law Ieiatnig 10 huisances,
whlcn PROVIDES that tnero may Do Two distinct
proceedlags-urst, IN uehali Ol inuiviuuaAs, auo
seconiiys In Dendl OF the community. obviously |
reparaton 10 lndviduas 0oes not superseue repara-