, 1869-06-03

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Tho President here went Into tho history O. the
outbreak Of the rebellion, And the condition Of
seeded. and NOS, 81 t1e forts d The Southern
StateAhAd been EeIzed. Things were thus when
Sumter was homiaIded and JEFFERSON Datts Issued
q nssaae Id u fcassa Iinco}n taea ssasd
a proclamation declaring the state Of ttlngs, aud
saying that such letters Of nArque would be co1-
IHsued tcr proclamation Of neutrality, declaring
municipal rules Of England aganst such as should
E1ol1ie the prov1ions Of the neutrality act Lord
the Southern States must be treated Is bcai!3er-
entA Russell wns Inconsistent In giving Il q
reason for the Issuing Of the neutrality pEoeiA-
UAuon the PrpclAtpAtlon8 OF unFix and 13n-
coin, for TIA; Was not then Known In England
May q, Russell wIute to L0rd 1yooa call'u1 tho
va @ ths IL % nesessa,sly an uninendiy iuaEnent: Tas
question waA not whst Lincoln hnt his Cabinet
called "war," but whit neut1zls Judging for
Hence xs arc osissa = eehs.d5E w6at I. bel;se5-
eaeg. and vas Aacoln.s blockade pacdc block
declaration Of beillsrzency is declaration Of
fAct1 4 declaration that Tiers Is a wr il more
dttncutt TO decide IN case Of clrll war than IN
other kinda Of w1r: reoogntuon Of oelllsetency
n ci1a ~ ma5 convey n9E1 & support and en.
to state to the world that : certain fAct extstzf
They all can Bee It and know ~ well a8
ens sss of r. sus So & ony 195
issuing such d proclamation Moreover such
proclamation may release the paren. stzte from
The consequences Of the aels q Insurgents VIC
might have been held responsible for the damages
Of esb1ivsteets- The declaration OF bell9efency
Feudered that Impossible Tue declaration may
also shield fo1etgn subjects Suppose An En9llsh-
thoE1zed by DHyta' proclamation VIC cau the
Confederate States seAI1eu p:sstes, and would
haog them The declaration Of STATE of war
would prevent that u . foreigner Ecre taken A
prominent Eucftsh11Hn telthrr member OF the
Cabinet OF one Of tho legal advisors Of the CroTn>
Stated that tais wa one nostse isading 70 The
alton declares to A1 cittlenA Of England TINT War
e9tsts and that the Foreign Enlistment act goes
The. declaration Is not therefore, necessarily
Issued for baI1 12ose, nor Is II tnouvcless but
was Ssate paper tor good right view OF tho
enee 10 lie question ol nlocra4e and psedc block
ade. Bcnator Sumner kays the blockade waA =
Pacific one, without concession o. ocean pclhses-
sncJ Now onS sose1Tmsnt n1a 70 eeop1e ~ =
natioos might justly have called the f1rst mere
paper nlveksis which II ne xay. - y nov s1sea
the other plan. Can tnas be called q
pae,ac blockade, and Is taere such thing. A
nasias e!osfs4s thing easels q
instances of 1t On recoru. IN 3eycrn4 cases socu
blockade was an attempt to fore one side 70 do
1rst1ce. Henter accepts the doc17ts, but unutc-
A pacinc blockade Is but forty year, old. and was
aet up by two nations who interpret It daercGt'y,
and II Il but little supported BY. authority. ii
fegnrd It as . kind Of war. Hautcfeuine concludes
= fc1utauon Of utt!1crs objections to hts tHaute-
teti1les denial OF pacific hloekade by SAYING tnas
and Is !negitlnate- There could he no pacific
blockade in this ctse- There was an unwilling
ness on tae part Of our govennent 70 esll the
70 ' lie soushsln y. stssss ma s''e eolapcns s:
Us 70 accord bel.aesrat 1ghts, ancl
n,r,;5s s5sainEs Of - in 1eT
war was kept oct Of sight In Lncotus p1pe!arna-
uop a 2, broslamsnon Il; read Tns qassson
ment wtahed other governmental 10 understand
with rccari to the WIZ, but what reallJ were tho
1acta Of the ease IN thetr view Of It. Nov. when
~ the saa Esse sts
army, bomhar1ilng snmter, and firing on The Star
OF tho Vest, may We net Judge that neutrn could
,hat thssc wss sale 5f 1.r sa, ~ tSs1 eosld
You may blame thu EnsilAh aE1stocraey for evil
feeline, but JON can only rrgret that II was NOT
postponed Until later stago Of the war, Aud you
cannot do anS norp.
Nov, Wa the proclamation Of neutrality the To-
sGlt Of lo1cSonc conclusion
beginning of the wa1 o{ persons representing that
the Union could never he restoteI Did not many
people here oeLeye 50 : Dtd not nc editar Of the
suffered pcaceabl5 to depart. Can wp blame the
EnElish II thcy believed the Caion could not he
restored: The proclamation Of neutrality did not
create Confederate bcligerencJ on the high seas,
OF ~ any rzte there IL no evidence that 1hty would
have lsscn considered such The Conte1eratla
were block ade,, anl could not coCae ont In July,
1e61, the Samler ran out OF tho Mlssssstpp, and
nade nutntsr Of Captures, aud was finally
A. abandoned ,:II,, ~, a; GeEalsa5 The Nashville
Confcderntts felt elevnte4i At being raised Into
delinquency. but II 80, It was An Inevitable result
y, M pb';n hn sgn " ne nSh;s 1aa ut B7 nSsaei a
condemned On the ground tt1at tharo was war.
Thy decision was rendered ny 1rdSe punlon,
Tns wa 1uss year netore ahe Aanatna { came
Hk'ht 10 suppose THAI Il ~ar existed 1t existed
on the sea There Is no such thug u one~
asos 1aaep pas sees on II e.
Gcne.n, who're no enemy could reach her
Dut h.re was large ttnc OF coast caps.
already got ont: Why should II bc claimed tha.
] war could only be waEed en- .And: Thu coast
moreover, was not al hlocIatcd nj once md there.
hhye lrcn caused by the events Of 1867 jrr1crr.ne
70 shs Aaoamss escape and acprstas.ons> y
| whieh the evils wers 70 &c estnaated, sad es1f
bull IN It, and one or t1o posts are rotten md
| donS know It, and the bull gcts out and Eprrs
nan n The ,sG NAY BE- hsls responsaes for neg
ing etzed II she iee. his children should PA,
tHant aad his wl1s have M 70 labor sss9 hsra. i 7
e s hef w0ea h9t In 1
J wianctl II understood that he had not been boush
NTH British gold. md that though he believed
tleasor 10 show il 10 10 such he thought the fnpl
found With the English neutrality prDclAnatlol
| ~As not na*ed on good loupdano0L We mus
utlSe Of tue AlA'AtnA BY 'lsel as scpasas'
thing. ... .. 80.
Tncrc Is, therefore, no such evidence Of hos
| tile Brt1t IN the carry recognition OF state O
beiiSerrpcy ~ 10 furnish grounl OF war, Rntl. Il
tsrs neutral looking :. the state Of thing. oc
war did exist,
81 Annmber OF vessels made In Eneland for tn
Confederate Government, though she t. the mos
prominent onc- The OTcto or Florida IL naotac.
easc, and then to inquire What Is the doctrines {
international law regarding vessels naadc In
1ep rsE; tsr sne Del,!Sftsn' o. the e:as
that vessel At Liverpool not Jet nas1cd Is d
unS ors for the Eoafcdessie4 Ms; Aharr
ncI, Z. {, and furnishes him s,th Inc atadAytn (
persons y bo had enlisted on board the Alal,arn,
Mi ColIeE Gare II ~ his opinion that the Couec's
Of Customs for Liverpool ahoeld asrrst the vcsec
, ard be failed he would Incur heavy pcn2lt.c
| IIe Also considered II ss1ucx FicAstoa OF tn
| Foreign Enlistment act NJ. -Adatos conaaunlca
lsns now . delay came. which Is explained |
Lord Rnshell n owirR to the tlloesa oi Nj, Lar.
Ing, the counselor to wbon the csc WIS snoul
ted oineE persons wsro called IN who, al.
examining the Case, Aiv1se4 detention Of Il
| Gunboat, bns It wns too lksa. Ga the 1stk Mf, II
ANS haa e.'%mua,cassd NJ NJ &c G9l'ets opinion
ka1led- Lord Russell IN fa1HuZoent, aascsted III
orsie1s for kctEureA wrrr given, but through so9
i, sad nassenesl sntlr departure. Lord Rasst
sara the Federal GoycsnEcat nas 40 ground
complaint, Knee they TOOK all posah!c precsuuon
III. Dudley, the Aua,icsa consai Il iiserco<
. count cI The !AiahaznaS departure was EeAt
| r. mk.A N,.- Sc HkA n.r& &aF
ccllcc.o: that The vessel reported to 6e ea
t.oat left on the ssth and anchored N the Acssc
The next DAY sne lefl on trta TIP, And b
that he Lad examined tic sag Hercules a:
found naan! people On boasd, snd soolc ladies'. !.
that some Of the people admitted 70 him that u
xese pa q a. G1sx ,, q " a., Anema. ,ss3s nl
The Trs!dcnt satd thai he hsd not hcen aoic
look up ali the evidence. and coz eequentls son
Of import ancc might have esea2:d h.1i {:
i YouEC, r. 5u4stef on the A2h411a, sald th8t
went 10 England TO jo!l the .A!ah1caa. The ca
tract for building her xas snsdt Captain Bullo.
rn Las G. eo25 o. a,1 sas ,n efases T1, 1as .a,
essapoo. There is no doubt bet ,hsl l!a:rt. II
, ueE, Trenholm / Co knew pcfeec;lr veil ~h
the taip MAS built Tor. We sailed sooner than '
begun 70 prevent The ahtP from leaving An Il
o1nceIs knew perfectly veil what the vessel r.
eoi fos Tne iades % p. '9as rs7g on}, sa
. | ready
The Alaoasua left Lisel7eo! IN avery Illegal MI
! and ccpI11s to tn1ernAajn4 Law. There WIS
rtola11on ct the Fprttcn Enlistment hct a11 Of
teruat1onA hv. The question nov nf4ses, COZ
they have tccn prevented: tTns terms Of Il
Fosclsn Enlistment Nj vera rc44A Now he
was ! dtrrct violation nt the English Hnltst1ur
: Act rsI1icnlAriJ IN the msitcE Of cplstmc
with reference to which the s.AteDeat Of the s.
vesoE Of The Port above Efsen u conclasEe, Ei
teEard 10 tbs violation Of International iaF. T
Enlistment net md international txw afc coin
dent on th!A rotnt Of protecting the ueatsas
lANk The United St1teS hASe always he
IN of n1I..ttt.1an