, 1869-06-16
TIE ALABAMA CLAIMS.


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Lecture Delivered by President Woo1-
scy, OF Fnle College.
From he College Corrnn1
eaa 'ae 81 qo My
d1sl iecta1t, whether the proelasnaliun could Ge
Hhai the proe,an.s.oa hsd to Do Wiz he building
and rasaSea Of the Alabama Was hostile mind
manifest IN the proclamation: Did it cn-
for tae coufedetate ststes Ia n spon pa,A' sor:
that these deprcda ions afe tmputable 10 IL The
Confederate Government was formed IN February,
The difficulties In regard 10 Fost Monl11 and
Fort Sumter had begun. AZ eoon As MI. Davis
tool charge he ozderesl General Bea1rrgard 70
Fort Sumter WIS bomb.zued. The star Of the
West having gone Into Charleston harbos 70 as
stst the KarI1soD, which had been removed frnn.
rom going 70 sae garrison. Is Before @ ID Ill great
variety Of acts, either towards wH or looking
armed tex pses heTe TeEs
the iorss Of the United States snd aseaais OF the
Tncs preparations were evidently made for some
United Statea Thing1 wern IN this condition on
hssued. M u On n tae af iii A oi aprt. Davts i.sued
proclamation. tn which he spofe Of letter. Of
m21Quc and reps1s11 IN the 194h OF April, ITe3-
ident IlncolnS proclamation wAs tEsuett which
announced tha, there was TO 10 . slockade. aud
threatened p11vAtee1s with penalties Of piracy.
On sne 1.sh or Aay. ~. the 2oeens @ proeiama-
Of which hive spoken, recognized the hellSe-
reucy Of the two par1eh, and declared that hostll-
.ties had commenced between he Rorc1nment Of
the United Sfa9es md certain state8 called the
Confederate st1tea Of America; orde1ed n BtI!ct
neutrality between tho two parties, and also
vt sna IL % T r.
On the oh Of May Lora John Russell
WITH he ..1 oe:cers Ct the crown, E % 1ae govern.
nent had come 70 the opinion, according to those
principles which seemed 70 them lust. that the
Southern StAter UuAt be treated "a beulgrttntA
Now Iii. Bemis with RTcst s.sacitJ, like hound
upon the scent, haz shown N inconsistency IN
Lord John Krsscu's statement; he either forgot
himself or msde two statements contra dlcsor! to
one another; he E8Tc AZ 4 reason for the pro
clematon the proclamation Of Jefferson Davis OF
Ap1 Il, and ,d, President nneolns Of APE ~ Dus
the 9Th Of Any-in fsct, not until the 10th Of May;
so that II he was not prophet, he could not have
taken this news into consideration But At an
net1 OF the movements showed resistance 10 law
70 bare taken plaee-aetoA armed resistance.
We arc not here CONCERNED, beNRle be-
fore the Queens proclamation on de isth
Ancoin's proclamntdons had come 10 England.
At nl cnts there was no new cause for 1ustldca-
to s,e e. IL ~
United States civil war. Here citation Is made
from pamphlet Of Mr. Beuis containing an ex-
Lyons at Washington That was written on tbs
eth Of May, showing the feeling 1t that time Now
the question arises here, WIS this necessity an
between Inc 9Th Of Nay aud the 18Th Of May justify
the proclamation OF the Qucen7 In order to take
lust yiexR Of TITS Important po!nt We must remark
fRRf 1r53Ah IN Dhkf H.
the Nnr TO be called, but what nautrals ought 70
have considered such state Of things from Tho
fes:; 1t The csse Judging from taeir point q ;les
IL view, The 1eunais should Gu IT, II 1 asht
! with an enemy, and do not want to call 1t
nghting, person that LOOKS on will not be bound
thlnfs II such. What Is beuRerencJ7 What
Is recognition q belligesencJ.,. II Ia =
gard to the facts Of the case civil war Is more
dimcult 10 be Judged Of than war between TWO
e E,5 ~ nsn IN
there the dinlcolt1 ends. II Il not accompanied
By these same formal acts Us war between two
nations snd . therefore the diasult{ Of 1udeng ia
would observe that an unnecessary recognition BY
foreign power Of q belllgegent state may AFFORD
support to Insurgents Hut in xtate Of war be-
tween two nations there Is no such possibility e1-
1sting Again. there Is no use In foreign power q
recognition Of bellgercnt rights unleas It's sub
1ects may be involved THIS Is the point. ltisnot
fof mere Information. What then d the use CT such
q procsanatlon: In The nrst place it na9 release
the parent State from the responsibility for What
| eyer Mikchicf may be done By The insurgents to
neutral property. Il there Is no recognition OF q
stale of wa1, the parent State may be responsible
Tor the acts Of The Insurgents upon the htah seas
| II Southern prlratecrA had ptcycd upon foreign
commerce, and the ncutEa.s admitted state Of
war, We could no: be held responsible. Again, the
own Sub }ec,a nom the penalties Of rtzacy. Thc5
cannot alWaE1 keep their subjects within the
eF line Of action Suppose some Of these subjects
eracy. before any recognition Of sta.e Of War,
| VIC might have called them pirates: but England
could say Joa cann"t DO this any longer he-
| That was considerable motive on the poEt Of
| England, as appears by the statements Of one Of
the members OF the Cabinet, | think Thirdly.
neipal law Of the neutral; II other words decla-
railon Of bc!lleereucy makes Known TO all the clti-
1ens Of England that a state OF war exists, and
now came into pl.y. Such arc the acts Of al
declarations Of bellgerc1ey: 10 that IL was nut .
motEelcss hing i xas ! State paper TIN: 1ay
| there wRs . fair view OF the facta But NOW II II
SAID that President LlncoIn1 : h!octsde III. not 4
says hat He had sso eouiscs possible. I've VI
might blockaae them hy armed force. We chose
stroke Of the pen, then there would hare been q
dmeuitJ arising between Gs and neutral;
|
wns armed resistance, L I. state Of war there II
staai!1iIy FRS! @ hlos5sas: 5ast doctrine q
of q paper boess9te Is one that has never been
known until within the last forty years. /, Is one
1se,s
Greece ht EnRland, France and Rnssta. IN 1s1s; Of
Portugal By france IN 1881: Of New GransdA b5
1sa, folIow.d BY war; OF ports of Tia AlKeutine
Republic for ten years: Of the "Vtten In the
n1se5 ST. b Russ r. se;e5. Of tasse csses
b.ocfaded to DO Justice: neut1as had notice Of The
h!ockade; prizes were taken and restored BY the
ia spoken Of BY uet1,eE and uautefeu!lle-
tie former Of whom, though the doctrine r
70 modern, accepts y While me latter condemns
inF, IA % rresa ttste e of r. pesec. Mn ] neatsa
rights HeGsfr ssrs ne1uais did not complain d
these acts But what hare neutEsi1 to do bot II
governments msJ cali 1t peace If theJ choose, d
arattnl kind Of wal; but certainly, leprsals thai
20 60 lar Is to disturb ncuf1Als IN thcls usQ41
| HEhts-ttat passes beyond tie units OF reprtsals
AccordiIR 10 anything kuown on these Subjects
lllete = quotation WIS made from Hactefenlllc.
nasc as II a1a 5ns
In IEcoln's Blockade, and our other early opcT
ntinns, there was an IuwifIn2ucss TO eau wa,
war. from apprehension THAT the Southern
statcs would hsre certain statu4 given them
They must b. ealetl bel1gerent2. Il there t
war: there must Be an exchange Of pztsoners
|
willing 10 come to It 1t unce- (Quotes from MF
Ineolu's proelauaiton.l Dy President lincoln:
! proclamation the bloef1de was announced 0s u
begin at certain future time, and to take edec
In regard to oeutrals within a ccEts.a time there
after. We shut our eyes 70 state Of war tor son
tine. but the question WAS not what our govern
nert wtsted to have other nations understand =
to the state Of war, tnt rn1s theJ had nigh
from tho facts Of tie Case to understand AM
the proclamation, of tloekade must not be tskel
al m Isolated fact-but there u Eeries OF isct
| that ought to be t,ten together When "
consider 1hc secession OF nanber OF States
the formation Of the ConfedetacJ. tho xet1
urn OF al tho United States forts, CT
ccpt Fort rcEeas, the botnbardnens O
| Fort Sumter, the proclamation Of Davis, Ii
t!ccfade PROCLAMATION Of tt.s government, VII
| the presence OF q hotfllc fcrpe near Fenstcols
and IN Charleston, might not neutral Justly con
! clade frrm sCch fAets ic8t there Eas q stxte q
Wal, without for11ipg FesJ warped Judgment
| 1kay he could DID such q wzr eItst :-oF Il d
net exist, was there not enough ts.dtnee OF 1t
existence to clear England II any cs1uainAllty
| You NAV blame the Artstoc3cJ for an N1-Wf
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