New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-23

insurgents OF the seeding states IN W INC
objects OF that nsurreetion, which avoweGy
and as every statesman, whether III Europe OF
ton Of the Instruction in the House OF
Commons Indicated, were to secure the estaDSnneus
such contest the Government of the United stores ws
entitled 10 expect the earnest goodwill sympathy anu
asomshmen therefore. that the unted stars Is g
ment received information OF the decision OF her Gs
Tvs Government Which lad already Deen aue n Th5t
on the 9th day OF May 1861 aud was announceu on aS
day in tho House OF Commons by her minister's ana was
followed by the issue on the lSth OF May
begerent power, aud raised them 10 me se SNet
OF neutral rights with the United states no %
does not deny, on the contrary he maintains la eEHTy
sovereign power decides for ITSELF on IT'S resp0hslDhy'
tive sfS e acc gni'hff the or sa hSs Of
to the nsurgent subjects OF another power,
as also the larger question OF the independence OF such
subjects and their accession to the family OF sovereign
States But the rghtfuness OF such an act depends on
the occasion and the ana ~ Is an ac' p nike
the sovereign act OF war; which the morality OF the pup
lie law and practice requires should be deliberate rea
sonable land Just I'm reference no ,O pdenend
ence, being but existing fact officially recognized as
SUCH without which such declaration Is only the lnnl-
rect manifestation OF particular line OF poey Inc
preciptancy OF the Queens Government as MI Btigt
characterized IT, the remarkable CELEBRITY, undue and UNI
friendly haste with which 1t was made; appears IN ,s
having been determined on the 9th OF May -FOUR DAYS
prior to the arrival In London OF any SGS all g Is
by reference TO which the queens prOciahatIon
has since been defended; ana Una taSS ,y n, tSe
arrival OF Mr. Adams the new American Minister as II
pansons ON the part of the United States The prema
OF the Ia further shown Dy tue very
tenor Of proclamation, which sets forth It's own re
SOP, namely: Whereas, hostillties have unnappnyy
commenced between the United states OF America anu
sates Of Moreoyer s is not pretended by
the proclamation that exists, but only contest III
reference which is not unmpOant TO note tnat he
language used such would ftly apply to parties
wholly independent OF the other so as thus 10 mega
that this bare of hostes, this ncpent
contest mere domestic act OF Instruction Wtnln
the United States But that which cOnclusiyoy shows
the unreasonable precptancy OF the measure y the ac
that on that day may 49, ls6 and indeed untll long
afterwaFd not q battle had been fought between the
insurgents and the United States nor combat even,
the solitary and isolated attack on Fort sumter.
Did such bare commencement OF hostles constitute
beligerencyi Plainly not lhere was ia az as ' S h
such thing as population elevated into Iorce ana py
the test Of begerent condition The assumed bellger-
ency OF the insurgents was fction-a war ON paper
only not the field like paper blockade the anticipation
OF supposed bellgerency TO come, put wnieh
might never have come II not thus anticipated
deed, as forcibly put by MI. Adams, tne Q Gecihs
declaration had the effect OF creating posterlor
fact, aud that 6egerency so iar az was ma b '
proceeded from the ports OF Great Britain ana her ie
snbects OF Great Britain The Government of the
United States that OF Great Britain ana other European
question in all ts bearings. IL was perceived that the
recognition OF begerency on the part OF the insurgents
although not serious act as the recognition OF ihde
pendence vet might well be prejudca to the legitimate
Government and therefore DO regarded by u as an act
of uufrlendllness IL Was 5Jep,
cIrcumstances Governments had waited months some
times years. in the face OF actual hostties without tag
inc This step But the circumstances might arise TO call
for it, ship OF the insurgents might appear IN the port
OF the neutral collision might occur AT sea Imposing
on the neutral the necessity to act or actual hOstes
might have continued 10 rage In the theaer OF hsugeh
war; combat after combat might have been fought Ior
such period Of time; mass OF men may aIo sedgeu
I'm actual until they should nave acquired the con-
Gspn1g so as evidently 10 constitute the fact OF belge
rency justify tho recognition by the neutral or the
mel the latter TO act on either OF these contingencies.
The neutral would have right to act it might DE ms
sbould be 10 The legitimate Government. There was no
such fact OF necessity no such fact OF continued and fla
gRt eI' ing nSes 70 Hence the United
felt constrained at the time 70 regard the proclamation
Yendpess 10 the Insurgents which purpose could not
fa to aggrayate ali the evils Of the pending contest to
MAZE Government And t proved; for, as time went
on as the Instruction from political came at length to
H9 the fWSDGtsd states proceeded 70 exhibit itself
i'm the organization Of great armies and fleets and In the
ie Then il was that the spirit OF the Queens proca-
nation showed itself In the event Seeing that In virtue
Great ritan which would otherwise have been pratt
cal were rendered lawful and 10 the end continued to
surgent Conederates spectacle was thus presented
without precedent parallel In the history OF civilized
nations Great Britain, although the professed friend or
fhe United Staes yet In time Of avOwed internal peace
permitted armecruisers TO be fitted out and harbored
ships OF the United States aud 20 burn and destroy them
unt our maritime commerce was swept from the ocean
aptors had ports OF their own in which To reht or
condemn prizes and whose nationality was the quarter
decks OF their ships, built and dispatched TO and
not seldom in name, still, professedly owned IN Great
Britain Earl Russell truly said " Ii SO happens that
In ths conflict the Confederates have ports except
those OF the Mersey aud the Clyde from which TO send
out ships to cruise aganstthe Federas The number OF
our ships thus directly destroyed amount TO nearly 300
and the value OF property destroyed 10 many millions
Indirectly the effect "a increase the rate OF nsur
ance ia the United States. to diminish exports and inn
ports and otherwise Obstruct domestic industry
and production and to take away from the United states
merchant vessels Of Great Britain that while In the
year 1850 the foreign merchant tunnage OF the United
400 923 ns This depreciation is represented by
spending in the tunnage OF Great Britain during
amount of commerce distracted from the United states
aud transferred Great Britain during the same period
the United carried ON from the ports OF Great
Britain by British subjects in the name of the Confeder
ates MIR Golden in the House OF Commons character
led by very words the acts permitted or suffered
by the British Government. You have been carrying
said and have been INJECTING an amount OF damage on
country greater than would have been produced Dy
facts may be appreciated by considering what
had happened at other PsroGs RexonG Oe atsSf
Britain compelled 70 strain every nerve 10 maintain
herself sga9ss e OF Ss on tRe tights
81 neuirns with special prejudice OF the United states
nations but neither IN the events which preceded that
in the events OF the war itself, dld the United
states suffer more the hands OF Great Britain than We
did by the late Rebellion by the aid, direct or indirect,
which afforded 10 the Confederate insnrgent states
for. while the ocean our merchant service
WAS destroyed by cruisers. sent out from
Great Britain, and our military service
was mainly occupied in watching and counter working
kade runners fitted out in Great Brita by the OH
ca agents Of the insurgents, on the land t was III ike
manner the munitions OF and the wealth. drawn by
the insurgents from Great Britain which enabled them
withstand, year after year. the arms OF the United
states In the midst Of all this, circumstances or tho
OF tine united states were
and persistent our Minister in London appealed To the
international amIty of the British Government. lie
called to discharge its obligations OF neutrality lie
invoked the and OF the municipal of Great Britain
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