The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-05-20
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the arms the the munitions Of war s2s 0sve and
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PREPARATION FROM ENGLAND
| At last the rebellion succumbed Brit
| ish ships and British supplies had-do
theirwork but they failed And now
the day of reckoning has come, but with
little apparent sense of what is due on
the part of England. Without one sooth- rr
Iing word for friendly Power deeply,
laggrieved, withonta sins gle regret for what sf
Mr. Golden, in the House Of Commons.
called the "cruel losses inflicted unon
| us, or for what Mr. Bright called "aid and
comfort to the foulest of crimes" or for
what generous voice from Oxford Uni
Verslty denounced as fragrant and mad
denlng wrong" England simply propos- Ga,
es to submit theiquestion of liability for -ae
individual losses" to an anomalous tribu. o5ara
( nal, where chance plays Its part This
! is ALL Nothing is admitted even on this ID bas
question no rule for the future is estab-
llished while nothing is said of the in.
Edignity to the nation, nor of the damages
to the nation, On an earlier occasion it
was otherwise There is an unhappy in loo
lcident III our relations with Great Brit ao'4
ain which attests how in other days pindi- a4 '5a
vidUal losses" were only minor element
In re paration for wrong received by the ~ +
nation. You all know from history how a
intimesof profound peace, and only a p re-
few miles outside the Virginia capes, the b 81
British frigate Leopard fired into the
national frigate Chesapeake, pouring
broadside upon broadside killing three
persons and wounding eighteen, some
severely, and then boarding her, carried laJ
off four Others as British subjects This 90
was in the summer of 1907 The bril- 90
Of Mr. ficb Y,osn
foreign affairs, promptly volunteered over
lures for an accommodate on, by declaring i7sa
His Majestys readiness ito take the whole
of the circumstances of the case into con- ~
sideration and to make PREPARATION for asa5
any alleged injury to the sovereignty of 1t-E
the United States, whenever it should be
clearly shown that such injury has been aolle
actually sustained, and that such repara 'h-
tionis really due" Here was good 'sY
beginning There was to be repara
ton for an injury to the national, sover-
eignity. After years of painful negotia- !. So !
|tion the British minister at Washington, IS sso,
under date of Nov l. 1911, offered to the a1'ai
United States three different propositions 9 (sT
First, the, disavowal of the unauthorized
act secondly, the immediate restoration,
so far as circumstances would permit of oa.
the men forcibly taken from the Chesa- u
-peake'; and, thirdly, suitable pecuniary
provision for the sufferers in consequence
of the attack on the Chesapeake, conclud-
ing with theseswords: aer. ..,..-s.-.s
These honorable propositions are made with the 'aa
Of they the nd rus S
that they will meet with that amicable reception
which their conciliatory nature entities them to.
need scarcely add how cordially join with you in
the wish that they may ?! introductory to re.
two conntries.-Stdte Papers Foreign AGairs, VOL "a
HIP. 500 (h
1 adduce this historic instance to illus.
trate part ly the different forms of repara- oaaf
ton! Here, of course, was reparation to- $500.
Individuals; but there was also reparation ISL
to the nation, whose sovereignty had
been outraged. There isanother instance, Peg %
which is not without authority. In 1887
armed force from Upper Canada crossed dssds
the river just above the Falls of Niagara,
and burned an American vessel, the Caro- / r. IL &
line, while moored to the shores of the NJ (
United States. Mr. Webster, in his nego- aa 10 g.
tiatonswith Lord Ashburton, character g q
ICED this act as "of itself q wrong and Of b,sa
fence to the sovereignty and the dignity lc %.
ofathe United States, for which to this SSQ
day no atonement, or even apology, has, yiis
been made by her Majestys government, % r2n1os
all these words being strictly applicable 49,
to the present case. Lord Ashburton, in
reply, after recapitulating some mitigating 81. :
circumstances and expressing "a ~ 4s
regret & tthat some explanation and
apology for this occurrence was not im-8 ~
mediately made proceeds to say a q
Her majesty's government earnestly desire tina
arecproca respect for the independent Jurisdiction
and authority OF neighborng atates may be con- M Dor
sdefed among the first duties OF all governments a7s91
and have to repeat the OF regret they ss
feel that the event OF which treating sho ud a
have disturbed the harmony they so anxiousy:wish
to maintain with the American people and govern. a6
ment - Webstes's Wors,V VI p So04 ea s3of} aaa
81 Here again, was PREPARATION for a. wrong Y ! sal,
done to the nation Looking at what is <. & +
due to US on the present occasion, we are
brought again to the conclusion that the y
satisfaction of individuals whose ships eat.
have been burned or sunk, is only small 49,
part of what we may Justly expect AS IN alf q
the earlier cases where the national soyer- ,lQ
dignity was insulted, there should be an ap
of wrong, or at least of es.,
liability leaving to the Commissioners the rFae..
assessment of damages only. The blow
inflicted by that fatal proclamation which
insnltcd our national sovereignty and N
struck at our unity as q nation followed
BY lbroadside upon broadside, driving our q
commerce from the ocean, was kindred in %
othose earlier blows and when
ve consider that it was In aid of slavery. 81 4 4
it was blow atcivilization itself Besides I'm II
us and running our commerce, ~.
it's direct and constant influence was to gea 90
encourage the rebellion and to prolong s,i /.
the war waged-by slave masters at such --.-s.
cost of treasure and blood It was a ter ~ ~