New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

ont Ministry of Great Britain has aIegeu
,,'ro,,ob Lord John RUSSELL who 1t Is DeIieNou
'-;n oyentually be seen not to have Represented
W. W. emo sense of Justice on the part OF his
- lnt that her municipal laws did not cover
az cases of injury. 1t may be replied, as her
C.,,r+ of Admiralty has decided, that:
ratiop can. by a municipal regulation OF aus
. yTiyiiere itself to commit crime against 'n0
law of nauOns.t .r,-o
c. ON the same principle, she cannot excuse
.,,cb crime for want of the requisite munlclpal
rogn,otion. Under the obligations OF neutrallVy'
sbo was bound to exert such power; and, II hel
;rte,nal laws prevented her or did not enaDlo
bor to fulfill her neutral duties, she Is noU tno
less responsible. The argument on TINS pun
was clearly and conclusively urged at an e%iIS
reriod Of our history under the administrator
of Washington. Genet the Minister IleIi
tiory Of France, Immediately on MS aIII'"i ~
rbc,losto, caused the fitting out OF pIlN"Vo0i9
tI,ar,' ,,,bicb he commissioned; part OF the crews
-, American citizens. Captures were maue
of British vessels, and the prizes DroughV lI'o
tbo limited States. The British Minister Ge-
monded the restitution of these prlzes' Inc
ouestion was, "Ought the demand 10 DO colli-
ap,ied with ?" To this question Hamilton tnen
Secretary of the Treasury, on the 10th OF May
1898. gave this reply:t
arrbc obli0ation TO prevent an injury, usually, IL
not universally, includes that OF repairing -! VI IU
dressing it, when it has happened Ii 1t be Gonu;aS
- tbe duty of the United States as neutral hIlon'
10 s r cruisers to be fitted out OF their ports 70
annoy the British trade II compOrts VIII +,Io3 se
to remedy the injury which they may nav
Wnfn u Is liid IN tbat What was done took place before
tle Goyernment could be prepared to prescribe
TSe,tiyc and that this creates dlspensation from
70 redress the answer 1S-lNal u OON-
eminent lis responsible for the conduct Oh al! paris "a
n community which It presdes IhaI ~ is & SUI
,,osed to have at all times a competent ponce every
where TO prevent nfTactOns OF Its duy toward IGI
eiru uatons that in the case III question: Ine IaSIs
tracy of the place ought not TO nave ry f
was done: and that the GOyernmenJ Is dnSWd4g.e lDI
fbp consequences of ITS missions III Is lIue udV M NJ
. number of cases Government may excuse ltseIi
for the nOn-perfoTmance of Its duty on account pd
H. ,Cr+ of time TO take due precautions, from the
consideration of the thing having been uheApeCteut
and unforeseen, &c; and justice often IequI3eI5 a. ' d
evcusps of this kind bona td6 offered, shOuIu De a
nitfed ms satisfactory. But such things are Only
cses not usdcatiOHs; and they are only theh 70 De
received when a remedy Is not Wlthh 'ne Ie"on VI
tie pary'g
What were the results of the delibera-
tiops of the Government Of the United
States? Instructions were issued to the Col
Iectors of the several ports thereof, enforc-
ING the duties of neutrality. One of these in
structions forbids any armed vessel, " Originally
"ftted out in any port OF the United states 10
"have asylum in any district of the United
"States7-thus covering the case of the Ala
bama, and the asylum given and supplies fur
nished to her piratical cruisers III the British
foreign possessions. 1t was also, by an unani-
nous Cabinet opinion, under Mashngtons
sanction, finally declared,
"that the President considers the United States
bound, in conformity to the laws of neutrality, TO
make compensation for prizes made by pTlvateeTs
fitted ont of the ports of the United States-'l
The case with Great Britain is much stron ger
than this. CIYIs'
fTLe Ious-H Do1son, ISL Hauiton's Works ~, 800
Isultous WORKS w. s98 IBID 4578 August Is, 1885,