The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-04

did not agree with Mr. Bentnck In his desire to
not think It desirable to close Sy act ali
our relations with foreign Powers. Course such
a With regard &c % the ~ Se Black
Sea- though he admitted that the subject was worthy
Of the q the for under
yantageous to this country, whc in others 1t might
be Instantaneous. He sugg. ested therefore. that
who were parties to the arr Angement with the OBJ
ject OF reviewing and modif wing 1t.
sir +. PALMER did not think we ought to secede
from the declaration unlfJs with the consent OF the
whole Of the parties to if and as to the review OF
its provisions suggested by the last speaker he held
the dignity OF Englar.d than to make complaint to
other nations and Ay that we who had bound our.
us harm, and that we should be obliged to them y
they would reeasn US from It, He hoped, therefore,
that no s1cn would ever be Ss
declaration, fer the event Of maritime war our
merchant vessels would no doubt arm and protect
Mr.. s. GAVE admitted that If the protection Of
neutrals were secured BY the declaration IT would
denied that this was SO. inasmucn as contraband Of
war was excepted from Its provisions, and whether
famed without exercising the right Of search, The
isct was that we had got INTO pad position through
the Foreign Enlistment Act that our position mad not
sion. and that by the Declaration OF Paris we were
committed to something which was likely to prove
most disastrous to the country.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL pronounced the declara.
tion fair concession to the public opinion OF Eu.
rope, and held that having entered into IT. we could
not repudiate IL without the sanction O the other
Powers. This, he fancied, there was little proba-
bllity OF obtaining.
Mr.. DIsRAELI pointed out that the sitting Of the
late Conference in London presented golden OPP
porunity for considering the propnety OF modifying
or even abrogating the declaration. In his opinion
1t was most impolitic step, because It tended
TO cripple the power OF the country, and
because its EVIL Effects though at present incalcua-
BILE, might hereafter be or depl0rable nature He
had never treated the declaration as an idle docu
ment, because he regarded 1t Us having the moral
effect OF treaty from the responsibility Of which we
could not divest ourselves unless In formal and
satisfactory manner to ourselves ana to all con.
cerned 1t was impossible thst the declaration could
be upheld and, sooner or later, we would have to
release ourselves from It's fatal trammels IN regu
| lar manner, and in manner that would be APP
| proved Of by the public law and sentiment Of
| Europe.
Mr.. GLADSTONE defended the declaration as JUST.
Ned by the fact that until 1t agreed to between
| the Powers, England had been completely isolated
from the rest of the civilized world The late Con-
ference had met upon the naturalization Of the Black
Sea, and 1t would not have been wise policy OF her
| Majesty's government to have enlarged the issue
then raised. 1t was never intended that the whole
OF the Treaty OF 1855 should be thrown open for dis
cussiOn; and he argued that 1t would have been
most unwise to force Europe to do SO and begin de
moro the construction OF system OF international
| obligations In the East.
The motion was eventually withdrawn.