Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-04-24

e GUai Britain; Part I. begiss BY snDoun
e eng that to the Ameuean impuistions o.
hostile motives aud insincere neutrality
no reply whatever will BE- offered. Eng
!. lard distinctly refuses 10 enter into a die
e custom Of those insiuuations, bccause Il
e would be inconsistent with her sell-respeet
irrelevant TO the a.ain issue. aad tend 10
iuaame the controversy. Enslard's gov
eruing desire is to fulfill. even exceed,
J her international duties, nor will any ref.
erencc he made 10 the claims for indirect
damages, as correspondence with regard
TO themes pending bet weeo England aud
the Upited States. England assumes
/ that the claims are limited to losses oc.
casioned by the Florida. Alabama, Geor-
gia and Shenandoah, but does not object
to the introduction Of the names Of tho
nine other rebel cruisers added 10 tie
list by the American case. She calls at.
ten,ion to the fact that none Of these YES
sells had previously been mentioned No
award is possible for the depredalions Of
the Boston Sallie, which are IN tie list,
but are not mentioned elsewhere in the
case Of the United States, aud were pro-
badly inadvertently included. The
board Of arbitration is reminded that its
conclusions mist be formed on proofs, not
allegations, and the evidence must be
siited. The statements OF American con-
suls are credible when made with regard
to facts within their personal knowledge.
but they are unreliable when dealing with
rumors, The consus of tho American
government Jealous to indiscretion,
sharedlhe irritabiIity generatcdby the war,
and erroneous views througho ut the strug.
gle colored their reports. England re.
jects as evidence the letters captured on
the Richmond, their authors being un.
known.
Part III, deals with the American ar.
gument,. 1t disputes the proposition that
neutral power is bound, at the request
of u bclligerent, to enforce its municipal |
laws, end add to them if they are insult
hcient 1t admits that reparation is due
for an appreciable injury resulting from a
clear violation Of international duty, but
II is unable to attach a distinct meaning
to some Of the provisions of the American
ease, and demurs to the unexceplonaIy
rigorous application made of these propo-
'itions to England 1t urges that, at the
lime Of the confederate war, the mere sale
and delivery of a vessel adapted for war
y bellgerent, was not violation of
nevertheless, on this point it
'ceepts the rul es of the treaty OF Wash.
ngton, not with the oyerstrained construct
on put on them by the government oftne ,
United Slater, but according to their OBJ ,
'ious purport. 1t regrets that the Uni
ed States should see fit to strain inter- 4
'retation of these rules to the uttermos.
instead accepting them in fair and rcas- /
Unable sense. 1t argues that England |
vas bound to receive the Alabama as she /
you'd vessel of war Of any sovereign j
tate, and concludes by quoting from Or ]
o!an, an eminent French authority on /,
International law, to show that the prn. I
iples for which the United States con. Y
end were never before seriously asserted I
n Europe or America. n
Part Ill, considers the presidents ad. !,
uced in the American case, and replies 7
hereto with others, such as the iIibustcr- n
lg attempts of Lopez on Cuba and Wal Il
er on Mexico and Central America and II
ne Fenian raids on Canada. History on II
ais subject is the history of unlawful T
Enterprises originating in America. s,
American privateers have from time to !,
me harassed England, Spain, Portugal, y
lexico, Central America, Cuba and Can +,
da. =,
Part w. considers the various com. :,
laints made of traffic in munitions of war .,
18th the South, blockade running by n,
british ships, etc. ft gss f,
Part V. gives history of the cruisers, a,
umter and Nashville, and complains of il
cling required to meet demands in re-
ird to which the sole ditllulty is to treat 4;
lem as serious. !;
Fart vi. gives an account of the Flor. NJ
a and ALBANIA, with detail of their If
cape. 1t seeks to show that the time q
hlch elapsed between Mr.. A,lamss an. al
ication and the Alabama's depart ure IN
as too short to justify the charge of DC
'gllgcnce, and claims thatin this respect ii
ngland cannot be charged with any fail :,
Q of duty. XII
Part VII. is devoted to history Of the 81 -,
lenandoah and Georgia. :. W
Part VII. relates to the other vessels. slI
ID rcpudiatcs the responsibility of Great III
ritain for their depreGations. f on
Part TX. treats of the reception of reb- mi
arutcore -, D.,t.,l,