Middletown transcript., 1872-03-09

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months Of April, Nay, aad Jase, lea, ~ seeuss
arms aad aminualtlon Tot immcdiass ~ 10 Rich-
mond have alsssdy besa notsd. Letter NblIewsd
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coal 10 comply With hls lnsiFncsioas have besu
commented on. The insurrsctIon was at that
moment gathering itself un for blow which
was intendrd TO be Hual and decisive.
On the 2sth Of April, ia that year, Omns
having taken an army past the forti6cations or
vicksLurg, began the attack upon Grand Gulf
and FROM that day conducted his OPERATIONS with
such vigor that by the 2lst Of May he had de-
featcd the armies Of the insurgents 10 ave pitched
| battles, and had commenced the investment Of
Vicksburg. In tho Atlantic States the fortunes
Of the United States had been less favorable.
The army Of the Potomac, under Hooker, had
met with decided reverse at Chnncellcrsvillc,
and was resting Inactive after the failure.
| The military authorities at Richmoud, having
received the supplies which Walker had forward
| ed, seecsed this moment for blow 10 Pcunsyl-
vania, which was intended q, once TO relieve
vicksburg and decide the contest. History tells
how utterly they failed. Amer three days Of
bloody fighting Lee retired from Gettysburg dis
comGicd. The same day Grant entered vicks-
burg aud opened the Mississippi.
| The 4th Of July, 1859, saw the aggressive force
on land Of the insurrcction crushed. From that
day lis only hope lay In prolonging defiance
until, by the continuance CT the permitted viola
tions Of British neutrality by the insurgents Vie
United States should become involved In war
with Great Britain. The insurgents had at tina,
time good reason 10 look for that result. The
Florida, tie Alabama, and the Georgia had lcfl
British ports for the purpose OF carrying on war
against the United States, and were, nevertheless
received with unusual honors and hospitality la
all the colonial ports Of Great Britain. Only
teu days before the great hattie Of Gettysburg
the judge who presided at the trial Of the Alex.
nndra had instructed the jury that no law or
duty Of Great Dritain had been violated In the
construction aud despatch Of tho Alabama. -
About three months bciors that time her Majesty
government had decided that they would no,
recommend Parliament to enact more elIcc.
tive Law for the preservation Of neutrality. Laird
was constructing the rams In Liverpool undri
the existing Interpretation Of the law, and ths
British government was refusing to interfere with
them. The Chancellor Of the Exchcquer, five
days before the battle Of Gettysburg, had de-
clAred In the House OF Commons, speaking mol
Individually but In the plural 1--WE do mol
believe that the restoration OF the American
Union by fsrce Is attainable." Under these cir.
eumstanccs the insurgents made great exertioni
10 keep the florida, the Alabama, aud the Gcor
gia aiioat, and 10 stimulate their officers and
crews TO renewed destruction OF the commerce o.
The Cnlied States. They counted not without
reason upon isfiaming popular passion Ia III,
Cuited States by the continuance OF these act,
until the people shosld force the govcrnmcn,
into retaliation upon Great Britain, the res
suihor Of their woes. lu pursuance Of this pol
Icy they Withdrew their military forces within
Bullock hands 10 keep ailoat and increase hii
ritish.built navy, and 10 sesd isso tie most dis
tasf ssas In pursuit. Of the merchant marine o
the pnitsd Sm,rs.
Thus the tribunal will scs that after the bsttl,
Of Gettysburg the offensive operations Of the In.
surgenis were conducted only at sea through th,
cruissrs; and observing that the war was pro
longed for that purpose will be able to determine
whether 0reat llriiaia ought not, in equity, u
reimburse The United States the expenses thereby
cntaiisd upon them.
Tho indictment, Il will bc seen. start,
with "a admission that vc Cannot estimate
this item Of " indirect injury" Tho A.
mcricau commissioners declared in the
protocol that they did not. This part ol
the case claims no specified sum, but ask
the tribunal to say " whether Great Bri.
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