The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-06
speech ofHon. CHARLES .FauIk.

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Corr Of 81 James wit WITH III The Emma Nine
Mr.. Faulkner said;
Mr. Sneaker, I will not reviagS. .a,ly
of the facts of this case. Yoii have
inst heard the yenort reg,d and Ileaye
he facts hs{bere stated t5haye their
nyoner imnression on yoiIr minds Il
K 4 nleasin6,c circumstance tome that
Ioti = bin orsrenort. or resolution has
so far come from the Committee on
.Foreion Afairs during the prssent
|isession Of Coneross Which has Not
6baen snnan;noo,Islv cdnenrred in s
Hfbaf committee SIIeh s;E
With tbe resolnkioI
for .ls.hfI te
iSas cons ~ at.is an L
~: II III Il ~
81 fhe
I'd whicn So
Il afid ccessiuliy imposed Z
ii boa the BitiEk public; YET "a 6
same time we c6nd 81 6dnefal
Schenchlfo bsymittlIig Himself to be
made an IL stfument by designing
men to mature and give character to
IN private business transaction which
has brought reproach upon American
credit in all the courses and exchan-
ges Of Europe. While, therefore, we
acquit him of all such knowledge of
the real character of that tr0nsac-
tion and'pf The motives of its pro-
hoters as would in court of justice
make him a party to the conspiracy,
vet we are equally decided in our
conviction that the active aid and
support which, as the accredited rep
resentative of this nation, he gave
to that unfortunate and disreputable
speculation was an official impropri-
ctv Of the pravest character, which
ought to receive the Condemnation
Of This House
r General Scbenck had made him
self familiar With tha doctrines Of
nnblic law he wonId nave seen That
there has not been n public iurist
since the days Of Grotius who. # he
touched unon this particular branch
of The subject nt nil has not express
cd his decided condemnation Of The
practice of ambassadors and minis
ters becoming engaged in the pur.
suits Of trade or commerce, or in nri.
yatc entcrnrisos an of any Kind, in tho
country to which they have been ac.
credited. All pursuits and occupa
tions of that character are utterly
incomnatibIe with the duties, nosi.
ton, and dignity of the representa-,
tive of a sovereign power Such en-
nlovmemts m,,st not only withdraw
his b time and attention from the ne
cuIiar and rospoasibIo duties rrhieh
devolve upon him, but they impair
his social and public standing, and
often lead to humiliating exhibitions
in the courts of such foreign country.
The inviolability attached to Il pub
lie minister is among the cardinal
principles of public law. To sur
round him with that perfect inde-
pendcnce and dignity which should
belong to the representative Of SOW
ercien power, his person, his house,
his office, his family and servants,
his personal property, are all with
drawn from the jurisdiction of the
country in which he resides, and are
placed under the protection of inter
national law. Nothing can more
sipnally illustrate the general senti-
ment of the enlightened world in
discountenancing practices of this
kind in diplomatic agents than the
doctrine recognized in the courts of
This country and England, and in
every other court of Justice in. Eu-
rome that if a minister departs from
the proper sphere of his duties, and
npnges in the pursuits of trade and
commerce of any kind, he forfeits, as
to all property so invested and ac-
ouired the privileges of his dirlo-
matte character, and such property
brcomes the subject of seizure by le-
gal process like that of any other
Subject of the realm. This connec-
tioE with prIvate transactions drars
him down from his high position as
the privileged representative of a
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