Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-15

pirates.
Lord John Russell. the British min
lister for foreign affairs, had also re
ceived unotficially Messrs Yaneey
and Yost. claiming to represent the
southern seces sionists.
Mr.. Adams Comments on Haste
Concerning these acts Of England.
Mr.. Adams wrote Mr.. Seward on
May q, 1861 L need not say that it
excited general surprise. especially
among those friendly to the govern
ment of the United States. There
seemed to be not a little precipitation
in at once raising the disaffected
states up to the level of belligerent
power before it had developed a sin
| gle one of the real elements which
constitute military efficiency outside
of its geographical limits
Inside of it's Typographical linn
it's" it had taken possession of
every emblem of national pow
er except Fort Pickens and had
compelled the evacuation cf Maj. An
derson and his forces at Fort Sumter,
and it's government had been organ
! lied and in full swing for nearly
three months.
On the same May q, 1861. Secre
tary Seward wrote to Mr. Adams that
our foreign relations had reached
such a crisis as to call for explicit
| instructions to our ministers in Eu-
rope Among other things, he in.
structed Mr. Adams that in case the
representatives of the seeded states
should be received, unofficially or Of
| fically: You will in any event, de-
sist from al intercourse whatsoever.
unofficial as we'll as official, with the
British government so long as it shall
| continue intercourse of any kind with
the domestic enemies of this country.
When intercourse shall have been ar
rested for this cause you will com
municate with this department and
receive further directions.
Not Recognized by Europe.
Messrs. Yost and Yancey left for
Paris soon after and representatives
OF the Southern Confederacy were OBJ
! liged. from that time t. the close OF
the war, to steer clear of the mem
bers Of the English ministry
Twa months later July y, the sec
to be communicated to the British
government. as follows: The United
States claim and insist that the in
;egIity OF the republic is unbroken
and that their government is supreme.
so far as all foreign natioTs are VA
over all the states, all sectors and
all citizens. the loyal not NOR thai
the Gisloyal, the patriots and the in
surgents alike Consequently, they
insist that the British government
shall in no way intervene in the in
surrection or hold commercial or
other intercourse with the Insurgents
| in derOgation of the federal authori-
| ty." (See senate documents. second
! session, thirty-seventh congress, vol
| ume /, 1S611S62.
The above was written one month
after the disastrous battle of first
Bull Run, when the south had over
100000 troops in the field, armed and
officered as we'll as those of the fed
eral government, and when the con-
federate government was in the eX-
ercise of unchalleneed sovereignty
over the territory of eleven states, eX-
cept small fringe on the Virginia
side of the Potomac in fr3nt OF
Washington, and few square miles
among the mountains of what is now
West Virginia.
United States Hold Their Position.
From that position the government
of the United States never receded
during the terrible years of the civil
war which followed, and against that
position no nation in Europe ever
made an assault to the extent of dar-