The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-12
HISTORY REFUTEs
SECRETARY HAY
Recognition of Panama Is
Said to Violate All Prece-
dent.

| CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE Chronicles
Washington special says that an his
torical precedent and parallel directly ap-
plicable to the Panama outrage, which. 1t
is. needless to say Secretary Hay did not
quote in his attempted apology for the
high handed action of the Un1teds states
at the isthmus, are to be found In the
archives of this government covering the
period Of cessesSion, rebellion and CIVIL
war. How completely President Roose-
welt has reversed the attitude of his Re
publican predecessors in 1851 is shown
by the records cited below. which. Will
soon be made the subject of discussion In
congress. ~ &
Beginning with the secession of South
| Carolina on Dec. 20, 1860, by Feb. I, 1861,
seven states had seeded from the, Union,
either by direct vote of their people OF
through their respective legislatures,
Feb. A. 1861, six of those states had.or-
ganiZed government called The con
federate States of North America
Feb. IS, 1861, jefferson Davis was IN
augurated president of the new govern
| ment, which within a few days was IN
full operation. @5
| Position Stronger Than Panamas.
From that time until May 10, 1861, when
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trality, recognizing the seeded states as
belligerents (but not as nation), the So
called Confederate government Was &C
knowledged and obeyed by all the peo-
| pie throughout those six states, and II
| had taken possession of all the public
| buildings, property, arsenals, forts and
everything belonging to the United States,
with the exception of Fort Pickens Its
| flag f1oated everywhere, in place of the
stars and stripes.
| The secretary of state, Mr.. Seward, in
his instructions to ol1r new minister to
England Charles Francis Adams, under
date of April 10, 1865 presented atsgreal
| length the reasons Why England should
| not recognize the Confederate states as
| government. II
eIst of Stewards Argument.
| Among other things he said: we
| freely admit that snation may and even
| ought to recognize new state, which has
absolutely and beyond question effected
its independence and permanently es-
tablished its sovereignty, and that a rec
| ognitiCn in such a. case affords no just
cause of offense to{ the government of the
country from which the new state has sc
| detached itself. On the other hand, we
| insist that a nation that recognizes rev.
| olutionary state, with view to aid its
| effecting it's sovereignty and independ-
i ence commits a great wrong against the
nation whose integrity is thus invaded
and makes itself responsible for just
| and ample redress
On May q, 1861, Secretary Seward
wrote to Mr.. Adams that our foreign rela-
lions had reached such a crisis as to cal
| for explicit Instructions to our ministers
| in Europe Among other things he in
structed Mr. Adams that in case the rep
| resentatives of the seeded states should
be received by the British government
unofficially or officially: You will, in any
| event desist from all intercourse what
soever, unofficial as well as official, with
the British government so long as it shall
continue intercourse of any kind with the
| domestic enemies Of this country. Wher
| intercourse shall have been arrested fol-
| this cause you will communicate with