New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-05
NOSE SEALED ORDERS"
IN far Ecidence That They Did
A., Frist-BoaiHg of Question.

N0t EIlSJ-DOWt"S "
rsitor OF The Tribune.
= the IN The Tribune Of this morning
81 ...ternent by Dir. Henry Clews as TO
ifo0e -, A this port Of the Russian Meet
~ -, -, saws that his contention Is that
b W. ,,s not come here under sealed orders
q 10" 4, our struggle TO MAINTAIN ana
heF = ,,,r Government" He goes on 10
psP-, che effect OF an ''avowed purpose Oh
,s" apparently not noticing that tne
Fp"s - orders az there were any oeihs
- =, !, ,,oonslstent with the avowal OF any
fIPo' -,,-io,s instance OF the uncertainties
vs. there should be a question raised
q hls.', -, over the existence Of such an I'M
s uiN ter rs those scaled orders. S1roHs
ms they old exist is found n 'ne
eloei'- .,,,..-7ovv Weed" by his grandson l.
1lIe 4, which is the following statement
" 7,-o.s. ct win be remembered luaN
~ .bo Rebellion a Russian heet lay -o'
50 -,orths I'M our harbor, ana lha' -
80 .,o,-of-v-ar were stationed al Cd"
hlN Admiral Farragut lived ~ me AS
tl4.-- Who're he was frequently VISITED ~
n - admiral. between whom "ne"
" =. ..,,,-,ry officers serving IN the Meol'ei-
uI' v-a--7 friendship had grown Up 81
- room one day after dinner Adn'iral
-, said 10 his Russian friend, why az
,.,sinc the winter here In idleness-
~ =, repIied the Russian admiral uhue'
- orders. 10 DE broken only IN cohuh-
A. has not occurred He added that
- prssiar vessels were lying OF san Fran
.f,b similar orders. During this CONVEX
- re Tussian admiral admitted thai ne
- -,osfvei orders 10 break the seals IT, oSi
81. Rebellion. we became involved N val
-, foreign nations Strict confidence was 'i-S''
srjoined. -,..o- sac-
sY~,sn In washington a few days later sec
A. seward informed me that he had asNeu
4. Russian Minister Why his government -.
.,,r erirs OF war so long in our harooIs' WIZ
-. IN answering De disclaimed any KNOW
-. ~ the nature OF their visit fet at liberty
!, vv that # had no unfriendly purpose
a,ru,s NaDoleon had invited Russia as ne
- rns,and. 10 unite with him in demanding
u, brssling OF our blockade. The Russian An
,assa6or az London Informed his government
"A. England was preparing for war Win Amer
~, On account Of the seizure Of Mason and
g6en Hence two fleets we're Immediately
ssnf across the Atlantic under sealed orders.
20 NAT Il their services were not needed the in
fsntious o. the Emperor would remain. as they
have 10 this day. secret. X is certain. how
ever that when our government and Union were
irlpe-iled by q formidable rebellion We should
have found a powerful ally in Russia, had an
emergency occurred
Thus FAR wrote Tharlow Weed. His biogra-
rher ADDS that ''this lis corroh0rated by a well
Known New-Tork gentleman. who was in st.
Psterburg when the Rebellion began. and who.
during an unofficial cali upon Prince Gortscha-
kof was shown by the Chancellor an order
rrtian in Alexanders own hand directing his
admiral 10 report 10 President Lincoln for or
dss n case England or France sized with the
ccufederates." here. as Il seems 70 me. Is such
direct and positive evidence as TO call upon any
ore whose contention is that the Russian feet
9dit not come here under sealed orders TO help
Us" % bring forward more direct and positive
evidence 70 sustain his contention. Until that
g. produced Il seems TO me that the sealed
orders" should be taken 10 be a part Of the
truth OF history.
NJ. clews proceeds 70 say that Russia's re-
fusal TO Join France in intervening against US
was not until Great Britain had previously
done So" This he says, us shown" by q letter
q himself by Mr. Gladstone, from which he
makes a quotation But that quotation does
not alluoe 10 the question whether Russia's re-
llsaI 10 JOIN France or Englands refusal was
ne Lrst. on hasty examination II would seem
q little difficult 10 make Mr. GladstOne's state
ment in the letter quoted from that the Eng
ish Cabinet never AZ any tine dealt with the
kullecl OF recognizing the Southern States in
Jour great Civil War excepting when i learned
me proposition OF the Emperor Napoleon III
sno declined that proposition without auaWf-
aauon hesitation. delay or dissent with the
extracts given ga MOricy's Life of Gladstone
non letters written 1y members OF that Cabi-
ne On September y 1852 Lord Russell seems
% nave written 10 Lord Palmers.on that the
unt nae come for Offering mediation with "a
fieR 10 the rec0cutiou % The Independence Of /
ne Nonteceretes' on September Il Palue~ston
hiote 10 Gladstone that both be and LORD Rms
81 thought The time was fast auproaching
Nnen our ofter Of mediation ought 20 be made hv
LAg2no, France and Russia and that Lord
NNseel was gong 20 privately instruct the
amfassador az Paris 10 sound the French GOV
t1fnent and this looking forward. II the media
ton was refused, 20 an acknowledgment of tho
noepenoence o. the South. Gladstone in
ss.seer agreed with Polmerston and urged that
ne preceding should De prompt
u view Of these letters The statement Of Nor
~ mat THE English Cabinet was divided"
e1.ins 20 be well founded. and that Russell
.-nLetston and Gladstone were Cferoeed TO foIn
- French Emperor. and that the statement in
Slaosiones letter 10 Mr. Clpws must have
sssIe.ce 70 The action ~ the Cabinet after
!. felusai q Russia had been made known.
AiG mar refusal doubtless there was no ode
~ q dissent on the part OF the English Cabi-
N Ceclnlng the proposition of the French
pefof B1t before that IL would seem that
- must have been some hesitation. II not
h1man memory IS so hee,inp that II seems
ne very wen THAT the memory ~ orr neoole |
49,. sc b refreshed as to these facts IT this
NeS-fork March ]. 1904