CLAIMS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
RESOLUTIONS OF DECEMBER 4 AND 10, 1867, AND OF MAY 27, 1868.
1872, May & Gist Anonymous.
CLAIMS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN.
Proclamations and declarations of powers other than Great Britain, issued subsequently to the Queen's proclamation of neutrality.
10 Mr. Dayton to Mr. Seward.
June 12 Inclosing copy of "Le Moniteur Universel," containing Emperor's formal declaration in respect to privateers, &c. Prohibits vessels of war and privateers of either belligerent from remaining in French ports more than twenty-four hours, except in distress; also prohibits sale of captured goods in said ports; forbids French subjects to aid or engage in privateering or equipment of vessels of war for either party, or to enlist in their military or naval service, and commands them to abstain from all viola- tions of neutrality at home or abroad. In- fringement of these prohibitions subjects the offender to prosecution and the loss of protection of his government.
5 Mr. Dryer to Mr. Sept. 7 Inclosing copy of King's proclamation, which
declares neutrality between United States and "certain States thereof, styling them- selves Confederate States of America." All captures made within King's jurisdiction are unlawful. All subjects, or persons re- siding within the realm, are prohibited from aiding or engaging in privateering, on pain of losing protection of the govern-
GENERAL APPENDIX No. I-Continued.
4 Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward.
ment. No adjudication of prizes, or sale of captured goods, will be allowed in Hawaiian ports; nor will privateers, or their prizes, be permitted to enter said ports, except in distress.
June 16 Inclosing copies of proclamations about to be issued by government, which prohibit privateers, or their prizes, from entering Dutch ports, except in distress; adhere to declaration of Paris of 1856, in refusing to recognize commissions or letters of marque; forbid subjects to engage in privateering on pain of prosecution at home and being treated as pirates abroad, or to carry con- traband of war or dispatches of either belligerent on pain of losing the protection of his Majesty's government.
Mr. Harvey to Aug. 25 Inclosing copy of a note from the Foreign Mr. Seward.
Office, covering King's proclamation in re- gard to privateers. The government ad- heres to the Paris declaration of 1856; forbids all persons engaging in privateer- ing in Portuguese jurisdiction, and pro- hibits entrance of privateers or prizes into Portuguese ports, except in cases of neces- sity.
178 Mr. Wright to June 25 Inclosing copy of "National Zeitung," con- Mr. Seward.
taining Baron Schlienitz's dispatch to Baron Gerolt; also of an order from minis- ter of commerce, directing the mercantile classes to abstain from enterprises forbid- den by international law, and by ordinance of 12th June, 1856, and denying protection of the government to Prussian shipping or subjects engaged in privateering, carrying contraband of war, or forwarding dis- patches. Mr. Wright declares sympathy of German States to be with United States.
18 Mr. Appleton to June 3 Inclosing copies of two orders of Russian
government, directing that the flags of confederate men-of-war must not be sa- luted, but that confederate merchant vessels shall be treated according to rules contained in treaty with America of December, 1832, even if their papers are not regular; and that, should crews of such vessels not acknowledge authority of United States consuls, they must abide by decision of local Russian authorities.
Inclosing copy of royal decree, which pro- claims neutrality; forbids all arming, equipping, or providing of privateers, under any flag, in Spanish ports; or ac- ceptance of letters of marque by Spanish subjects; or entry into Spanish ports of privateers or prizes, except in distress; or the sale of captured goods in said ports; or blockade-running, carrying contraband of war and dispatches for either party; or enlistment of Spanish subjects in belli- gerent service, on pain of prosecution at home, and loss of protection of government.
Mr. Savage to Sept. 6 Inclosing copies of correspondence with Con- Mr. Seward.
sul Martin, at Matanzas, in reference to the entry into that port of vessels bearing the confederate flag; also copy of decree of Captain General of Cuba, permitting entry of such vessels to discharge and take on cargoes in the ports of Cuba, provided their papers excite no suspicion of piracy or other crime against the law of nations, and regarding such vessels as coming from a country which has no accredited consul in Cuban territory. Mr. Savage has made no communication to the authorities on the subject.
Hasty recognition of rebel belligerency. By George Bemis.
The new position of the British ministry- that the American proclamation of block- ade of the confederate ports necessitated the Queen's proclamation of neutrality- an afterthought.
The American proclamation of blockade not the occasion of the recognition of confed- erate belligerency, because, supposing the former to have been officially commu- nicated, it was not known to have been enforced at the date of the latter; and, furthermore, if enforced, was not such an act as ought to have been internationally treated as an act of war. Correction of various misstatements of His- toricus in his article of March 22, and incidental notice of Earl Russell's dis- patch to Lord Lyons of March 6, 1861. The recognition of confederate belligerency not a bygone, but a continuing reality. Appendix-the neutrality of England-com- munication of Historicus to the London Times of March 22, 1865.
British neutrality-hasty recognition of rebel belligerency and our right to complain of it.
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