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F Imperial Parliament. ¦ ¦' —?—Monday, J...
dMfcrenwwtlittthave : adam betofeeM th « sm and the Goveimmw * oCfth * Unite * States , on the question of enlistment ,- ha * no * entitled theta : to the appwbadon ^ of this House . " Mr , Mtforfl' then recapitulatedal * the facta > of the casej ae 8 « t fbrthi » n the diplomatic papers , and contended that Mr . Crampton was att along acting with tile sanction , and under the ^ directions ,- of Ute Govemmenty which contemplated and approved of the' violations of American law , Mr . Crampton merely performed the duties dictated to him by Lo r * Clarendem Scfar from his being enjoined to conceal nothing from the United States Government , concealment was the very key-stone of the whole proceeding . " Strdbel and his fellow-mercenarie * were informed by Mr ; Crampton that they were
not to adopt any public means of ' disseminating Ccurions word ) their mformation , as the 1 attention ; of the American authorities might be called to it . At that very moment , Mr . Crampton was instructing- those men iff cypher , and drawing up rules for their guidance ( Hear , hear . ') He then proceeded to Canada in all haste to carry out his measures of enlistment in the United States , and , during bis absence , Mr . Lutnley , the Charge d Affaires , -was giving explanations to tUe American Minister , and denying all participation in these illegal proceedings . Mr . " Marey expressed the regret of the Amexioan Government at Mrv Crampton ' s- absence , and naturally judged , that he- had proceeded' to Canada on the subject of the enlistments . Mr . Lumley , who'had assured to Canada
Mr .- Mercy that the mission ) of Mt . CraoipfoH' was to prevent any infraction of the treaty between the two- countries , wrote to the Earl of Clarendon-to acquaint him of his interview with Mr . Blarey , a « d of the explanations he had given him . Mr . Lutnltey showed Mr . Marcy the Earl of Clarendon ' s lasfc despatch , expressing his approval of Mr . Grampton ' s having ; taken ; means to put a stop to the enlistment , whereas it- really meant that hewas to go on just as before . Now , whatever might be the faults o £ Englishmen * they prided themselves on their love of trudta ; and- plain : speaking , and they deeply detested anything like that shuffling , quibbling , prevaricating form of speech that lied ' ¦ like truth . " ( Sear ,, hear . ) . Sir Gaspard La Merchant had invited Mr . Stcobel—he begged pardon , Captain Strobel —* to- his table , and had written to him a * an < English officer ; but
now he and his companions were to be declared unworthy of belief . Mr . Moore then glanced retrospectively at a similar case : — " The House could surely not forget that at one time there was published in Dublin an infamous paper called the World , the editor of which was still more infamous-than his paper ; that that paper was employed by the Earl of Clarendon for year * as the organ of his Government ; that he was * in most confidential communication with its editor ; that he paid him large sums out of the public money , wfaich' he afterwards replacedi ; and that the Earl of Clarendon ,, though a man of theworidj and acquainted with the Dablin world , and with Mr . Birch ' s World in particular , wa » not aware that he was a . man of doubtful character . It was only when he waa no longer-useful that the Earl of Clarendon discovered that hewas a man of most infamous
character , and not to be believed on bis oatb . In the same manner , Palmer had impeached the character of the wit * - nesses against him , had found fault witti the Attorney - General ( " No , no , " front t / te Attorney-General ) and laughter ) , and had arraigned the Chief Judge ; but he was hanged . Lord Clarendon had been engaged in a petty intrigue ,, as h & always was , and find been found out , as he always would be . Having inquired whether his Lordship intended to make scapegoats of the Crown , the Government , and the people of England , Mr . Moore concluded by moving his resolution , which was seconded , after a long pause , by an lion , member .
The Attorney-Gknerai , replied on the part of the Government . Mr . Moore , ho observed , must have felt somewhat shaken in his opinion of the propriety of bringing forward hia motion when ho observed the long pause that enaucd before it found a flccondor . Ho had remarked that this question should bo discussed in u . judicial spirit ; but how had ho carried that out ? AVas it possible to conceive that ho hud been aniiuutcd with any other than a fooling of personal animosity against Lord Clarendon ? ( Loud cheers . ) [ Hero Mr . Moore made a gesture of denial . ] " I accept liia denial , " resumed tho Attorney-Gen oral ; " but I must say I never saw conduct that might so fairly lead to tliaf conclusion . Was it judicial , was it just , was it common fairness , to drag into tho debate allusions to the World newspaper ? to refer to some obscure transactions , tho import of which is not known to one ninglc member amongst us , and to
compare Lord Clarendon to a malefactor who only a few days ago paid the forfeit of his crimes on tho scaffold ?" ( Great cheerint j . ) Tho question botweou tho United States and thia country involved legal considerations to which Mr . Mooro appeared to have given little attention . The portions meuut to be enlisted woro not American citizens in tho proper sense of tho torin , but English aubjeetu who had emigrated to Amerion , and political rolugeoB from Europo ; and these men might , if they pleased , leave tho United 8 tat « H , and ontor our sorvico without any infraction of tho international law . It was novor intended by this Government , that men should bo enlisted on American noil , uor , in loot hnd that boon done . No tuich illegal onliatincnt , had lalcun placo with the Bunctiuu of tho English authorities . A hontila feeling-, however , had becu displayed , to ward a England by tho logul functionariod of tho United States in
con-* ducting ttie ; trial- of Herts , the object MO * Vehig *> ' Hutch i to flu * the accused guilty as to * flnd < Englan * gitfflry . . Lookingab the infamous ? characters of the witmS 8 # » on whose evidence : the- American . ; Government had-ta & eiir ita - stand ,- iti might be confidently asked whether the Ko « e would- have expected t & o English" Govettfment tw > mtfte scapegoats of Mr . Crampton . and his colleagues . Tfie : Government had ' done its best to avoid se collision ,- and < England conld aflbrd tol > ff foriearingj conciliatory , afid generous . —In the courses of his exposition of the facts : of the case , the Attorney-Oeneral was > subjected «*> a ¦ rather- sharp and somewhat -unusual 'cr » ss *> exatniaaitidnJ' After reading some extrac t * fkom the * English minister ' s despatches-, * hiewent on to say :- ~ " M * . © rampton stated- in two despatciiesy thafc he had distinctly brought to the knowledge of Miv Marey the fact ' that- the British Government had ^ established a d « p 6 t at
HGalifa-Jt , " Mr . Gi > a » stone : " Where does he state t 3 * at ?" The Attorney-Generai . referred to the despatch lie had jost riead . Mr .- Crampton also stated- the same tiling farther on ,, at page 176 , in a fuller despatch , of tile date of March 3 , IS 661 It was perfectly deaf that , unless Mr . Crampton had so far fo-rgottfen what waB due to honour as to fabricate that statement , * Mr . Marcy tfas madeftilly aware of the mode in -which the British Government proposed to oondttct the enlistment . Mr . Mir > NBR Gibsons " Ifcr . Crampton says the reverse . He says , in the very same despatch : ' It is perfectly true that I did not enter into any details of the means which were to be adopted by her Majesty ' s - Government to render available the services of those -who tendered them to us in sncli numbers . '" The Sfbakbr : " Order , order !"
Mr . Gladstone ( to the Attorney-General ) : " Where do you find any statement of Mr . Crampton to the effect von Bave mentioned ^?* Th & Atjo £ Sby ^ € }« ner * £ . said he had just read two despatches to that effect ; and the despatch of the 7 th November contained 4 jje same statement in substance * Ofi tlie A 5 PTO » 3 » BY * WENHBA . t , remarking * , in the course of his sj > eeich , tfiat lfe . Mo « rB had incorrectly implied that no communication witbi respect to enlistment had been made to Mr . Marcy , Mr . Moore exclaimed , " Prwe it ! " which was met with cries of "Oh , oh f" and
" Order ! " To this , Sir Alexander Cockburst rejoined by saying that ; he knew how zeal would sometimes carry a < person beyond the bounds' of prudence , especiall y when it was wisbed to strike an individual home ; but he thought the hon . gentleman had been altogether deficient in that courtesy to which- every member of the House was entitled . Sir Frederick ThesigMr addressed himself to a consideration of the legal- bearing of the case . He reminded the Hottte that , by an act of Congress passed in 18 i 8 , it was made a misdemeanour to hire or retain any person to go ouf of the territory of the United States for the purpose of being enlisted in the service of any foreign country . Unfortunately , otir Government had looked less to how
too closely to the provisions of that law , -see they cotild obey it than how they could- effect tfeeir object without positively violating it : It is quite true tuat every American is free to quit the country , as- has- been laid down by Judge Ingeraoll ; but that does-not art all touch the international- question- ; for , if a foreign- Government , or the agent 1 of a foreign ( S-overniwen 8 , lend » itself to seduce , or induce , or allure , persons to leave the United States , although in that ease there might be no breach of the municipal la-w * there would bo a breach of international law , and a violation of that community of intercourse which ought to swbsist between two nations . With regard to tho particular agents emplbyed for the purpose of carrying out the plati' —Hertz mid Strobelhe begged tb observe that , if the ease depended on their 1
testimony alone , he- would at oneo abandonit ; but thwt was not so , for they had , under the hand of Mr : Cmmpton himself , the admission that he employed these two persona as agonts for-the purpose at enlisting menj-artd they had the cyplrer tb whieh thoy ^ aa well as other ftgenti ) , had access : Quoting largely from tho despatches , Sir Frederick argued that n perpetual attempt at concealment ran through the whole proceedings , and asked why these attempts should have been made if there had not been a desire to evade tho American lair . Yet , to tho last , Lord Clarendon defended tho condoet of Mr . Crampton and the consuls , and irritated thfr American Government by construing American law according to his own conception of what ia right : England had been degraded , and placed in 11 position which wns viewed with astonishment on the Continent ; but , being in tho
wrong , she must' accept her humiliation ^—must put up with tho insnlt of having Her ministers dismissed—and must confess that tho Aincricun Government is justi / lod in wltnt it haa done . Mr :. I . G . I'mixiMoitre contended that thero had boon no infraction of tho American law , oa the enlistment * *' did-not take plnco on tho soil of the United States . Lord : Clarendon hnd all along directed ¦ our ministers to take ) caro not'to infringe th « laws ; and , even allowing that 1 any wrong hnd been inflicted , it was clearly not with 1 the sanction or knowledge of the Foreign Secretary . A ( rftin , tho evidence of the wiUiesaes against tiro English . Government was worthless , owing to the character of I those witnesses : —Mr . JIkniw . Uaiw . id in « iHto « t on then fact of tlin A ' merican law h ' nviiiff' b « en evnrtod ; The same thing hud been done in l ' ruaain , Sw itzerland , and tho
Hans * Towns ; st > flfafc England migfte well' be catted a European nuisance ; bntjJa the case of small Pdwetn , We always-behdwd' with iilsWlnt indfrTerrerice , ? E dnyreinonstwraee : were' made , taoa ' gbV we weT * ready ettotlgft to smbinit to a strong- and important statte . That Uffd ' alw « ysbeen the policy of Lord : Pafmerstbd ; add ttte old spir it S « fl' dninoafled tfie Foreign Office : V ^ e Had 1 depended'too-mttcli on fbrergu legions ; so-that out boasted artfly df tne' Bast had bean maiflly composed < ff Oetmansy Swissi Pbfts ,-SairdinSatts-, aridTnrfeS ; Tfle'positiott- & f fittglWtti Had- ' fMSett' altogether changed rJy the great invention or ' stteam ' flowW ; and , nnfess tfie « bv «
friment and the people -were prepared- to- atfoptmrJre ' 8 nlcie » t means of national defferrce thaff any < JarriM ' out during the la *© War ; they must be dofltfenttbgive trjp- all hope in the ftrture . history of their conttlsh ^ Sit * Geokge G * 3 teTT remarked that Mr * . MbbW , !& r Fiederick Thesiger ; and Mr . Baillie , hatf occupfed'totally different posHfions-in their" attacks- on the ( Sovefnoient , against wtirch it was quite clear that there was no real case .- No dbnBtj it appeared that some perfeotts had engaged 5 themselves in the transactions who pfbf ^ fl ^ efl to act with- an authority they never received ) and Whose proceedings w « re calculated fo compromiser otrr' ftJecdly relatinna with fcne United' Stattes ^ Gbvernmetrr . H 5 tft » --
ever , that scheme was stopped , and an ample- apology Was offered'to , and accepted by , the American SRtrtsfry . The English' Government had defended' with' zeal' the honour and dignity of this ; coittltry ; but At die s"ame time it had maintained friendly relations' With the United States . At midnight , Sir John WAtan moved the' adjournment of the debate .- ^ -liord PAiaceKSrOiSr op'posed the motion .- ^ -On a divisioiJ ; trie adjournment was negatived by 220 to 110 . —Sir JottSr Watsh urged reasons fof adjourning the debatfe , and war met with cries of " G 6 dii , g <^ on : " Sttbmittirig to the * feefing of tire Bfouse , Sir < fofin proceeded to stiate the reasons- which Would' induce Min to vote for the motion . The only ; excuse which could be offered for thenon-dissmissal of Mr . IXsllas was ; a conviction on the part of the Government' that they were" in the wrong . — -Mr . Mustek Gibson then moved tlie adjournment of the debate .
This was agreed-to ; the discussion tor be resumed on the following day . . The Gkauxt Jvlc ? AS 3 ES & tfENTS ( IkfiLAJ * t 5 > BklLL , flie ExCitBQtTfiK Bittsr ( 400 , 000 , 000 ? . ) BitL , the CitAly ^ oE ( I « EHflair >) Bbcl , the IinrfisT'ATPES PfeRsousrAr , EWatSs Bill , and the DtssESnrEfis MASftiAofiS B ^ ll , were respectively read' a ttrird time ; , and' passed ! Tuesday , July 1 st * In the House of Lobds , Lord Portmaj * intimated that the Burial . Acxs Amendment Bill was to be withdrawn . On the . motion of the Earl of Donoughmore , a select committee was appointed to inquire into the causes whieh have augmented to their present extravagant degree the expense attending the electioa of an Ifish- RepresenCativfe Peer .
Several bills having been advanced a- stagey their Lordships adjourned . In the House of Commons ,- at the morning sitting , several bills passed through committee . ' —The Dvnirtx SfETRoroi-iTAN Policb Bill , and the Juries ( Irelaito ) Bill , were withdrawn by Mr . John FitzGbraleJ' — the opposition -with which they were threatened , and the lato period of the session , beings assigned a 3 the reaaoiO .
AUTHORIfcEIO' TRANSLATIOI'r dt > TPltB BIBLH / In the evening sitting , Mr . KsWWood postponed } tttitil Tuesday , th « 22 nd instant ^ his tfotioe for an address £ 0 the Crown , praying that her Mtrjc 3 ty will be pleased' to give directions for a'roviBesd trtmslationof- thoBible .-
dOstoiws ovtfttiEtia- at ; . In « answer tO'Mh Ewart , Mr . Wilson said tHat aotfxo time ago ho mentioned that the Commissioners of Citfl-Coms'htut instituted an inquiry into the Custbms e'Staft ' - llstfmcnf at Liwrpool . The result of that inquiry h & ft beer * , as he had stated it probably would be , aM entire revision of tho service in that port ; which Woalfl coffsiderably improve the condition of the lower' ofllcers . H » hoped that that rtrvision which had been made , aWd which the Treasury Had snnorioried ; wotrtd prove datEa - factory . COrxJTifGLS UKK ANtt 'TiiKdttAMfl . Lord PA ^ fBftsroyr , roi ) lyirtg tb Mv . OLtVftmA-, Wn '« underatood to say that vL mark of favour had' been ; or would he , extended to Colonels Lake attd Tceadale , but that no pecuniary reward wonld'be granted .
TltK At > . TOtTHNT 31 > I > KDATK ON THIC AM 1 SUKJAN QUICSTIO 1 T . The debate oil Mr . Moore ' s motion was resumed b y Mr : Milnkr GIU . SON , who , wliilo disavowing any feeling of Hostility towards tho Uiigliah Government , conceived that tho Vnitml States Government" had groat reason to bo offended with the acts of our ministers and agents . Tho lawn of America liudboon violated or disregarded ; and Lord Clarendon , in some of his dispatches , had usotl language towards the United ' SUtos , insinuating a dbubt of her g 6 od faithy . which * , could not but have a very irritatirtgolfect : —Mr . Baxter wna inclined t 6 a favourable improssion as regards tho Unitecl States ; but ho did' not boo any ground for passing n . vote of cortauro on Ministers ' . ' —Mr . Picacoojck supported tho motion , and ' , alluding to the difToront way in . which tile diflmiatial ' of Sir Henry « iilwor from Spam 111 IB-IB had boon mot by Lord Palmoruton , then Foreign Sccro
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071856/page/3/
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