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II. THE UNFRIENDLY COURSE PURSUED BY GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE
UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF THE INSURREC-
TION.
Relations of the United States with Great Britain prior to 1860
Friendly relations of the two Governments in 1860...
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33 20
A party in the South opposed to secession.
Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln......
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21
37
Opposition to the territorial limitation of slavery the cause of seces-
sion....
The British government informed of his purposes.
Lord John Russell promises to await Mr. Adams's arrival before acting.
The surrender of Fort Sumter.....
The insurgents to issue letters of marque.
Proclamation giving notice of blockade..
Objects of that proclamation....
The joint action of France invited by Great Britain...
45
24
When the President's proclamation was received in Great Britain...
Opinion of law officers taken on an imperfect copy...
Her Majesty's government decide on the first of May to recognize a
state of war
Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recog- nition of southern independence.....
51 26
Communication with the French government....
52 27
Answers of the French government....
53 27
When the President's proclamation was received by Great Britain...
The sovereign right to issue such a proclamation not denied
It was an unfriendly act....
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30
The instructions to Lord Lyons might have been regarded as a cause of war.....
TION-Continued.
And issued with an unfriendly purpose
M. Rolin-Jacquemyns on the Queen's proclamation..
Unfriendly conduct of Great Britain as to the declarations of the con-
gress of Paris..........
Gereva Prement
edition. edition.
Former negotiations regarding the declarations of tho congress of
Paris
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Lord Lyons's interview with Mr. Seward...
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Termination of negotiations with the United States....
Great Britain desired to legalize privateering........
73
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35
Negotiations at Richmond
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Mr. Adams's comments
78
Contrast between conduct of Great Britain toward the United States
in the Trent affair, and toward violators of British neutrality in the
insurgent interest
Proof of the unfriendly feeling of members of the British cabinet and
Parliament
III. THE DUTIES WHICH GREAT BRITAIN, AS A NEUTRAL, SHOULD HAVE
OBSERVED TOWARD THE UNITED STATES.
The Queen's proclamation a recognition of obligations under the law
of nations
Great Britain has recognized its obligations in various ways.
The obligations recognized by the foreign enlistment act of 1819.....
Municipal laws designed to aid a government in the performance of
international duties.
Great Britain bound to perform the duties recognized by that act....
The duties recognized by that act.....
Royal commission to revise the foreign enlistment act of 1819
International law is a part of the common law of England.........
118
Duties recognized by the Queen's proclamation of neutrality
122
Definition of neutrality
123
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52
53
54
Duties recognized by instructions to British officials during the insur-
rection
125
Correspondence between the two governments in 1793-'94..
126
Treaty of November 19, 1794....
131
Construction of that treaty by the commissioners appointed under it. 132 57
The neutrality laws of the United States enacted at the request of
OBSERVED TOWARD THE UNITED STATES-Continued.
Correspondence between the United States and Portugal.... Principles recognized in that correspondence
Geneva Present edition. edition.
Rules in the treaty of Washington
What is due diligence.....
Duty to detain offending vessels recognized by Great Britain...
The foregoing views in harmony with the opinions of European pub-
The principle recognized by France, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal,
and the United States...
209
Deposit of the offense
Résumé of principles..
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IV. WHEREIN GREAT BRITAIN FAILED TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES AS A
NEUTRAL.
Admissions of British cabinet ministers.....
215 89
British ports the base of insurgent operations; a partial hospitality
shown to the insurgents; a branch of their government established
in Liverpool; their government vessels officially aided in evading
the blockade, and in furnishing them with arms, munitions, and
means for carrying on the struggle....
The United States denied permission to deposit coal at Nassau..
Complaints to Earl Russell and his reply
Instructions as to hospitalities to the belligerents........
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92
225
93
Geneva Present edition. edition
NEUTRAL Continued.
Page. Page.
Lord Palmerston's threats ...
234 96
Contraband of war fraudulently cleared at Nassau for British ports.. 236 97
Résumé for the year 1862 ...
237 97
Mr. Adams represents the foregoing facts to Earl Russell.
248 101
These proceedings were an abandonment, in advance, of "due dili-
The rulings in the Alexandra case emasculated the foreign enlistment
act......
259 106
Laird's iron-clad rams......
260 106
Their detention not an abandonment of the lax construction of the
duties of a neutral.......
264 108
The contracts with Arman for the construction of vessels in France..
Conduct of the French Government........
266 108
267 109
Contrast between the conduct of France and of Great Britain...
269 109
The Tuscaloosa at the Cape of Good Hope.................
270 110
She is released against the advice of Sir Baldwin Walker...
272 110
The course of the governor is disapproved .................
The Tuscaloosa comes again into the waters of the Colony.
The governor reverses his policy and seizes the vessel...
His course is again disapproved.
Blockade-running in partnership with the insurgent government..........
Continued partiality...
Mr. Mountague Bernard's list of vessels detained by Great Britain...
The charges in Mr. Fish's instructions of September 25, 1869, are sus-
tained by this evidence....
296 120
300 121
V. WHEREIN GREAT BRITAIN FAILED TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES AS A NEUTRAL.
THE INSURGENT CRUISERS.
Earl Russell denounces the acts of which the United States complain
as unwarranted and totally unjustifiable...........
Geneva Present
edition. edition
309 125
British territory the base of the naval operations of the insurgents... 310 125
Their arsenal....
The systematic operations of the insurgents a violation of the duties
of a neutral....
Continning partiality for the insurgents............
Recapitulation of hostile acts tolerated in British Possessions.....
These facts throw suspicion upon the acts of British officials toward
the insurgent cruisers...
310 125
311
313 126
314
127
316 128
They show an abnegation of all diligence to prevent the acts com-
plained of......
317 128
They throw upon Great Britain the burden of proof to show that the
acts complained of could not have been prevented....
318 128
List of the insurgent cruisers..
320 129
328 132
The Sumter....
The Nashville...
The Florida and her tenders, the Clarence, the Tacony, and the Archer. 332 133
The Alabama and her tender, the Tuscaloosa.
The Retribution....
The Georgia......
The Tallahassee, or the Olustee...
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390 156
392 156
409 163
413 164
The Shenandoah.............
416 165
454 180
The conduct of other nations contrasted with that of Great Britain..
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The Chickamauga..
Summary
VI. THE TRIBUNAL SHOULD AWARD A SUM IN GROSS TO THE UNITED STATES.
Offer of the American Commissioners in the Joint High Commission.
Rejection of the offer by the British Commissioners..
Terms of the submission by the Treaty.
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468 185
General statement of the claims....
469 185
Claims growing out of the destruction of vessels and cargoes...