Union Speeches Delivered in England During the Present American War volume 1
Union Speeches Delivered in England During the Present American War volume 1
George Francis Train
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and sensitive as the ocean. But let us calmly arj, nie the point. First, the Captain of the Trent ontrairecl the proclamation of the Queen by taking the pirate envoys as passencrers. Second, he laid himself open to having- the ship seized, by his course of proceediiijrs. England says that Wilkes had no right to constitute himself an Admi- ralty Judge upon the seas. (Hear. ) Pray where is it written that Lieutenant Williams, the mail agent, who became so presumptuous in the matter, pronouncing i...t an outrage against international law. Was appointed an Admiralty Judge ? AVhy should he be better posted than tlie older explorer, "Wilkes? England decides that he could have legally taken the Trent to New York, but had no right to take out the envoys, or, as General Scott has clearly put it, the greater crime would have been the lesser. This is the first time I ever saw Napoleon's remark verified, that a blunder was worse than a crime. There are several ways of settling the matter without war.
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