War Ships for the Southern Confederacy: Report of Public Meeting in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester; with Letter from Professor Goldwin Smith to the "Daily News." |
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... told , perhaps , that recognition of the South does not involve war . If it does not , it means nothing . ( Hear . ) A simple recognition of the South as a nation would .. leave the blockade untouched , would leave the North and the ...
... told , perhaps , that recognition of the South does not involve war . If it does not , it means nothing . ( Hear . ) A simple recognition of the South as a nation would .. leave the blockade untouched , would leave the North and the ...
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... told sometimes that it is not slavery only that the South fights for , but that they are anxious for free - trade . Why did they not agitate for free - trade , as we did in this country when we got it ? ( Cheers . ) Would that have cost ...
... told sometimes that it is not slavery only that the South fights for , but that they are anxious for free - trade . Why did they not agitate for free - trade , as we did in this country when we got it ? ( Cheers . ) Would that have cost ...
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... told , and one would suppose from the pleasant way in which it was told that it was really true , that this was not a breach of international law , and that therefore the Americans had no ground of complaint . ( Hear . ) Now for a ...
... told , and one would suppose from the pleasant way in which it was told that it was really true , that this was not a breach of international law , and that therefore the Americans had no ground of complaint . ( Hear . ) Now for a ...
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... told that this was not a breach of international law , and that , therefore , the American people had no right to complain . But it was a breach of British law , and therefore the British people had a right to complain . ( Loud cheers ...
... told that this was not a breach of international law , and that , therefore , the American people had no right to complain . But it was a breach of British law , and therefore the British people had a right to complain . ( Loud cheers ...
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... told - and all such must be told - that self - aggrandisement was not the highest characteristic of the British merchant . ( Cheers . ) Was it a light thing to imperil the peace of such a country as this ? If we must have war , should ...
... told - and all such must be told - that self - aggrandisement was not the highest characteristic of the British merchant . ( Cheers . ) Was it a light thing to imperil the peace of such a country as this ? If we must have war , should ...
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Alabama America believe Birkenhead blockade breach of international British Captain Butcher carried cause Chambers of Commerce Cheers and laughter cillor classes Confederate copperheads corn cotton crime crown duty Earl Russell engaged England English equip ERNEST JONES evidence F. W. NEWMAN Federal feel fitted flag Foreign Enlistment Act fraternal sympathy Free-trade Hall freedom gentlemen GOLDWIN SMITH gone hands Hear House of Commons intended interests international law labour Laird and Co.'s Lancashire law officers liberty Lincoln Liverpool looked Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston Loud cheers Majesty's Majesty's government Manchester Manchester Examiner meeting ment Messrs millions ministers morality and honour nation neutrality never North North-West Northern offence Parliament petitioners pirate ships Pope ports present question rebel rebellion recognise the South resolution sail slave slave power slavery Solicitor Solicitor-General Southern Confederacy Southern party speech territory United vessel violate
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Page 29 - ... furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign Prince, State, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 20 - ... such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the Court in which such offender shall be convicted...
Page 32 - ... department seized an incomplete publication amounting to 40,000 sheets. This gave for a weekly paper 2,000,000 sheets per annum, being equal to oneeighteenth of the whole stamped press; and this was only a single instance. It is true that every sheet bears the printer's name, but it is often a false one. The law officers of the crown have given their opinion, that the existing law is wholly ineffectual to put down the evil. I believe that any attempt to cure the evil by increasing the severity...
Page 32 - Majesty was that time at war. Your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house of the precedent established by the two principal members of the Queen's present ministry, in the case of the ship United Kingdom, which had been built to aid Don Carlos in the civil war of Spain.
Page 19 - That if any person, within any part of the United Kingdom, or in any part of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, shall, without the leave and...
Page 20 - ... if they required one when they got outside. 4. The said Captain Butcher then engaged me as an able seaman on board the said vessel, at the wages of £4 10s.
Page 30 - ... merchants of the United States, will uphold the Government in the full maintenance of the neutrality laws of the country; and we acknowledge and adopt, and always have regarded the acts of the United States for preserving its neutrality, as binding in honor and conscience, as well as in law; and that we denounce those who violate them as disturbers of the peace of the world, to be held in universal abhorrence.
Page 3 - HALL, MANCHESTER, To PROTEST against the Building and Fitting-Out of PIRATICAL SHIPS, in support of the SOUTHERN SLAVEHOLDERS
Page 20 - Butcher then engaged me as an able seaman on board the said vessel, at the wages of £4 10s. per month, and it was arranged that I should join the ship in Messrs. Laird & Co.'s yard on the following Monday. To enable me to get on board Captain Butcher gave me a password, the number
Page 28 - ... of the Government had every facility afforded them for inspecting the ship, during the progress of building. When the officers came to the builders, they were shown the ship, and day after day, the customs officers were on board, as they were when she finally left, and they declared that there was nothing wrong. They only left her when the tug left, and they were obliged to declare, that she left Liverpool a perfectly legitimate transaction.