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The Daily Dispatch: January 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Negro Hiring for 1862. (search)
ng contraband of war, for the use and benefit of the insurgents. The question before us is, whether this proceeding was authorized by and conducted according to the law of nations. It involves the following inquiries: 1st. Were the persons named and their supposed dispatches contraband of war. 2d. Might Captain Wilkes lawfully stop and search the Trent for these contraband persons and dispatches? 3d. Might he exercise that right in a lawful and proper manner? 4th. Baring found the contraband persons on board, and in presumed possession of the contraband dispatches, had bearing be to capture the persons? 5th. Did he exercise the right of capture in the manner allowed and recognized by the law of nations? If all these enquiries shall be resolved in the affirmative, the British Government will have no claim for reparation. I address myself to the first enquiry, namely were the four persons mentioned, and their supposed dispatches contraband?