Excerpt from The War Upon American Commerce The evidence which now comes to us from abroad would seem to indicate that there is a feeling growing up among British ship-owners that it is time to stop, if possible, the depredations of British piratic'al vessels upon American Com merce. The speeches of Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. W. E. Forster, and Mr. Richard Cobden, in the British Parliament, published herewith, are indications of this desire, and they foreshadow the dangers to British interests hereafter, should that nation ever be involved in a war. This feeling on their part, does not, however, relieve their government from a demand which has been made upon it for remuneration for the loss of ships and cargoes owned by Amer ican citizens, and which have been ruthlessly destroyed by such British pirates as the Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Let the American Government and people keep this single and simple view of the question constantly before them, that every nation, not at war, is bound to maintain its neutrality by such laws as will prevent its own subjects from making individual war upon those of other nations. Any government omitting to do this becomes responsible for all violations of neutrality growing out of such neglect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.