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The Interdicted Ports

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
August
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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-The Washington corrcrfputidont oí llie N. Pcst saya : "Tlio qucRtion oí the embargo ii Boon lime greoter mportanee, as it is well uDtlerstood that EYanee aod Englnnd ar growing hypercritical ón its efficiency. Tho Government wil] throw itself boldly upon tlie doctrine that overv Government lias tho right to close oer tai n of' its port. Il Enggland and Franco deny this doctrino, an sano will ut onoe be foroed npob thia Goverr.ir.ent which t ia ready to meot. It is not believed, bowever, thut ths Eftglish and Frenoh Qovernments cill deny the rigbt ol tho Federal Congrcss to (;!se tlio rebel poits. To do no will bo to concede that tho.se Governments cannot :!oso any ol their porto, or tho porl of their clonie-". in tin.e nf war. This wliole matter is now andet disctission with foreign Governint-nts, anl ie in beliovod th:d a siitísfiietory arrangeinetit will soon be made. This Government, however, will maintuin its right tu close the rebel ports i ejiite oí overy threat, nd ven dangor oí a foreign war, I

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Michigan Argus