Resolutions in relation [to] the seizure of the Confederate war steamer Florida by the United States steam-sloop Wachusett, in the bay of Bahia, Brazil

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SENATE, Noyember SO, 1864.— Sobmitted, and ordered to be
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f By Mr Orr, from the CommitLee on Foreign Relations.]

RESOLXJTIOISrS

In relation the seizure of the Confederate war-steamer Florida by

the United States steam-sloop Wachusett, in the bay of Bahia,

Brazil.

1 1 . Resolved, That the seizure of the Confederate war-steamer

8 Florida by the United States stca m-sloop Wachusett, in the

5 bay of Bahia, on the 7th of October last, was a flagrant outrage

4 upon the territorial sovereignty of Brazil — violative of the rights

6 of this Government in neutral waters, in disregard of the law of
6 nations, and therefore a wrong done to every civilized maratime
T power.

1 2. Resolved, That it was the duty of Brazil, undA" the law of

2 nations, to protect the property of the Confederate States whilst

5 within its territory, against the hostile acts of every power ;

4 and having failed to give such protection, that that Government

5 is bound to enforce the restitution, in statu quo of the steamer

6 Florida, by authorities of the United, to the authorities of the

7 Confederate States, in the bay of Bahia, where it was unlawfully

8 captured.

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1 3. Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be

2 requested to have communicated, to all our commissioners abroad,

3 a full statement of the illegal seizure and capture of the Florida,

4 together with the opinions of this Government on the outrage ;

5 and that said commissioners be instructed to bring the same to

6 the attention of the Governments of Europe in which they re-

7 spectively reside.