"I fail to find in the insurrection the
existence of such a substantial poli
tical organization, real, palpable and
manifest to the world, having the forms
and capable of the ordinary functions
of government toward its own people
and to other states, with courts for the
. .! t.v. inMl
habitatVor Treses ing uch organT-
S o forceP 4ch material. s7ch oc-
cupatton ot teVritory as to take the con-
test out of the category of a mere re-
bellious insurrection or occasional
skirmishes and place tt oa the terrible
footing of war, "to which a recognition
of belligerency would aim to elevate it.
"The contest, moreover, is solely on
land; the insurrection has not possess
ed itself of a single seaport whence it
may send forth its flag, nor has it any
means of communication with foreign
powers except through the military
lir s of its adversaries. Considered as
a question of expediency, I regard the
ac - rdanee of belligerent rights still to
be as unwise and premature as I re
gard it to be, at present, indefensible
as a measure of right.
DANGERS OF RECOGNITION.
