Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

uzsxr-uzsas~s--sIEszszs-Es And, by the Repablr lhe demand aas calmly, but most perempiufll refused. The LNeruiiHeol the |. States told Mir. FoN lla they cUull only recognise the sanction oi England ln case ot whr. Appealing the recognized authorities upon international uiS- prudence tllt, shovel that the bmnlng ui the Caro- line could oul, have been iustined as rut'c acl by known and recognised enehl that a gang ol pni- glars, pirates or ncendrle, might be public n'l- sance to neighboIhuoo, but could never be consM- cred fair pubic enenA, or as Ina Ing an, clan |" the protection afforded to such. They denied that MLeod was prisoner ot Wal, for the obvious req that there was no war between Amerlra and Great Britain; and they asserted that persons ha'g- ed with capital lennies committed within the etitin- " ot e Republic not be ng admissible to ball. MT. Alexander M'Leod must remain m custody unll he should be regularly by the local Judicature and acquitted.
 This answer was received with transport of rage in England. A the blood of Torysm was up. In Parliament and the press, the most vehement eN- rlamatIons uttered, and signs of the me old bull temper were beraSed; and many of the stupid wings for ear oi the imIualon of being un-Engllsh, tried to blaze As well as their damp souls would let them But Lord Pamerston, though Mhig, also man. and knows the difference between bullying Oriental Mandarins and Western Republicans Pdlmerston, though of rank and fashion, has read some his- tory, and what Is more singular among men Ol his or der m England, has not read 1t altogether to no pur I'osts iic saw very CedllN lldl sNHB9eIllS lUthtI would be excessively awkward that America was not to be scared n a game of brag,-and that there was nothing to be made of that honorable paStlne.-- What was still more serious Lord Paine ston saw that America thoroughly understood how utterly un- flt England was for war, and how impatient France was to engage in one we had better be quiet, thought the English Secretary for Foreign Affairs ]; after all, there is fear of their hanging the fellow, and short of that what IS it but mere diplomatic de- ducble from the abstruse theOrem of international u- risdictionsa Mir. Fox has consequently signifed his intention of awaiting the result of the legal proceed ings before he demands his passports; which being interpreted, means that England has given up the whole point in dispute without the slightest shadow of concession on the pa,t of Amerca and this is the hinhed end ol all the staggering ot the Times, and Chronicle, and Standard, and all the prompt lippan- cy of Stanley, Aberdeen X Co.
 "Meanwhlle, an attempt having been made to get Mcleod out on bail, the supreme court of New York have given a most able, lucid and instructive bod, of legal reasons why such application cannot be acceded to. The judgment of MT. Justice Cowm is of the best specimens o judicial learning and bility we have read and we respectfully sug. l gest to the English press the duty which now lies upon them of running it down without delay, and black guarding Judge Cowen as tl4y lately did Lord Punket, for having dared to question the mpeccabi lity of the 'irs nation in the world We shall reall, be jealous if Judge Cowen be not caled rogue, fool 1 liar, idiot, and the like.
 'Seriously, however, what the tories to do witt this American news Will they deyour their deat housings in the silence of condemned and detected bmyoes! Will they leave their man in jail, wlhou any further effort at rescue Will they venture [, l trte now with such topic war! We shall see
 tWe have only toremalk in conclusion, that q wa between the two countries, would be of the great est ramilles that could ailic civilization and Chris tendon. Both governments should exert themseye to avoid SO appalling an evIl. We attach no cre,li | Ia ttp tI n British fleet tD inc in coast; and have reason To believe that the relation | al Washington between Mir. Fox and Mir. Webster a,e of the most honorable as well as the most pacific character. Still, It ls right for government to b, prepared for every emergency, and in the meantl ne we ntst expect to exiting rwnors, absurd specuI, lons, and occasionallyan effort the part of som, dissatisfied spirit, 10 lroyde the evil of a confct- And now, with the obrct of showing that the bluste on the other side nl tho water as well understood in intelligent quarters, us the folly and madness O some of our of own border journals, are appreciate, here, we we give the following additional hints tt John Bull, from the lrShpaper already quoted from
 '''rhe news from Amerlc:, relative to Mcleod i probably the most important that has been horn, .cross the ocean, since the tdlngs of Burgovne' surrender at Saratoga. It isa knell, whose echoe will be heard for many day ,and year, and genera tion It precludes change iR the relative rowe and mutual demeanor of natolE, such as has no occurred since the of the Trench revolutions tells in calm and solemn tone that the rule of tyran nic violence and the mere butte force of empire ii about pass away; and that truth, justice and rgh shall yet be acknowledged as the only influences ii to govern mankind.
 Six months ago all Engan was in the acme of military passon, at the notion of any government il the whole wide world .'darine B as she said to cal in question her right to warrant her subjects in hitting arson, piracy and murder She had neye been accustomed to argue such points with any for eign power; but the nohon of crew of ignorant transatlantic democrats peSuming, -(and she nearl burst m giving due frog emphasis to this word ,)-t question her right to shDt, drown, or burn to deat m their territory, any low republicans who migh have alroned her, was rally too ridlcuors be SC riousy debated The country that not afraid L keep Malta m avowed defiance of treaty in 1903, no ashamed to seize the King of Denmark's fleet, am lombard his capital, tholgh an ally, in lSO7,-wa not very likely to pocketan atironl given, not by legitimate government, hut dirty Yankee demOcra cy. No, nos if they slpuld dare to keep in prso the high minded Mr. MLeod, after due protest b the British ambassador, 1t would be his duty to qu Washington without an lour's delay; and if the in fatuated wret-hes should attempt to try the gentlema in any of their "precious courts, such "eXemplar vengeance would forthwith be taken upon the sea coast cites' of the Republic, as would forthwith b recollected through all future generations
 An, John-you sometimes make a sad fool of youl self. Your bull disposition may be the eve it was, and your bull knukes may itch as keenly Il ever for a row. But you forget how times hay changed, and nations round you 'Twont do, John bullying wont any longer do. Twas all very we when it did do when the haplcss nations had to b, Iieve, or least at the point of the bayone that you the nobles, justest and the gentle' creature upon the face of the earth. But times an things have changed. Nowhere now, except anon crumbling despotsms of Asia can you browbeat whoI nations into acquiescence Men have outgrown tn age of bullying; it will not go down now"