Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-02
rae ENGLISH PRESS AND MeLEoD.

| moderate. The disposition IS one OF satsiact iot
| that the accused was acquitted, and that thus a Sc
rious OF apprehended trouble between tho tw,
countries was at once done away with. The Lon
don Tunes may, perhaps, be pointed to ms the only
| exception OF Importance. That paper writes violent
ly on oil subjects, aud although IL may now I've re
| earded as the Mnsietiil organ, We feel satisfied
that in its violence and indecosum, relates to th
country IL does express the views vi Sir Rober
Peel-PennSylrania Enquirer.
The London Herald. in the course OF very cen
sible article, holds this language:
| at has seldom fallen to cur lot 10 communicat,
tdnss OF deeper national interest than those we haC
The pleasure Of communicating, under the head o.
our American intelligence, in a very early second
edition OF Saturday last This day we give N
another page some valuable additions to that intel
! lsence.
"rhc anxiety of the public mind rs to the fate O,
Mr Mcleod Is now relieved. The news OF his oc-
quita, the accounts or the department Of the court
the charge ct the judge, and the circumstances
attending the delivery of the verdict of the jury-so
! far as they go--impart character OF the highest
and mos; satisfactory interest to the papers and
dispatches received oy the Acadia. Ii IS pleasing
indeed, to contemplate, under sny circumstances so
noble spectacle os the majesty OF Law and justice
riding IN tranquil triumph over the widest tide OF
popular violence aud through the most furious tenn
pest Of popular lac,ion And this spectacle has been
afforded 10 the world at large by the disnifed and
conscientious manner in which an American Judge
and an American jury have discharged their high
and responsible duties"
The STANDARD, which is a high Tory paper, thu,
remarks:
"Tho highly IMPORTANT and favorable intelligence
from the United States, received by special express,
from LIVERPOOL, has caused the most lively sens,
ton in the city, and produced the greatest graufco
ton among all classes CT PERSONS Immediately the
information was communicated. We think that
the event Of McLcod's trial must have an effect in
both countries va uiHe even beyond the ternina-
ton of org pro,rae,cd, angry, and dangerous dis.
pute. In England we will earn TO distinguish
more accurately than perhaps we have been in the
hab.; At Gisuugufshlng between the intelligent and
moTdI class and the sodess rabhle OF mere political
savages-Ihe spawn Of national indifference to re-
Ision and ofan extremely democratic system Of 60
Nernmeni We should 10 a violence To our cyn
feelings II we delay ed TO Gcanowejse the high Ia.
tent and admirable conduct Of The presiding Judge
aud the good temper and sense OF Justice that els
rtcterzed the demeansr Of the Jury. We see in
the ccIoEs OF the judge and the Jurors fai.aCul 70.
Election of the mob lest qualities ut tie British race
Let the people OF Amcric, prosecute a national ri
valry ia this way, and, though Competitors, We will
wish them all success"
The Globe says:
"Fhe public mind is set free ON the anxiety
which has pCrvaded II for several months The
speech OF Mr. Spencer, together with the vigiance
and zeal he and the learned gentleman associated
with him lsplaycd, show how perfectly sraruitous
and unsrneFOus was the insinuation of the Times
that the OF the accused would sustain damase
because placed IN the hands OF members of the
American bar The designation given by that
jour nsl the trial itself equally u inst and IN
sulting; the trial farce no mere pan:omimc
display, furnished for the amusement of the weak.
ness for the Qualification Of the vsny of The peo.
pie o! America. We have looked with great care
through the proceedings, and are, from sens, of
justice 10 the tribunal which :riui the cause so
pregnant with matter TO .huence the Judge the
and the lIry, compelled TO admit that the
proceedings were conducted with as much dignity !
and implrtlally as could have been exhibited in !
In
court OF justice IN this country"
The Morning Post, the leading fashionable Tory
organr speaks reasonably thus:
"rhe people of the United States and those of !
Great B.itain are equally to be congratulated on I
this result OF the affair of Mcleod since It leaves
the really important question between the two !
countries to he adjusted with the canne and COOL
that the discussion OF important questions re-
quITes, that conduce 10 an equitable decision and |
tnlt behL the character OF wise and pow erfu a,es"
So complete has tins aHIlr absorbed attention an
this city u have cast the unpleasant Exchsquer
Bill matter into the shade and we are glad 10 have !
the opportunity Of recocdug the Circumstance, mas
much It proves very clearly that the more intel
ssnt and respectable classes OF society IN this cnun-
try do not entertain thai hostile feeling ards the
Americans which they have been given u suppose |
from the LIBERAL attacks made upon them in the |
ne wspapers."
The London Spectator, commenting upon the !
seizure OF Grogan by Canadian volunteers and our
l'put4tt kiOub 6 TO Us TINS language:
"The Presidcu; oiihe United States issues pro. I
nvowng the isorderei State OF society |
within his own IsiIcon, tire Itening tue izwess
with the terrors ofthC law and entreatng the peac-
able TO Grown" down the secret societies and the /
overt pil!ase ofarsenils. And we, who cannot keep
our own qulsi-mitlry troops IN oIder-who can. |
not oJse the officer TO respect the royal Commits !
sion which he holds, EDG who have our public ills i
prosiituted 10 the vaglTies OF band Of kidnappers
laugh al President Tyler for the weakness of his |
Government The British Government has not, so !
lar as we know, even endea7Orcd, like Mr. Tyler
to control the plralicll aN!essness Of its own sub
jscts by admonilion and warning. The Caroline
fair itself arose out ola violation of territory; and
we have suffered time To creep on without warning
the aggressOrs Of The consequences of their acts
unit! another case has arisen. IL were we'll at
least It the Governor of Canada initiated President
Tyler's declaration of the law. At peace and uni.
tea IN the common object Of REFRESHING outrage on
Whatever side, the two gToIt countries might crush
the hat barbarZ.d rUffilns who under the cover Of
e1ch, brave the Other; but while futile
jealouses and puucIilIos give 10 the two Govern
mcn;s the sem5lanrc OF hostility, II remlins IN the |
power Of a few backwoodsmen and borderers to .
plunge Two empires into unwelcoms contest, |
" hch must double the burI rs Of the British tax
payer and saddle the AmaGcin citizen with much /
dreaded national dco., say nothing Of private |
ruin and misery"