The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-30

DOUluENN FhEDO.
WASHINGTON CITY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1851.
~ We Insert to-day the commencement Of
. very luminous article, which appeared in the
SoaiAsvn Qssrfsriy Rssis,v. : We shall make
copaous extracts from It ia future. aud commend
1t TO the ssrious consideration Of all our resders
~ We have given two editorials from the
New York Commercial Advertiser, touching the
pending controversy between the British. gov
eminent and the State Of South Carolina. That
magnanimous exponent Of Northern sentimeut
Adnonishes Mr. WEBSTER to pursue the policy
adopted by Mr.. WHKLE. in the Pickwick papers,
who, when general fight commenced. yalorous-
" singled out small boy to Tighten with his
pugilistic manmuvres. England must be pro-
Piistad by stultifyiDg the previous action ofth
Government, and negotiations be opened for the
purpose Of turning the attention of the Fed
sral Government TO South Carolina, and enforc-
sssk VOCutoksNO Vu 1tp1 P1Ab w VIC IVACCnoAVuS
which may be made by the Secretary Of State.
Then, says the Commercial, Aif there be any
serious trouble, it will be with our own rsfrac-
tory lille sister ~ That's one programme. We
give another--which looks ina totally different
direction from the New York Globe. The
opening remarks quoted from the Courier and
Enquirer, prove that the CALLED jade wincss
there, in consequence of tho recognition Of sop
srate State sovereignty by Great Britain--a
doctrine disagreeable to the personal friend of
Senator Seward. The Courier has a long cdr
torial on the subject, from which we extract the
following passage, in addition to tat given in
the Clubs editorial. These are sufficient to
show its tone and temper Speaking Of the
correspondence between Consul MATTHEW and
Gov MEANS, and referring to the former, it says
she has committed the objectionable offence !;
and any course short of the Withdrawing of his
Erequatur, will, In our Judgment be the gravest
species Of outrage upon the Constitution by the
General Government, and merit the severest re-
Duke from the people, az loaning itself to seces-
sion, treason, and dfsunion. This is a question
which at once brings the value Of secession to q
test. If this correspondence is TO be over
looked, then, 80 far AZ Mr.. Fillmore and his ad-
ministIati0n are concerned, secession is con-
stitutional remedy--our Union is dissolved
and England has right to hold diplomatic in
tercourse with South Carolina as an Independent
sovereignty--a sovereign nation--a separate
government de facto-and may, at any moment
recognize her independence, and enter into trca-
ties with her."
So it will be seen that these sapient doctors
of the Commercial and Courier, though agree
ing rs to the dilemma, do not agree as to the
mode of exthcation from it. The one is pacific.
the other martini in its views-both perplexed
in the extreme"
The.sight of their foundering is very anus
iag-and the Globe comes in rs u tertium qaid,
as follows. It will be seen that it is not as anx-
ious to enlist the services of "Her Majesty" in
the entente cordiale with Mr.. FILLMORE, for
gradual emancipation, as the senior Senator
from Kentucky.
BRIT1sH AB0LITIONIsrs AND FOREIGN INTER-
rERENcE.-The Courier and Enquirer very
properly calls attention to the insult perpetrated
BY the British Consul Mathew, in addressing the
Governor of South Carolina on the subject of
the laws of that State in relation to colored sea.
men. Thatpaper says:
"What right has Great Britain to entertain
or express such respect or consideration for any
particular member of our confederacy! We are
known to her only through our General Gov
eminent Her Minister and Consuls come ac-
credited only it; and when they presume to
address themselves to any one of the States in
the manner which Mr. Consul Mathew has
done they give far greater cause for offence
than Genet did when he was so promptly Invested
of his authority by Washington"
The Evening Post of yesterday publishes the
letter Of the Secretary Of the Anti-Slavery So
ciety Of London to Lord Palmerston on the same
subject, and his lordship's reply He says "the
subject has attracted and will continue to en-
gage the attention of her Majesty's Govern
ment."
It was but short time ago that his lordship,
being Intercepted in Pertinent on this subject,
intimatsd pretty distinctly that nothing was to
be expected from British interference in rela
ton thereto. Boston and New York have re-
PEELED from their ports British pauper subjects,
and it remains to be seen under what coDstruc-
tion Of national engagements, British abolitonist
can force into Southern ports their emissaries,
in the disguise of colored seamen, to foment
instruction.
The highest judicial authority under our Gsv-
eminent has pronounced in favor of the South
ern police laws in relation to this question---an
authority often quoted In Westminster with re-
spect. There can be no doubt that the aboli-
ton fanaticism which has SO long ragged in the
United States is of British origin, and is still
stimulated by British interference and British
gold. We apprchend that the wiley Pamerston
bo1