Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-02-07

General Pierce and his Government succeed in re,su,in
the citizens in tire Union that they had avoided just set
ue~n by dstory pleas and eyzsive answers they will
sponshle Tor corruptng far the morals Of the Union
In sense. simple engthenirg OF in order
to leave question to the arbsmcnt OF time. the de-
cav OF rtSht and the maturity ut wrong itself
atty, and We trust that shall be found folo~ing
tue example before US. or sanetonng such policy in
own statesmen.
States the President concludes his version of the story
with the statement that he had presented our
Government in order secure only cessation Of the
wrong, hut its rcparaon and that the subject ia still
der discussion Ills denied that the wrong has ceased
and It can hardly even b. maintained that consume
ted nv the chcctia enlistment vt single individual
the British service. The President indeed alleges that
the attempt obstnatcly and systematically continued
even sitter the official remonstrance against H. but that
could only arise from the inpossibty stopping at
once number of distant and independent proceedings
carried on without quite much and plan As
thought loweverth the whole affair stopped before
a. W. have observed mischief douc aud what is
more r"l'araton was made reparaton that would bc
thodght ten times than sufficient hy the dcuh,d
courts OF the olc0 world On the side of the Atlantic
when mistake has boon made apology il offered and
"a REJECT that apology. aud demand fame compen-
saton tor = supposed wrong. always down the
sensitive jealousy OF the who has his CARA AMI
position still to make. In fact readiness accept
apology here thought quite much the mark of gen.
enan, nav, morc s", than quckncss Of in
dignity. Every fellow has the lat cr il i only the
gentleman wo has the former We sure that their,
- not a society of g'ncmruin Europe who would not
think sufficient rcparstion done in this instance when
pshme't aud its impoprieiy admitted What Pres
dcnt Pierce rcqup's he does H. his Message but
As the direct bearing OF the United States law thu
pon admitted and there is no chance OF British
enlistment Icing again attempted in the Union any
further cpSraton demanded by the United States Gov
eminent must be something than the vndca,on OF
his honor respect neutrality. and obedience it, laws
IL Is matter which conceive the British Govern
ment will be guided 10y precedent. Ii will deal with the
United states would with France other Euro
pcan ccnrt and IT, Notwithstanding the United States
should demand more, the people this country will not
submit 10 und served ani gratuitous humiliation
The Message Is written with simplicity and clcarncss
and by no means lengthy aud dIuse some OF it,
predecessors Indeed il looks il the President had
found himself At end than he expected and had
been reduced to append two long discussions the
,tutoni theory of governments and the constitutional
relation 1T slavery in order make up bulk to the taste
ct his readers. We shall enter. for the present
into these any other topics of the Message We have
only To assure the Americans that the people this
Try read these documents with interest only second o
that with which they read important Ministerial state.
ment in their Legislature. They are all rrjoccd 10
see the sudden prosperity and immense Development of
country which they feel have come out OF themselves
II i NO pleasure to them lind documents atterins
To their national pride married by the Introduction OF
petty squabbc+, the matter and very existence ot which
are new To most British readers. They have no wish
that honor should be lost between the two States and
will not be their fault lift l.