The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-28
England. ireland and France.


keeping up quite an excitement about the
Trent affair and the capture of her precious
freight, Mason aud Slidell, and the British
lion is uttering fierce grewls, through his poll
tica minions who do not appear to know the
long established doctrine Of John Bull, upon
the right of visitation of neutral ships in time
of war, as we'll as in times of peace, and taking
therefrom, subjects of the realm and, in war
to capture therefrom, dispatches and messen-
gers of either beigerent, and, that, if such
material be found on board, that it works a
forfeiture Of the neutral vessel. While specu>
latiois are INDUCED in very freely. by the Sc
cession organs of the State, as to the probable
assistance a war with England would be to
the rebel cause, wall of suffering comes across
the water from Erin's Green Isle, intermingled
with unmistakable expressions of appreciation
of the Union cause in America. Let old Eng
land look to the alienation of her millions of
suffering subjects before she looks abroad for a
pretext to embroil herself in cause, where
she has proclaimed neutrality TO the world, but
has evinced, on many an occasion. her insin-
cerity to her declaration, aud now seeks,
through those who do not fight her battles, to
openly make the rupture they most desire
But the people of England and Ireland are not
to be misled in this attempt to throw off a de-
clared neutrality by the merest pretext in the
world, and one, too, that those people under
stand to be the law of their land namely: the
right to take the subjects of the realm wherev-
er to be found. They know, too, that England
has not recognized the Southern Confederacy,
that she pretends, at least, to look upon it as
rebellion against Government which she does
recognize, and with which she is in treaty of
peace, amity and commerce. They know, too,
that, under such a state of facts Mason and
Sldel can be considered in no other light than
as citizens of the United States, in rebellion
against their legitimate Government. They
know, too, that England has recognized the
rebels as belligerents, and as between them
and their Government she, through her head,
the Queen, has proclaimed a strict neutrality !;
and before much of war is contemplated Sc
riously, they will learn from the world wide de-
cisions of Sir William Scott, upon the very
pretext here sought by the agtators, presented
to them by competent and enlightened men,
who believe in maintaining the nations honor
and integrity, by adhering to the established
trim oft ba e., ;oI, cbo h.,
already, once been at war with our Govern
ment, and has never yet yielded her claim to
the right.
The Irish people, whenever in tribulation,
look to America for assistance, as soon, if not
sooner, than to the mother Government, and
the reason is obvious; she gets from America
all she can get from England, and it comes to
her with sympathy unknown to her protector,
and which they will ever appreciate, and on
all suitable occasions like the present. will re-
turn ten-fold. Ireland will never war with the
Government of the United States of America
Even now, in our troubles, she sends US God
speed in our righteous cause, and forgets her
own aff1lctlonS and even under our own trou
bles, we have an abundance to spare to her
suffering people, and the means, no doubt, will
be taken to get it to them. Every true son of
America will say-help Ireland in her distress
France, it is said will take no part in any
attempt on the part of England, to stir up
strife between us. She too, like unfortunate
Ireland, when her crops fail and her people feel
the cravings of hunger, turns to America to
supply her with bread and other necessaries of
life. We cannot believe that she will play the
migrate, when her honor and glory are so inter-
woven with the history of our country and her
welfare is to be jeopardized by an unholy al
lance with power that seeks troubles with
us upon so speciouS pretext.