Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-07-02
ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND row ARDS THE
UNITED STATES.

The London Post Uhe organ OF the British
tiovernment has the following editorial
The Intelligence brought from America by the.
last mail bears complexion so perplcXed and
confused as, almost to DEFY explanation and
commentary. We know as fact that the
North and the South have large armies in the
field, and infer from existing circumstances
that a natural and cXcusable desire TO avoid
the inevitable and deSoiating evils of civil war
has, up TO the present time, kept the two con-
tending parties completely 1T bay.
Thc British Government w!ll not permit
American men-ot-war OF privateers to bring
their captures INTO British ports The govern
ncnt of his Majesty, the Emperor Of the
French acting under cid ordinance of 1851,
is prepared to eiitorce the sauIe prohibitIons
and therefore 10th countries unanimous
in their determination TO give practical effect
TO the declaration annexed to the treaty OF
Paris, that 'privateorinT Is and rcnainS abol-
iShed.' Mr. Lincoln processes his Intention
to adhere to the same declaration but how he
can without the assistance of pFiyatecfS main
! tain a blockade from the Chesapeake Bay 10
the Rio Graudc ,lel 1orte 's matter which
! must appear more than ever doubtful. But ii
we revert to the question oiintcrtercnce, which
! the New ork pap-ra and MeS5rS. tasslHs NJ.
Clay and RuFhnganc {" Incorrectly assert IL
about t. take place the pant OF England,
! We are naturally !1It % examine the American
doctrine witt. rcgatd to the recognition Of DC
! thcf0 government
! We all know matter OF history that the
/ Independence of the thirteen States was
| cured by the aid and assistance Of France If
! England and France should now apply precise
| " the same rule tc she Southern Corfedcra-
! ton the North would certainly have no right
! to complain. But these threats the part of
| 4 Government which has rebellion and civil
! war to qucl are utterly idle and turtle. 1t is
the policy Of this country to abstain from i'll
| reference, and if the declaration Of neutrality
! recently issued by the British Government is
msintcrprcted by the jealous irtitabiIity Of the
! Northern States, we III this country can afford
! TO laugh and despisc the folly of u Government
| which at such a time would strive to supplement
the hoIIcrs OF civil by the disasters OF foreign
! contest, Mr., Seward MAY think that the loss
of the mouth of the Mississippi may be cCnf
penSattd by the annexation Of Canada and the
! command Of tic ST. Lawrence,
We regret to see amongst the items Of neWS
! brought by the last mail, that Mr.. Liucoln has
! accepted the services of Canadian volunteer
regiment. During the Russian war, when the
svmpatllies OF the Cabinet at Washington were
all with the enemy of England and France, the
! enlistment of few wretched Germans within
! the territory Of the United States was consid-
! cred an offence so grave as to justify the
crencc OF all diplomatic relations between thIs
country and the United States So, in the
| present instance, if Mr.. Lincoln should carry
out the wrong headed policy expressed by Mr..
| Cassius NJ Clay and Mr.. Burlingame at Paris,
the same result of the cessation of diplomatic
! intercourse might again occur. But who would
! suffer? The SympathieS Of this country would
be alicnatcd from the North, the evils OF South
ern slavery would be forgotten, and any in
convenience to British commerce would speedi-
Iy be reincdicd by the presence of a British
fleet nhich would sweep every American armed
ship, whether cruiser or privatcer, from tho
seas. In the present condition of the Federal
l;overnniunt Spain can even afford to laugh
at the threats which Mr.. Lncoln is said to bayt,
uttered with respect 10 q, Domingo bnt that
the President or bis; satellites for the first
time embarkin!c in diplomacy, should cndeavoi
to insult and outrage England, is act of foil y
to which even the history of the United States
affords us no parallel,
We have hitherto been silent on the posi-
bilitv Of Lord Lyons being ordered to depaTi
as Lord Napier received notice to quit few
ycars ago. But if the Federal Govern 1len'
should provoke war, Canada, in spite Of the
few diacontentci who have volunteered for the
service Of foreign State, would remain stanncf
and true. She would not only maintain her
l own. but she would paralyzc the action Of the
North with regard to the Secession States. Mr.
: Seward, who at time stated that Canada
l ought hot to be intcrfcrcd with, because the
| time Of annexation would surely come, may
possibly imagine that by subsequently court
: ing the assistance Of France, the inllabitant!
OF the Lower Province may be seduced to dis
loyalty and insuyrectiou, He will find himsel
egregioilsly deceived for aS far observation
extends the Canadian people, without distine
r ton of race, are devoted to the British crown
, and it may be said that to their hands is nov
, destined to be transferred that balance of pow
{ er on the American contiIieut which both tn
= democratic North and the South have so will
fully and so ncedlessIy surrenderedto England
c and happy, contcntcd, prosperous and mon
e aIchical Canada.