Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-26


Brooks, which left Liverpool on the 4th inst.,
and Queenstown on the 9th inst, arrived here
early yesterday morning, bringing passengers
snd specie.
SMITH o'BRIEN ON War WITH ENaLAND-THE
PERFIDY OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE
UNITED STATES, AND THE DUTY OF IR1sHMEN.
tFrom the Dublin Freeman, December 81
In letter addressed by Mr.. William Smith
0'Brien TO Mr.. Seward, Secretary Of State Of
the United States, we find the following al"
lusiOns to recent events: By the recent seizure
Of the Confederate Commissioners on board Of
n British mail steamer, the Government Of Mr..
Lincoln has incurred fearful responsibility.
take for granted that this act will not be disa-
vowed. / take for granted thatit was intended as
a deliberate afffontt to the English nation. L take
for granted that it was designed as a bold and
defiant answer to the insolence which has been
directed against the American nation by every
organ of British opinion ever since the civil
war broke out in the United States. However
this may be, II is assuIedly an act which is
fraught with consequences that may hereafter
become most disastrous to both parties who are
now contendiDg with each other. Unless En-
gland consent to foregO all claims to manhood
or national honor, she must resent this seizure,
ard, If the South be disposed to aeoept her co
operation, the successors of Washington must
be prepared to encounter hazards more danger
Gus than have ever menaced the Western Re
public. United, the States of America might
.defy the world, but while they ATE divided the
interposision Of q powerful afbiter must rule
their destiniss.
The navy Of Eogland, Issuing from the ports
of Halifax, St. Johns, Bermuda and Of the
West Indies, and co. operating with q land
force which appears TO be little short Of half q
million of men, will not only raise the block
ade Of every Southern port, but will sweep the
American coast from New Brunswick to the
Potomac, burning every town and city which
lies within reach of the formidable projectiles
of modern artillery, aud capturing every com
mercial vessel that may venture to quit tue
protection of Federal fortress As for Canada,
the modern statesmen Of England care little
whether it call itself British or American; but
if an attempt be made by the Feoera Stsces 90
force the Canadians into an incorpors ion with
the Northern section Of the republic, they will
simply bring upon themselves an additional
foe. They will be attacked on their northern
rs well as their SOU hern frontier, and, thu
oveTmatched, they will be compelled to yield to
the dictates OF necessity and submit to igno
miDious peace. This is the course Of events
which British opinion now antici pstss. Scarcely
a single EDglishman or Irish West Briton is
10 be found who did not rejoice when tue civil
var broke out in America, because the English
people have been made to feel that tho Unit Ted
States were becoming power with whose as
tendency they would soon be unable to cope
For the same reason am convinced ths
they would now rejoice to obtain an opportuu'
ity Of destroying the Northern section of tht
republic by forming an alliance With the South
ern. They would thus acquire, without i'm
psdiment, the cotton and other raw materials
with which the Southern States have been nc.
customed to supply them, whilst they would
extiDguish the political and commercial great
ness Of formidable rival. In view of tnsse
-. l. Il l. A. L.. L. O.
and Stripes" and to humble yourself to Eng
land2 By 10 means; but earnestly entrea
you to renew relations of amity, if not Of af
fsction, with those who are your natural friends
who ought to be your brothers 10 affection
as they ere your brothers by the relation
Of kindred. Answer the British demands il
the lsngusge of diplomacy. Quote authorities
and pIecedents to show that you are justified
by the law of nations, and specially by the ex
ample of England, in the seizure of these com
missioners. Such discussions will give yOu
time for deliberation and for preparation; bu
lose not an hour in hberating the commission
ers. Send them to the Confederate headquar.
ters, and tell them to return TO Washington O.
plenipoteDtiaries duly authorized to treat re
spectipg the terms of an immediate suspension
of arms, and respecting an early sdjustmsnt o
the questions at issue between the Northern
and Southern States.
If this be the language of common sense, dc
-
not despise it because it comes from au island
which has for ages been the victim of msgoV
erpment. 1 believe that the language which
now hold bespeaks the sentiments of large
majority Of my fellow counrymen; and there
Sc not among the nations of the earth people who
entertain tOtoard the United States of America so
much objection os Is felt By the Irish. They haze
not forgotten hot they ioere receiDed and fostered
By the americans at time tOhen they loere driven
from their homes By Engish misgopsrnment, and
11hen their death, prescription and eriLe i1ere
Aoi'ed By England i1ih shout of ecultation,
1Ohich t0os no confined to theprJudiced masses for
Ichom t0ere 10, iten the memorable toords, "The
Cells ar gone. Thank God, the Cells are gone
gone toith vengeance" They are even still re-
minded that this exultstion was shared, and is
shared, by tie leading statesmen of England-
by ministers and viceroys, who are still in the
habit Of finding in every deorea;e of the popu-
Iation Of Ireland q suhjec. of congratulstion,
If you make peace with the South, there will
be NO war with England. Some convenient
and plausible pretext will be discovered for
foIbt aripg to resent the affront which has
been offered to the British flag.
England would not hesitsteto assail you, as
she assailed the Chinese, if you we're unable to
defend yourselves; but when she shall find that
the shores of America are to be protected by a
million of armed men, who have profi!ed bJ
the experience of at least one campEign-when
she EhBll md that every harDof aud every rlVel
from the frontier Of Maine to the extremity o.
Texas is about to send out privateeTs which vii
intercept, even in Australia, the golden laden
vessels of Epgland-when she recOllects that i
she places a regiment on the borders Of Cana
da, q large portion of that force will desert Il
the United States when she reflects that
she goes to war with united America she vii
be, met by tao hundred thousand Irish soldiers
who pant for an opportunity Of avenging th
wrongs Of their race-When she is c0nsciou
that I've millions of IrisbmsD, inhabiting a
Island which lies by her side, will sympathiz
with America rather than with England il
Fuch a struggle - when she fOrebOdss WitI
gloomy forecast, that the glory of Eoglant
will forever pass away, and become matter o
history, if ever France and America unite il
hostility To her-Shen she knows that the rule
of France is watching, like an eagle, for a
opportunity to pouDce upon his prey, and tina
France will be supported by the sympathy {
Spain, and the gratitude Of Italy, she will B
slow to encounter these hazards, even in de
fsnse of the flag that "has brayed thousan
years the battle and the breeze"
USosTENTATIoUs MER.-0ne of the most IN
Ostentatious men in Washington (says q cene
spoDdent) is the President of the Senate. Nj
Hamlin has comparatively quiet quarters at tn
Washington House-a very respectable bu
not fashionable house. He dresses as plainl
as New England farmer bis coat is Of ooars
cloth, made by no eminent hand; but all con
cede him marked ability and resolution An
determination Of high order. The next plain
eat man of rank Is General George B, McCIel