Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-31
THE MASON sLIDBLL APFAIR.
Opinions OF The French Press.
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Opinions OF the French Press.
From tbs Opinion Rationale
Ii the Freneh fag bad received such an insult
the whole country would have risen as one man 70
demand striking satisfaction.
From he ooerer da HaYrs.f ~ FL
I Un5eF our local head vflll bs found the ciroum-
stantaI details 0f that sudsoiOUs violation Of the
rights of nations, against which the English officers
/ protested with energy, while the Queens Covers
/ ment is taking eicasi0us measures 20 aveuge-tEs
| outraged honor of the British flag. -.-.. .--
/ What will Lord John Russell and Lord Palmers
( ton d5-they who are Ordinsrily 20 t5Uchy con
corning the rights AMI prerOgatYes, Cfsen 50 con
testab,e, Of England abroad. VIII they be content
with backing Up the protest q The officers Of the
Trent BY diplomatic notes to which ether notes viii
reply and which. n ter seveTsl months passes IN
the exchange OF dispatches, vii end il dIsavo val
of the act of the commander Of the San Jacinto?
II will be, If il should 50 occur 20 show herself
very aCcOumoda sting; and If tie inE lsDee OF Man
chester and Of Birmingham be sufficiently pOWeFful
to determine the glish Government TO accept such
q reperatl7n It must be matter Of rtJ1icIng for
the peace Of the world, because 10 will clearly
prove thst peace &c any price wdl hereafter be sn
integral part OF the political progFAmms Of the
Enqllsh Government.
Ia regard to The American GoEernnent, which
cannot acquit itself of the responsibility Of the act
committed BY the commander of the San JacintC.
because this vessel cruising at but short DIS
have recsiYed recent and formal instrucIions-We
admire ia boldness, and if it succeeds it viii be
new confirmation Of The Latin maxim ClttgCss for
tina juUG,. Regarded rom the point OF view Of
the right Of nations the act Of the Sah JseintO ia
altogeTheF urjust3sble Ig Is. in TACT, admitted by
the United States themselves that 10 time Of war
the neutral flag covers the goods. even the goods
belonging 70 beliigereuts provided they be cen
traband Of war. Now the Trent carried the Egg
lish flag it was notorious thEt she did not carry
IF and arrrfur
from havana, q neutral port bound TO St Thomas, 7
another neutral port she could not in plain justice
have been the object Of search on the part Of th3
American cruisers-, ..
On what ground, then, 6oes the commarder OF 4
the San Jacinte- until this set is dfsavcTed. /
represents the Federal G0Ternmsnt--susrlia his
act Of boarding the Trent, under the hriHg OF eau
non, and taking on some of her passengers 0y |
force Ga the sUppOsitioa tAlt among the passen
gers there were two Confederate s-nO ass1Cors on /
thair way to Europe Bus Is no International law I
interdiots mail steamer from carry passengers
be they or be they not called ambassadors me sub
tie Yankee commander declares that be considered
these ambassadors contraband o. war, and as such K
he arrested them What prGdigious logic The
wolf seeking for q quarrel with the lamb who .
troubled the water Of the sresnlst twenty feet be-
low His Majesty was bat novice % the ConmEn-
der Of the San JseintO. But as he also hsd az his
service the strongest argument tie right remained
with him for the time being.
We say for the hHe beng because We CO.
comprehend haW England can pockst - 49, ~,
suit with0u sns1kng cutie pro,esti1l IN fsor Of
me- - n ssa'I canROt Go so. She must under the
LILY Of being cast from the high posiccn which
she occupies In the world take up the matter wish
high hazd and do Justice to herself This is for
her entirely personal matter On which she has
not to consult her allies and her friends the duty
o. avengiug her outraged honor concerns herself
only, and il the Federal Government hear this OK
travsgaat act, should find that It has pEecipitated
a. -, ,e,T-r~s ~ frs1I
South By England, it viii have no one but itself to
blame.
As regards France, personally disintsrested in
this p!icatiOn, she wall not seek to NEEDLE with
it. but viii patiently aWRiG solution which the IN
eldent Of the Trent Tsy perhaps have the elect Of
prssiPitzting. .....--
The relations Of England and the United States
threaten to assume q character OF great gravity
Thev had become very c1l3 since the badly advised
which Lord Lyons believed it to
be his duty TO address to tho Cabinet az Washing
ton on tha subject Of process whose solution be-
longed solely 20 the courts Of justice. They have
nDN become complicated By en act which cannot
tail to cause tbs moat energehe reclamahons, and
in which all TIE wrong Is on the side OF the Amer
iclnB- rs 49,. ,,,.,,,
sezes5 ~ Icontrab aRd Of war could only be sd-
mated IF tia snveVs of the South wished 70 make
use Of the Trent to induce arms or ammunition into
America; but they were on the contrary, leaving
America for Europe, and there were no arms Oh
board the steamer. The emmissaries or agent Of
government have never bean regarded as ''conyra
bard Of war; consequently there has b en- nan
fest violation of the English fag, and it Is 70 be
feared that it was ordered by the Cabinet at Wash
ipgton in it's desire to seiza, At al risks the dis
matches Of which the ENJOYS Of the Soutn were
inc bearers. .Undsr sey circumstances the British
Government cannot dispense with exactiDg as q re-
narration the dismissal OF the officers Of the San "
Jacinto the liberation Of the passengers takenfron
tbe Trent ard an Indemnify for them. &
Will lha Cabinet Of Washington. be ao'e % In-As
all these in faca Of the stare Of lFrltalou n "ltsA
.bs prras OF the Nor.6 Keeps the population agaIas
TsoigDd7 Ieis.therefore 20 befeared that c0mph
- ions Of The mast serious nature msy rise be-
wen Z 'gand nnt the United States and We PER
fsclV urverstsnd The impression the news prooueea
on The Londou Stock Exchange, Reinforeeusnss
for Cana5s were aleeady in formation, and shey !
have been ordered By the English Government y 4
sail forth WITH
-Ercm tha PRS Pfys, 6ev.25
We Yesterday received the most serious insellIs
eeuce A Confederate vssseE0 OF war, the Na hYllle,
entered alter having sacked and burnt
ut tbe very nsses of E9gland, merchant brig car
ryinv the Federal Flag and the British Government
in allowing her 20 be armed and repaired 10 one Of
ller ports see ned On the eve Of breaking through
her neutrality. l.sti
In view Of fact Of such nature We abstain
all Comment and awaited new details betoEe