The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-26
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER o6

trIumphantly IN the rebellious territory, and til,
hope grows brighter that ere long it will be re
stored throughout its length and breadth, not b,
conquerors, but planted and upheld by the hand
: of willing subjects. Already we find North Caro-.
/, lima returning of hT ol1n accord into the Union
describing the authority Of the rebel leaders whC
have plunged her into this rebelliC us war against
her only lawful government; and throughout
that State as well as Virginia, the Union people
are beginning to make their voice heard, and are
preparing flags to hoist as soon US they find that
they will be supported by the government forces.
Even in South Carolina-which is the only
State that will probably continue to refuse to
return into the Union-even in South Carolina
the American flag now floats at Port Royal and
Beaufort, and will soon be flying again ut Forts
Moultrie and Sumpter. Says an exchange:
The lion of rebellion and high treason has been
bearded in his den, and his days are few and num-
bered. The flag in South Carolina is only the fore
shadowing of where else the flag is soon to unfurl its
stars and stripes-namely, over every arsenal. every
fort, mint, ~custom-house, maynard, which has been
stolen and is now kept by armed rebels, from the
nation. 1t flies in South Carolina to-day-and as
surely will it fly from Maine to the Rio Gaande, from
st. Paul 10 New Orleans, in less than one year from
the day it was torn from its place above the walls Of
Sumpter.
1.-The dispatches by telegraph for the last week,
have been full Of good tidings. The Union forces
have taken possession Of the Port Royal region and
opened the cotton trade for the benefit of all whom
it may concern, as well Us to the disaster of the ex-
pectations of rebels in relation 10 the interference Of
England.
"The strong arm Of the Government is beginning
to crush terribly. Where it falls, it deals destruc-
ton to the enemy where it may fall next is a matter
of sore dismay and dread. The sands of hope are
run, and the stately fabric of the new kingdom of
slavery, built so soon and upon the sands OF Carolina
will quickly fall, and in its ruins lie forever buried
buried past all resurrection, the demons Of Amer
ical secessIouIsm and treason. No where else have
we so longed to see the flag set up as in South
Carolina ; for once there, the doom of traitors is
sealed.
" The events Of the past week Auspiciously map
out the condition as well Us the prospects of tie
nation. A great victory in Kentucky has effectual-
ly redeemed that State from the grasp of JEFF. Davis.
Virginia is fast losing the prestige Of the seat of war.
Ii the Gulf States, in the exercise of their sovereign
ty. see fit to order home their respective regiments
in anticipation Of a visit from Federal fleets and
gunboats. Richmond will fall almost without resist
ance into the hands of Mcclellan. II the soldiers
cannot be spared from Virginia, so much easier will
be the work of Harvey and Others, of capturing the
strong places Of the Gulf. Maryland, by an i'm
mense majority of 80. 900, has indissolubly allied her
self to the Union. The coast of North Carolina is
in our hands. South Carolina sees the grand old
flag defying and conquering the dark hosts of trea-
son at the very citadel. We are not how so much
concerned about Charleston being visited with retri-
button il will come in its time. Nothing will so
iHumine the ongoing Of grand events as our banner
IN the Southern sky"
The arrest of Mason and Slidell, who were
appointed as ministers from the Southern Con-
federaey to England and France, liz a bold affair.
By reference to our foreign news column, on the
next page it will be seen, that the arrest was made
by Com. Wilkes, (who commanded the exploring
expedition in the South Pacific twenty years ago,)
who boarded the British Bermuda mail steamer
and demanded the rebel emissaries in che name of
the Government. Whatever may be the merits
OF the case, in an International point of view, it
was certainly n bold undertaking, and as u CO.
temporary remarks, 81 the only act ever done by
n Yankee, which none but an Englishman would
dare to do" And so it is, for had the case been
reversed, had the act been done by England, no
one would have questioned her right. for might
makes right. Let us, for example, reverse the
case, and suppose that Ireland was in rebellion
against her authority that during the rebellion,
some of the leaders of it, members of parliament,
escaped her blockade, and succeeded in
getting on board an American steamship bound
to New York. \ British ship of the line over
takes her, and demands the surrender of the
Does any doubt her right to inter-
and visit the vesssl, and if need be take the
fugitives from it by force? Not at all. The
that the United States would make it 4
rGsus GeH, or even of angry diplomatic cores
pondenee-such as Lord Lyons threatens-is
Right or no right, she would visit
and would take the rebels, and what is worse,
she would string them up instanter, without
even the form of a trial. .
So much for the Mason and Slidell affair, out =
Jf which alone war cannot be manufactured. Z
Yet we confess the war cloud does look big, but @
other causes contribute to this-principally the
trouble. IF England and Spain attempt O
TO foist a king on to Mexico, the American s
will undoubtedly interfere, and in /
the present state of feeling between them, an J
open rupture is an easy thing. One of our ex-
the n. Y. Independent, thinks that the b
English people are opposed to war with the '
United States, even should the English Govern :
nent force ii on. 1t says
why such an apprehension should be aroused on
10 slender q basis, is not difficult Of explanation. q"
The position assumed by the British Government 6
oward our own at the breaking out of the rebellion; c
he tone of the most influential Of the English press c
ince that period, displaying n spirit Of hostility
where We had most looked for friendly sympathy; and :
he ill-judged and undigni6ed resentment of a large r
,ortion Of our own journals, have aroused in this
ountry an anti-Anglican feeling akin 20 that which 3
1isted forty years ago. Natural as this feeling Is, O,
is nevertheless altogether unfortunate, and, to some
egree. unreasonable. IL is no unusual thing for the d
Government to adopt a policy that the people hi
o not approve, and in this case that which ii adopt
d in its haste it has probably repented of at its lei Z
that portion Of the English press which has
cen loudest in its avowal of hostility to the Federal
has long been VIGOROUSLY in the interest u
the slave power; and those American journals most Gu
rompt TO resent this want of English sympathy, are %,
which hitherto have been most devoted in their -
IIegiance TO Southern interests. and those also whose %
for that very reason, are least entitled TO + ;
lauence and direct Northern public opinion. On IN
lie other hand, there is good reason for believing sh
lat in the sober judgment of the better part Of the ~
nglish people, rs we know is the fact with the bet !"
II part Of the English press, the character Of the nc
ruggle going on in this country is thoroughly ap- II
and that they give to the North their br
'rdial sympathy and approval. With them as with =.
heciing men among ourselves who take counsel, not -
their resentments but Of their reason. a war be- W