New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-03

We published the proclamation of Queen Vic
toria the other day, in which she spoke of Lincons
Government as the United States, and President
Davis Government as the Confederate States, and
warned all subjects of the British Crown solemnly
and strictly against giving assistance, in any mode
whatever, to either of the contending parties
This phrase is repeated three or four times in the
proclamation: and this repetition, which treats
the Confederate States as the war equals of the
United States, has thrown all Aboltiondom into
spasms of rage, fury and mortal dread.
All the Abolition journals comment upon this
important manifesto severely, and many Of them
in the most scurrious language. It is stigmatized
as insulting, uncaled-for and outrageous, and
England is threatened with war if Her Majesty s
Government presumes to recognize the existence
of the Southern ConfederaGy The New York
papers threaten England and English commerce
with immediate, everlasting war, eternal hate and
letters Of marQce and reprisal if that Government
does not stultfy itself by affecting ignorance of a
great fact patent to all Christendom. The Cncin-
matt Gazette-a prominent Western Abolition or.
San--thus refers to it: 1.-THE question naturally
arises what is this proclamation for? 1t proclains
nothing in regard to British subjects which they did
not know before. 1t withdraws no protection that
any of them would be entitled to without this pro-
canation. Certainly there was no call for it. Il
appears Ike an Qticious anGiety 10 recognize The
ScceSSionists as a beRigeeW polcer, and in That re-
spect as a Government
Well, that is exactly what the proclamation
means, although for the life of us, we cannot see
anything oficious" about it. Lord John Rus
sell in Parliament speaking for the Queens Gov.
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issued, stated that the law officers of the Crown
had been consulted, and that Just principles J"
seemed to require that the Southern Confcderacy
should be regarded 81 as belligerent"
The Chicago Tribune-the most influential organ
of President Lincoln in all the West-in its issue
of the 18th ult, not only attacks the British Gov
eminent with intense bitterness but is grossly in
suting to the good, pure and illustrous lady, who
is universally respected and loved throughout the
civilized earth for her exalted virtues and the
gentle, wise and benign sway, she has exercised
over British realms for so many happy and prosper
Gus years to her people. The Tribune styles it ga
precious document, :" and says that q it amounts
virtually to a recognition of the Confederate States
as war-making power" That is fact. On that
point the Queens proclamation is sufficiently ex-
plicit. Then the Tribune proceeds to say that the
oepoys of India were doing meritorious work in
toruring and numbering English matrons,
naidens and children, when q compared with the
7normity Of the offences Of which our American
rebels are guilty" We recollect those Sepoy hor
rors, and we'll remember the shudder that went
over Christendom as they were recaptuated.
The great heart of England was stirred to its
nmost depths, and moan of sorrow, and scream
or vengeance went out of the mouths of English
men all over the EARTH Ample vengeance, we
loubt not, was taken on the Sepoy fiends; and
or every lock of hair on a murdered English
Voman's head, a hecatomb of Sepoys furnished a |
artial atonement. Yet the sepoys of India did not
ct more atrociously to English women and child |
en- than the Abolitionists of the North propose to
ct towards Southern women and children. when
1ey get them in their power! Shortly after the
ews of the Sepoy rebellion reached England, and
le horrd atrocities committed by them were
lade public, some pbilanthropist talked about
tercy in connection with them. This brought forth
poem, published in the London Times, in which
lie following verse appeared. 1t is quoted from