The New York herald., 1861-12-20

cial murder Of prisoner of war has left q
damning and inefaceable stain ON the memory
Of the only great General America ever pro-
duced. Mr.. Lincoln has already parodied the
seizure of the Duo D'Enghien; does he intend
to make precedent of the dastardly assassina-
tion of Andre? Such an atrocity as that ap-
parently meditated by the government Of the
Northern States would be ftly punished
by the joint Intervention of the civil
lied Powers to suppress that govern
ment altogether, as scourge to man
kind and disgrace to civilization" The Lon.
don Sunday Times, the organ of the fancy mon
and bruisers, follows up the compliment in this
tremendously energetic styles" Capt. Wilkes
Is, unfortunately, but too faithful type Of the
people in whose foul mission he is engaged
He is an ideal Yankee. Swagger and ferocity
built up on foundation Of vulgarity and COW.
ardice-these are his characteristics; and these
| are the most prominent marks by which his
countrymen, generally speaking, are known all
over the world. To bully the weak; to
triumph over the helpless; to trample on every
law Of courtesy and custom; wilfally to violate
all the more sacred instincts of human nature
to defy as long as danger does not
appear; and as soon as real peril shows
itself to sneak aside or run away-these
are the virtues Of the race which presumes to
announce itself as the leader Of civilization and
| the prophet of human progress in these latter
| days. BY Captain Wilkes let the Yankee breed
| be judged"
| Per contra we are told that the Young Ire
| land party have been thrown into Mysteries OF
| joy at the prospect Of war between England
] and America The Nation says the capture Of
| the commissioners on board British steamer
was an act worthy of the spirit, daring and
| dash Of the Americans. 1t was one to make
Irish hearts jump with JOY. "The news" con
tinues the same organ, ''has created wild excite
ment in Dublin" and it will awaken similar
feelings and sensations throughout the whole
country
| The continental press is much divided in
| opinion on the difficulty between the two coun
tries. It's language however, when opposed to
us, is at least decent. OF the Paris journals the
Debats is best affected towards the North
held since the outset Of tho controversy
1T is generally admitted that neutrals ought no
| to mix either directly or indirectly in war ope
| rations; that they expose themselves to Lawful
seizure when they carry for either Of the belli
gerents contraband Of war, troops, officers
known spies, or other agents belonging to th'
service of the armies. As the Trent is but
merchant vessel, and as it was not sufficient,
removed from the American coast to escape al
suspicion, the federal cruiser had the right t,
stop it, and to examine what was on board
| The whole discussion between President Lin
coin and England win turn upon the real cha
racter which must be attributed to Messrs Ma
| son and Siidell."
The Gazette de Florence expresses itself il
terms of cordial sympathy with us. "a rup
ture between England and America" it says
"could not but be hailed with Joy by absolnt
ism, and civilization would suffer thereby !
would be desirable that those Powers best dis
Immediately interpose their good Offices, with
out giving the irascible self-love of those ma
tions time for over excitement"
1t will be seen by the above, that whilst tn
English press has entirely lost control Of il
temper and sense of justice over question 0
which it is not pretended that we have not som
shadow of right, the continental Journals rt
garding it from dispassionate point Of view
side with us wherever the influence Of authorit
has not been interposed to bias their opinions
We're time left for q calm discussion of the iss,l
involved in this controversy, we have no dont
that reflection would soon bring to The COZ
sciences of English writers a feeling of regre
and remorse for the nnjustiiable tone whic
they have adopted towards us.