Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-12-24

nag, to banlsh our ships from ports where
they are welcome. and. under Il code of
tieir own, TO arrest insult and maltreat
English citizens with total impunitv at
least, unless we regard a protest from
LORD Lyons, followed by no results, as
satisfaction TO our national honor We
shcu q prefer some energetic action on
the part OF Earl Russell as Foreign Min
lster CT treat Britain, representing the
poucy ami the Resolves of the entire Cab
met No one could imagine for an instant
that the British Government breads an cx-
PLANTATION with tie Northern feleracv. il.
spite OF the proposal of Its rowdy editors.
finish off the old country and the South
| together while tIey ere about it This
homhast Is of piece wiki the menace 10
hang every captured confederate as a re-,
81, rs II. t begin with, the United State,
have not tlourished on the fruits of rebel
hon, and As If onc-hulf of her citizens.
had a right 10 coerce the other upon false
pretences. For never was a preten,
more lying and cowardly than that this
insolent republic th.s bullying section of
nationality this vaporing mob. which
crowns its General Napoleon before he
has Won a victory. is contendin- for the
principle Of freedom. Woe 10 the colorsd
man who now treads the steps of New
\ ork. Woe to the black wretch who fan
cies that, after the battle has been fought.
and the conlederacy chained he nav e>-
cape Northward unpursued by the blood
hounds Of the Fugitive Slave law The
war is huge faction fight and the Norln
has taken every conceivable measure to
render the mutual animosity unappeasa-
bic. 1t Is for US, no djubt TO stand bv,
to watch, and to remain neutral But it
is no part of our duty to leafe our coun-
trymen unprotected, to permit insults, or
: l.ter our trade Ia be cat up and our in
dustry destroyed by Illegal acts AMI proc
lamations of n tenabc authority 4 ma
val armament on its way To Mexico. pcr-
haps might wait until an English cotton
fleet had passed in and out of the South.
crn waters, un Ter the united sanction Of
the French AMI British flrs Vt al
events, this broken blockade. the great ~;
racy Of the North, has become intoiera-
bic, aggressive and lawles- We urge no
rash or violent meddlin1; but it would be
warm relief to the public mini through
out the United Kingdom were the foreign
Secretary, through one mcdiUm or anoth
er, to o.ier some explanation OF tie policy
t. be pursued, IN tie III tcrestS Of the Ea-
! giiSh people. by the En- dish Government
! The winter Is upon Us, gloomy and threat
enlng; the workhou es are rapidly filling;
the coming Christmas will be black for
many; a political frost has prccclad tn
/ ice and snow of December There must
be sorrCw and tears - unhappiv. too.
crime and desperation in uncuuutcd
homes before this year has been runr out
+ Will the government. then, render what
help IT can To country compelled by an
uSurpation of maritime preT11ative. t.
share in the punishment of folly AMI
wIckedness not her own? BE it remeIu-
! bered that conf passion for the suffering
classes Is not the only sentiment that the
rich may experience during season Of
far spread misery
No thou"ht is more distant from us than
that of palllatin the outrages of exasper-
atel artizans; but we have facts to deal
them. and too often. morality is out of the
question. There Is a menace, we say. in
the atcalthy step Of this iovless winter
! That menace Is in the attitude Of the North
American fe leracy responsible for :, civil
war IN the New, ani an industrial col ansc
in the OH World Are there no means
of averting the evil, or Is our Foreign Min
lister, in his old aye, u stickIer and a skep-
tic2 1t is very certain that millions Of
En- rlishmen are reasoning on the sam
topic an | arriving at the same conclusions
They perceire at last that .U- LiHcoIa IS
per0r-thoueh why they should ever have
thought otherwise, knovinr the character
of Mr. Seward, passes all un ler>t:nIing