Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, lsoi,

Britain causes great exultalIon among tue
rahels This we might have been sure OF
without any report on the subject. Should
Fngland make war upon us, it would give
them immediate relief, by opening their ports'
bringing them supplies, and giving them the
reinforcement Of the most powerful navy IN
the world. OF course they eXult at the pros
nect of such assistance. And il is noticed that
,be prospect of a war with England AFFORDS
great satisfaction to those in the loyal states
who svn,pathize with the rebels. 1t serves as
good test by which to discover and draw out
such people Mr.. Yallandighanl, in congress,
whose position and political affiliations are Uni
versally understood and appreciated, sought at
once to have congress put forth defiance OF
England which would make peaceful settle
ment Of the question impossible. lie was qul-
etly baffled by the house. which laid his prop
osition on the table. But his purpose was
plain enough, No honest patriot would have
proposed such a measure. Something OF the
same disposition came out in the intlammatory
speech of Mr.. Cox OF Ohio.
Itis not easy to realize fully that there are
men in the loyal states, occupying influential
positions, who would gladly see the govern
ment DESTROYED and the country ruined, III or
der to aid q reasonable conspiracy OF their
old political associates, and produce condi-
tion of affairs from which they might in some
unknown way reap advantage. Some of these
men would undoubtedly be willing to over
throw the government, destroy the consttG-
tion and install jeff Davis as Dictator for life,
III the hope of securing political prominence
under him. Men long accustomed to be un-
scrupulous in their means of securing political
power are prepared to act in this case without
principle or scruple of any kind The won
der is that so few men are found with such
reasonable sympathies, and that the great
mass OF the people in the northern states have
been found so loyal and so incapable of aiding
the rebellion. Ii has surprised the conspira-
tors themselves, beyond measure. for they be-
lieved that half OF our people, at least, were
political soldiers of fortune, ready to follow
them in any enterprise they might undertake
Such men as Mr.. Valandigham might have
prevented this REBEL on by denounciDg ii IN
advance and menacing the traitors with deadly
opposition. BY "such men as Mr.. Vallandlg-
ham," we mean prominent men all over the
north whose political association with the
southern politicians who became conspirators
and traitors, put it in their power TO do this
work. Instead of pursuing course which
would have arrested the progress Of treason
at the outset, many of them were silent or
Indifferent, while Others encouraged the trail
tors by word aud deed. jeff. Davis never in
his lite, probably, felt surer OF anything yet in
the future than of returning 10 Washington
as the head of RECONSTRUCTED government.
Secession did not at first mean diSunion with
the majority of those who engaged in 1t. 1t
meant revolution, to be effected by a conspir-
acy of politicians, which would annihilate
the power of vulgar majorities, sup
press the inconvenience to certain men
of too much freedom, and give the gen
tlemen' of the south permanent monopoly of
political power New York city, they believ'
ed, would come as strongly to the support OF
this conspiracy as South Carolina, and all
over the north, as many would be found TO
fight for them as for the government. Many
OF their northern political associates told them
so, and they felt as sure of success as of ex-
istence.
There is pending in the senate a resolution
to expel Mr. Bright OF Indiana. lie richly
deserves it; and if the house should expel
Vallandigham and all others like him, no
harm would be done. After jeff. Davis be
came president of the confederate states,'
Mr.. Bright sought 10 serve him by recon-
mending TO him the inventor of a very effect
i've gun, and seems to have kept up friendly
correspondence. Who can suppose that this
Indiana senator ever cherished thought o
undertaking in serious earnest to prevent the
outbreak OF rebellion. He was in earnest
against Coercion" by which was meant the
presidents call for troops to defend Washing
ton and all his measures 10 hold the capital
and save the country MIR. Vallandigham,
too, protested against coercion, and became
as musical on the subject as a barking dog.
But there is no record or mention OF anything
done by either of them against the formation
of that conspiracy which so distracts the coun-
try. One of them has shown great eagerness
for war with England, which would be a
very great calamity to the cause Of the Union
at the present time, and we suppose that they
and all others like them have in common thi;
desire to bring on a calamitous war. Loya
men should see in this an additional reason
why war with England should be prevented
if possible. If it should become impossible tc
avoid such war honorably, it will be early
enough and bad enough to accept it when it Is
clearly inevitable.