The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-24
THE MAsON-sLIDELL Ayy.,.
COMMENTS OF TIE EUROPEAN mn,
THE OUTRAGE DENOUycrr
&c, &c kc

1na.Earopean files by the lara r MI.
1911 Liverpool On the 9TH Deremhar
been received at New York Tia -
tue i5th instant, copies copiousIv ~,
aign journals their editorial eor,ran,.
the outrage perpetrated upon thu H., "
ny inc Ihi~a States steam -lrigate San 7,
unto IN boarding the Royal mail s,.sr,..
"Ifeht," and taking forcloly IRON. 10, T.
our commissioners, m.ssrs Masau ana,
dell. The London Times, OF the .th FMS,
another strong article on the OUTRAGE
calls upon the Government to demand NJ.
and iaL repafation. We copy the follow,
from other Journals
"AAI AAE TRENCH FRkss THINE OF Ias or,
| kA'E.
| From the Peria Psts OF tie 9, LN,,l
We yesterday recei we'd the most .s,,,,'.,.
| telligen>e. II Confederate Vessel. of u,. -
| NASHVILLE, entered Southampton nfr.r ns,
| ing sacked and burnt, III the very ra,..
Ems land, merchant brig Carrying the F.a
| Ihi Nag, ana the BrluAh Government IN
/ lowing her 10 be armed and repaired M
| ner ports, seemed or the eve uf brs..Ll
| through her neutralily '-'
Ia view OF fact OF such Il nature VA
stained from ali comment, and awaited new
aff IA
| tertere IN family Quarreis a"
| To-day II Is TOO late We learn by ,ha -.
| egr&ph mat an insult SO grave has been con
niited on the british flag by au. Amen
| steamer that we 10 not feel any iuu-sr
posed to preach OF tolerance.
| The Federal war vessel the san rasl,,
mas taken Iaessrs. Mason and SIIdelI BIZ f,r.
| from on board the English mail ,t-a~.,
| Trent
| We know, without the necessity Of ,.,,,
I IhI Il,
/ OF the rights OF nations. England mas ma
| fested her sympathies, more or les Ily-l,
| for the South; but, until the affair ~ Pa.
| Nashville, there was no rr,.son 10 surposr
| that she would decide. II musy be thar -,
Cabinet at Washingto has been struck uvr-n
vertigo to dare a power which has only oh
served ne ira hty 10 the injury OI It's material
interests.
Was the arrest of these Con te,lerate In,
| bassadors or such great importance to "a.
North that they should rlsA everything "a
obtain it?
Did Mr.. Lincoln believe thatthe Souther,
| ENJOYS constituted what International lsx
call conuaband OF war. and that. Therefor.
ke would be permit to seizs them Oh
board OF foreign vessel
We do not know III what fashion the Fst.
eral Government Will explain this uuqual.
fled act committed by the san acinto. ss
We believe we are able 10 assign ne the IT..
cause the exaggerated gentlene,s which h.
United States of Americ..
On ali occasions this England, so proud e
naughty before the constitutional poWt-,
trem bles and becomes small before her tran.
atlanuc hrethren. There is no sort Of lnsq.
which the Federal Government has not ir
flicted on her, and yet these insults h we a.
ways been accepted by her with perfect rrs,s.
nation.
This conduct has exalted the pride of The
Cabinet al Washington, which has come t.
believe that team dare everything
But the United States ars mistaken. I
England has undergone SO much humlIia
ton 1t was because she dreaded Il war which
would close the American ports against the
expor tatlon Of cotton II was because ,hs
feared the disturbsnc es and interior rrycIu.
tons which would be the IL tai cousequen-
ces Of prolonged stoppage of hor mSnu,ac.
tories; IL was because she feared the ruin u
her commerce.
But now the question has char ged It's face
The North has nothing more to give but,
on the contrary, every thing to receive. 1t Is
the South that possesses cotton 1t is the
South that will have the night Of debating
conditions to England; and the United
States will do well to correct their error
they have believed for one moment that Their
military force and naval power could fright.
Ell Europe.
In outraging the British flag, the Federa.
have perhaps not reflected on this-that n,
material interests of England impsl heyN
an alliance with the Confederate State.
We hope, withstanding. that this ~
gretable affair will not bring about couh.
which we would be first To deplore. We h0J-
also that the American ministers, MIR Sew
ard included, will learn, but no, at thru
expense, that in politics AS in diplomacy, d,
cency and respect for the rights OF uHtlcu
are very useful things.
We have already the opinions OF the Ell
lish journals, which are not OF nature =
cain the fears we have entertained
The MOrUgHy pOsg asserts fh4t N reparAtlGE
will be complete without the restitu tion q
the passengers violently forced nom the pr.
lection of the British flag.
While wisely reserving the question o.
right, the English press1n general expressr-
profound resen tment At the aifrput which
England has just suffered.
From the Paris Constitutional, Nov. -
The arrest of an English mail steamer b.
an American vessel of war is so serious 8 tal-
that We may be justified in believing that ihr
officer who committee the act did SO up0D BIZ
own respons ibiiity, so that, If he was obey
ing instructions from the Cabinet Of Wash
ington, the latter had not sufficiently weigh
ed the consequences
In either case we hope that the American
government Will make a reparauon aid sat
isfy the claims OF England. We count upon
IL doing so in It's own la terests. when nave
always served as guide 10 It's policy,
In fact, ii is impossible that the AmeneaL'
should not understand how irrsguiar - 'Ae
arrest OF Messrs. Mason and Slideil on o'aii
the Trent how contrary 10 - 10 the lS~ u
nations, aud how prejudiciai me conselash
ces of This act would be 20 themselves
ltwoald be the conservation OF the riga
OF search" against which they have alwH!,
prote sted, sud which was one OF the chi'i
caases OF the war they themselves wage
with England ia lSl2-a right of search esef'
e,sed not only on commercial vessels, but 90
ships of war, for the mail steamers are ruys.
vessels, having on board a lieutenant Of in'
royal navy, and their officers wear the Eni-
form Of the British navy.
By declaring contraoand of war simple
passengers, with or without diplomats
mis- sion, the Americans strike n mortal bio"
az ainst the privileges OF neutral States Aith
II is TO their interest more than any one else
To see respected. Neutrality has been ap 70
the present time their invariable rule OF con
duet, and that egotistical though wise pohep
because wisdom has become the syonym Nf
egoiism In the affairs OF the world has inA's
of nearly all wars of other nations the oc'A.
sion Of fortune for them. Ii the fag does nV'
cover passengers as IL covers goods, inc
Amsric, u marine, which Is engaged primer
palty AS Transports, loses its revenues WIFE
the loss OF its tnviolability. II Is, therefor
a sort of suicide which il commits In lay 'ns
Its hands on this privilege which II hS' NSS
ted under circumstances in NO WAY eAeusa'is
II they had arrested men going nom Eui
10 America and carrying suecor OF any Ai.!
70 their opponents of the South, this mis"'
perhaps Of understood, looking INTO sae
cumstances of time and place. Hut NJ ssIs,
Mason and Slideii were leaving America, sas
ii was ia . neutral country that they tSeA
their passage upon neutral weasel. II me
could be ARRESTED there, they could as well %
arrested In Liverpool or In Hxvrs.
They were going TO Europe. II Is SAID, ~
plead the cause OF the South at the tribune.
OF diplomacy but that II not An act Of aiies
aggression, and the Cabinet At Washing oa
b ad the least right 70 give IL that eaarse .e'
when they themsslvss had caused the "
partu ~. Almost at the sams moment, on en'
steamer Araxo. OF Mr. Thurlow Weed caafs
cd, u y said, with similar missioa. go,
In short-and this 10 not the lsast dseisI,o
considers tinn--ths uuited States pressI ~
enough Of prudence 1t the bottom Of .nsn