Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-23


The telegraph has made mention Of q
ssrrOspondeRos between Lord Lyons, the
British Minister at Washington, and SEQ
retAry Seward, regarding the arrest and
oOuhnem1nt in Fort lafayette Of two men
Patrick and Rahming-upon suspicion
Of treason These men were afterwards
discharged Patrick uncOnditionally, and
RAhming upon 81, 500 bail, to bear faith.
ful allegiance to the government Of the
United 3tstes. Mr. Seward reviews the
facts in she cases Of these men, and says
that British subjects win be treated in
these times Of danger to the national life,
with no greater or less vigOr than Ameri-
cans BE then closes with the following
remarks, which all good citizens must
heartily endOrse2
The British Government have candidIy
conceded, in the remonstranoe before me,
that even in this country, so remarkable
for-so long an enjoyment by this people Of
the highest immunities Of personal free
dom, War, cad especially civil Bsr, cannot
beconductsd exclusively in the forms and
with the dilatoFy remedies provided BY
municipal laws which are adequats to the
preservation Of public order in time Of
peace. Treason always operates, if posi-
bic, By surprise, and prudence and human.
ity therefore equally require that violence
oonoooted in secret shall be prevented, If
practicable, By unusual and vigorous pre-
caution l am fully aware Of the incon-
Veniences which result from the praotics
Of such preosution, embarrassing commu-
mites il social life, and affecting perhaps
trade and intercourse with foreign pow,
'ers. But the American people, after haV-
ing tried in every way TO avert civil war,
have accepted il at last as stern nsces-
sity. Tho chief interest while il lasts, is
not the enjoyments Of society, or the prof
its Of trade, but the saving Of the national
life. That life saved all the other blessings
which attend il viii speedily return, with
greater assurance Of continuance than ever
before. The safety Of the whole people has
become, in the present emergency, the su-
preme Law, and 50 long IS the danger shall
exist, Gil classes Of seciety equally, the
dsnizen and the citizen, oheerfully sequi-
esce in the measures which that law pre-
soribes.
The Government does not question the
learning Of the legal advisers Of the Brit
ish Grown, or the justice Of the Difference
which Her Msjesty pays 10 them. Never
theless, the British Government viii hard
ly expect that the President will accept
their explanations Of the Constitution Of
the United States, especially when the
Constitution, thus expounded, would leave
upon him the sole executive responsibility
of suppressing the existing insurrecticn,
while It would transfer to Congress the
most material and indispensable power to
be employed for that purpose. Moreover,
these explanations find no real support in
the letter, much less in the spirit Of the
Constitution itself He must be allowed,
therefore, to prefer and be governed BY the
view Of our organic national law, which,
while it will enable him TO execute his
great trust with complete success, receives
the sanction Of the highest authorities Of
our own country, and is sustained by the
general consent Of the people, for whom
alone that Constit ution was established.
TIE Toronto Globe on Secretary Stewards
Circular.
The Toronto Globe, in the course Of an
editorial upon Stewards Circular to the
Governors of seaboard and Lake States
says;
But now, and henceforth, until the wal
be settled, Americans may talk and believe
they are capable Of ohastising the whole o.
Europe, and Of subduing the South st one
and the same time il need be-but it il
only talk. The men they have elevated u
the direction Of affairs know better. They
must feel that if at the present time ever
q seoond-rate Power we're to make common
cause with the Confederates, the rebellion
would become infinitely stronger. It may
not do for Mr.. Lincoln through his Score
tsry Of State to tell them this. Such {
truth from such a quarter would be toi
CALLING. But the President, as conserve
tor OF the national interests, does no more
than his duty when he determines to plac'
the country in position to resist enemies
from without ss well as traitors from
within It is not q nice position for an
free people to be at the mercy Of any ma
tion, no matter how ehiValrous or how
peaceful that nation may be. We hsvI
seen for years past in England, when tn
peace party have declared that the rule
Of France entertained no sinister designs
the reply has been, whether that was tn
case or not, it was below the dignity o
the people Of Great Britain to retain thei
freedom because Napoleon did not ohoos
to attack them. And the argument hold
GOOD on this side Of the Atlantic.
The United States has entered upon civi
war, Of which it may be We have only seel
the commencement. The people are enthu
siastic, they are determined 10 maintain
the integrity Of the Union. Now, Will
they are yet unbrOken with the contest
while they are possessed Of their ful
strength, il is the fitting time to provid
for disasters which may befall them Whe
they are pressed with load Of debt, an
when their best blood stains the field
While the Union was undivided, while eso
citizen who dWelt within its vast domai
felt proud to bear sllegianee to the star
and stripes, there Wss little necessity fo
forii6cations. But under present circun
stances the Government, in inviting th
State Legislatnres TO take into considers
ton the matters mentioned in Mr.. Seward
circular, is exercising discretion the wi
dom Of which We Of the British empir
considering our antecedents, should be u
last 70 imgugn.
A Washington dispatch states that Il