Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26
GIN. SCOTS VIEWS OF THE
TRENT AFFAIR.

The veteran sPatriot and Soldier who
has retired from the service OF his coun-
try on this side of the Atlantic, is using
biz Influence with characteristic good
Judgment in promoting it~ interests on
\ the "A her side His letter, which our Con-
III Paris a4, j,on permitted to COM
E| cate TO the public journals has at
ted universal attention. General
\ eott, like every body else in Europe, was
Etill ignorant OF the particular facts which
4 emonstrate the friendly motives toward
"a England under which Captain Wilkes
II acted but his knowledge of the American
sabr@ enabled him to nna~e statements
4 hat 4re calculated to allay the irritation
IN rb;csltsd been excited in England. He
PAS arnA still another title to the graft
udf Of M country in thus pouring oil on
DIE troubled waters, and preparing the
j wayior candid hearing Of the facts
! when hey should reach Europe in an au-
thentic shape. We subjoin q copy Of the
Memorials letter;
A. Hotel Westminster, Paris, Dec ?.
NJ MY DEAR SIR You were right III
SSoubting the declaration imputed to me,
u wit. that the Cabinet ct Washington
had given orders to seize Messrs. Mason
and SEdeI. even under neutral flag. tor
was not even aware that the Govern
ment had had that point under conSldera~
ton. At the time of my leaving New
4 Xork il was not known that the San ia
d Into had returned to the American seas ;
4 Nd it was generally supposed those per-
Ssons had escaped to Cuba, for the purpose
"a. re-embarking in the Nashville, IN pur-
Suit Of which vessel the James Adger and
olrr cruisers had been dispatched.
Think | can satisfy you in few words
that YOU have no serious occasion to feel
eoncerned about our relations with Eng
land, ii. As her rulers profess, she has no
disposition to encourage the dissenslons III
America.
In the first place. il is almost >uperfiu
Gus to say to you that every instinct OF
prudence. rs we'll Is Of good neighbOrhoOd
|, promp- our Government to regard no
honorable sacrifice 100 great for the pres
crvatinr. OF the Friendship ct Great Brit
ain Tii> must nc obvious to all the
world. 1t 40 period Of our history has
her friendship been Of more Importance to
our people, at no period has our Govern
ment been in condition to make greater
concessions TO preserve it. The two ma
ions are united by interests and sympa-
thies-conmercial. social, political, and
rcligiou,-amost as the two arms to one
body. and no one is so ignorant as not to
know that what harms one must harm the
other in a corresponding degree. / am
persuaded that the British Government
can entertain TO DOUBT upon this point,
but il it does feel that may take it
upon myself 10 say that the President OF
the United States, when made aware OF
its existence, will lose no opportunity Of
dispelIing il.
Nor Is In ere anything, venture to at
firm, in the seizure Of these rebel emissa
rics which ought to receive an unfriendly
construction from England. Her states
men will not question the legal right of
az American vessel of war to search any
commercial vessel justly suspected OF
transporting contraband of war that
right has never been surrendered by Eng
and; it was even guaranteed to her by
the Treaty of Paris; and British guns,
tr2wning down upon nearly every strait