The Nevada journal., 1861-10-18
AFAIR BRITISH ESTIMATE.


the following:
The Northerners are entitled to more SYM
pathy than they have received from the
most Influential rart Of the English press.
They are fighting for an object of real i'm
ipertance. If they were to fight at all, now
is their time, and they have received for
many years past series of proyocstions
of the most exasserating kind. 70 advise
brave and high spirited men to permit, or
not to resist the forcible, wrongful destruc-
ton of institutions 70 which they rightly
attach the highest value, on the ground
that i. is extremely difficult to maintain
them, is what men who recognize the claims
of courage and spirit ought to be 10th to do.
That The North has right on its side there
can DC no doubt. That it has sustained
grieyous wrongs and insults, is equally
plain. Surely it is rather a question for
them than for US, whether there is q reason
able prospect Of redressing those wrongs
by the force of arms. A ration, Ike an in
dividual, may easily oyerrate difficulties.
1t is by no means clear that the tone of
the South will be So naughty as it is at
present. or that their determination to re-
sist, Will be unanimous after they have fe.t
the weight of tie Northern army. There is
no doubt superabundance of the very fer
cest kind of talk and of protestations of
unfinching cohstancy; tnt it by no means
follows that it would survive the horrors of
battles and sieges, and the awful prospect OF
scrvile insurrecton. At any rate NO one
can know whether it will or not until they
try. Ireland would have been independent
long ago if we nae taken the advice Of DIS
interested foreigners about it. In 1857,
many writers en- the Continent and in he
United States, supposed that they had
proved that we never could reconquer In
dia. Nothing that is worth keeping in this
world can be kept without Al effort; and
it s premature to say, that fshting is OF no
use till il has been fairly tried. We have a
fai right 10 dwell on all the difficulties ard
horrors Of the task but IN common justice
it m 1st be admitted that the North are fglt-
5ug in good cause and fer high 5fa';e.
FREEDOM Of SPEECH AND LIBERTY OF THE
Common law Comm ertator, whose works
atc ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITY in the courts
OF all civilized countries, speaking cf that
| clause of the American Constitution which
guarantees free iom Of speech and liberty
of ,he press, rromuIg gated .he following cen
siSle ideas:
"lhat tits an.eadpelt was intended 20
secure to every citizen al absolute .ieht to
speak o. write or print waaIeYcr he might
please, vi:hort any respolibility, public or
rrivate, therefor, is a sLpposition too Wild
to be inculged in by any ratio1al man
This would allow to every citizen light 10
destroy at mis- pleasure, the Ieputatioa, the
peace, the property, ana even tie personal
safety OF every other citizen A man might,
out Of mere rialict or revenge, accuse an
|
excite against him the Indignation OF all
his other fellow citizens by the most afro
ciops catunnies, Right disturb, nay, over-
turE all his domestic peace, and ehb;tter
his parental affections, might infict the
most distressing plnlshments npon the
weak, The t.mid end the innocent; might
prejudice all mans civil ami political and
private rights AID migkt STR up 'edItion. re-
beli;on, and treason, eusn against he Gorer1-
ment itse!lI, an the aganiorness ofhis passions o.
Tie c9rruptness Of his heart. Civil society
could not go en- under sucn circumsta noes.
Men would be obliged 10 resort to private
vengeance, to make up for the DEFICIENCIES
of the law and assassinatons and savage
cruelties would be pelpetrated With al the
frequency belonging to bar5arors and bru-
tai communities. Il is plain, then, that the
language of that amendment imports no
more than thai every man has right to
speak, write, and print his opinions upon
any subject whatever, without any prior
restraint, so always that te does not injure
any other person in his rights, property or
reputation, and so %lwa-s that he does moi
thereby ,Asta,5 tic public BeGce or dtteaipt I'd
suJyert tit Government"
The PRESIDENTS Coas.-The "Oisbaaded
Volunteer writes as fellows:
l seen the illdsttus Abe sens. the abuf
wa Indicted, and he seq after reedin it
that nv YarsLin Of Gen. Scott's remarks
%ds rather too mich on the loud. lie ses
it must be taking cEm granny sellus, tho
wha. on airth he means by that I'll be
saalpt IF l no. By his permishin l serd
| yC.I his last cannondrum and the answer
as follers:
How does the letter T lEeck the statoor
&C idiots?
Anser-Tie letter affe K tie statocr of
IDIOTS This way; it makes all fools tall fools.
Amazir smart, isa't it, and remarkabully
karacteri3t:ck?
P ST. haiL't got that staff app ointment
yet.
| TH2 LITE CoLPoEA.s OPISfoN-Bona-
parte oLce said, 'The presence of the Ger
ecs.l is indispensable. He is the head, he is
the whole Of :ae army" Il was not the
Roman army that subducd Gaul, but Cesar;
it was not the Cartha senian army that
,,o-o ,i,o re,,,bl;c tra-,JIa ~ tho cot. &c