The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-12-20
England Threatening---Her Voice for
War.

England Threatening---Her Voice for
War.
Tho latest arrivals bring the intel
ligence that England has been at.
tackled with a dreadful Juror in con-
sequence Of the seizure Of Mason and
Slidell, on q British vessel. II is
asserted in the most positive terms,
that the delivery mp Of the rebel
Commissioners, will be demanded,
as well as satisfactory apology
Tor tho insult to the British flag. or
war as an alternative. France is to
Join with England, 40 that II war
rumors have any foundation, our
government will have its hands full
before long.
Well, lot old John Bull come on
with his show. W. twice before
drubbed him until he cried "hold,
enough" when tho odds was very
much against US, and we can do il
again, with France to back him
We whipped old England most thor
ougly, when but a mere handful Of
people, Notwithstanding she brought
to her aid the bloody savage to burn
our towns, and murder our helpless
women and children. The cut
throats OF the South will now be very
fit allies. in the absence OF the "red
men OF the forest" She could bear
any amount Of snubbing when we
were a united people, and could
take a spat on both cheeks, quite
coolly; but now that civil war is
raging, and the government is strug.
ling for the supremacy Of law and
ord,r, she becomes exceedingly to.
nacious Of her righls--is very bold,
very brave, especially when she has
Frsuce at her back. Let her but
strike one blow, and if the people OF
this country are not then aroused as
they never were before, we have
much mistaken their temper. Every
man, able to bear arms, and every
dollar not needed to meet our most
pressing wants would be at the dis.
posal Of the government. England
would find one great, grand Savas
topol in tho united hearts and souls
OF a brave and patriotic people
She need then look well TO her pos.
sessions in Canada. She had best
then station British Soldier in
every house in poor, impoverished
old Ireland, that she has been grind.
ing under her heel for ccnturies.--
Fifty thousand men landed on the
coasts of Ireland would wake up that
oppressed people, to proper sense
Of their power, and England might
coon find the war carried into Afri
CO, and the tables turned upon her,
by the revolt Of Ireland, while she
herself was engaged in aiding rebel
lion in America.
In the contest now going on i'm
volving a war between II people of
the same blood and the same nation.
ality, there has, no doubt, been a
hesitancy in rcsorting to the exlrerne
measures justified by the rules OF
civilized warfare. Let the South call
in England as an ally, and there
would be war to tho knife. The
two edged sword would be unsheath
ed, and blood would flow for certain
We should hear nothing moro In dc
nunciation OF the confiscation o.
slaves, and the employing of them
in the Federal army. Every eff
cient appliance would be brought
into requisition. The resources of
the country would be taxed to their
utmost, and the energies of the gov
ernment would be employed to their
fullest capacity. A people welded
10 freedom in its most practical
sense; q people that for no consider.
alton would enslave others nor al
low themselves to be enslaved, will
not, cannot be subduei by the com,
bined power OF Southern slavocrats
and English aristocrats. The free
institutions of the North have not
heen nurtured and cherished in vain.
Freedom is too deeply implanted in
the hearts OF tho Northern people to
allow them to yield while there ia a
man to strike blow in her cause.
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A skirmish took place, on Tues
day last, South of Green river, op.
site Mumtordsville, where our troops
arc now concentrated, between four
companies of Willich's German re.
lgiment and detachment Of rebels,
consisting OF two regimeDts of in,