The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-12-20

our duties IS to finish the rebellion and -.
blockade at once, by employing the Prom.
test and must eisicaciouS means.
From tie Precedence Journal
Before We condemn them too strongly, ~
get too much excited, let US learn Just VIA.
they have decided and what they do denar3
The bluster OF the English papers about H.
naval strength of their country, and abo,.
the arming of Canada, need not unduly D.,
turb Us. Fortunately it is not English 81
tors, but the English government with whom
We have to do. But we cannot forget TIA,
almost every paper of influence in this coan-
try and every American publicist Of any y,
putation have given it as their opinion Tia,
the deed of Capt Wilkes was justitiable. /.
is generally understood that our governme,..
holds the same ground. The secretary of
the navy and both houses Of Congress have
retm ned formal thanks TO the captain for l..
act. Public sentiment in this courtry =,
even more nearly unanimous in appro.t, o.,
his act than it seems to be in England n
condemnation of it. Such is the state O. tie
case, as it appears this morning. Whether
diplomacy can find any honorable solution II
the question, We cannot say. We most IT,
vou,ly hope that it may. 1t never had
nob!er field in which 10 display It's powers
II never had a worthier object set before ],
than the prevention of war between England
and America. But disastrous beyond all con-
ceplion as war with England might be 10 u,
now, We mistake the temper of the America
,oonla ~ .ba,. yrlpll ri ~
It's calamities, rather than yield to dishono-
nsul, and forced humiliation. If these nus.
be endured, both individual and national LII,
are worse than worthless.
From the albany Ersniag Journal. TIN d..
Ueea S I,aper)
The Albany Evening Journal has the :.
lowing sharp and pertinent replies to the in
soent bullying of the London Times:
The London Times. after admitting th..
he arrest Of Slidell and Mason was virtually
justified by English precedent and Eas..>a
Jaw, deliberatel y sets to work TO convincr
the British public that a war with this com
Try would open the cotton ports and Sc. tie
cotton spindies of Manchester buzzins On
full time, i more devilish appea! L III
ha>er passions was never made since Inc, =
harangued the hosts of Heaven. The 'Tnu,-
derer' las been against Us from the b-ga-
ming: but We conId not believe that even
that bold. bad print would use It's ina1eic-
20 plunge England into war with Us. Bg:
We gave it virtues it did not possess. W
should have known that print which recon-
mended the blowing of regiments C. Sepoy>
from the mouths ofcannon-wl.ich befriendcJ
Austria in the late war with Itaiv-whc:.
gloated over the miSfortunes OF Hungary
thirteen years ago-which was the cOnsiste,.
hacker of despotism in the revolution of X
and 49-wouid pause at no instrumenta,it;e,
for the overthrow of republic il detes,ti.
The London Times and It's lankee-:ho-
biac echoes tell the operatives 0: NaEches-
Ter that i war with this Country w - a.
he cotton mills running on full time. w
tel! them on the contrary that the MAJ NJ.
bring starvation 10 their doors. We have
ed them witt. bread. and We nave 6ou-..:
their goods. The first hostile gun fired, IL !
the doors OF commerce viii be slammed Il
the face OF insolent Britannia. Not 4 busat
of grain-no, yard OF cloth-shall cross t,.r
ocean. England is mighty: bat let her be
ware how she goa!s a desperate people III,
reta!ia.iye conflict. Bruised and bleeding s.
We are, none shall trample upon Us with m
punity. Our wounds will make Us only =
more dangerous TO those who would hunt =:
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