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literally by the Poles. Government promised t.
produce the correspondence Of 1912 with Prus
sia Polish affairs.
Mr.. Kingske put some questions to governmen
relative to rumnrs of the Intended ceSsi0n of th
island of SaTdinis to France.
general debate ensued, in the course of which
Lord John Russell spoke in strong terms agains
any such project, the realization of which would
terminate the alliance between France and Fee
land, and could not be permitted without the gene
raj concurrence Of Europe. He, however, had faith
in Baron Ricasois statement that Italy would not
cede another inch Of ground
Mr.. Edwin James, the well-knOwn barrister and
ex-nember of Parliament, had been formally dis
barred BY the benchers of the Inner Temple LON
| don, account of the scanda! which he had re-
Gently given rise to.
The p osecution in the of Baron Videl
charged with an attempt to kill his son, has been
Withdrawn, the son refusing to give evidence 1t
was was not known whether the Grown would prose-
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE IN ENGLAND
VIEWS OF THE PRESS.
IFrop. the London Times
President LiBcoln's second Message altogether
| confirms the impression produced by his first IL
| is an unpretendng aUd businesS-like justification
OF his past policy, and invites Congress, without
clreunIocutinn, to provide "the legal means for
making this contest short and decisive one"
| homelY in language and somewhat apoogetic in
tone, 1t shows the same clear though very com.
prehensive appreciation of the point issue and
the same tenactv Of purpose which has character
| lied Mr.. Lincoln's manifestoes. We can imagine
me klnu OF state paper IN winch Pltt or the First
Napoleon would have proclaimed the motives and
| objects of an European war. But neither the uu.
| dinchDg egc.ism of the one the males tic argu-
ment OF the other, would have esuied the temper of
| the American public They regard the war as
their own in sense which hardly be inelli-
gible to the subjects of tha limited monarc chy,
and require of their Chief Magistrate, above all
| things strict account of his stew ardship A bout
third of the Message is consumed in a vindi-
| cation of the long forbearance of the Govern
ment, and of the measures subsequently ia
ken by the President. on his own ref
! sponsibility, such as the deliberate abandonment
Fort Sumter to its fae the organiza ton of the vol
unteer army, the orders establishing blockade of
| the Southern ports, and the suspeusiOn 'n proper
cases. of the writ of habeds corpus. Another third
| is devoted to the exposure of what our New York
contemporaries distribute under the pregnant head
| ings Of "The Neutrality Humbug," "The Secession
Fallacy," "'fhe Sophsm of the Rebel Leader" and
so forth. The passages from which we can Gull any
| indication Of Mr. LincOln's present intentions are
scanty enough, and are SO involved with contro.
versial geueralities that do not feel certain
as we could wish that he has maturely weighed all
the chances or consequences Of an nteruecine war.
| Wen with arms IN their hands will hardly listen to
distinctions, however just, between Secession and
"Re6ellion 1t is too late to discuss the right of
the Southern States to secede the fact is that they
have done so, and the only questions that are now
worth arguing are whether they can be, or ought
to be, recovered to the Union by force.
His appeal to his countrymen for men and money
is perfectly straightforward and expcit:-'It is
uoN ludI you place at the control OF
the Government for the work at least 400, 900 men
and SiO00 600. That number of is about
oGe-tenth of those OF proper age within the regions
where apparently, all are willing to. engage, and
the sum is less than twenty-third part of the
m )ncy value owned by the men who seem ready to
devote the whole This is the language of A man
who is in earnest, and knows that those whom he
addresses in earnest too. Moreover the Presi-
dent is confirmed by the Secretary of War in his
assertion that the supply of volunteers far exceeds
the demand, and that the Government is embar-
rassed by the zeal of its own supporters
We learn, too, that the number of troops enga-
ged for three months service is small, compared
with that of those who have enlisted for three
or for the whole war, and Mr.. Cameron exhibits
paper force of 230 900 already enrolled exclusive
of the "three months men," The Secretary of the
Treasury is equally sanguue to the popularity
of the loan and of the various fiscal expedepts, in
cluding "retrenchments" and the coniscation of
property belonging to "rebes,' by which he has
striven to make taxation agreeable, and even ''to
transmute the burden into a benefit" In short,
must assume that the North is prepared to
make any sacrifices to secure the objects of a war
which promises to be interminable.
What are these objects, after ALL that transcend
the paramount Importance of preserving peace be-
tween neighbors and brethren? This is peiut on
which the Presidents Message, with its elaborate
reutatiun of secession theories throws very little
light. One thing is clear, and that is, that abAli-
tiOLism has little or nothing to do with it. The
word "savery" does not occur in this document,
constitutional T aeP Il II we are to ReEFgf&G sEsg & N n he
coin as our guide, the English tories have not
greatly erred in regarding the American crisis as
supreme trial of Republican institute ans He ex-
pressy declares it to be So and though he describes
the object of that form of government in some
vague and high-sounding phrases equally appIica-
BILE to any other it is well that the people of the
United States should be jealous for the honor and
integrity of their Constitution.
The absurdity of maintaining that the instrument
of confederation contained provisions for annul Hing
itself has been amply demonstrated, but what fol
lows? Certainly not that it must be enforced at all
hazards-at the risk of running those interests
which it designed to secure, of cstranging for
ever those States which it designed to unite of
bringing into dscredt those principles of which it
was the earliest embodiment We cannot HiRit that
Mr. Lincoln rises to the height of This practical, bat
not less lofty argument. he clings to the shadow of
consistency by reverting again and again to the
legal merits of the question, and auimadverts with
cOmmeDdable smartness on the pecuniarY malver.
satiOns of the seeding States, and on the arts of
the agitators who "sugar-coated" have been drug
ging the minds Of their section for than 300
years; breaches the duty of demonstrating to the
world, ard that, too by rushing into war, that
ballots the righttul and peaceful successors of
bullets" and makes several very effective retortS
| upon Mr.. Jefferson Davis. He persists in
dealing with movement which has given birth to
a Constitution, commercial system, a vast army,
and unbounded aspirations, a half hearted de-
monstratlon forced the good people Of the South
against their will, and doubts "whe her there
day majority OF the legally qualified voters of any
State, except, perhaps, South Carolina in favor of
disunion. ." We will not say this is mere trihing
but do say that it goes some to show that NJ
Li"co'" and his advisers o not feel the f"H force of
those considerations tchich hare long obsoired all
| others IN the minds Of European obSerUers.
| There is one negative feature in this Message
| wi ich must not pass 1t tains none of
| the harsh recrimD atiOns against foreign powers
that we had some reason to appreberd, and which,
| proceeding from official source, might have i'm
paired, though it could not destroy, the sympathy
| that we have never ceased to feel for the United
| States. The President attributes the temporary
| partiaty o. Europe for the Snuth--Of which
first learnt the existence from American journals
| to the extraordinary fUrbearance of his own Gov
! ernment leading to an impression "that the early
dissolution of our national Union was probable."--
We quite ready to admit this any other i'm
agnary Interpretation of any imaginary fact, and
even to accept with good grace the charitable
concession of New ork contemporary, which
perceives Gan improved disposition in England"
long not forced to quarrel with
friend because will not quarrel with another
We have not returned railing for railing, for we
respected the senSiveness of patriotism in the pre-
sence of an overwhelming danger. We comment
upon the acts of American statesmen as we should
comment upon those of our OVID, though with
! greater caution and reserve; and when prefer
| frank recognition Of Southern independence by the
North to the policy Gpo,ced IN The Presidents Message
Il IS solely because foreSee bysdnders, that this
Is the issue IN whieh, after infinite loss and humilia
| ton, The contest must result.
From Cores (LirerpooD Advertiser, 18th
| A COMAERCIAL VIEW.
President Lincoln and his advisers were passion
less themselves when they yssued the spritstirring
| appeal for troops that responded to with an
aacrty truly astonishing, and with ardor as in
tensiied as if months previously the coming event
| had not cast its Ominous shadow before it.
Why should they now recede, almost before
| blow has been struck? Why should tney SO stul-
tfy themselves in the eyes of the world to drop
the sword like braggart before it has been
wrenched from their grasp, or at least before the
| result OF one campaign has made it apparent that
the further prosecution of the war would not be
| worth its cost in blood and tresure? i =
| Perhaps no great battles may be fought; but the
will not be the less disastrous that account,
and the continuous blockade of tee Southern ports
| will iuflict blow on the commerce of the world,
the effects of which may be felt for many years to
come. The main question which presses for our i'm
mediate consideration is-How long that block
ade be enforced This to in Lancashire, is most
momentous question, and it would afford us not a
little satisfaction if we saw our way clear to say
that the blockade could not possibly be enforced
beyond the close of the present year. -
Since the commencement of this American u'u-
Guilty our editorial trumpet has given no uncertain
sound. Our sources of information nave suppHeu
us with early and reliable Intelligence OF "hat was
| passnO on the other side OF the Atiantlc, ana we
therefore fatter ourselves that our words VIII nave
| some little weight with the commercial community
and especially with those who are most deeply in
, terested in the prosperity of the cotton trade,
|, when we warn them, that dearth of cotton, such
as was never experienced in this country in any
previous period of its history, may overtake us In
the course of the next six months, unless our Gov
erpment aw aken to sense of the awful consequences
which would flow from such event, and institute
more aciue measures than any Dhich 1t has hitherto
employed to induce the United States Government to
yeld to fate and acknowledge the independence Of the
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