New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-21
VeoUBLE WITH ENGLAND.

Britain pending Tue setllemebt Oh our oohoSU''
troubles. We know that the Shareholders
Rebellion was plotted and inaugurated IN the
sanguine hope that Cotton and Commerce
would soon force the British and French Gov
ernments TO interfere in its BEHALF and 1t Is
to. day kept alive, in spite of the general MIS-
ery and squalOr it causes throughout the re-
VOTED States aud its utter restitution of funds,
BY that hope. Dcmolish that tomorrow, and the
Rebellion could not be kept on its legs through
the Winter Now, the Union wants nothing
of Europe but that fair play to which treaties
and the Law of Nations entitle us. If the
Republic cannot subdue its reyolters, let the
Republic be dissolved Hands of" is all
we ask of Europe, and that is our simple due.
We do most decidedly want Europe to let MS
alone. Hence we have regretted that Sec.
rotary Seward has not always cyinced, IN his
official and personal intercourse with the Brit
ish and French ambassadors, that earnest aud
frank desire to maintain the best understand
ing with them and their Governments that Is
the obvious dictate of National interest if not
of National safety. We think he should not
have hesitated 10 say to them, in acts If not
in words, Just at present, We cannot afford
TO quarrel vita you, and j shall take good
/" care that you have no plausible excuse for
quarreling with us."
Yet the danger of rupture is not always
to be avsrted BY the utmost circumspection.
And our private as well as public adyices from
Great Britain are not calculated TO allay
anxiety with regard to our relations with her
Government. British opinon-which is but
another term for what is deemed British H.
terest-is rather averse to tho cause Of the
Union. The Manufacturers powerful, iDilu-
entail cnss--want Cotton, aud think the
readest way TO get il lies through breaking
the blockade. They want markets for their
goods and the rebel ENJOYS promise them
open markets and boundleFs demand. They
detest the Morrill, Tariff, and hope, in ease Of
a DisunOn Peace to smugge the Free states
full of their fabrics via Secessia. And these,
with the merchants and journalists in their in-
terest, exert a strong pressure on the public
and the Ministry.
On the other hand, the Tories aud the
Aristocracy are Wild with exultation at the
prospect OF our overthrow and downfall. The
bcel-headed country squires, in whose breasts
still raDke their graudiathers' hate OF the
tinkers and cobblers who conquered their
at Saratoga and Yorktown, eagerly
swallow the assurances Of their magnates that
democracy has been tried IN America and
proved mOnstrOu5 dclusiOn and mistake-tbat
it has finally exploded leaving none TO mourn
its fate The Tories have been some years on!
Of power; they gsnt 10 get IN; and they mean
10 trTa gu. ,Pa.merstCa = Co. either by
crowding them into IN unjust foray upon this
country, or b. accusing taeu OF lack OF
vigilance and oi spirit IN UNFOLDING British rights
against Our blockade and Our naval operations
Hence il Is loadly hoped IN Seces
sia, and not without some show of reason.
that our arrest of Mason and Sldcll on board
a British vessel will be made the prctcxt for
bullying demonstration against US b. the Min
ssry, or by successful Tory onslaught on
them in case they should refrain from such
demonstration. Hence We are bid to expect
thunder in the fast-anchorcd islc on the receipt
of the tidings OF Mason and Slides capture.
On the other hand Lord Lyons is sald to
assure bis iHtimates privately that Mason
and Sdcll will be demanded by the Brltish
Government and surrendered by our own-so
that no serious trouble can arise with regard
to them. iow mach OF this il iustrinsically
credible
We have already minated our hope that
Great Britain rW claim Mason, sdeII and
their Secretaries on the ground ii the iiiegality
of their capture We could ,ery well afford
even TO surrender them lor the sake OF the
precedent and principle thus established. If
Great Britain is ready for broad acceptance
of the principle that free ships make free
goods, il does not become us 10 object. But
there must be no jugee IN the premises but
the clear and simple recognition Of a rule OF
action he1cciorth obligatory on both parties.
Nothing is more certain tDan that Great Britain
has often acted 10 our prejudice on the oppo-
site principle TO that which she must assert in
demanding the liberation OF Mason and Sildell.
10 instance but single cast-that OF Henry
l.aureus is completely in point. Mr. Lsurens
was a leading rebel against the sovereignty OF
Great Britain, as Mason and Slidcll are rebels
against TINT of the United States. lie was
leader IN our fathers reyolutiol. as they are IN
that Of JEFF Davis. He was sent 20 Holland
to solicit her aid in our struggle, as they were
dispatched Ivy jeff to France and England.