Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-17
THE LONDON NEWS IN 4 PET.
From tie Daily News, Nov. 2sl


The American Government Is surely the Inost
unfortunate of governments, or elss the most
sanguine. An officer Of the Federal Nayy has
struck better blow for the rebel cause than
either General Beauregard or Johnston has vet
been able to do, There Is rejoicing on board
the Nashville, and If Mts:rs. Yancey and Dad
ley Mann did not feast their friends last night
they missed fne opportunity. The news By
the La Plata, which we publish to-day, will rast
the spirits Of the whole South. The United
States Government-for, until the act is disa.
| vowed and atoned for, on it must fall the re.
sponsibility-has struck lie best friend in the
face, q friend that never yet when smitten on
the left cheek turned the right for second
blow.
The remote consequences of this act We shall
not attempt to predict Enough for the present
that it is one which will make 1t the duty of our
government TO insist on ample, complete and
Immediate satisfaction. Its Wanton folly bids
US hope that Lieut.. Fairfax was acting without
Instructions, and that the Washington cabinet
will no sooner learn what has taken place In the
Bahama channel, than il will disavow the act
restore Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and tender
the fullest apology. Nothing short of this re.
paralon can be accepted. Until there has been
time to receive news from Washington, we feel
bound to believe that the seizure of passenp ers
on board the Trent was 90 oct as much In ex.
cess of duty as 1t was in violation of public
law. No government should know better thar
that of the United States the lines which sepa.
rate the rights of belligerents and neutrals re.
spectlvely. While this war lasts we must sub
nit to have our mercantile vessels stopped Oh
the high seas By both parties In search of con.
traband. Had Lieut.. Fairfax confined himself "a
demanding Mr.. Slidell's dispatches, and taken
them OF, We must have acquiesced in bis visit Of
one of the disagreeable occurrences incident to
voyage In the neighborhood of contendnQ
foes. But the seizure Of persons stands on .
different footing. In the eyes Of Mr.. Seward
Messrs. Slidell and Mason are rebels; In our
eyes they are simply passengers. And the
Washington government may rest assured We
she'll no moro PosnAit IL tn take it's rebels out al
our vessels than we should concede a similar
right to Austria or Russia.
The circumstances Of this event still more
strongly compel us to believe, In the absence OF
dlrect evidence, that this aggression was order.
ed by the United States government. The cab.
met at Washington knows perfectly well that Il
cannot act in this fashion with impunity. In
fact at this moment its cause lies at our snercv
| We could with ease remove that severe pressure
which it exerts on the South by means of i,s
blockade, and on which, far more than on the
sword, it relies for success. We could open a. II
the Southern ports at once to receive gold, and
commodities, and munitions of war, in return
for cotton. And IL need were, we could al
small cost find abundant occupation for all the
San Jacintos they could muster, and for half the
army of the Potomac into the bargain. We
have given no proyocation for this outrage.
| The course OF our government has been uni.
formly forbearing and considerRte. Lord Palm.
erston's high spirit has manifested itsolf only in
msgnanimity. No minister could have avoided
more anxiously all that could fairly give of.
tense, or when occasions for remonstrance have
arisen, as 10 the recent imprisonment Of British
Isubjects, have borne himself with more pa.
thence. And for what object should the United
States government risk a rupture with this ooup
try7 For the miserable qualification of getting
the persons of two Of its adversaries into III
power. The Washington cabinet has shown It
self sufficiently imbeeile, but to authorize tn,
iorcible arrest of gentlemen under the protec
tlon of the British dag would be nothing les
than madness. ~ 9"Ns yT3 90
ARRIVAL OF CONFEDERATE VESSEL AT LIVERPOOL
TFrom the London News oorrespondent.l
h'J LIvERPooL, w ednesday, Nov. 81.
To-day there was o good deal Of excitemen
on Change, in consequence of the arrival Il
the Mersey, late on Tuesday evening, Of a Con
federate vessel direct from Charleston. Th
name Of the new srrivalis the Helen, command
: ed by Captain Westerdorf. She left Cbarlesto
on the evening of the I'd instant, and Captai
i Westerdorf 10. orms us that be passed safely ou
A to sea, without seeing any Of the blockadin
> squadron, the entrances to the port being quit
!. clear of the Federal feet. The Helen is Q
American built bark Of three hundred and fort
tcne, an extremely handsome vessel, quite nev