, 1861-12-23
VOICE OF THE TORIES.
S2nEufnAry Feelings and Preiudfce8
OF the British Arfstocracy.


L f40A' 'D' @'oN essa nec. Il toetO5 loF1 oFsan''
The news from the United States leaves us
little, II any, hope Of avoiding war. It is
quite clear that the few honest Journals and
respectable men in the Northern States arc
shocked and disgnsted at the act of Captain
wilkes: They would not Mt any time desire
sacrifice avoid it under present circun-
stances, when an army Of S50, 600 men men
aces their Southern frontier, and when they
could not spare ship or regiment from
their present duties to wage war On Us in
az hese or men on the d seas sna Rn ab4se
idea Of war With England in a bad
cause They Enoao that on this occasion iEa-
7ope 1t NTH Ut; right is NTH IA the law Of NJ
tons Is on our side; they know that we fight
not tor greed, nor for empire, nor for passion,
nor dor gloy; but from the necessity Of de-
lending the honor Of our lag and the freedom
OF the seas. They know that their Govern
ment has ere ROW etrained the Law Of nations
to the utmost by laW1ess arrests, bT unIustif-
able captures, by paper blockade; and that
kngland has borne these outrages patiently,
her cauEe, appeal to the God Of Battles. They
arc grateful for the unprecedented forbeatance
Of the greatest naval Power In the world
They are ashamed Of the reckless aggression
and Wanton insolence OF their backwOods
statesmen and half-educated stump orators.
IN tenderness to them, from enlightening pain
fully the tg'aoranee Of -Nr. Lsaeozn, and ehas-
thing condigalg tae 1raG71Tt inaferti3aence Of M
Seacdrd In one word, they know as well rs
we do how grievously &c hare been provoked,
and how long VIC have rcfzaincd from ven
geaucc. If IN America, as In England, the
educated and thoughtful men Of the country
we're the guides Of national opinion aud pub
lie policy, there would be no risk Of war.
Disassreeable though it might be, the stolen
ENJOYS could be placed on board British
ship, and Capt: Wilkes would have been sent
practically DISTINGUISHED. The mob
is supreme; and the mob is ruled by pas
sion aud not by principle. They are proud
proud Of having defed the law Of nations
strange IS it may seem, they are proud Of the
capture By nlan-of-War Of four unarmed gen
tlemen on board an unarmed nail steamer.
Iney III not hear they ea5e 2ohinE i9
murder Of i prisoner Of war has left damua-
Die and ine1laceablc stain on the memory Of
the only great general America ever produced.
Ar- Lincoln has already paradied tie seizure
Of the Due D'Engiien; does he intend to
make precedent Of the dastardly assassi-
nation Of Andre? # he does he may rest as
cured that he will have made fatal blunder.
When he has involved himself In war with
Great Britain the Confederate army Hi4 work
its viii with his distracted forces, and for
every prisoner whom he may put to death his
rival Il Ill be able to hang three; but when the
first crinle has been avenged, VIC trust that
the civilized world will Interfere, rs it did In
Greece, to put al end to war which will have
become not merely nuisance to commerce,
but scandal to humanity. Such an atrocity
as that, apparently mcditated by the govern
mcnt Of the Northern States, would be fifty
punished by the joint Intervention Of the civil
ICED powers to suppress that government alto
gether as 3 scou1geto mankind and a disgrace
to civilization,