Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

IL he following calm ana JuGlclous aF-
ticle from the National Intelligencer, pub
lished at Washington, and thoroughly imbued
with the patriotism which Invigorates the
Union men O. the North. IS well worthy of
our ponderng and our consideration :" let
it he considered by loyal men and let cur
action be governed in accordance with it;
THE NEWS FROM ENGLAND.
1t woald be idle to speculate on the trust
worthiness Of the intelligence, Yesterday com
municated under cur telegraphic head, re-
specting the alleged designs OF the British
Government in the matter Of the Trent case.
In the course OF few days the country will
be placed in possession of better grounds on
which to form an estimate Of . the situation,
than such as are offered by a dispatch pur-
porting to give only the irate intmatlons OF a
London journal. tie Observer, which assumes
to publish an account OF the deliberations had
at Private Council OF her Majesty, held on
the last day Of the last month, with as much
minuteness and circumstantiahty as if Its con-
ductors had been invited to be present on the
occasion and had assisted in the afore-
said deliberations.
have been awarded to certain representatives
tive CT the rress in this county for worm
| ing out the secrets OF our Government,
we think it pretty safe to say that the
I Government of Great Britain is not IN the
| habit OF taking sensation journalists into its
| confidence. and it is therefore more than prob
/ able that the oUtmvings OF the Observer
/ are very little better than the more or les
| shrewd guesses Of It's editors.
| Whatever demand the British Government
may deem it proper to make to the govern
ment Of the United States in the premises
we may be assured that it will be made witt
/ that diplomatic courtesy which belongs 10 the
! proprietics OF international intercourse, ane
! not with thai petuIance which would indicate
/ :. disposition TO TO pick quarrel " with the
J United States. We DO not Tor II momen
j permit ourselves to believe that the peace
now 80 happily suDsistlng between the twt
! countries can be disturbed by this episode
| which, will find an easy solution in the resort
| OF pacific diplomacy; unless (Which W,
| cannot conceive to be posSible) there sh0ulC
be on the part OF the British government de
! sire to pr0c0ke, and on ours a willingness t
| court, Il belllgerent issue IN matter of Sucl
slight consequence to either nation as the dis
! position that shall be made of two unreCOg
| nised L" ambassadors of an unrecognizeC
government. As Great Britain can make NJ
general reclamatlons against the capture o
! Messrs. Mason and Slidell without doing des
pite to her own former construction of inter
| national law, it will be for our Government
should She abandon her own antiquated
traditions and adopt those which have beol
heretofore espoused by neutral nations, tt
pronounce on the expediency OF exceptin;
such an important adhesion to The great caus
Of neutral rights In any event it strikes u
that the present case may be so managed b,
our government as to result in a valuabI,
acquisition to the law of nations, by clearl
settling what is vague and undetermined IL
the limits which, in the present state of tn
civilized world, separate belhgerent and neu
trail rights.
We observe that the Londen Times Of tn
28th ultimo, in CONNIE ating on tie subject
holds The following language descriptive C
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