The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1861-12-07

t,r,u Rnton Rong.. that the Legislature
,,s s,liourn.l till Thursday next, gi-
ying ample time four of''' me'nhers 70
visit their homes .s..
From the same source, we are adFlsea
~ t,u action ut the Senate, relating TO tie
contested seat Of Capt. Z. Cannon. The
~sat i reported vacant and another elec-
t;,n for Senator has to be ordered.
The Srjzu,r ofGnr ComMissioHGS.-lons
before anything which may BE- sad on TINS
side @! the Atlantic, Oh tha seizure OF our
commissioners on the high seas, FROM the
British Packet. shall reach England BlT-
,ish fiovrr,lmrnt viii have taken its po-
~ltiott,. as t., th. riyllts it invoices. If the
cotton famine yl:all have loomed up with
those terrific proportions, which ill m
,,ifsi,iy be Developed by time, the British
t1oy,yn,nrnt vii! find, in the laws OF ra-
tons, quite sufficient ground Tor "a very
i,nprpssivedemand for reparation from the
Government aif The United States. 1t, on
-be contrary, e sufferers, prospective
ind Immediate. Of Il deficiency OF cotton,
shall have been stupidity Indifferent to
t|,ir fate. and meet desti'ution and star
walton with passive resignation the Coy
eriment of Great Britain may treat the
seizure Of our Commissioners. as only an
indelicate aiiair, requiring no stern de-
,hand for rrparatlon. \ gentle co1npialnt'
eiiciting ;, polite disclaimer Of any lnten-
-jon to offend. will c.ose the matter.
Abich course Great Britain will pursue,
it is difficult - anticipate. That she has
acou;tsced il a blockade, clearly illegal,
according to the declaration Of her MI
4isters in Parliament, is beyond dispute.
Y,,w mucI. turth T. she will be prepared
10 acu,,irsce in the insolent illegalities OF
tne United States, will be shown by time;
but we are satisfied that one result will
take place from the seizure Of our Com
n.issiorers from the deck of British
Packet Fan ilnmehse impulse will be
.iven to the cause Of the Confederate
States, iii Great Britain" Let the British
Government construe the laws OF ma
tions as it pleases, with respect to this
act, the people OF England will feel that
it is moral outrage national Insult
and indignity. a man may have guest
ia nis house, who may be amenabIt tc
>un, Government mquisition-yet if he
il seized 1T his table, bet, r. Ills family
and torcibiy carried from his house, he
must be indignant. His sympathies vii
be with his guest. Our Commissioners
were under the British II: 6 Their er
ranl was an errand Of place ard gooe
will towards the people OF England. They
wssre THE BEARERS OF probably the mos
magnificent offers Of friendly and lucra
tive intercourse which have ever pas
sed from another people to tile peopl
of England. Passing from one neutra
port to another neutral port, in Britis]
packet-the packet is made to come tc
under the guns Of a United State frigat
the packet is searched -and the Com
missioners are seized, and forcibly ca,
ried off. Such an. aet eyerp, true Brito
~ >rssseais;t. fEEssTish- IL without Law. y
win feel that it is an insult, which i
convenient law Of nations, ever varyin
to suit the pretensions Of the strong. ca
= allay or palliate. In its'efect in prone
tingths cause; of The Confederate Stat,
id Europe, il will be equal to bait
gained, and our Commissioners will
us better service as eaptivss, than
Ministers at the Courts to which the
.wers aceteditsd. 7 7a &c. Aercary:}