Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-27
LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.
The r Keet OF the Late English news
=unon tho Confederate LeRders.

IVhe ENHeGE OF the Late 1LnRllSh hGNEb
upon the Confederate Lenders.
From the Richmond ExsniIper, Dec. 10.
All other tophics become tribes beside
the tidings of England watch occupies this
journal, and all commentary that diverts
i%psFtinencs ] t8D III
The effect of the outrage of the Trent on.
the public sentimentof Great Britain, more
than fulfills the prophecy that we made
when the arrest of. the Confederate Minis
ters was fresh event. Alllegal quibbling
and selfish calculation has been consumed
like straw in the burning sense of incredi-
BILE insult. The Palmerston Cabinet has
been5 forced to Immediate and decisive
measures; and a peremptory order to Lord
Lyons comes with the steamer thnt brings
the news to the american shore. Hels dt-
iected to demand the Unconstitutional SUR
render of Messrs. Mason and Siidell, to
place them in the positionthey were found
beneath the British flag, and complete
disayowalsof their seizure as an apthor-
lied ace. Now, the Northern Government
has placed itself in such a position that 1t
can ,do,none efthese things. TIE abolt-
zionist element of the Northern States
would go straight to revolution at the least
movement towards surrender Of tlIe7cap-
tiyes. The arrest was made by the delib-
rcrately written orders ofgtbe Government,
already nTOwed and published beyond the
hope of apology or possibility OF retrac-
The United States can do absolutely
nothing but refuse the demands of Great
Britain and abide the consequences Of that
refusal. Whatthe5 will 6t Rns be clearly
foretold:-First, there will 3 tle diplo-
matte rupture; Lord, Lyon Eilh demand
his passports, and Mr.. Ada : will be sent
away fr0m.IJondon. THsnaWiil follow an
immediate recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, with encouragement and aid
in Rttiug out its vessels and snpptyfAg
their wants in the British ports aud. ist
lands. Lastly, aGwar will beinvolved from
these two events.
Such is the latest and most serious re-
suit of the real. rayipg maduess that has
settled on the people of.the Northern States
and thathas guided all their steps for the
last two years. Every reasonable creature
in the world, out of their own nation, fore
saw the consequences of their conduct dur
ing the summer and fall of 1850. Tue
warning was Numbered at them from ev-
cry side, their own eyes looked full at the
point of the gIitteri6g sword which tue
South held steadily out to them, aud on
which their, ruling party rushed with all
the eagerness of the bnll on the metador
of the Spanish arena. Then came the
proclamation oftDincoln. Nothing but ln-
sanity could have dictated it; and without
it the,secessionof of Yir niawas Impossible.
| Then theircrazy attempt to subdue coun-
| try, not less difficult to conquer than fhus
\ siA itself with an armed mob ofiloafers.-
Finally, their IlupacY has cnlmlnatea in
| useless, mean, odious action, that, under
noi oicircumstances, could do their cause the
least good, and which was bound to in-
yolve them in bloody quarrel with an ad,
yersary of double the strength of the United
States in its best day, and which now mas
Hbut to close its hand and destroy its impu-
I dent assailant as man would cFushla ny
that has settled onihis palm.Jf
Spectators of these events, who can
doubt that the Almighty fiat has gone forth
against the American Union, or that the
| Southern Confederacy is slecreed by the d.
wine wisdom2 TheldulleSt wOrldlingt9 the
tcoolest atheist, the most hardened cyntc,
might be struck with, awe by the startling
Eand continued rinterposition of power be-
youd the control or cognizance OF men tn
These affairs. The incidents of this strugf
gle are so unparalleled unexpe ected and un-
accountable on other grounds, II is tmpos.
sible to avoid the conclusion that the acts
of haIobs are now submitted TO a superior
hand. Had but one such event occurred II
might be reckoned an ordinary chance =
But each has been followed by another
\ moretwonderfnl than its predecessor, while
they allihave an identical tendencS and
move forward. by ipexorable sequence to
the same goaE None of them, however,
lRnilindeed no miracle OF mans hiskoFy, is
more singularly distinguished from the
Ecomm5n contingennies. 6f ieartilyi transae :
ltions, than the arrest of those two minis
/ ters ON mid ocean, CiWho thought that
when the Trent was aunouncedsto sail that
ON its deck aud In the trough OF the vel
tering Atlantic, the key of the block
would be lost? Who dreamed that the
chief element 10 the strife would enter iron
that unnoticed doorl The hand oFzGod
was here sisibIy extended oser'the world.
Men sink to puppets, their works are
nadght, their intelligence turns to toil{;f
what the Riehnlond Enquirer aye--
.es5t1S ~ The efFOreiEniH HsNE1s =
from the Richmond Enquirer, De. IL.
| We have no need 10 invite attsntiop' 70
Ifhs cixtt1e ceixttr1eA d d elSS inter e. foEe nsgs
which We publish to-day from E1gia Ind.
The old British. lion As giving Sau sHoaest
/ roar "a view of the indignity visited upon
The. Queens f1Ag.s The measures OF the
i ministers have been ia fall accordance
4 with the indignation of the people, and
4 the fullest aud broadest demaud has been
/ made for immediate and adequate apology