The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-19
More Foreign News.

Nhere Is as much variety in the treatment Of
rshe Mason and Sldell affair by the English press
81 BY ovr own, hardly two of the papers entire
~ agreeing upon what the English government
s.sught to do, and certainly nc two agreeing pre-,
~iNly in the statement Of what it has done. They
aea,ly agree, however, in treating the result as
by NO means yet definitely determined upon, but
,as open to the diplomatic discussions of England
aud this country. That portion Of the people
wbv are desirous to &. to war to help the South
arc aong what they can unques,ionably to in
ausnee the gablic, exAsperate the nation, and
.osec the Ministry to assume an attitude tow
aria Us tina, will smut out all hope of peaceful
"sssGe to tue controversy. But there is another
and strung party, counting among its numbers
sssh men as Golden and Bright, who are evl-
IDENTITY strongly averse 10 a war for slavery prop.
'1gandism, and whose sympatties are with the
Aosth in this struggle; and these men are Go.
ing wbas rhsy san to aay the storm Of excite.
Ssaes.s whisb took 50 belligerent Il shape at the
first Eews Of the capture Of Mason ard Slidell
~ !he latest advces better state of feeling
seemed to prevailed, and the probability of g.
vSs&s gas not regarded a. so great 40 before. The
IPrsss generally was assuming q more pacific
-+nDc, though still, OF course, most disturbed to
think that a Yankee should have dared to board
snip flying she British ensign.
The London Times. N city article Of Dec.
9TH, says -
'';it the only safe course fo, the country con
ests be- tho exercise of vigor and prolnptitude.
the dicfag Of these qualities by the cabinet at
she present moment should especially impart
confidence. Every one is certain that the most
earnest desire ui Lord Palmerston and his col
leagues corresponds with that Of the nation to
Obtaio Ii pacific solution, and that The demands
which havc been sent out have been framed in
accordance with this spirit. II such Il thing he
practIcal's, therefore, var will be avoided but
Il the tuims thus asked ale refused, there can
DC but Osie result; and il the funds are to expe-
rlence u decline upon every fresh item of intel.
i'senee showing 'lat that result s being proyid-
ca Tor with energy. The public will heartily de-
v,fe that between the present time and Christmas
tbcre may DO abundant similar reasons for fall.
-The news from Paris tina; General Scott has
~soutss,dicted the report that the seizure of the
. Southern Commissioners from under a neural
+ dag was ny authority Of the Federal Cabinet,
Sas welcomed, and had good effect
\ letter wss read FROM Mr.. Golden. at ban.
auet TO Mr. Bright ut Roebdale, in which he
said -
a. Che dispute must be decided not by British
but by International law and il the American
- f;,yernment should assume the responsibility of
she act they would claim for the reasoning of
. their legal advisers The same consideration which
\Ihsy sEe'tou2d 10 give to the Arguments of tho
Pltsh law officers
Whsseyer I've the issuc Of the legal controver-
ny, however, they could not hope to bring the
question to more satisfactory issue by an ap-
- al 10 arms. The letter then argued for the
g ,mplete revision of the international maritime
cole, and concludes by expressing hist Golden s)
belief that any interference by England and
France in Amer can affairs, whether by breaking
the blockade or prcuaturely acknowledging the
INDEPENDENCE OF the South, would only aggrav-
ate aud protraet the quarrel. Civil war might
ID kindlsd in the South, Leading ultimately per
baps 10 he destruction of the cotton plant III
che Southern States
Mr.. Bright at the same meeting mida an
.elabo,a,e speech. lie said,
"llc rejected The theory that the protective
thrift had led to the rebellion, contending on the
contrary that it was slavery which was mainly
responsible for the disruption. lie declined to
express decided opinion Us to the legality Of
,bs seizure of Mason and Sldell, but whether
legal or not. he held that the act was both i'm
pohic and had. lie thought it would be found
That Com Wilkes had acted without authority