The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-25
THE NEW YORK sun
WEDNESDAY xosStsa osj Is 1851


the habit Of declsinitng ssSiust what th,y hiv
boon pleased 10 term the subsotvieuey Of til
American ptOss, in Pan icrins to ths prsj ilc
OF the multitude, and con.ras.eo, VITA mac
selfcomplaoSncy, their eva more diga,iet an
| literal mode Of prOvliog for thi iIig,uc 10 .
the people. Our freedom thcy have term VI Ii
conse our enterprise, which they cjdli 10. ho9
to emulate, was sn,o-cd A., aud tue corruption
srd Hccn,iousneSs Of ;hs Am,r,iau press was
never failing subject Of ridicule 20 those rrcsen
tious tcribblss.
We OWE thai we wsrs A. timu s,revNi,
influenced by those continued a,,aii.s,t1i o,cu
suspected thu W were not quito wilt W,
should b,. Bat whtovet Nigh, have b,e1
our misgiyinss respecting or oEn qi,liic,
tiOns, rscsut events have $40 70 that thu as.
sumption Of superior virtue 10y tho British jour.
nalis.s is all sham, a1l pto ,oed i fron al ia.
nate priuciil lc Of sno5hishutsI lui dislike OF
our democ at'c ins'i,liJaL Tlo An,rictu
prtss at no ported Of national excitement he,
eve coudsscclici TO thi td,cao,d a1d inycc.
tive HAT now iill the Ensl,sh nsw,p,por,, a.
what they tern ";h, insul to tho d,s'
O'thc Kind Of stuff nov employcl to s,imr.
l.ic ;hc w-r i,cli"g in E1sl sud. wo give tbs
f,llcwins 9Sanplc,, a. stupid a, they &c risc,
taken from promiuvu. j.uIn Ia in that country,
YANksX MAr'aSirr-Wo can now state.
vi cvcry coSiicrcc, thu tholsh tho l.iueoln
Government may lot havc iu,entcd war wi h
tbs couutry they have Tor moe th n fifteen
nuu'ls deliberately r,sIlN ydOu of lfins Al 'Iu-
suit to Gtsat Britain tho m J'r 1pt IA Olpn-tu
uitN occaucl. W. tto in q pc ittln 70 ali IN.
u at when tbs DuLe Ci Ncwcistlo vas IN at-oud.
1ncu, In S,piou 81 last yeI5, on thc Prime of
W,I,S, in his 'oa- turpI ~ CntiA au1 tua
JuitCl S.Atcs, Mr.. Seward tue SECRETARY to the
Lincoln admipis,ritivn, atiro, ci his grace on
Ulr par,it lt- UCr son "a wOsCs to this cific.!
M lord uukc, other Mt l.inruln Or mv,o.f viii
he tbs LcNt Prcsidou' Of toe Unte Sl.c4 Il
Dir. li0cClu be chosen, sb,l hI socra l-y, ani
am de.ormined 70 take tho ir5t opp)Juntty
that presents itself to insult your colutry." "lt
you do, WAS the Duke 81 n .Sc,,,lc's ana yer
you viii bring about war between tho two
curu'rics.' co, no, there wilt he no war,
was cir. ScvatG : ici,iuicr ''hut W. will ~
mast iu.ult yoI.' Tue ID ILa oi ~ sca,,ls, VIZ
ara enabled 10 adj, look ii OF thls ~ 10th ~
mora, 10 uso an expressive thpugh MT very
classical term than 20 much 'Oosh', and never
o-ce thought Of the Circumstances un ii tbs all ur
Of tho Trent brought ir ag,u to hi, rem, N.
2
d,nary language made usc oC by NJ S,yI-i on
that occasion. J. speaks with sltt 'loat pres
vono,, for i.s,G
tu,,hc, st ,temsnt "a rrir, the ,oInls Of
.l so jourrol' to tho eIi'. IA. four oth,r
.-.'', h-,.d,s The san J,ci,to, w5rc cln.
1 -.io.,d ty the Wshirgton C,biao, to board
.y''.e ! ia search Of ,ho robl cnvoy,, and
.r.a ia,iu AMI theft dispatches. 4 feT DAYS
.. %, We publi hcl s,a emont by a Liverpool
g'E,', ihi Tho GoYernmcnt was SO ela,od 10y
.Irtain " Ike, &C. that number OF qua.
r'a's wee az once di' '1'chod from Now York,
dor The coosmlnd Of youns AMI reckless cap.
.,'.- WHO p"uld uo' hesitate 10 commit any
nct OF sg;T ssson on British rights aud CON.
mcrce.
Either Intentionally, or through isnor-
snce, tho English papers are giving thsir rsal
ers the Impression also that the mob in this
country is SO rampant for war with Eng AMI
that our Government c,nnot stand asIins, it,
however dosirous they may be to avoid dill .ul.
ty.
Against tho hope Of peace, says the Lon.
don correspondent of tho Manchester GUAR.
DIAN -
is set the Federal Goverum,uts fear Of tn,
many beaded mob, nov nlitdnt with eXulti-
tion over the act Of Ctp.ain Wilkc,. |; is
lucky tho priso1ers are not at New York. whore
the mob ia Ia great force, and the press most
unscrupulous. From their place of c)nine-
ment At Boston Il would bs easy TO send them
of, quietly, by u CunArd steamer, before any
sctive moD interference could take place, sup
posing the President should determine ON this
V,ata Na.Wf ia 4fa1 htN -, h..
face Of such a danger as a war with England,
Seward may even he disposed 10 sacrifice him
self by retiring, rather than stand IN the way
OF replacement Of the prisoners under the BIZ
tish flag.
Much Of this misrepresentation AMI misunder-
standing Is due, undoubtedly, to the American
sympathizers with secession on both sides of the
Atlantic, who have spared no effort to create id
feeling between Englan ard the United States.
There is an honorable exception in England
to those remarks, in the person Of Mr.. John
Bright, whose clear and just representation of
the true position Of America and the roal inte-
rests Of England with reference to hor, Is sub
jecting him TO the abuse of such yenal sheets as
the TJNlEs and its shadows.
Ia recent speech, to which We have before
referred Mr.. BHIGHr, in condemning the selfish
desire on. the part of some in England to sce
this country dismembcred, thus nobly expresses
imsel
XII should say that "a man hal great heart
within him he would rather look forward 10 the
LAY when, from that point Of laDd that is habi-
table nearest the pole to the shores OF the Great
Gulf, the whole OF the vast continsn might be-
come one great federation OF states -thl' with.
out great army, without great navy-lo, mix
ing itself up With the entanglomsnts OF Euro
pean politics, without custom, houses inside
throughout the length aud breadth OF itl terri
tory, but with freedom everywhere, equality
law everywhere, pace every where
II would afford at last some hope that men were
not forsaken Of heaven, and that the future
Of our race might be bettar than the
past. cloud cheers). IL is a com non oJ5erva-
tion that our friends in America are very irrita.
bic. think that is very likely, as to cousld-
cradle number Of them, TO be quite trds. Oar
friends in America are in a great strusy ye.-
There is nothing like it before in their history.
No country in tho world was ever more emit.
tied, in my opinion, to the sympathy aud for
bearance OF all friendly countries than are the
United States at tnis moment. tuear) Thev
have their newspapers that ave no wiser tn
ours. QaughteD. They have there some
newspapers, one AZ least, whiGs, up TO tho elec
tion Of Mr.. Lincoln, were his tor and unre
lrntisg foes. When the war broke out Il wls
not safe TO take the line Of s)I.hern
support, aud they were Obliged to turn
round in support Of the prevalent opinions of
the country. But they undertook TO serve the
South in another way, aud hat WAS by eNag
gcrating every difficulty AMI mis-statins every
TACT, ii that could serve their OBJECT Of di trust