Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-12-26
RThe panic in Wall street and tl!

V The panic in Wall street and the
Eastern cities generally. occasiOned by
the Europa's news, has in great mea'
sure subsided. The whole thing wa.
evidently gotten up BY the cotton and
stock brokers. aided by the English pa.
pers predicting various things. certain.
ly to crush out this free Government,
sweep our little navy from the seas,
blockade our ports. open those Of the
South. and recognize her independence,
dc. Thus far, like many other predic-
tions, they have not proven true, nor
do appearances now. justify their speedy
verifcstion. That the British Ministry
would willingly bring on a war. we
have no doubt. The aristocracy re.
quire for their comfort and safety, that
the numbers of the common people
should be depleted BY destructive wars.
The impending danger of cotton riots
might be aYerted by the warlike efforts
to obtain cotton, made by their feet
But that the masses Of the British ma.
tion have any such inclinations, or that
they have any sympathy with this pro-
slavery rebellion, we have yet TO learn.
That they would sustain any Ministry
which would inaugurate war for causes
SO slight, we do not believe.
The London Times is forced to admit
the law as being on our side. That
they have heretofore practiced II them
selves, and under circumstances not at
all justi6able. The Times now pleads,
however, that when so doing. they were
struggling for existence" DC. If the
United States Government is not now
struggling for existence, we should like
to know what this immense army.
greater than England ever saw, is in the
field for.
1t is indeed struggle for existence.
That isour position exactly. IfEngland
was justifable in such case, surely she
should not make such wry faces at be-
ing compelled to take dose of the same
kind of physic she has SO often hereto
fore administered.
All the quibbling of the Times about
taking the vessel into port. and having
the matter adjudicated before a proper
tribunal, is mere bosh. Had Captain
Wilkes done so, we should have had
numberless charges, Of loss to innocent
parties. needless delay to the o,hOr poe
sengers, destruction of private proper
ty, &C., DC. As it is the owners OF the
Trent, for she does not belong to the
British GOVERNMENT. may thank The hu-
manity and generosity Of Capt Wilkes.
that they are not by so many thousands
of dollars, poorer to-day than they are.
The most able and distinguished
lawyers Of our nation, assert our right
to take and bold Mason and Slidell by
the terms Of international law. Even
Caleb Gushing, who certainly up to
the commencement of this war, was no
enemy 10 the South. says: "In my
judgment the act Of Capt. Wilkes was
one which any and every self-respect-
ing nation must and would have done,
by its own sovereign right and power,
regardless of consequences. At the
same time it was an act amply justified
by the principles and doctrines Of inter-
national law" Our Government will
hardly be called on to apologize or
fight" The first will not be done under
any circumstances. The second may
be forced upon US. but will be met with
the same determined resistance as in
1875. Millions of men and money can
be raised to fight the British Lion with
far less trouble than was the force now
in the field.