The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-12-21

laWieSS violence nau they been mandarlnS OF
China; that the arrest of the two Commissioners
on British deck must not 60 unavenged, and
that if the English people are to submit to such
outrages they may as well set up n universal
peace party" 'The keynote sounded to-day"
says the Chronicle, 'ret us rest well assured is
but the prelude to storm of public Indignation"
In subsequent article on the same subject the
Chronicle says that the same spirit of intense n-
dignalion which prevailed in London on the re-
eeption of tie News by the La Plata was exhibit
ed in the provincial towns.
BY the arrival of the Europa it is known now
that England hes made an imperative demand
upon the Federal Government for the restoration
of Messrs. Mason and Sliiell, accompanied by an
apology for the insult offered to their flag by
Captain Wilkes.
The Maryland Neacs Sheet says:
The complimentary resolutions of the House of
Representatives eulogizing the act of Captain
Wilkes, the high sanction which is given to that
act in the report of the Secretary of the Navy,
and the popular honors with which the Com
mander of the San Jacnto has been greeted du-
ring his subsequent sojourn at Boston and New
York-all the applause that has been bestowed
upon him by the administration journals, and all
the legal acumen that has been enlisted in defence
of his right to board the Trent and to take from
her four of her passengers, are but so many diff
culties in the way of an amicable adjustment
Either Messrs Mason and Slidell, and their Sec
retaries, must now be restored to the deck of
British ship, an apology rendered for the offence
alleged to have been committed, or war with
England will inevitably follow. The Secretary
of the Navy and the House of Representatives
must consent to stand stultifed in the eyes of
the world, if the Federal Government yield to
the demand which Lord Lyons has been instruct
ed to make upon it, Nevertheless, there are in
dications that the proceeding of Captain Wilkes
will be disavowed.
The New York Times which but a few days
ago emphatically declared that the Confederate
emissares would never he surrendered, now con-
cludes that war with England would be disas-
trOus in the extreme, and that should the Gov
eminent discover that the course pursued by
Captain Wilkes was not exactly en- rege e, the
'emissaries" will be surrendered with the best
possible grace.
The Tribune, which has carefully avoided
expressing any opinion on the subject, now
simply urges that the war with the South
shall be at once pushed forward with en-
ergy, and intimates as usual, that the most eE-
fectual way of conducting it is to emancpate the
slaves, and even arm then, if the necessity of the
case should require it.
The Herald covertly favors the rejection of the
British utimatum.
The World carries water on both shoulders,
and balances its ''ifs" and "buts'' with all tue
skill of an Editorial Blondin. eff" says the
World, substantially, "Lord Palmerston is for
war, why war will come of it. If our Govern
ment is satisfied that the arrest was legally justi-
fable why the country will face the consequent
ces. But the consequences being grave, if an
apology is due, the President must make one
limo apology is due, England has no right to
demand one."
The Philadelphia Press, in rather melo-dra-
matte language, asserts that the Southern ENJOYS
will never be surrendered: and the Philadelphia
Ledger also declares that the Federal Govern
ment must sustain Captain Wilkes even though
war should ensue. What the other Northern
journals haye said or will say, we have not yet
had time to learn. After all, the issues of peace
or war rests with the Cabinet at Washington,
and upon the members Of that Cabinet-divided
in opinion on the question though they are said
to be--the inul question must depend. ..''
h,a. Tohp Rroup t. ,,n 90 Ill a.