Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-24
An apology and the RestOra-
ton Of the ENJOYS Must be
Demanded.

An Apology and the RestOra-
tiOn Of the ENJOYS Must be |
Demanded.
From the London Morning Post, Nov. 90;
That we must demand an apology from
the American Government. and the restor-
alton of the passengers seized on board the
West Indian mail steamer. is 81 obvious
that the Court Circular need only inform
Us, as il Goes, that a Cabinet Council was
held Yesterday, TO make US certain OF tho
determination it must have arrived at We
have therefore no hesitation in asserting
TINT dispatches will at once be furwerded To
Lord Lyons, instrncting him to claim the
persons of the gentlemen taken from uuder
the protection Of the English flag, together
with an adequate apology for the outrage
committed by the Captain of the San Ja>
einto. If these demands are not at once
complied with, Lord Lyons will break OF
diplomatic relations with the Cabinet OF
Washington and return 20 this country -
The time has now passed away r legal
augmentation. which has been exhausted
by the subtlety Of The press, and which for
practical purposes, has been bIought to
close by the unanimous opiniod Of the law
officers Of the Crown. That he had suffer
ed gross national affront, in the manner
in which the act Of Captain Wilkes was
perpetrated, was Tatent even before the ~
ratical nature of the act had been legally
established and it would, apart from Its
illegality, have been Incompatible with the
maintenance Of the friendly relations which
before existed with the Federal govern
ment of America. We are reluctantly CON
strained therefore, TO see in this matter an
act as unfriendly in spirit as IL Is pirntlcnl
in law, We should be but too glad t"
think that there is any prospect oi such
conduct meeting with a disavuwsl at the
hands of the Cabinet at Washington. But
every consideration leads US u apprehend
that the Captain OF tie San Jacinto acted
under the direct authority of his govern
ment. 1t seems quite impossill lie to con-
ceive that, 10 50 highly dise'! lined and di
rectly suburdinated serviG9 as tie navy Of
the United States, any clhcer would Ven>
ture, Of his own motion, To take part In
volving issues Of peace AID war. Messrs.
Slidell and Mason were in Il special manner
objects of the vengeance OF the Federal
government. The Sau Jacirto, although
arriving from Africa, had beer lurking in
the waters ef the West Indies for some six
weeks, no doubt in pursuance of order.
from the government at Washington, ant
there appears to be no difficulty IN assum
ing that the San Jacinto received these
orders from Havana. where she bad touch
ed, and whence she promptly steamed off t.
intercept the Trent IN the Bahama Chan
mel. Ii is unnecessary 10 carry
this question at present beyond its imme
date considerations. We have to call up'
the Federal government for the immediate
restitution OF Messrs. Mas and Slidell
with ample satisfaction for the gross at
front which has been offered to our flag =
Whether it IS in the temper or the policy o
that government to ccncede what must n
doubt humble them equally in the eyes O
both North aGd Siuth, and whether the vie
l,ncs Of public feeling among their ow
subjects, both against the South and gains
this country, Is thing they are as niue
afraid Of as the hOstiIities that must sprin
from their refusal, are matters on whic
speculation must be uncertain We ca
well imagine with what trump this insul
b. our flag vi be received by large part
in the northern States, aud the arrest If I'll
Confederate Commissioners I've welcome
by all the supporters of the Union. Tn
British government, however, has a plat
duty to discharge, aud to that duty it ha
addressed itself with firm and mani
spirit. No doubt the Commissioners If tn
Confederate States to France and England
who were also the Ex ministers of the lat
President, are regarded as great prize
and it is possible that the Lincoln govern
ment looks upon their offence in diffcreu
light from those of the officers Of the Con
fsderate army whom it has taken prisoner
and to whom it has extended the rights G
war. We trust above all things, that an
Federal government viii not have commit
ted themselves to a course so der l1rabe a
one which would place it out of;her powe
20 satisfy our demand for the restoration ,
these gentlemen safe and sound. b.
apart from this contingency, the demau
which LORD Lyons will make to the Wash
ington Cabinet will be plain and brief. an
they will bold the issue in their own hand.