Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-18
The British Government and the
- Sifdell and Mason A fair. -

- ~SffQell ana 14asOh a
80, It was reported some days ago that Mr..
SEWARD had stated publicly that Lineolndom
saa might expect some good news within ten
10 daye. The Washington correspondent of the
-@5 n Y, Herald offers the following;solution of
the remark: -- = I--'tc.z
- The personal friends of Secretary Seward
-, are confident that the remark made by him
~ in his speech on Tuesday evening, IN respose
81 to a serenade, that the country would within
q ten days be electrified by more welcome news
than they have yet heard, referred to Inc
I'll probability that within that time the entire
"reminiscences of the British Government in
the taking of Mason and Slldeli wonid De re-
ceived IL is believed that Lord Lyons mas
intinated to Mr. Saward that bis govern
-ls mani will assure him that they mean neu-
Tsi5 tr,I;tv on board their vessels and everywhere
else - 27i-o-T-- b. asef q -.a7f
61s Tn connection with this statement we call
-E the reader s attention to the report OF pub
lie meeting held in Liverpool Immediately
- after the reception there of intelligence of
the capture of Messrs. SLIDELL and MASON,
Whatever may have been tue effect of the
-l1 capture upon the government, it is evident
y" that the people are excited and Indignant,
- regarding it as a violation of British rights
and gross insult. The reference made by
Mr. JOHN CAMPBELL to the opinion OF the
.s Law officers of the crown, had the effect OF
Il inducing the meeting to modify the resolu-
sb ton offered but nevertheless it is sufficiently
lla,He expressive. We repeat it here:l blBl2 =
RESOLVED, That this meeting having heard
with Indignation that an American federal
ship of war has forcibly taken from British
mail steamer certain passengers, peaceably
70 under the ahelter of our flag, from one neu-
trail port to another, we do earnestly call on
= the Government to assert the dignity of the
n British flag -5f-..l-s. So, -, '--i-
-7,Te As an expression of the feelings of people,
1of merchants and Others, in the great, cotton
81 GporsT of Liverpool this resolution is signlh
5Y4 cant. 1t evinces the hostility they naturally
D!Af feel towards a power which is at war with
another whence they have drawn their CHIEF
= article of trade, and ind Gates that they are
mot unwilIing,to prompt their Government
to resent the insult, as they regard the cap
.bamture of our Commissioners, even to the resort
.LET5lof war; Mercantile communities are gen
1eraIly tiunid and the least disposed to war,
-p =, u and, we sosp ct, the people of Liverpool
- would be little Inclined to favor" hostiities
with the United States were it not that they
Id i believe that war would restore their trade In
,1sw eottun now cut off by the, blockade. Their
o inotisesmay be selfish aud unpatriotic, but
is9I tbatis matter of little consequence to US.
---'2A Their cupidity and their wants are adyant-
z ages to our cause; and their action shows
- that the necessities of the cotton trade will
,rs yet do much to relieve us, Of our enemies
Let the war continue, and the supplies of
II lAtaerican cotton be cnt off for two seasons,
'eol2 and the iGoyernments'o Great Britain and
'ah France win fpd themselves hanging over
~ presipice from which it will be difficult to
VOC saYe them. Necessity VIII compells them to
interfere in our behalf, for their own safety
We may receive the benefit of their action,
Z oA1 whilst we despfse the motive. 7,EEsE non