The New York herald., 1861-12-28
The cry ror NIaoa ard Words for Peace
from Eyfsfsb Hu.uits.

The Cry ror pIaoa ard Words for Peace
froia Evfsish Puipits.
lFron the icHd9u star democratic trganl Dec. ILL
Cheering neigaions vslble of the approaching ,r
rnrn OF the eonrses OF noderatcn,ard good
the apostles of war arc sa ,abor,ns with ,n.bsed ener
~ to plunge lnFand hcadorg into FRA ricda strife t
more thoasi'fa spirits are awseuns . thc momentous
gravity Of tbe crs, and voices OF calm expcstuston
are mskre themselves heard above tho eroo din Of yin
dctive rag.
one EnSishman wearing the garb Of administer OF re.
iigion has though t, while tho missive 10 which the
federal governments ynrst respond Is yet speeding its
wsy across the Atlantic Dote the sanctuary dedicated
to The worship Of tho God o Peace by open advocacy Of
war. But great and legitimate must be the indignation
and disgust excited by srch exhibition rs that IN
which our oorresporders Inform US the Rev j. Cookies
Icy was ho chief actor, last Sunday Ht st Peters, Ham
mersRth we can afford TO treat it with contempt weii
satisfied that there will be few imitators Of
this gentemen, who would evidently be more
in his place as rutnstrant al tho altar
Of Mars than as sris.s .sf the church of Christ.
On the other hand twUcleleymcn each representative
man IN tho ragious world have been noby truc to their
sacred mission. Last Sunday the Rev. c. H. Spurgeon
spoke boldly IN apprehension OF tho fever which has
OF late been raging 80 afccy and Monday evening tho
Rev. Newman Hall delivered lecture on the same theme
equally remarkable for tho forvor its eoqucnce
mpregnable solidity Of ts arguments This Is matter
In which especially behoyos the religious public TO DO
up and stirring, and that without delay The grim
nend Of war stiii hovcrs u.s. thirsting to hold
his hidsous saturnaia. and TO feast his eyes upon
the spectacle Of brothers dabbng in each others blood
There arc moments when the Of his must
be tolerated ~ our sole means Of from yet
awful crisis Our liberties are in no grievous peril our
honor needs not for s salvation the baptism of blood
Already there are gadscfnc tokens Of growing convc
ton that this 10 80. The tempest ls and scecnse he
Ped9es q comsng cdim Let the prcss and the pulpit
do their duty, and England and America nay saved
from calamity the bare possibility OF which thought
full man can contemplate without q thrill Of horror
The Position OF Canada and the Union.
ffsom the London Tunes, Dec. I'LL
Canada dsclams any jealousy OF the political or com
marcia system Of the United States Their poty sho
says, could hav no other end bat intestine ar anarchy and
mi,ikzry deaf0sm. The mercantile ystem Of the Union
is asserted TO be far behind that Canada beraty
and Canada far before tho States in prosperity The
Montreal Journal asserts that there are but two papers
In Canada favorable 10 the United Statese one tie raid
organ Of ne government q Washington. he other yepre-
ses.ing tie snail faeton g aposusd anneaatiosiss
she o,css tse Reciprocity treaty to the SoutA
and regards tho South her best customer.
Such s brief account Of tho Canadian view
Of American affairs, as expounded by Cana
dian newspaper, which evidently believes that Il speaks
the sentiments Of the whole community. IL will thus be
that there s little difference the feeling OF Great
Britain and her colony except that as Canada has had
even more 10 endure than have the feelings which
thus tina expression much stronger than those which
at any rate, 70 announce
Thus Is dssipated another great illusion which Anerca
has endcavored TO spreadhe idea that the perfection OF
her institutions n such as 70 capvats neghborng
tions and draw them by rf fosfstble within
the sphere Of her influence Tho propaganda Of the United
States must, like that Of tho religion Of Mahomes
or the universal fraternity Of the French republic of
l793 be spread by the sword and by that alonc. II
seems TO create among its neghbors the most active
pulsion, the most nveerate aversion We have no rea
to fear that Cada will prefer the government Of
President Lincoln TO that Of Queen Victoria We ask from
Canada no tribute to our treasury, monopoly for
commerce. We have not even been able prevent her
from burdcnng our manufactures with duty Of twenty.
Eve per cent and we shall be fortunate II We cape
without contribution TO second Grand Trunk Railway
10 the shape of connecting line between Quebec and
Halifax, laid out for the benefit Of Gambia ana
treas treasury @ Al thu the Sslu. % c.naaa hsa for ''ss Ss
springs entirely from the spectacle she af.
wh the control & s .es wn0y
tho dependency Of remote Power. This fact speaks
eioquesy than words and is standing answer TO
theories Of our history whle establishes for claim
unique since the world began Of having ruled with 80
much moderation that dependence upon preferred
The Canadian press is just as explicit with regard to
the violation Of dag II has been the merits Of
tho struggle between the Northern and the Southern
States Its view Of international law similar to that of
the press OF France -" The deck Of English shin ia
part Of the soil Of England and ought to give exactly the
Same protection 70 strangers the soil Of England
itself The seizure Of such ship is hgh-hsbded insult
10 flag, and challenge to maintain its rights.
to such achalcnge the people Of England will give
uncertain sound" When remember that this
language hed not by persons reasoning the question
At their ease and At distance but by those whom the
hrst results OF any quarrel between England and the
United Sta scosd Be likely to fall far hry A.an on
ousees, D,ua be confessed that Canada neither lacks me
ability Wnderaond the real nature Of the outrage and the
pysnciples wAeh must be Judged nor courage 10
,ohdteper dangers the determination Of ENGLAND not 10
endure such insut fling her path These pro-
vnces Of Canada which the American press and must
add the American government have been long absorb
ing likely to give to the acute spectators who have
already placed their spois 10 the credit side Of their
much trouble the on skin did the man who
killed abuntng Of the beast The confidence Canada
in her resources not shown in the H Amer
ca by threatening and boastng but s rather to be de-
duced Hpm the freedom with which she discusses the
NEST irritating topics and expresses the unsaatabe
opinions We can only urge the Canadians to pererye in
yh nda nd- ~
looking to the reality rather than to the prctensons OF
They can detect, standing as they do in great
governments how much Of tyranny and anarchy
may lie concealed under the democratic pre-.
tensions Of the one, how much Of liberality and
moderation may lie concealed under the monar-
chica and aristocratc appearance of the other We
joce 10 see Canada determined to guard her inde
pendencc and resolved to develope the type Of civza
ton and progress that is her rather than TO fall pros
trate before the larger population the extended
ritory and the louder scfaudatou of the United states
Liberty has hitherto been in the world that the
types which she may assume arc by means exhausted
and Canada does well tc sock the development OF her
her destiny at least as brilliant that Of her
neighbor. In the coming struggle--f come it must
her own energies and believe that nothing which it
is in the pocer Of England 10 effect shall be Wdnng TO sup
port and to second them.
The Palmerston Cabinet Recognize the
wilkes Family BeIIfgcrent.
from the London Post Government organ}, Dec IL
It would almost seem as if, in the general scheme Of
creation the Wils (Wilkes) Jdmiiy had been SEM the
earth tie cypress purpose Of setting mankind ty the ears
In the ln century John cosrired FIR seyai years 10 keep
all England in hot icaer, and his re
tire Charles has ro,-d himself 10 Je gied sch yors Of
nsisci scch John at the height of has popufa11fy
and the idol Of the London mots might ,ce h1re enpea
Like the mock patriot by whose agitation this realm
convused in the days Of great grandfahers, the pre-
sent American representative of the family name, aud Of
the family talent for mischief making would appear also
to have inherited the Wilks (Wikes) faculty Of humor
His narrative at the complimentary dinner given him
nj House. his
yious to tho seizure Of the Southern commissioners
sounds moro like passage from Kackcrbockern than
the log Of simple, straightforward rough and ready
national law entertained by American captains and
modoresl How grossly have we been calunn attn men
who the naval genius and energy OF lord Neison unite
the lsgsi acunen Of Lord Stoweil Gusayus Adolphus
told, carried with him in all his campaigns tle
great work of Grotius tie law Of love and peace and
constantly sought 10 regulate his conduct by the wis
dom OF its maXims, and to enghten his judgment
by tho infinite variety Of its Illustrations. But
the federal cruisers and pryate set out in quest f
their prey armed not only with cannon, and revolvers
and cltasses but with complete library Of international
law. "rreyious to my decision 10 act as did = says
Captain Wilkes, consulted all tha authorities-Kent
Wheaton and Vatte-and satisfied myself shat written
dispatches from beigerent contraband neu-
ra vessel and consipered that, rebel ambassadors
must be the embodiment Of dispatches II nay duty
their progress unless they could show proper
passports from the federal government" Here is cues.
ton that may well put to the test the metaphysical sub