Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-06-06
VOL. XVIII, NO. 987.
Queen victoria's nIes=aae.

! TignL OF SecesslOnlslS 10 blockade. luis
! is hard blow on our Government. Her
reasons, without shade of doubt, are,
that no principle is at the bottom Of the
American war, on neither SIDE; it having
been announced by high authorities in the
United States and not denied by the Pres
ident in bis Inaugural, but rather assumed,
that the Government of the United States
designed no interference with slavery, and
that slavery was rather to be strengthened
than weaked by the Union, therefore,
nothing of right, humanity, liberty or
moral principle is in involved nothing but
mere party or sectional power The reply
of General Butler to the Governor Of
Massachusetts may be further cited in de-
fence Of the Queens position-that this is
war forpower and not for liberty. With
out question, France and other strong Eu-
ropean powers will follow England in rec
ognizing the Southern Confederaey SO far
as to open trade with the latter. Europe
knows nothing Of American parties, but
only recognizes our official acts; the con-
duct Of Lincoln's Administration in re-
turning fugitive slaves from Chicago lately
is officially known in Europe and by this
they Judge that Lincoln's Administration is
to be as pro-slavery as Buchanan's-con-
sequently, the London Times argues that
no principle Of humanity or liberty is in
volved in the war-therefore, no difference
which party wins the battle. And as very
natural conclusions, lie British people may
rightfuly make the most out of our blum
ders by reaping the trade Of both parties.
The cotton and tobacco trade is therefore
to be kept open in defiance Of the block
ade. Thus, while all the sympathies OF
England and France are with the anti
slavery men Of the United States, yet our
government has no sympathyzers in Eu-
rope because the question Of liberty is not
involved in the war. 1t may be that
England and France, by this course as
presented by Queen Victoria, design 10
force our Government into direct and &c
tive emancipation position in the war. IF
so it will be accomplished, for without the
cooperation OF those powers, our Govern
ment must be sadly used up on the high
seas. We cannot expect to maintain a
blockade Of Southern ports with all Eu-
rope combined against us; on the contrary,
the South, aided by all Europe, may
maintain commerce with the latter in all
most perfect safety. Northern repugnance
to any movement towards emancipation is
to be one danger, perhaps ruin, if we
rightly interpret the Queens Message.
The following is the P defamation of
Queen Victoria:
WHEREAS, We are alpily at peace
with all sovereign powers aud States, and
| Whereas, Hostilities have unhappily
commenced between the Government Of
the United States and certain States styling
themselves the Confederate States of
America, and
Whereas, We being at peace with the
Government Of the United States, and
have declared our Royal determination to
maintain strict and impaI tial neutrality
in the contest between said contesting par
ties; we, therefore, have thought tit by,
and with the advice Of our Prlvy Council
to issue our Royal proclamation; and we
hereby warn all our loyal subjects, and all
persons who are indebted to our protec-
ton, that if any Of them shall presume, in
contempt of this Proclamation, and Of our
high dispIeasure, to do any act in deroga-
ton Of their duty as subjecis Of a neutral
sovereign in said contest, or in violation or
contrayention of the law of nations, and
more especially by entering the military
service Of either contending parties as
commissioned or non-commissioIledo officers,
or soldiers, or by serving as officers, sailors
or marines on board of any ship or vessel
of war, or transport Of, or in the service Of
either Of the contending parties, or by en-
gazing to go to any place beyond the seas
with the intent to enlist or engage in any
such service, or by procuring or attempting
to procure, within Her Maiesty's dominiors
at home Or abroad, others to do SO, or by
fitting out any ship or vessel to be EN-
ployed as ship Of war or priyateer, Or
transport, by either contending party, or
by breaking or endeayoring to break any
blockade lawfully and actually established
BY or on behalf of either of the said con-
ten ling parties; by conveying officers, sol
ders, dispatches, arms, military stores or
materials, or any articles considered and
deemed to be contraband Of war, according
to the law or modern usages Of nations, for
the use Of either Of the said contending
parties; all parties so offending will incur
and be liable to the several pealties and
penal consequences, by said State; or by
law Of nations in that behalf imposed; and
we do hereby declare that all our subjects
and persons entitled to our protection who
NAV misconduct themselves in the premises
will do 50 at their peril and their own