Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-06
The RngIi.h Pres.


The argument and the feeling II gland both Of late
appear to be in favor Of the Confederate States The
London Times, in commenting on the LAssburg rou,,
ordy oongrauGes itaelf aud the British people on not
having committed the bunder Of believing Northern
accounts and openly siding with the North Their net
traity enables them to profit by contingencies and if
their interests and honor require they can take sides
with the South.
The Derby party open and loud.mouihed in thar
dsnunciltions Of tho Yankee despOsn. Confederate
newspaper does not understand and could not expose
in better terms the laWessness Of the Lincoln dynasty
than does tho H.rcE the organ Of the Conservative
plr,y From l,s number Of tia: paper VIC mako the
folloEng extract. If Lord Planners oa should fail 10
resent tn, ildgliy to the British q. s look for
change Of mios ~ in ess than twenty dlys
From ne Loaf1r Morning Hrald
L'ucol adt S.Eiyd, ther secretaries and their gene
rails have al held the sam1 hncu!ge; have all asserted,
"a s,emuly words affirm anything tina. they We
no desire interiors With slavery that they Rghg
iag rot 10 em,ncpls the negroes but TO euorc3
studo1 which binds the free States 70 assist in nGa
ts1ilg aud prpg:u2.iag the system Of negro serviue
- constitution whieh embodi-g in a most carefully
wordOd clause, distinct and uneqsivocd fugitive slave
Law.
The mon of Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts, cared
ra very little about the domestic institution OF the
South ultl this broke out TIE merchants Of New
York were bitter partEans Of slavery. Blu. the ronmss
ters Of PENNSYLVANIA aad the manufacturers oCEew EGG
land have taxed tho South for there oencf long that
they cannot besr d, thought Of losing the power Of do
lug /, IN the future the ookers Of the Empire City
furious AZ the prospa'. 1t s-g Their lucrative sde d.
varied 70 Charleston Nv ans aud carried on with
Eazlish capital The luW OF ~ has had ten times
more 10 do With the sudden ii i5R Of the Ncr.h than
tber Lore OF Eber'y."
essry Ge; cf Hc. LiHeon'. sire' Re 'al ing Of Fort
Ssgsr. las been a pioia'io1 = hH fundamental tSs
81 ths 4 qgl9 Sfr1a ra.s 5.y nd tic dtdRtie"-or
you'll DC 90 but that the iOl has ceased 70
IT, therefore, cannot b. correc. said to be vioased-
Secession psrhaas "a unCOusd utonal but eOertiOa Is
equally 90 hr Davis governs By tho authority OF
slo.e stu revolution. Mr. LucO,n governs In the na-e
- "a su'hcdy ghich iorbids everything that he does
and olnnot hep ,doing, aud y the Constitution vere
iR -c h must b irpsachs9 far high rsa,cN oihoU.
eksacS Of GsfspdTng hiiq-slG and would BE- h,hls
the sane 70 g oos tor false imprisonment which would
Ts.R q Ro,hs,hld.
Hs Ia, orlarsd his officers to set at defauce the su-
preme Court of the Republic He has suspended the
Ni5eas CITpWs. DC has proclaimed martial Law. e.
has SGT upa Legislature ia Western Virginia in
opposition the authority Of the lawful GoVernoS.-
Hs has suppressed the Constitution and imprisoned the
collective Legislature Of Maryland He has put down
freedom OF the press and annued the right OF petition.
Ia wrI Re hls colmtisI many hundred Gisiinet acts
of kgk trsasoH or utai you'd b such had Amsrcd any
loagsr a lac or a leyai gJDsrHasat.
Ara We then, 70 believe tnata or tnasridksh IN ds-
lance Of e. ~ constitutional principle ~ war in defence
&c the ocnsii!1tion-thAt Pr sdea Ministers and ten
er,ls are lighting for law the operation OF which II
rsav enforced would be to haEg them alp We waive the
obvious impossbly Of eonstitutoualy governing the
South II recoaqusrsd, because hs contingency Is too
iapro6abs 10 Be ssOrlh Discussion But We thnk is TOO
~. 20 scruse Sir John Plckngton Of hatred TO Tree
Institutions" because be desires 20 see stop put the
var In the first place free institutions IN the North
EssR mob lao and In the South vigilance committed;
What understand By the phrase is nowhere known Ia
the United States In the next place, the necessary
effect Of hs restoration Of constitutional Law In tie North
would b 70 stop the var At once.