, 1861-12-17

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Hs PTesoges q desperate 1etaltes ore multiply
7ng Far and wide, upon the continent, t1nan-
cEu clouds gather over the political and indus
Ira ira prospect. The New World condagration
threatens to consume the materials Of pros-
pclity to millions on both sides Of the Atlantic
~ nome, me disastrous prelude has already
begun; 1orerunning, we cannot but anticipate,
Rerod oa general suffering, in which, natu-
i.ulS una inevitably, the poorer classes will en-
aarc the utmost BITTERNESS Of the blight Nor
Is II possible, Notwithstanding the sincere re-
ports OF Slr robert Feel, to doubt that ireland
VIII DC called upon to undergo another ordeal.
comparatively lenicnt perhaps, yet aggravated
bJ tue diminished capacity Of Ensland to re-
lleTe her. We know that the fair weather
prophets arc arguing differently; they subsist,
OF course, upon artificial confidence; they are
nol!lng if not dcc1ainling about the unexa1n-
Pied fortunes Of the British empire. But all
this rhapsody will not set a single mill going,
vii br1ng comfort to no Lancashire cottage,
Will neither open a cotton market nor create
COTTON supply, Surveying the broad arena
OF Europe, can it be honestly affirmed that the
aspects OF the season are cheerful There IL
no panic, osst at the same tinaf there is 10 ap-
pToqcA to settlement Of eristiug complications
~ 1fdlU. The French horizon is in al di1rc-
mons ddf1, o,aanoNs and melancholy. Austria
stands upon the brink Of cirI tca7, and Russi4 is
7esn711mg to 6a1o775sn1. The French nation,
inoIw1tlscanning commercial treaties, is not
m mRashg ol us with any particular enthusiasm
1afkes en- hardlE be Kept afloat; and, else
s1op ~ pump: 70 p1eSent Inc peace OF Europe
tto ~ sllAtns lilo latnom1ess depths OF slnugh-
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na ~ ~ ollieeu hlnSaom matters arc not I'M
gl.'i,,a g1Ti,tl, nulao.e !ess Is aHeGted n the
t,nnt1 uu5s " Ing statnie lars; wages have fallen
d;s+.;a5tt tsa sens o1u men, III lne agricultural
uIse..s:e, ean seatytly secure employment ut
NY Rilee ; tne anhired multltudcs threaten to
~ utsuul5 M1ge, ana 10 thcm the winter
tttSaIcna lonG series o. s0se prlTat1ons.
Ana tntn, Wnat OF that mighty aggregate to
e Mn,en ;ne eos.oapsd gives LABOR and ie-that
.vu. 1ar Iann. eilen i, " ne curse o1 ei7ll
4hsI M ucyo4o ILL lne sens ihclr earnings have
trai1 Wltnerea from livelihood Into pIttancc !;
ty sncy aIe suassllnS VIII want; soon they may
@ nasG - taSe s'aIsatipa, ;19 1or taem me times
Ill. La = tnueeu H1h.tlAle Is hard-tincs'
:.h WI scngeance; 1eb ne must not If aWay
MIL tne netlon Inat tnerc Is no cotton within
TSacns @ or that the STOCK Is nearly exhausted.
ElcateT olInenlty IN sellng. the South sold
ne "a" matellals ana bousht our manutlc-
lures. me ne1eated tory candidate at Carlisle,
WY spualeIe9 Mn1sen INTO passion on the
nasInes, uec1afeu lna1 ne understood the
whole OF th1s question Then why did he not
eSrlalnn II 70 me electors; be said not word
aoout tue lalung On IN the demand Tor Man
enester eooas, tnougn IN mat LES half the
mssMl5 u Ine desoiate maze which bangs
Moa1d lhe 1oI1hcomlnS christmas EHcep-
uonA HOE circumstances nave, as yet, buoyed up
~ 4nt anonst nl!Ae1, set INC 1n1uence OF 1hc
a ~ .nonsana n o. tne city lney pretend That,
aissr aa anoIl lneeTsal, We shall haFc opened SO
EMans ooolees u cotton supply-ln Russia,
1ia1cI, Spuu, GS}pt' 1nola7 brazn, and the
isanas that IN embarrassment OF riches may
DC expected; but there arc two considerations
accompany this boastful view Of affairs In
the first place, where are the new markets
ln the second, that which may be "a short in
tcrEar' to q London merchant, may bring
famine and death to the poor spinner
business enough doing to test the strength Of
prices, yet the news from India has not been
unfavorable. Add to this state of things the
depression of the silk trade in Ill parts Of Eng
land, the prodigious calamities which have
ofert1ken the fishing trade, the results of the
saying great distress among the poorest Of the
poor It is not for humanity to rcninc undcr
the visitations of God. We 1nust accent thc
hurricane, the pestileuce and tile blight frnm
the Power that sent them: Init the one oyer
whelming cause Of ali that we suffer and sha11
American civil war. and the American civil
war has been rendered. douh1y orievons fo civ.
ilization hrranse fhn Nnrtb i;,sS h1ncradcd tho
South That b1ofkale of conrse Is n shamW
It has l,een broken erafn and oer,;n ond IN
accordancc with the laW Of nations rat;fie5 NJ
Paris, ought no LONGER to be rcroanized ] n
Anart however. from tho ;nnu;rv .hs}l,or =
slould ever have hecn acEnoWfcdsed d;rcr,ix "
or indtrect1v lies the nncstinn Thr,+},nr +ha
NORTH, hy ia attitude has 1,nt ;nst;feJ tho
rcscntment. and even. thc retn1sst;nn ~ ~ Ers
rope. In ono sense it has invaded Ian'cashirn.
and piIlased Thousand English factoFies: in
another It has established 4 pirate law along
thc.Atlantic coast in third its soldiers aud
police have filibustered, With amazing want OF
scruple, agninst British subjects supposed to
be Under the protection Of that which is
called American law. These spoiled, over
grown, precocious and swagsefing sons OF
ours, have behaved to rs as France, Is Russia,
as Austria, as Prussia, as all Europe together
would not have dared to behave, And, in
the meantime, We are priylleging them to par.
alrze our looms, to starye our fellow country
men, to commit gross and wanton outrage
on our flag, to baniRh our ships from ports
where they arc welcome, and, under codo oi
their own, to arrest, insult and maltreat En-.
elish citizens with total mpunity, at least, IN.
less we regard protest from Lord Lyons, fol-
lowed by no results, as satisfaction to ON
national honor. VIC should prefer some encr
cetic action On the part Of Earl Russell. n
Foreign Minister Of Great Britain. represent
ing the policy and the resolves Of tho cntirs
Cabinet. No one could imagine for an instant
TINT the British Government dneads an ex