St. Mary's beacon., 1861-10-17

LEONARD 3VWN aOes
THURSDAY MORNING. OCT. u. ie0
n United sesess In 3aeland.
Bot yesterday tAe geeas Amesisan Ne
public u,;xa. have stood against the wssid
in poliey or in srms tssrae. gis<ioaa
and fsee. The kings sad psissss Il the
earth paid sribuse - 10 vsssA ssd povsr.
and to the opposed. twas . bssees and
hope, '.f.ir ~ . seas when oaly one i
shining in the sky" But bow ~ tAea
fallen from Hssvea. Oh Lucifer. son a
the morning.! How sss thoa cst d"v1 70
the ground tina, didk weaken the satioas
Tsibvts IL sas claim 20 Sooges
and the dowu-ssoadsn now tsra frasn
l. with curse q . sescs. The
secession Of the seven cotton States MT
with little sympsshy in any part Of civil
lised Esross. and in England especially.
!. il vas sesasdsa - ihs greatest crime aud
folly a the .gs. Had the csatsA gov
.rs.ssot deslt jsssiy sna in . statesman
lin. mauner with the remaining slave
States Of the Coafsderacy, tsers would
have been M fursher secessions. and in
time. the Gulf States. acsing under the
n.r.u,.;o,s sud inausnce Of the great
:l.y. ooumoawsslshs on their berdrrs.
vould have returned 70 their frst hove and
pe.ee and gasl fellowship would have
blessed our Uaioa again. But our rulers
.ppe.r 70 hsve been ss,issen With blind
ness syxa worse than jaaieial. They
would r.. he reeusant States and the
world see that We had still . government
They Would eosree the 'eceded States into
obedience. To this end. Mr.. Linooln.
In desapcs II Ill law or Constitution aud
in eou,ravens;oa Of the clesrsss policy.
called oas bis ssvensy-6ve Thousand men
Ia crush the rebellion on the Gulf. Al
though he knew they were soiernIy
pledged 10 resist coercion to the last ex-
,rsui,y, he hsd the i,npudsnes to ask the
Slave States. which had remained loyal to
the un;oo up to that ,no~ens. for their
quot. Of srops to carry out his plans Of
subjuga,ion. Virginia. North Carolina
Tennessee and Arkansas answered bis
demand BY p.s.ing ''rdinsnce' Of 'ecrs-
.;vu. Missouri. Kentucky and even Ma
ryl.nd a.,ly refused u give him "an to
carry on the var. The men were obtain
al. however. and the var commenced IN
earnest. A. what cost It has been prose-
cuted, after what fashion and with What
result, are very well known ~ our rea'
d~rs. The Confederate States have not
only maintained themselves at all points
they have thought pr"per to defend. but
n lasest account. were in possession OF
threc.fourths Of the graf state Of M'ssou-
ri aud we're slowly eating their way 70 the
very heart If Kentucky. But it is Meth
er. re think, to the SUCCESS Of Beauregard
nor Price that the change in public SEN
tiu,cot in Europe aud especially in Eng
land IL TO BE- attributed. A. We have
stated tsfme. that sentiment in the be-
ginning IF the war was strongly favora-
bl. 70 the succrss Of the Federal policy
and By 10 nation in Europe was It more
s,rougly o. unequivocally expressed than
BY England. II i. now impossible to open
an Engl;.h Journal Of influence without
finding at . glance that /. great change
has come over the public mind Of the
Eugiish people. The English Govern.
N mt pretend Of cour'c. to decent indi'-
ference abuus American affairs. but it 10
not difficult to discover Into what chsnnel
it. .ymp.tiiss are nov flowing. What
h., slienatsd FROM the Federal cause the
respect and good will VI the greatest and
freest nation in Eur"pef The spologists
Of Mr.. lincoln are ready With IN answer .
such as Il 10. England is starving for cot
ton. which she 10 prevented BY the FEEDER
ii blockade fro.a obt.ining. Very differ
ens are che reasons given by the leading
liberal minds Of England for this alisns-
ton, and re snbnit that they are entitled
70 ~ much weight .aa respect ~ are the
reasons asignea b. the Lincoln apologis'
shove. Il d el.insd fee the people Of
England that their sympashies are On the
eide Of Constitutional governments and
have ever besh. They regard the worst
Constitution that ever existed q infinitely
better shan the best desPotisn. and among
III despotisss. they assert shss the militia.
~ de.potism !. the worst. They charge
sh.t the Federal government hes broken
sp III conslitusional anshersay. wherever II
has h.d The power. and sabsissted in ii
stead the despotism Of the s'ldier. and
,sossoves. thae this desposis1 now pre-.
v.ils IN sverv Gtaae that acknowledges itl