The New York herald., 1862-01-31
The Alleged ConccuIinent OF MIR. Stewards
DESPATCH to MIR. Ada ms.

from tho Londcn Post government orgap) Jan. I3l
The public have now before them tn, whole correspon
dcnce connected t the outrage the Trent Tho first
document is ''extract" from confdental note adj
dressed TO Mr.. Adams by Mr.. Seward With regard to
this asked by the Daily Ne,os and Morning Star
how It that we denied the communication 10 the
British OF American despatch dsayowing
the act OF Captain Wkesy To Uis ~ that ke yryer
in qs.estior not official depos H. that rot
muiodtd 10 ue BRUSH gorernosef such ard that had
dcntal noic only to bo read 10 certain statesmen.
and ask any candid person who resds IL il it
could make any mpress!o on ther minds save that 1t
written 10 put thcm of their guard.
Now, how did the american government conduct t.
self Where the best disposition and the friondly
temper in Mr.. Stewards coursey No apology-no oxpls
Ia, ion was offered. On the contrary there is every
10 believe that even up 10 the Goth December Lord
Lyons other foreign Ministers in Washington ex-
pectcd that his departure the S0th probable
On that day, however the Amcrc government cayed
n they would themselves say ut in what manner
and temper the English public will gather from Mr. Sow
ards despatch with perfect astonishu,cnt The worlds
verdict has been given III our fa.or Thc aw cc7s II
fnsiand. q f'onee, Of Aas''ia end # Prussi, hare al
riiy--N. Thouyenel says % II viii not be pre-
iended that they Cla. sidcll and Msson) could
be considered coulraband OF war" or, IL
they to be regarded AZ +" rebcs," the ques-
tlon coud not be svei in favor OF the commander oi
the San yacinio" Nothing can be more distinct than
this than the host Of other opinions given IL the
American aw ciEcors had bcsn consulted they would
have failed TO give the same reply. Bat Mr.. Seward
To very different conclusions and he forces
the recognition Of the fact that he'd rot made
demand did az re1iitg at ,,e scorPs TeiHhad
not sfOwE our fCa1jfc.S war Win which a.
threatened U.S. should not have obtained the ucccssay
satisfaction. MIR. Seward actually adopts tho views
which psbshed in The opinion Of Mr.. Edwin Jpmes
viz-That the Trent had des atcbes board, aud
the captain o the Trent knew what of persons he
was convey ng n his ship TIA, that violation Of
neutrality, and that The a. eLt vas awiri prize.
Nothing has thoroughly cicrol the eyes o ali
Europe 20 the re, character q the American government
this disg acefnl case Ct tho Trent. 10 quite
clear that tie law OF the stronger is tho only Law that
req ly the other sid. oi the Atlantic. Cuba and
many other instances had taught us tag' noti'al
ci1isi hslj sacyd cpI,rs, the holy instinct II
fIass,,g, ant noo ne ia thici The cCbinst II
Wcss.ngto has csaicted de! IN rggrd c 7ts. dGriT
sao,rs Ho,Us hor Of no fogt satc eSct nndr Gte fro
cctiCa # Ne and rotor II is ocs1y We are, how
ever quite easy upon this point What dopoge Is
that ciyiz nation should In this century forget what
due Itself II not 20 others. Any European peo wold
blush act tho Americans have acted Throughout this
affair Relarati'n would have been oferoi once ord
cot delayed 70 the last moment when was on
s passage aud. E then given, any Minister who couli
lavo written such despatch as that OF Mr. Seward could
not FOR moment have claimed the contdeuce o. his
,ognirymoD.