The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-01-08
THE sIRHENDEts CE THE REBELs
MIX sEWAhD'S REPLY Eu ..UE&D
LhOAs--GPIN,Oas Ut iaE P.>Gss.
From the New Yofau,ssIa.

From the New \ cfk L. al.
EnEand iE heuce!orih dc o.fr. Il tsou iuIsr,.n
ton. in behalf OF thIs Instructions, r anev has
no sympathy tor it, aud IL luuel uos staAd OF
iaii upon rs own resources. They ae LeAsl,
exhausted ans we have only low 10 push ioi-
~atd fleets and armies iii order to bliug snis
beieaguered ins.gtecLOu ~ n geu,rsi usso.u,lun
within ninety da.s. Acco. jlnaiy, We constaGu
late our loyal people UPON This settlement oi Tie
Trent question, AID that 1t is settled ~ the cred
II oi or government, G4d upOa i.s onn dOetrin.
OF neutIa! maralIIic rights.
F.Om the SpFnsd-ll Reg-hllcas
Whatever may DC sand OF tLo real netlts oi
the question and il is too late TO discuss thal
Bow-no HAN eau tai TO joice that tie 4 III
Guilty is settled, aud that We haye escaped, III
least for the preseut, foreign war, In addition
10 the iabors ard peril, attending the suppres-
Sion Of osr home IGsurrectioD. England las
NOW no prete1L Tor war, or ior hostility VI tee.
ing. She has acted HE part OF the bully, aad
she viii undoubtedly call US coaaIis ior Iefus-
ing TO fight, but che cannot strike, as she would
evidently be glad 10 do. She must leave the
Southern traitors 10 fght Out their miserable
war alone, unless she can mud some new pre-
text for Insulting and asssliiDg Us. IL as NOS to
be disguised that II We lad iOught over Mason
aud Siidel a. the case wss presented, The opll
Ion OF all the European govefnIlents would
have been against us. They would have jusl
fed England, if they haj afforded no 0sher
support IN The controversy. But II SHE nov
seeks quarrel, a. che may, AID she probs.
bly, will If she holds her present temper, sbe
will be obliged to do 1t upon some matter ia
which international law anu tie opinion OF the
civilized world will be against her, aud that viii
be . circumstance nf hifl. irnna-'.'---- 49,
Mr.. Stewards mastery dispatch demonstrates
very clearly that, while ws might have Jssti ed
the act uf Capt. Wilkes by Brush pIeced=nls
il would have been al the expense OF the great
principles OF maritime law 10 which the United
States have always adhered, and to which they
would long since have secured tie asseut OF the
whole world, but Tor the opposition of Great
Britain. Those principles are worth to US a
Thousand told more thsG the persons OF aasou
and Sl,dsli, and the gaass concurrence la them
Of the Eu.i Government Is chsaply purchss.
ed by compliance with a demasd Involving
neither the sis hiest sacrifice oi national digni-
~, nor toe least departure IRON our union u.
practice On sh. subject.
From the Buffalo Ex,se.s
We can See that the surrender ~ altogether
in accordance with The Traditional pohcy OF
our Government iii respect 10 The IIgt OF Ms, iu,n
aad that our natiouai consistency is Sustained.
snd not violated, by the render vi I've k.O.
emissari-s. B4t Jast ncw We ~efe Wiling TO
take Others by TIED o"H rule ot right, AID 10
take IL toi granted thai the pcec.deuis OF
| E. gland, aiid hot those OF tne United s a:es
should govern t.,e disposition oi ;uis case.
| trou tbs BlGa.o Coarier
| The I'M Justice Of biitai, ia tAsiag advsntag.
of our pre-occup.ed position ~ reverse her iosis
sustained CONSTRUCTION Of International Lac l.
II, f.gran, and obr.ou., hut there "a. oe not ,ins
uishonorsoie unDauiy ia our adhering 10 q
yies OF the Question: which is historically Amer
lean, and is cneeriuy acting acco ug to tina
v:cw. Secretary Se~ards argumeHt - Q ilas
,srpiecs nf wise and Statesman like iogic
From the Baltimore Rspabie,r.
| HosOR TO CoMMoDORE WILKES, ASD NOT Lss
| TO SKcRxrARY SLwARD The former has inisla
,ed, aLd the lsltsr completed. the fr,edoza G
the seas, Tor which we bsve been contendIng eve
since our independence snd at the very che.,
price Of coupieOf Rebels worth nothing
Let all the world rejoice.