Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-01-04
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ENG1.IsH. OPINIONS
Tbe plldwifs artkle from the London. Herald

..-1---,.--~ENGLIS OPINIONS.
{ TIE blldwifgt Artcle from the London. Herald
Oord Derby's organl is, eminenuy salty;
Qaem Deus cut Perdere, prius dementat. The
conduct Of the American Government has long been
snef as ITO Europeans, scarcely seemed consistent
with the suppositioa Of It's being directed BY men
in fu possession of their senses The outrages ON
therO Constitution which, have been every day nor
petrated with impunity in every State under the
jurisdiction of the Fsderal Goyernmept the frantic
Language IN (which its proclamations have been
couched, the .extFayangance of its boast and the
imbece weakness of its action the savage excuses
which Its troops have been encouraged to commit in
the border States. by which it has aternated Ken
lucky, lost its last chance Of preserving Missouri
and exasperated Virginia beyond the possibility Of
forgiveness 1.-THE waton extravaganza of Its tyranny
in Mafyiand-all seem to proceed from the he nd.
strong fury of men who never were under the co.,
troll Of principle, and are beyond the influence
of reason aslts fiAoyH ~ sHs'1EF.. IS - 80
Mr.. Lincoln on his accession to power was tbo,ob,
to be an honest, straightforward man, whose Arm
ness might balance his intellectual deficiencies and
whose respect Tor law might atone for his utter 10.
norance of politics.. Gnhappily he has proved him.
self not only far more ignorant and uninteleent
than any one imagined him, but utterly wantinS in
decision OF character or in conscientious adherence
to the constitution of which he was the appointed
guardian File has usurpeda aowerbeyond the law
to exefGse1t With teebeness and vaellation yery
naturally allied with frantic and ungovernabe race
against all opponents Sui inapotens is the classic
phrase which; most accurately describes both his
character and that of his chief friend and adviser
Mr.. Stewards want Of common sense reticence and
principle have long been notorious to Americans
and recent circumstances have directed to him an
amount of English attention which has made him
equally we'll understood and despised in this conn.,
try. Unhappily, until yesterday, we had not been
al, La NIL U IN TO fto II
moral and mental worthlessness. We knew that he
had proposed to "arnex" Canada, but the idea was
to US who know our strength and weakness of the
United States so utterly ludcrous that we did not
and could not appreciate the utter folly and desper
ate wckedness OF the man who could put it forward
as serious proposal. Since then Mr. Seward has
done every thing in his power to insult and exas.
perate Great Britain he has encouraged the pratt
cal seizure of our ships, he has ordered the illegal
arrest of British subjects he has directed his envovs
at foreign Courts to revile and menace u.s. All this
we have borne little too quietly; the nation has
endured it with the patience Of Contempt; the gov
eminent, with an lndecsion, which, to American
eyes, looked like the irresolutiOn of fear
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We trust that there will be no delay in avengipp
an outrage unprecedented even in the annals Of
American lawlessness. We trust that no hesitation
will give the country reason to suppose that in his
manifold assaults on our national honor as in his
crowning insult Mr.. Seward has been encouraged
by belief that there were in the British Ministry
men whose patience might be trusted to endure any
outrage on their country, and hose ingenuity would
be able to devise in any quarrel plausible case fer
their countrys foe. Even the sophistcal talent OF
Mr.. Gladstone can frame no excuse for wanton
piracy" even Mr. Brights talent for invective must
fail to deter Ministry from prompt pursuance of
course in which the nation wilsupport them as one
Opposition to the vndica ion of the nat onal
honor will only consgn to utter political insgnif
canoe the politician who ventures to attempt it land
we would hope that there is but one man in England
capable of apoogising for the pratical outrage of
the San Jacinto. What We have to de is sufficiently
clear 1t is the duty of our Government to demand
the immediate return of the gentlemen stolen from
under our flag, in honorable gaise together with an
ample apology for lawless act of piratica aggres
sion; and to prepare for the rejection of such de-
mand by dispatching forthwith to the American
coast such naval force may ensure the total de-
struction of the Federal navy, and the instant
blockade of all the chief Northern ports if due sat
Isfaction be not given without delay. We it in
no small measure to the vacation of the Foreign
Secretary that such outrage has been ventured;
it is for the Cabinet promptly to redeem the disgrace
their colleague has brought upon them by the most
effective for the yindicaton of the British
flag. % - .--