New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-01

and think Of him now with all his interest in
rbe poor blacks sensibly abated, rolliDg amia-
bly, bis eye ut the slaseboldipg reb.ls, rolling
fi-rcey his other eye AZ the champions 81
Mans freedom We say that it IL the most
Iudicrous spe, tacle presented 10 our time in az
this world! We mnst have our laugh at It
though We all 60 tn Kingdom come to morrow.
We call the English great people. Is nat
patton great Which Cannot afford to be honest
Does National Honesty peddle, and bucks'er,
and chatter. and hieele aud split hairs. aud
look out for holes to creep through aud plant
i'self upon nice constructions of Pub ic Law.
and all this for the sake of shilllngsl And
YET this is jost what Eugl' is doing, IN q
bold faced way which in itself is really hean-
tllul. There is nothing unintelligIble about tie
matter. A boy can see through it. 1t can all
be put in a sioele word-CoTroS.
| Mr. Seward. has written a great many
columns 10 prove that in taking four frlons
from the Trent, we have strictly followed
English precedents. DIplomatically this is all
very well; dplomatiSts give us the long Of IL;
but the short Of it is, that Capt. Wilkes acted
uuder the circumstances exactly az british
post-c,pian would have acted. Great Britain
there it is, IN history and anybody who can
read at all. can read it-Great Britain never
had any respect for neutral commerce. From
5Ia9l down to the breaking out Of the last war
sue embarrassed, de-poiled and destroyed the
neutral commerce Of the United States. la
her Efforts TO prohibit all trade bet"eea the
French Empire aud neutral co1ntrlrs, she-to
use a vulgar phi ase-stuck ut nothing Inc
main business of her ministry was to Prevrnt
th.. importation OF corn IN Neutral bottoms
into France; and in accordance with this Pur-
pose. she considered every ship so laden, and
there bound, fair prize; or II, IN tue ooas'ea
adjudication OF her prize courts, u sup was
acquitted, it was with ruinous accumulation
of co,,s-in one Instance which we recall,
amounting to $500.
Tint We have always asserted that the right
of search is of very limited and delicate ma
mre. is strictly true; but tLat England has
ever acted upon any such Pridciple, all Tue
world is yet to be informed. She has always
ctained aud che would, if she wi'bed, now
claim, for she has never formally surrendered
IT,. the right 10 board American vessels aud to
take those designated as her subjects ff"m The
American service. But il n British Captain,
because the Briti,h navy happens t. he IN wait
of seamen, board an American ship. aud make
a deliberate selection of the cb"icrs' oil her
IL III, IN. l..
muggered up, while all our complaints are
droa ned by chorus of "Bd,a"na rol"s the
-. wave" On the Other hand, II We for lew
moments derain q British steamer while We take
from her decks four felons gully Of capital
crimes, although We may in fact be. by tnat
very acs relieving Great Britain from most
embarrassing predicaneot, Yet she STANDS sud
denly upon Der honor, aud viii cavh ." the
ninth part of hair. Well; she has, this { me,
her own sweet VIII. She has her ambassadors.
What will she do with them Tbat is 10
business OF ours. Our business Is to iiod out
now that she is satisfied upon this point, upon
what point it will be her graciou. PLEASURE
To be lext dissatisfied. This is EDglands op-
portunty. VIII she next demand the lbandon-
ment of the blockade And next
But speculation will not make our humble
pie any easier of digestion. Only this LIT the
humiliatng lesson Of the la.t wesk teach us--
that We are not to put our faith ia princes Or
prime ninis.ers-that the measure Of Eogiaud's
want Will be the measure Of Englands de-
mand-ibat if We expect be! to be restrained
b, recognizsd maxims OF Public Law or .hc
m.pest rules Of International morality, We
must be ssupider thsn stupid aud more forget
ful than forse.fulness itself, that all reliance
upon past professions Of good will, tAcn all
bygone displays OF comfy, Will be foolh6 VI, aud
that we must regard this selfish and op snlor'
ated Power, as she is regarded by the res III
Christendom, and by all Of Hea;bendom has
has felt the weight Of her iron heel. We b~
lieye that we are in the right; we believe that
i, would be cruel and cowarily and base for
England TO recognize q narrowing. slave
breeding, woman-hoggng and chiid-selliDg Con-
iederacy-but we are satisfied tina, the only
question with her will be WILL IL PAYi
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