Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-01-03
TIE TRENT AFFAIR.

The National iai,iligcHccr says:
=" " hatever may be the disappointment OF
any at the result 10 which the Administra-
ION has come in settling question consti-
tutionally devolyins upon the Executive
branch Oi the government, We are sure all
will applaud the irmness and sincerity with
which the Administration, resisting n .tu-
raj tendency supported by the conceded drii.
OF puOlIc opinion in our own country has
res lived to do what it believes to be rignt J..
the premises: aud it surely should give cAusr
TO ali who may be disposed to challenge the
proprlrty OF the decision TO which the Ad-
ministratiOn has cJme, when they note that "a
contrary decision would leave Us IN OppOsitlun
not only TO the views of Great Britain, but
also to those which the Government OF
France has expressed respecting the prlnci-
pies OF public law involved IN this ransac
tlOn.
" Whatever. therefore. may be said By
any in the way Of exception 10 the extreme
terms of the demand made by the B.. iIish in
the case of the Trent, it is at least just to
admit that the case has been 50 adjusted by
our government as 10 subserve the great
cause Of neutral rights against the assump>
ton heretofore asserted by England, but now
repudiated by that power in common with
France and the United States.
The law Of nations, as additionally inter-
preted by our government, has received
new sanction, though at the cost, II may be,
OF some national scusibilities walked into DIS
proportIJnate ACTIVITY by the temporary eI-
acerbations Of cur civil leuds. The latter,
let Us remember are but Tor a day. The
law OF nations Is tOg all time.
The y. Y. Ereniqg Pest says the follow
ing letter expresses the seaunents Of the
Americans in Paris
PARIS, Dec. Q. 1861.
1--WE are looking with interest and ankle
ty TO see whether the President will have
the courage and sagacity To yield promptly
and Unexpectedly, which will certainly lay
his oyer-straintd adversary on his back by
force of his recoll.
1--WE shall be ON our old and right ground +,
standing tor neutral rights. England viii
be committed 10 the same, and we shall have
the applause Of the world tor daring to yield
at the right moment, instead Of peTIllIng the
Union, and, indeed, the interests Ui tho civ
Ilizcd world, Tor II British dogma which We
IN fact detest.
You will observe the change OF tone IN
tho French press France must Re neutral.
they say, and some speak plaluer 10 the
feet that 1T Is not for France to aid Eng
land IN seyerlng the Union she Is our
ch'ld, an. The only hope for neutral rights
IN u future war between ourselves and Eng
Land
"rhis Is obvious enough, but they have not
ill now comics I'd II.
"C ncvssIon IN lde on this point now at
i-su tine blockade will be safer than ever,
and the war may BE- pusoed with success. "
WARRINGTON, Dc. 90.
The settlement of the Trent affair affords
much qualification among conservative and
prominent Union loving men. whatever may
have been their previous opinions ON the
subject. They regard the adjustment as
removing u serious impediment IN the prose>
cutlon OF hostilities against the insurgents,
and as deprivinG the enemy of the strength
which they would have derived from "a war
between the United States and Great Britain
and possibly with France.
There is geperally.ex prcSsed ,acquiescence
in the course Of the Government, while tne
despatches OF Secretary Seward are viewed
All Tue IiSuI VI tuc hi6utce otdNtcluduliAt
ability.
Bo5IoS, Dec. %.
The public here receive the announcement
Of the surrender of the rebel commissioners,
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, very philosuphi-
cally, having generally anticipated such a
result, as the must dIrrct meane of avoiding
a foreign war. The street talk is that Ma
son and Siidell are not worth their board
hire or elsewhere.
1.-THE MOB.n
This is the dulcet epithet by which the
mass of the People of the loyal States of our
country are characterized by the London
Press. They no longer know us as the
American People"-no longer dignity US
Is citizens Of free and enlightened Govern
ment but as a ra5ble of rufians and luna
tics who ought to be 'put down" with the
strong arm. The mob, with Mr.. Seward
1t Its head, clamors Tor war with L gland"
-oars the "Thunderer." The mob will |
irlve the Lincoln Government into sanction |
ng the arrest OF Slidell aud Mason" cries |
he Saturday Review. ..Ihe Mob" in Amer
ca, writes the mendacious DR.. Russell, 8 sat |
,nce rendered aggressive and insolent."