, 1862-11-22

var MEETINGS offering $2o0 bounty to vol- S
untetrs, and sending out their stone
deet to block up cur harbors !; and I II
BUNS he Virginia and puts It's officers and b
crew in fronB. His prisoners ore treated Is
fclons, and the ship thnt comes, from the hu- +
nanity common to mariners, within hail Of Z
the burning yeseel, is 80 sttEed aud destroy |
cd. These are new u.s.: est and new l3:.,c. | 7
individual citizens ar: held responsible for
the acts Ct = whole community. Tc Easl ! I
from any Northern port ia to incur the hazard | {
Of being made the victim OF reprisa}s for The | t
this theory, war becomes ten times the curse
it has ever been, end the no6tilitles OF civil (
izsd nation5 relapse into the exterminating
Ieuds of savage tribes. Captsin Sem1nes and | {
Of the red Mdians-or Of those worae osr-
harians who went from Spain to dep2eui IT. |
tie countrF through Thfc1 they passed, from |
Florida to the Mississippi
An ILLUSTRATION,
No wonder the New York Chamber of
Commence was greatly moved bg the recital
OF these atrocitiss. Let u picture to our-
selTes the Effect upon the London or Liver
pool Excfsnge, OF si,nilar tidings during any |
une Of the 1nnry ware in which We have ocen
engaged. Suppose that willie the ports OF
France were b1ockaded by orr fleets, the
. Te.sel Wn1eE crree1 habitusl:y 1ndGr 9nar-
icnn coiors, bnt made captures OF our mer-
chantmen, burned them, put their men in
irons, ana ps SEEING e:en Vessels that came
trade upon the seas TO shun the light Of q |
wreck or fl=e, s's. the signal that lares to de-
st1uetioa-uot, rs il zinez past, the beacon |
to guide the generous and intrepid mariner to
the rescue pi TIE unfortunate" The excite
mEnt caused b. the Trent affair niav Surely !
admonisn US to look with forbearance upon !
that excess ct widespread eXAsperati0nn |
| which the New York Chamber warns us to |
fstx rsEf 1t+3fsn I'D
| by that body mcre than justifes the coua-
:neDts we made upon the telsgrsphic SINH
! may OF them. They aIe uaimpeae1able IN
spi.it SID EXPRESSES.
TIL SECEssIOyIsT VIEN.
| The seeessicnist organs In London, Liver
| pool and Manchester, naturally rcjoita over
| the acts OF Ssrmes, aEd abuse cur Chamber Of
Commerce for ut:erirg is ;encn5trau2e. The
| Manchester Guardian, which may 1= regarded
SIS the type Of enti-Americaa feeling in Eng
land, e1p.sssss its ter-iments IS toloTa:
The A!absma is certainly not ptiyatce1,
Int reesu1a51i commissioned ship CT 9ar, q. d
| al aEguEtEts CT 1ecroscbrs founded on Tie
former assumption arc thus disposed Of at
| CDce
+ VIC believe it to 10 Oh incortro-
vcrtible fact that the captaju Of tAs Alabama
has more 1tah once al'yged a vessel TO 50
free, although 5ts belonged to Nsr5hern
car,ro Ess Enrli.h: a1,5 We bs!;s;s t;,at this
| ie fis 7taular i,roc1:cs, On the OTTER band he
has ncVsr been charged with taking an A1nar~
RES mi the Dr;ncip]e al6pted in the conysu-
lion Of Paris, and slway5 ns.ersed n7 tbs
| Unitea Etattz. Iti+ ciear that, SO Iopg as he
continues iu tbfs course, neutfal5 can have no
| ground Of comE1a;nt. The Charge against
o11:,ht ~ send then ;3fn 1,crf to- na;n5;cr-
| ion. is one WHICH nav raise more DISCUSSION,
Smnnos5,g s,,ch acts{o he torh;dden hy The
ssY r. nssu. nf net;ona y "a NJ ana rer n sap
th"+ ia cs3,.s1n hss ~ ,,n-t ~ + ;nto r;eS he can
rer'ts his caT,;nrsd Tassals This II a mjsf,r.
1nne an6 weoEness lar he govn-nment
ub;cb rm11ovs him hrt r. does 9not e,,t;t1e
| fim r. hreaE the eats hl;shpd 17,1a ~ cnstnm
| A' ~ ~ 1o ~ ~
,,n1o.o1a dost,oo+,o, ~ p,;t;e,, ,,ro-art<, t,,,
| 40 a1e1..r1.o ond uttars *h;z
ca,,,-,,rI,1 n,or,ar
Th. ,-or,- of +ba oonfaaar,+a .vor ,aasa,
"No. 290,'1 Car+ain Senmes has now Fixed
the attention OF every merchant in Europe,
ana an ats tcm!ng OF nave cnnte 10 sae eol, !,
The yesae1s dustroyed and threatened arc
those sailing under the federal nag. But YES
Ee]s SO sailing have hitherto carried mora prop.
erty OF British ownera than any ethars. Aud
! asE Eap1aln oemGcs puEns .tesseis an. easso
| WILBUR c1stt1ictt'ns Auu tae catso - tou,'
monty much more valuable than fha vessel,
We. ee neGtral patton. have hitherto been pre-
osDly, uesn ~ cniea W 81 nno ~ ~
| will mend this aspect of the case. fha 5lsa
seeo. VIII be aToidcd. Vessels under the ieders
Tag vii become by 80 much less eligible fol
slie con:e5apts assor t4oa@5 cullep'otu
The wsr risk, it will in this case SO cnhanc;
| the ordinary charges rs 10 pnt federal vessel
1t very serious disadvantage Ii the mark-
| for freiRh5.
As some pressure is now brought to bes
Er2n cus owI. governmenf by the @ loscs5 6
4 ~ III 3msI1bahie TIT ~ ~ lax tx ot ,ninis
tere tcucal5g this rew complicstion OF af1aiT
viii scon find antharitatlyc expression
MeanTnae, M re re- may epeerye tasS = re @ sse. 7
It. a ,slf IN sn,:,s ,layters :hat anr demand upo
tie confederate government ss made, CT pr
Fosed to be made, Will De affected " fac que:
III tlou whether the properly dess5oTea was II
suFtd against "aT risa or nor. Elsk insure
.ganst - siIapfy tfazs' 'efssa aao o1Saz32ose{
otnerW1ee 1t Is nnahected'
BEn1cEREar RIGHTS At SEA.
neetlrg on the 81 Of November. at which
attended the meeting OF the Aancneets
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