The New York herald., 1862-01-01
Opinion OF the London Post, the Govern
ment Organ.


ment Organ.
From the London Post, Dec Ill
The Message OF the President Of the United States has
reached in eaenSo; and those paragraphs which
the foreign relations OF his government certainly
imply disposition to anticipate the presentation Of de-
mands inconsistent with what assumed be the dig
nifty and authority OF the federal constitution. The affair
OF the Trent which must at this moment be provoking
extraordinary excitement at Washington and New York
is passed by with the nferentia aluson that "oregn
dangers necessarily attend domestic difficulties and that.
therefore, tie seGcods and northern military frontier Of the
rtp,tlc should b. put into ccndiicn Of adequate de-
nce. II is hard TO doubt that anticipated demands from
this country account OF Messrs Slidel and Mason,
have dictated this precautionary measure; for a wide
difference may be between tho present advice of
the President 10 his Congress and the comparatively
vague suggestions Of Mr. Seward to the Governors OF the
frontier states before the stoppage OF the West India mail
had become known. direct reference however, to q
question ichh had nat net Jerome mote- If ccrtrorsysy
with any other government was scarcely within the
ordinary scope OF Presidents Message, any
than the burning of the Harvey Birch by the Nash
Vile, which Mr. Lincoln passes in silence, though
the circumstance had been known at New York on
the Both of November. Indeed. lie is probably but
following usage when he restricts his observations
these matters which have been already the subject Of
negotiation, such the detention of the British ship
Perthshre by the United States ship Massachusetts,
some other the correspondence arising upon
which is promised to be laid before the Congress;
the case Of the Perhshre so plain AID fragrant that
tho Cabinet of Washington instinctvey yielded CON-
pensaton which 1t would have been neither in decency
nor In its policy to withhold
We wish we could think that at time at which the
federal government is saddled with overwhelming
rendtufc and so heavily debt it would be
Likely to adopt in quarters not by Confederate
armies Of forti6caon and defence the
mere abstract contingency OF encounterirg hostility from
other quarters This PREPARATION IS oJtVOy directed in
the main against Orsers, for, independently OF the de-
fences ordered along the coasts where France alone
could be her other antagonist the Notifications to be
constructed along the Canadian and New Brunswick
frontier and is upon these latter proposed deences
hat the stress Of the President is chiefly laid. lie
adopted for maintaining the public defences upon every
sle and he then specifies the great lakes and rivers
which denmark Canada from the United States On the
banks Of these he desires Congress to establish for
with depots for arms and other muni-
tions Of war, and also to create "hnrbour and
navigation improvements at well selected points,
as OF ''great importance to the national defence
and preservation" II would as though these
words portended intention 10 create foilos bucen the
It ap that the Secretary Of War has also issued
lengthy rcrort entering into detail upon these plans.
the government of the United States but we must OBJ.
serve that the defensive preparations which own
government has been making during the last fortnight
and which the Canadian government is also making,
according TO correspondents letter in another column
have not been commenced day too soon IL we arc to
present any of defensive counterbaance on the
Canadian side Of the frontier to the power Of attack
which will soon exist on the southern side.
The Senate Upper House Of Congress- appears alone
to have not yet committed itself either by words I'm
pcaton and the House Of Representatives has gone far
in advance Of the Executive, since it has unanimously
passed vote Of thanks to Captain Wilkes for his seizure
Of the Southern Enjoys and il has actually gone the
length, with oquM unaninty, Of requesting the govern
nent TO mime these gentlemen in tho cells Of convicted
elons. the rancour Of this legislative body towards
tho arrested ENJOYS TO be taken any measure OF its
feelings the power which has demanded their honor
able release To the protection Of its flag, may imagine
the storm that demand, dated seventeen days ago. Is
creating in the Congress Of Washington. II Is pos
sbe that the House Of Representatives may conform
to the thacter given by Dryden to the Dutch Of his
dny "Crue at home and crouching when abroad" We
sincerely desire that the parallel may hold but the juxtapo.
son OF these savage votes Of the House o Representa-
tves with the Of ortfcaton recommended by
a N hpvw-
that the Senate has not yet spoken it is possible
that It may exercise moderating influence both the
Executive and Lower Assembly; although at the same
time cannot forget that had been convened for
forty eight hours down TO the date Of last
There is marked ingratitude in President Lin
coins manner Of dealing with the attitude of the
maritime powers Of Europe in the civil war with
tho South. Any appreciation of our long and self
denying forbcarance the very last sentiment that
he has TO express. He commences by attacking the
southern States for soliciting foreign Intervention al
though quite certain that the Southern confederation
has in terms at least refained from doing He de-
ploes that oregn nations are not always able to resist
the counsels OF seeming expedency and ungeerous am
an interference from which have in fact carefully
reaDed he then turns round upon the Southern States
and tells them that they have received less patronage
and encouragement than they probably expected" Why
surely this disappointment Of tho South ought to be
made the subject OF grateful acknowledgment to
selves. But we obtain no such need; told that
commercial grounds, intervention or recog:
milton Of the South would be contrary to interests
and that IL we have not acted in directly unfrendy
ply because not such fools to knock heads
against brick wall Foreign nations" says Mr.. Lin
coin, " reach thor aim readily and easily by
aiding TO crush this rebellion than by giving encourage
ment to it." That is, Of course, on the suppcsticn of
Mr.. Lncons icild eory6 Federal Gorernmen vt rulin
dticn Of hoo hyrird aud fsty millions being suscepib'e #
reyifcdiion. The truth is that every sensible In
Europe looks upon the subugaton Of the South tried
and proved inpossbity and If he cannot keep thirty
millions together what hope Is thore for the young
ef tho axistng generation living, he says to wit
q united federation Of two hundred and Fifty mil
lions2
In somo ten twelve days, in all probability we shall
know the issue of OUT demand That demand Is simple
and in iself final There Is no ultmatum, some of
cotemporaries have alleged 10 succeed IT, The orig
nal demand will be utmatum in itself. Neither is
there any possible opening for mediation arbitration
All that Lord Lyons will wait for will be the usual inter-
val allowed for reply TO diplomatic communication
namely few days. Indeed, II Is possible that the in
sllgence shall look for after Christmas may be
conveyed TO these shores either by Mcssrs Mason
slidell themselves the hand, BY Lord Lyons hnset
On The 0her
Opinion OF the Aristocrats and OIL
garchists.
[From the London Herald derby organ), Dec. 1871
Al the commencement Of the Message the President
fers TO foreign countries generally in terms which
cannot regard dgnined and which appear to mex
cusabe. 1t is FIRST ntimated that the dfsoya citizens
Of tho Union may have invoked foreign aid and mterven-