The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-09

A careful and thoughtful reading of the
leading articles in the most prominent Eng
lish journals, brought by the. last mail,
necessarily leaves the impression that our
difficulties with The British government
have, only fairly commenced The Same
power that dashed the English people into
fury over the seizure of Mason and SIidell,
is already casting abontfsr other subjects Of
grievance, and soon we viii hear as fearful |
a blastSfrom the English papers concerning
the ineffectiveness of our blockade as be-
fore greeted our ears over the insult to the
British flag. We believe the bulk of the
English people are aYerse.to war with us,
and will gladly hail Mr.. Stewards letter to
Lord Lyons as harbinger of peace. But
we cannot shake off the impression, that
the aristocratic element-wkich is really
the head of the nation-i1as always regarded
as with an evil eye, and concluded that now
was the time to strike fatal blow at the
prosperity of a hated rival. The means
necessary to bring the people to the same
way of thinking are numerous, and are
rarely resorted to without success. The
press Of Great Britain already f9reshadows,.
that new borne of contentious to be nm
sarthed. The Loadon Times, and the
Palmerston and Derby organs, are begin
mag to argue the probabilities of Mason
and Slidell's liberation by our government,
and suggesting other matters, to which the
attention of SIR. Sewar1 must be called
as for instance the "paper blockade"
Mr.. Stewards letter to Minister Adams,
announcing the capture of the rebel emissa-
ries, and by him transmitted to Earl Rus
sell, was not published, but its contents, of
course, were known 1.-THE British ministry.
1t was known that Mr.. Seward, in behalf of
this government, disavowed the act of Capt.
Wilkes as being authorized by the Admin
istration, and boldly stated that the discus
sion of the question was free from any ems
barrassment on our part. Rpmers that
such letter had arrived were current in
the streets of London, when Lord Palmers-
tons organ announced that they were I'M
founded, for the dispatch in question dad
not, ~ any aoay aOhateUsr, refer to the out
rage on the Trent. What object the Post
lad in deliberately palming falsehood
upon the people, we are at loss TO con-.
foreshadowed the course Mr.. Seward after
wards saw proper 70 take, and yet the truth
was kept from the people while their pas
sions were stimulated by all that art and
rhetoric could accomplish in that direction.
In addition to this fact, the Paris
Patrie publishes letter from London cor
respondent, indicating the course the Eng
lish Government would pursue. The cor
respondent says, in case the answer Of the
American Government to the English note
was unfavorable, Lord Lyons would take
his departure in three days, and Admiral
Milne would Immediately, leave Jamaica
with an English squadron, and take up a
position at Norfolk. The correspondent
goes on, and adds
In case the Washington Cabinet should
surrender the prisoners taken from the
Trent, that afair tciZl Of course, be settled j,
but a Deso question 7Cik then Be raised 5y.
Lord Lyons, 0iz: WhstRer the blockade of
the Southern ports is effective, and negotiG-
tiORs upon this point aOity be actively carried
on These negotiations will be of a very
different character from the first, for they
viii bear upon a question affecting thecom-
mercial interests of all the powers. --s1 3.
Wen, our Government has surrendered
the rebel Commissioners, and the FIRST re-
Spouse from English sourcesi is contained in,
the Canada papers. While they manifest a
certain amount of qualification atthe result,
It is easy to see, by the manner in which
they criticisc the motives that induced the
surrender, that they are not yet satisfied
The Montreal Herald, after commenting in a
severe style as to our Misunderstanding that
we were impelled to the course we took
through fear of the British lion, rather than
through a sense of justice--uses the follow
ing significant if not threatening language
Yetit must not be forgotten that war and
peace cannot be thus separated from all
other considerations. If the present South
ern COnfederacy can hold its own for a GER
tain length of time, those most hostile to IL
must admit that it must receive Dational
recognition. The blockade presents an
other subject of conflict which, even in
spite of the best wishes on both sides, may,
from the clashing of interests lead to war
These are contingencies which may have
most sinister development. e = s.ss-
1t was fair to assume that, in surrender,
Tag Mason and SlitIelI, our Government
would not be misunderstood We notice.
however, that SIR. Seward 5 positions are
most grossly perverted and distorted. One
paper says Mr.. Seward always believed that