Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-05
NUMBER 81.

How, then, are We to rtce We these ilusrous vsenr
or course they viii be stared aud fIlosed, and pho
toeraphsd and made the sub act Of paragraphs Th'rs
"a DO help for that Mr.. Thomas say'rs cannot saik
the street With frerd SEX permission Of the Mayor
20 tut uo booth in marketpacy, but that the crowd
imm d atey conclude the n ugh hsrd'i-sged, ilaver
ed pair TO he the Confederate COMMISSIONER
Messrs Mason and SLdel with their tso Secretaries
though handsome al grsc as their country
man. Bohdp, would certainly hl the thryitai faaeeu
they proposed to address the visitors there on the nes
OF their IT. fer the ben, dc oil the DISCRIMINATING
for the guidance Of the minority that pref at least
respecble IDOL and that does wish to thros away IL
confidence aud spl use, We may s yell observe tba!
Asssrs. Mason aud Sldel about the most sorthes
booty would be possible 10 extract from the sss OF
the American lion. They have l)Ig en- kDosn ss the
blind and habiual revers Of this country. They have
done than any oter TO get the inssne pre-
JUDGE ags 81 England, which dsgrsces tie morality
aud disorders the policy Of the Union
Their hatred Of this country has been their stock IN
trade Gu This they have earned ihsr political iyei-
hood aud the't potitiou ist there are Others
Who pander the lower passions OF humanity. dill
gent u's ofthis bad capital has made them What they
are and raised them to 'he rank oi Commissioners
il through thir lf,long haueI and sbuse OF Eogsnd
ih, hr here In their present lcous eapaei'
" The Dation, under whose h,g they sought Q s.is
passage .tio the Atlsntic-ihe nsiicn that has nos
rescued tts with all her might from certainty Of dun
geon and the chances II retaatory murder, 10 that
against which they have asays done their beat 10 eiss
perste their countrymen
Hal they peri.hed Ia the cell or the scsnld, amid
the triumphant yelIs Of the multitude, memory
would have sugg,s ed that their bitter Trades had
raised the Storm and that their ath only the nAtu
raj ard logical conclusion OF their calunnies ard
sophistres.
S, We do sine ,rcy hope that couatrymen will not
give the f.lovs thing in the shaps Of ovaion.-
The ciyity that ia due 10 ice in distress s oil they eau
claim We have returned Il good for evil and sooih
cay, should be exceedingly sorry that they should
ever be In situation choose What return they will
make for the good we hsy. now done them They are
here for their interest," IN Order possible TO drag
us into their own q1arrsl and but for the unpleasant
contingencies oil prison. rather disappointed that their
detention has not provoked new war. When they
stepped board the Trel they did not trouble them
selves with the thought OF the mchief they nigh be do
ing unosndipg neutral and II now by any lees per-
ous device they could eniarge US in the war no doubt
they would be orly too haIpy. We trust there s no
chance Of their doing this, for impartial as the
British public is in the matter cerliny has no pr'
udce in favor Of slavery which, II any thing these gen.
tIemen represent What they and their secre.
tities to do here passes our corJect-
ure. They are personally nohng to US. They must
great war to rescue thsm that therefore they are pre-
cous in our eyes. We should have done just as mich
TO rescue Of their groes and had thai been
the oh &C. Of the racue the ssarthy Ponpsy and
would have had Just the same right to triumphal arches
and municipal addresses hesss. Mason and Sideil-
So please British pablo let's have Of these thngs
Let the Commission up quietly 10 town. and
have their say with anybody Who may Lave time TO is-
ten them For part. we clnnot see how anything
they have tell turn the scale OF British duty and
deliheraton There have been maay Caes OF peoIls
and nations estlb ng actual indep' ndence, and
compelling the recognition OF the void that s We have
to do il what have done before up to the very last
year. This IL now simple matter OF precedent Oar
and lawyers know quite a. much on the u ect
as Msssrs Macon and sdel and la need Of their
infoI Imston or advice.
ISGLIsa oPISIts or sxwARD's EorE TO LORD Lross.
lYrom the London TIN 8. Of the iO.h Jaausyl
With verboeity equalled even 10 diplomacy.
aud with nconseqaentisl vagueness never surpassed
even in Congressional debate Mr. Seward ia this long
document wandes through the history Of all past trans
scions Inssmuch however, as he concludes that not.
withstanding all he has so lenghy and vaguely prom
ised he come TO no other conclusion upon the cir
cumsAuces OF the present than that the act vas To-
dsfensbe and that the prisoners be restored the
obvions to accept the fact OF the repsraon
and disregard the comment Such, we believe, bas
been the course adopted by our G)vernment cabinet
council held yesterday, which this very elaborate
document considered An answer vii, ve undef-
saak b, returned, EXPRESSING the gratlicaon OF her
Maiesys Government at the dibavoval OF the Act OF
Osp:. Wilkes, accepting the satisfaction rendered and
assuming that the precedent in the case OF the Trent
will rule the recent Of the sezire made by the
Clptan of tfe Santiago dc Cuba on board the British
Schooner Eugena Smi.h. As TO the general
discussion of the Law into which Mr.. Seward
enters at much length, the Government will
decline any until they have had an opportunity
of submitting the whole note to tht; Law officers There
are propositions laid down in this note which are not at
all admissible and il IA of the highest importance that
should suddenly bind ourselves 10 the abolition
OF belgeren rights, which may be to ourselves a some
future time Of vital Importance not that se should on
the other hand admit the right ct any foreign States TO
carry mail packets into their port and submit them
to the arbrament Of their Prizs Codfts. After the de-
livery Of the prisoners all these points may be vey pro
pery raised and be conveniently discussed; butk
is tIpedent separate this discussion entirely from the
settlement of the which has 20 nearly
preciptated US into var. Whenever the proper time
comes We shall probably insist, with all the authority
our favor, that bsiigrsnt has right 10 eo0,nip'
| with a asufrai PO,1er a n,I'rdi ship: and q
! presumption that in sucl communication =
! ing Inconsistent with the character OF the
aud therefore nothing Injurious to tts
THE sroSr BLoCB
" .om the London y =,
la common viz onu, ~e
yles Sh horror the Atter -fe Rene's'
tions OF the blessings /uessnen ioi
them in the shspec 81 them irofa the
violence of.s ts Such proceedings
ara indeed. . - OF war sgsins. the
vhole hug q sintrpsntioa Of HtoH gho
r,ur,,,, II The 1hois h,1aan race shog!d
/ tLIy b. Iess are some Of the subjects
WHICH w. der the consideration OF Parliament,
aud We do. 1T that by the time We have arrived st
the h Of feDrusry they will be horou ghly matured
Tor dsliberation.
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CHANGE CT sJHEnULE
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