The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-01-09
PROM the Philadelphia Inquirer.
b~ecessionists Clamorous for Wau
with Eoglaud.

Ii IS noticeable. but not In the least strange
that those journals and men who have beeu
most In sympathy with the rebels, should be
most eager for war with England. They
have all at once 4 terribly keen sense of
national honor. They we're exceedingly
tolerant of insults TO our flag when they came
from Southern rebels.--and when they In
yolyed merely the overthrow Of the Consti.
ton. the disruption Of the Union. and the
permanent destruction of our national In
tegrity and life. But the slightest hint that
England questions. in any particular. the
perfect propriety OF sur proceedings. aroases
all their C. ursge. and demands an immediate
declaration of war.
This is perfectly natural-for il gives the
best possible guarantee for the accomplish
ment OF their designs. There Is nothing on
the face Of the earth for which every South
ern rebel so d~evoutly prays. az for war be
tween the United St0Ies aud England. ouch
a war would instantly give them the direct
aid and assistance of every vessel in the
English navy, and of every gun In the Eng
fish service. The very first result would se
to open every Southern port 10 alarge and
immensely lucrative direct trade with
Europe, and at the same time to close every
Northern port and destroy utterly our pres
ent commerce. JEFF. Davis could we'll AFFORD
to pay millions upon millions TO bring about
such a xar. 1t would be worth infinitely
more 10 him than his whole army, and would
do more TO give the South her permanent
independence than anything and everything
which she can possibly do for herself
Without some such Incidental aid it Is per-
fectly clear that she has no hope OF success.
She must inevitably fail. The movements
now in progress against her are morally
-. A. II - 1000 k.~I..
she can never recover il. unless by some
such outside assistance. The rebel agents
abroad have been working day and night TO
bring about such a war. They have been
using every possible appliance. and exertiog
!. every kind of influence which they could
. possibly control, TO instill into the English
mind the belief that our Government was
hostile to them,-thst we were determined
to conquer Canada.-that We passed the
Morrill, Tariff out of hostility to their in.
terests,-and that the only way in which
England cou d at once defend her rights and
= protect her honor was by a war with tie
ruifed States,
From the very beginning these rebel a
gents have had the lid of their sympatbiser
and accomplices here in this work. Tht
= new spapers secretly in their interest have
! openly advocated the seizure of Canada
have declared our deter mination to wag'
: war upon England. and have done every
: thing in their power TO arouse the passion
of the two nations against each other; an
Mr.. Adams informs our government, in on
' of his letters to Mr. Seward, that to such II
extent had these Vaccinations proved sue
:, ~cessful. that men high in position. and eve
:. members Of the British Cabinet, had actual
= " expressed to him the belief that the Tn
= ted States intended to declare war againi
- England.
The same parties are pursuing the sam
81 policy now. The Herald is just as clamoI
% Gus for war with England as it was thrt
20 months ago. Secret sympathy with the T
bsllion reveals itself in many quarters whic
q hitherto have kept an enforced silence, /
~ slamorously denouncing every moyemel
e towards tue preservation of peaceful rel
tons. 1T is idle TO say that all this Is mere
~ a concern for the National honor. Th
-. honor is perfectly safe in the hands of {
m Government. There is not the sbghte
" danger that it will suffer outrage or wron
The real secret of this clamor for war wi
England is a desire to aid Secession, a
/, promote the independence of the rebel CO
federacy. We shall see whether il will 81
coed.