Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-01-08
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What will be the tone of the London
Tunes. London HeralL, and papers of that
Tx. Rhich are SO blood, thirsty and truculent
now. when the news Of the giving up of
Mason and Slidell shall have reached them.
is 1dificUft to determine. That they have
been using all their influence to inaame the
passions of the English people and to bring
about a war with the Northern States
there IS DO 'shadsw of doubt. The high
and n9ble spirit eviuced in thus attacking
a%,e0uutry already engaged in a terrible
civil war, is of a piece with most of The
vars Of England. While our country was
united and strong, the British Lion was
gentle as a lamb. aud his paw ike velvet,
but now-when We are fighting with an ad-
rersary far more dangerous than he could
ever be, with head down and tail erect, he
rOars cat his cagcrness to pitch in. Let
him wait uutil the present f:ht is settled.
Snd he can have hard knocks to his hearts
content. The London Herald of the 2o,b
alt, gays
The outrage on our flag is is the very
spirit Of Nc Stewards dispatches. The
heroism of Captain Wilkes is exactly akin
to the temper Of the American Secretary of
Stats. The conceptions of national rights
and public law developed by the apologists
of the San Jacinto are but the complement
Of those which appear in the instructions
transmitted to Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Day-
ton. Nonsense so ungramatical and illOei-
cal was probably never written by a states
man since the days of that Rsr Romaaus.
who declared himself "abOve grammlr."
and decided lila netaRda sckisma to be
good Latin. lnsOlcnce 50 outrageous was
never displayed by the Spain of Philip IL.
or the, France of Louis XIV. A response.
BE minister, chaIgel with the fate of tween
lty millions Of men OF a critical moment
u his leisure by debating new doc.
tripes OF internadonal law to roTers. apy
Ooe Of whom could, at a fortnight notics.
destroy his fset and lombard Lis capital
The foreign secretary of a nation in the
asonies of suicidc-Wlh ats territory in
anarchy, its army in a state Of chronic
confusion and periodical panic, a hostile
camp within sight of the chief magistrate.
its constitution suspended, its finances
ruined, its prestige impaired by a series os
dlsgraeelul defeats-insults and menaces
the greatest military and naval powers in
the world, and grows more i~nsolent and
wantOu in his impertiuence as their con-
tempt allows Lis cfenses to pass unpun;sh.
ed.
But the RsyaI and the Times by NJ
inoans have it all their own way. there are
other and influential English papers which
probably represent the sentiments of a
large portion of the British people. which
talk fairly and reasonably. The Liverpool
desrnaI of December 2lst says:
While no one in England abates one jot .
Of his Indignation at the outrage done to
the national flag. a strong desire prevails {
thai the matter may be settled without an I
appeal TO arms. The desire, however has {
reference to an apology from America, and ,
the surrender of the prisoners. The advo
Gates Of peace, who were stunned By the
hrst hurst of national Indignation, have {
appeared before the public this week in ia l
vOr Of submitting the question to arbi.ra- Z
ton. The Peace Society last week ad- ,
dressed Lord Palmerston on the subject |
This week the Quakers have made an appeal c
TO the Ministers. a letter from Mr.. Cob '
den has also been published. and his argu- A..
nent is not without weight. If wrong :
has been done, let the H~rong-doer be pun :
Ehed. but in the way suggested by Lord c
at the Paris conference Of 1856
His lordship there moved a resolution to i
the effect that before war broke out between :,
two natiops a certain; period should clapsc. ),
during which the opinion of other nations i
vas to BE- taken with respect to its Justice
md prepriety. The resolution was applaud
but not adopted. That signifies but
50 far as We sre-copcerned, for it was
,ur suggestion. and We are bound in 1851
70 adoPtear resolution proposed in 1885, n
At public meetings the same sentiment has p
favor, and it will gather strength in I
proportion as the desire for peace increases r.
a the country. The evils of warsre much
'etter appreciated this week than they were Il
he week before last. P