Litchfield enquirer., 1862-01-09
The Effect of the Late Emglish news
 upon the Confederate Leader..,


 upon the Confederate Leader..
 LFrom the Richmond Examiner, Dec. lo.1
 All other topics become trifes beside i'm. fla ings of England which occupies this journsi. and all commentary that diverts public atten,ior rom that single point is impertinence
 The effect of the outrage of the Trent on in, pubic sentiment of Great Britain, more th.n luinlis the prophecy that we made when the ar. rest of the Confederate Ministers was i. f.a.s event. All legal quibbling and selfish ca,c,I.- ton has been consumed like straw in tbe h,..,- ing sense of incredible insult. The Palms,.,a. Cabinet has been forced to immediate and a.e;- sive measures and peremptOry order 10 Lor,t Lyons comes with the steamer that primes th. news to the American shore. He ia direc,sd ,s. demand the unconditional surrcndsr os NJ. and Slidell, to place them in the pos;t;on ,hs. were found beneath the British flag, and a eon:L piete dlsavowal of their seizure as au uthos;..a act Now, the Northern Government ha s[iaes,a itself in such position that it can do dcno-vf these things. The abolitionst element of the Northern States would go straight to revelation | at the least movement towards e surrender of the captives. The arrest was made hy ths a.- iperateiy written orders of the Government, af- ready avowed and published beyond the hope of apology or possibility of retraction.
 The United States can do absolutely nothing but refuse the demands of Great Britain and abide the consequences of that refusal. What
 
 there will be the diplomatic rupture; Lord Ly. ons will demand his passports, and Mir. Adams will be sent away from London. Then will fol- low an immediate recognition of the Southern Confectionery, with encouragement and aid in ht- ting out it's vessels, and supplyinR~SSA.ir wsEt0 in the British ports and islands. Lastly, { war Till be involved from ffese tive events.
 Such is the latest and more serious result of the real raving madness that has settled on the people of the Northern States, and that has guided all their steps for the last tive years.-- Every reasonable creature in the world, out of their own nation, foresaw the consequences of their conduct during the summer and fall of 1860. The warning was thundered ct them from every side, their own eyes looked full at the point of the glittering sword which the South held steadily out of them, and on which | their ruling party rushed with all the eaEerness | of the bull on the metador of the Spanish arena, Then came the proclamation of Lincoln. Moth. | ing but insanity could have dictated 1t; and without it the secession of Virginia was impossi. ble. Then their crazy attempt 10 subdue coun: try, not less difficult to conquer than .RpssiNs1 self, with an armed mob of loafepg. Finally their lunacy has culminated in keless. mean odious action, that under no. .circumstances' could do their cause the leasp good. and which was bound to involve them R bloody ouarrel with an adversary of doubk the strength of the United States in its best~ day, and which nov | mas put 10 close its ha6d and destroy its impu dent assailant as a man. would crush fly that has settled on his palm.
 Spectators of these events, who can doubt that the Almighty fiat has gone forth against the | American Union, or that the Southern Confede- racy is decreed by the Divine wisdom? The dullest worldlng the coolest atheist, the most hardened cynic, mig gAt be struck with awe b1 the startling and continued interposition of q power beyond the control or cognizauce of men in these affairs. The incidents of this struggle. are so unparalleled unexpected, and unaceount- able on other grounds, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion.i hat the acts of nations are now submitted to superior hand. Had but one such event occurred it might be reckoned an or dinary chance. But each has been followed by another more wonderful than its predecessor. while they all have identical tendency, and move forward, by memorable sequence to the same goal None of them however, and indeed no miracle of mans history, is more singularly distinguished from the common contingencies of 1 earthly transactions, than the arrest of those two ministers on mid ocean. Who thought that | when the Trent was announced to sail that on its deck and in the trough of the weltering At | lantic, the key of the blockade would be lost I Who dreamed that the chief element in the strife would enter from that unnoticed door? The hand of God was here visibly extended over the world. Men sink to puppets, their works are naught, their intelligence turns to folly Uhl!l