Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-01-01

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WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.-The decision Of
the President in the Trent affair, as an>
nounced and explained in the despatch Of
Secretary Seward. has the approval Of every
member Of the Cabinet. The National In
/ telligence7, in an article apparently semi-of-
fetal. says;
Whatever may be the disappointment
/ If anv. at the result to which the Admins
tratiou has come in the settlement Of ques-
ton, which constitutionally devolves upon
the Executive branch Of the Government,
we are sure that all viii applaud the firm
ness and sincerity with which the admins
| tration, resisting a national tendency i'm
pressed by the concerted drift of public O.
Pinion in our own country, has resolved 70
do what it believed to be right in the premi-
ses, and surely should give pause to all
who may be disposed to challenge the pro
/ priety of the resolution TO which the admin
istration has come when they note tIat a
contrary decision would leave US in opposi~
ton 10 those which the Government of
France announces, respecting the principles
of public law involved in the transaction"
The bHelGgencer says, in conclusion:
" Whatever, therefore, may be said by
any in the way of exception to the extreme
terms of the demand b; .,l tlsg British Govern
'h'hI IN I5se case Of the Trent, it Is rs last
,.st 70 admit that the case has been SO ad-
| justed by our Government IS to suJserye.
/ we would hope, the great cause of neutral
rights against She assumptions heretofore
asserted by England, but now repudiated by
! that power in common with France and
| the United States. The law Of nations, as
| traditionally interpreted by the our Gov
ernment, has rec eived a new sanction,
though at the cost, it may be, Of some sen
sibility, walked into disproportionatc activi>
ty " the temporary eXaccrbations Of civil
feuds. The latter, let Us remember, are but
for q day the law Of nations is for al tho
time"
| The LtelEgs1cer contains FIVE columns Q
| the correspondence. The despatch from
Earl Russell, her Britarnic 8Tajesty's Sec
relary Of State for Foreign Affairs, after reit'
Grating the circumstances under which he un
derstgod the capture of these parties to hav
been made, proceeds to characterize it is al
outrage on the British flag, and after ez
! pressing the hope ard belief tn at it had no
been authorized 6y our Government, asks
repatriation appropriate to such aggressions
that the four ge ntlemen designated shoul
be released, that an apology should be ejvel
f5r what the British Government deem a
afTront to her flag.
/ In responding to this demand. Mr.. Sew
ard. after reviewing the circumstances uude
which the arrest was effected. according t
the report of our naya! officers and thus Ge
velopiug the inaccuracies aud omissions c
the British statement +, proceeds to analyz
the facts and principles of public law in
v9lved in the case, and arrives at The cor
clusion that the neglect oC Capt Wilkes
partly voluntary as It was on his part, f
to bring the Trent in for uial as a Lawful
prize, may be Justly held to operate as
forfeiture Of the belligerent right Of cap
ture accruiug under the laws of nations, an
that the Government Of the United States
as well from the consideration Of iuconsist
ency with It's own traditional p-iicy respect
ing the maritime rights Of neutrrls. woul
it be in its own wrong If It should refuse
compliance with the British demand. so IA
as relates to the disposition that should b
made Of the prisoners taken in custody
Capt. Wilkes. under circumstances believe
to be justly open to exception on both I'll
grounds thus indicated. So far as regard
the apology asked by the British Govern
ment, none is rendered because a simpl
statement Of the facts as they are sufficient I
s show that no offence could have been inrend
t cd on the part of our Government, as it ha
given no instructions whatever in the pre-
misses. while the proceeding of Capt. Wilkt
in so far as it fails TO accrue to the benef
Of his Government, and to conform the rule
o Of public law, was dictated b. considerable
:. Of kindness and foTbearanoe