Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-02
1ohn W. Ferne, on 1he EngIi.h DimeuIly.

W. Roruey on she English DihieHity.
WASHINGTON. December l5-The English
complication COMES sp0u US IN this our hour OF
tribulation, while we are engaged IN q contest
the magnihcence Of which no chronicle records.
We are in O struggle which involves our life and
orr liberty-Our happiness "a q people, and our
existence as a government. We haVe thrown
every dollar we posseSs-ou own hFes, anu ne
lives Of those we loye-into tins struggle Aud
now, when on the peiut of crushing the lnia-
nous serpent Of secession, Great Britain q pears
upon tho scene, aud meuaces US with festIuc-
ton. II is though q strong man. engaged N
a death struggle with his foe. finds himself
stabbed in the back bT an insidi9us friend, who
takes advantage Of his misfortune 10 c0n7uin-
mate his assassination. While other nations
gaze with ave, aud the most Of them with earn
est sympathy, upon the conflict OF our people
with a gang Of robbers, England helps the rOO-
bers, and draws the dagger upon our country
England knows she is strong. This Is our
hour Of weakness, and she may make It her
opportunity to strike. She can now DO arrogant
and insulting, for now her arrogance and Insult
cannot be resented. The northern coast is ex-
posed 70 her large and powerful navy, our owns
are not fortified, and she may bring destruction
UPON our people and OuU manufacturing inter
ests. All this she knows. HeT ornaments are
large and well appointed her army has been
Increased almost 70 a war footing she Is pre-
pared TO throw large bodies Of troops into the
eastern and northern portions OF our repuoAci
Canads is filed with armed men, and the trOn-
tiers Of Canada are simply so many garTsons.
| Our is az her mercy. In the Mexican
gulf theirs is a large British feet, which could
render our uewly-gained sIoDghoIds on the
| southern coast uuIensble, and accomplish the
destruction Of the brave men AZ Port Royal,
Hattsras. and Santa Rosa island Sue may
break our blockade, and entirely nullify our ex-
| peditionAry operations With the Potomac viz
tuaIly blOckaded, and an immense army under
Beaure ard in our rear, Washington would prob
ably fall. With the Chesapeake bay open to
any nation that may choose to enters with a
| disloyal population in Maryland wish enemies
along the Virginia and Atlantic coasts, England
could precipitate a fearful series OF disasters,
| and, perhaps, with the aid Of the southern ar
mics, turn the bloody tide OF war upon the
northern States.
Il NAV be in view Of all these grave consider
atoms. and the sad necessities OF the case, that
in order 70 avoid a war which only could end IN
our discontinue, the administration may bscom-
pelled to concede the demands Of England, and
| perhaps release Messrs. Mason and Sidell. God
! forbid but in a crisis like this We must adapt
ourselves TO stern circumstances, and yield
every feeling of pride to maintain eur existence.
If this contingency should every aIrye-and
am only specializing upon a dlsagreeeble possi-
! bilitv-theD let US Bwrsr-not 10 ourselves, bu.
our children who come after us-t5 -epsy this
greedy, insoleut and coWardlke power with the
| rstubution Of d Just and fearful vengeance. Ii
| England, in our time OF distress, makes herself
/ our foe, and offers to be our assassin, we viii
treat her as a foe when We can do 50 U~utrammel5d
aud uumenaced BIZ another enemy.
There are several methods by which TO battle
| England if she is disposed to take part against
the cause Of civilized freedom on this ointment.
If Capt. Wilkes has erred 1t was only by follow
ing British authority. We can offer 10 replace
the rebel ENJOYS on board the Trent, and then
have that vessel conveyed, with its c1ntrabauo
cargo to a i neutral port, and tried according %
the British construction Of international law.
| Or we can say that no oifeuse was Intended 70
| England las none was iutsnded) in the deter.
ton of the Trent, but that, in arresting two no
toriOus traitors bent upon destroying our glorious
government. we felt that what we did was pre-
eisely what England would have done under the
/ same circumstances. Or, with these propositions
and protestations, we can offer 10 submit the
whole case to arbitration OF Russia or EraHce OF
both together.
Should the British government scespt any one
Of these suggestions OF explanations. the case
/ can readily be adjusted. Should she refuse, there
! A1A bG bAt bLN JNA5 AA-AA FANa-@-NN1r NN 'A"
forfeit the respect OF every civilized government
on earth. But whether She accepts or reject;
/ them, this much is written iu thu Book o
Fate-that if she has attempted 20 embarrass o.
20 assail the United S,ates ia their preseu
mighty trouble, she has made eternal foes Of al
the loyal millions Of America aud their p~0steritJ
/ forever.
If We do conceds the demands Of Easland,
however, it will only be because We desire to
| crush this rebelion-as q day we owe 10 man
kind. II will be because We prefer 20 master the
greater evil, and do notwish TO be alisnaced non
our duty by any international al. comparatively
uuimportant quarrel 1t viii be because we pre-
fer national salvation to the qualification Of any
feeling Of national pride. It viii b. O great aei
Of s~elt-deniaL Bot when we eeIas Iom tGis re-
beli0n, il will be with a magnificent army, edU.
Gated and organized, and with the sense of this
wrong weighing upon them. Il viii be with 2
navy competent % meet any navy upJu the
/ globe. 1t will be for US, then, 70 Temember hoH
England was our enemy in the day Of our mis-
fortune, and to make that remembrance q daTt
and fearful page Of her history, and an etsma
memory in our own.