The tri-weekly citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-12

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~ AsaaR Cnnsuls. wsfe nght and so
they wsfs. - we took occasion 10 shoN
before The thing tha' VS. wfong wss
boi their conduct. but he fact n their
presence in ihis country ~ all and thai
.sss 90 faalt n theirs By nsffoving
down lbe feal question. or fafhff ignor.
log y entirely. fesling the action NJ our
Government op fninx details, tbe sec.
reiafy exposed himself TO be- refuled and
made absurd The case u Fullafion. of
lsavannah, for example. and other econ
suls" Who had undertaken 10 interfere
With oUr drafting Of troops for The war.
these gentlemen. deriving all their 40.
tbsrity rom WashinE'on-~and beilg adj
mii,ed 10 exercise their consular functions
here under that authorily--could mol but
regard Washington IS our metropolis.
and the true seat OF our Governn tnl and
could not but conclude that w g. 70.
garded IT, Therefore they were right in
epfeseuting The war to be civil war. or
rebellion and were also right in with
holding British subjects from participate
ing in It.
The Post concludes its article with
these disagreeable remarks:
"a proceeding more unjust and un-
grateful to this country, or more utterly
unproyoked, could hardly have been
taken. Placed in the strongest light.
the case ofthe Confederates stands thus,
as stated in the dispatch expelliDg Con-
sui Fularton
LIVERY Englisbman who reads this
must surely feel insIinctively that the
conduct Of the consuls has been grossly
exaggerated and misrepresented, and
what they did is what every British sub
| iect has right to claim Of the represent
alive Of his own Government when So
iourning in foreign parts.
The affront intended we can well
afford to pocket, but the outrage OF deny
ing British subjects the protection which
in similar awkward cases they have
always derived from the continuance
of consular arrangements may perhaps
require Lord Russell's serious attention
with view to its redress"
Lord Russell, then, has only one or two
courses to take-either to apply to Lin
coin for bis redress, or to send regular
consuls to the Confederacy, as he does
to other nations.
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Be READY TO MEET TnEM.-We are
glad to know that the following para
graph from the Nashville Union has been
extensively copied into Confederate jours
nails. 1t may stimulate our people every.
where to organize into companies aud
drill for home defense :
The Southern harvests are said to be
very flourishing. Now let our cavalry,
of which we will soon have an immense
force, destroy these harVestsin all direc-
tions, to such an extent as to make them
valueless for supplies for the rebel army.
The negroes will be the very ones to aid
our expeditions in this work. Had the
advice we urged upon our military au-
thorities been adopted last summer,
there would have been no rebel raids
into Middle Tennessee this side of Shell
byville for provisions, for there would
have been none worth coming for. Let
our troope destroy all stores which they