New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-11

would be better than absolute silence. Yet he
decides to talk
In the first place, he protests against the
phrase "so-called Confederate States, IN Earl
Russel's dispatch, though perfectly aware tha'
that Minister could use no other while the Con-
fcderacy remained unrecognized by Great Brit
ain. Yet JEFF. flares up as follows;
The President desires me to soy to your i9rdshp .na
while he is not unwilling TO waive, III existing unou
stances the transmission OF such document tr9an
other than the usual and proper channel " "onu DC
inconsistent with the dignity OF tho position Nc nus, 40
chief magistrate of ration oonprisin8 nv
more than twelve millions occupying territory 'any
times larger han the United Kingdom ana possessns
resources, unsurpassed by those OF any other country on
the face of the globe to allow the attempt OF Eat n
.oll 10 grore he actual existence Of tho Confederate
States and 10 contumeiousy style them so.calied 70
pass without q protest and a remonstranee Inc rrt"'
dent therefore does protect aud demonstrate aehlhsl
this studied Insult and he instructs me to say that IN
future apy document in which 1t may be repeated WI"
be returned unanswered and unnoticed'
We consider this good. Mr.. JEFF. Davis Is
President of great and powerful "net'on'
(though he pretends that the United, States Is
not and never was a nation, insisting that the
Federal Government was mere agency OF
certain sovereign and independent States, part
OF which have turned their late agent adriitD
and that powerful "nation" of Twelve Mill
lions, with territory many times larger than
Great Britain, does Mt brook insult, and will
not submit TO be again termed a " so-called'
Confederacy. Good for you, j. ID. we glory
in your spunk
But read his very next paragraph, and mark
the amazing transformation:
with respect the subject Of the extract from Earl
Russclls dispatch the President desires mo to state
that the Plea Of neutrality which IL used 10 sust1sn inc
sinister course of her Maiosys present Government
against the Government Of the Confederate States ~ so
clearly contradiced by their actions that Il is regarded
by tho wOrld-nOt excepting the United States
as mere cover for actual hostility. and the President
cannot but feel that this is Just view OF 1t. b@e,
inbred her Mqjesys GOr1Hmcni sincere IN d'sre ana
deermrafion maintain Eeunelg the PTesiaert cohtd
no bat feel thar ney DoHd neither b. Just gaart 10
0iiop ne snlEgGoa Of a nation Ike me CoJeGeTHN
States BY such barborous dcote race az ore non az,
tempting a. He cannot hnt feel With the history ana
traditions Of the An.i Saxon race before nm That
under a Government iaiihfuly representing The
people Of Great Britain. the whole weight ana
rover of tina, nation would be unhesilatlhSy
thrown into tle scale In favor Of the principles
Of free government On which thcse states were
originally formed. and for which alone the Con.
federate States ale now struggling He cannot but
feel that with such Government. and with the plea OF
neuiralii, urged upor the people Is II now u.s. no such
p spectacle could be witnessed a. j. now manifested
iy her Mniesty present government In tie persistent
persecution the Confederate States at the beck ana
bidding of officers Of the United States while friiDe
Minister ocks and insults the intelligence of House OF
Commons and OF TIE world by excnsinG the permission
to allow British subjects 70 % to the United states to
gt against by the patrY sIbteruge that II was the
greet demand o labor and the high rate OF wages that
were taking them ti;her. He cannot but ieol That
neutrality ounningly audaciOusly hwningly ana
insOently sought and urged, begged and demanded by
one bchgerent and repudiated by the other must DE
by al impartial men 10 b. mere prete1 Tor aihns
the cause OF az the expense OF The Other Whe pre-
tending 10 be impartial b., In short but cover FOR
treachcrous. malignant hostility.
The only sincere neutrality on the part
of England. says jeff, would be not 10 "aHop
the subjugation of a nation like the Confederate
States by such a barbarous, despotic race as are
now attempting it," To "aLO,o" the slave
holding rebels to be put down by the Govern
ment against which they have rebelled, is not to
maintain a "sncere" neutrality And besides,
AS the Confederate man-thieyes and woman
sellers embody "the principles OF free govern
ment," Great Britain ought to help them re-
establish their slaye-pens at Alexandria and
Memphis, and their human auction-rooms at
Charleston, Natchez and New-Orleans, out Of
Difference to those principles, and in Difference
to the fact that they are fighting for the same
principles which the British fought against in
our Revolutionary struggle
Was there ever an Irish bull - ludcrously
absurd as JEFF. S conception Of sincere ncu-
tralityl