The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-01-23
THE ARREST OF GEORGE FRANCIS
TRAIN.


by order of the English Government,
bids fair to bring the Government of the
United States and that of Great Britain
to 50 direct and positive an interchange
Of declarations as will settle, either
psaceably or by force of arms, the ques-
ton of the rights of American citizens
abroad. Regarded in the light by which
the case is at present given to the peo-
pie of this country, there seems but one
course left which is compatible with the
dignity of our Government; and that is
apsrsmptory demand for Trains instant
release from durance aad An apology for
his arrest, or an immediate appeal to
arms, in case Of . refusal upon the part
Of England to comply with such terms.
Some considerations involved in this
matter are as vital as they are plain.
Tho act Of treason against England
cannot be performed upon the soil of
the United States so long as this Re-
public il free and independent nation
atty and if Mr. Train or any other
American citizen who sympathises with
Fsnianism, is subject to arrest and i'm
prisonnent upon merely going within
the limits Of British Jurisprudence, then
10 there state of war between the two
countries. The liberty of the press and
of speech which is guaranteed to Anne
rican citizens cannot be taken from them
BY another nation ia accordance with
any other laws save the laws of war
No matter what Mr.. Trains record has
been in the United States, he is as free
from q just liability to arrest on account
thereof as any English peer who, as
member of Parliament, lent aid and
comfort to the rebellion, would be if be
chose to visit this country. Therefore
it is apparent and indisputable that if
Train is to be held at all by the English
authorities, he must be held as prison.
Or Of war, or as spy; and he cannot
be thus restrained except there exists
al open state of conflict between the
two Governments.
It would seem as if England had de-
tsrmined to make the very worst out Of
her troubles with Ireland. The power
which she has the most to fear from in
case Of a Fenian war is that of the
United States. The Alabama claims are
still as much unsettled and az much
source Of dissatisfaction to the Ameri-
can public as ever. From the very out
sss of the rebellion England has perpe-
Irated aggressions and insults toward
This Government. Stolidly blind to the
of the great dangers which,
10 the name of Fenianism, beset, threaten
md alarm themselves and their subjects, :
The Ministry stubbornly insist upon a ,
policy toward Ireland which is az IN I
wise and oppressive as that of Russia
toward Poland or as that of Turkey to-
ward Crete. Persisting in the ratifca- t
ion and perpetuation of the wrongs
which have made Ireland Whist it is,
England also persists, with undated
in defending and repeating .
IS acts of injustice and aggression to- a
yard Ireland's only possible effective y
riend, the United States. She seems t
to force an issue which must
nd in war. The fighting men of this
:epublic are ready and eager for the
-ay. The memories of the c1trages
against American commerce e'
, Anglo Rebel cruisers are not the N
East incentive to the descendants of ~
.ankee privateersmen to embark in the :,
azardous but promising enterprises T
fhich were SO successfully practiced by
heir ancestors during our previous is
1ars with England. The North, and d.
be South, too, for that matter, swarms m
nth veterans who are hoping and long
az for an opportunity to resent the ia
4unts which are flung but too freely at b b,
God natured Brother Jonathan from
cross the st. Lawrence. The next inva- II II
on of Carada will be no Fort Erie Ii