Year: 1861

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The telegraph yesterday announced that two oi
| the London papers had denounced Lncoln's mes.


sage as unsatisfactory In other words, that he


had not made ont his case. Such, we predict, will
be the tone of all ths ns-Atlantic press.
The enlightened people of Europe, since their


attention has been specially directed to affairs on


this continent by the events of the last six months
begin to have clearer and more accurate ideas
about US than before. With all the facts before


them they have not failed to see, as every honest


and candid man here has seen, that Lincoln's mes


sage is tissue of Misrepresentation and false
| hoods from beginning to end. This would be eyi


dent, even did not the message itself convict the


Administration of duplicity and bad faith toward:
the Southern Confederacy. They must also see
that the Northern States no longer constitute a
free republic, but an unmixed despotism. They
must see that all the safe guards of individual lib
erty have been removed, and that people yaunt
ing themselves as free, are in reality far less free
than the subjects of monarchy.


In one. other respect too, they have doubtless
had their eyes opened by Lincoln's message. They
will readily conclude that it is falsehood to de-
signate as mere s'rebellion" movement which
necessitates the calling for four hundred thousand
men and four hundred millions of dollars. The
magnitude of the Federal preparations cannot fail
to attract the notice of intelligent Europeans and
they will wonder how it is that SO many men and
SO much treasure are needed to put down mere


nsurrection, whereby a few leaders, as the Ab6ii-
honists charge, have succeeded in overawing the
Union majorities all over the South. The Northern
President, in his message, expressed the opinion,
that except in South Carolina, there was majority
for the Union in every Southern State. 1t is poor
compliment to those Unionists {and so it will occur
to foreign nations) that they permit minority to
have everything their own way--and still poorer
one that four hundred thousand Northern men are
required to give these Southern Unionists their
rights. All these things will be thought of by
transatlantic statesmen, and.they will infer (and
very naturally and correctly too) that Old Abe
Lincoln was simply perpetrating series of false
moods when he made all those statements in his



PreVarication, too, they will see, is not the only
defect Of that remarkable document. They will
hndtfuil OF bad logic, sophistry and mean nnuendo
lllconceaed hostility to and hatred of the people
whom the North proposes to live in the same Union
with, turks in every paragraph aud sentence. It
viii not be difficult to detect that it is hate for the
South, not love for the Union, that lies behind all
those vast military preparations which the North
has made and is making.


We should think such document as this extra.
ordinary message would be a good subject for the
sealpes OF the skilful literary surgeons of the
British press. To cut it up and turn it over, LAYING
bare all its monstrosities, ought to be great treat
to the political critics. When we reflect that in
every re pect except in respect of commerce, the
of Europe would naturally incline to the
North, we may form a correct idea of the plain
Justice of our cause, from the tone of the impartial
paess of Europe.