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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
, and some person made a great light in the market place by burning barrels which had contained one of the many combustible materials produced by the old North State. There seems to be a general desire that the Northern Government may refuse to surrender the gentlemen who were, in so rude a manner, forced to leave the British steamer in which they had taken passage for England. A refusal to apologize and to restore them to the position from which they were taken, will doubtless cause John Bull to fight. And the attack would not be long delayed. The work of destroying the so called powerful United States Navy would be commenced at a very early day — that mammoth, rapid, steel-plated, and powerful war steamer H. M. ship Warrior, being at the head of the Queen's grand armada. Then will follow, of course, the closing of the Northern ports and the opening of the Southern, the acknowledgment of the independence of the Southern Confederacy, a plentiful supply of cotton from the
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
where the shoe pinches. It is not a question for the lawyers. Nor is it a question for arbitration. It is not a question of mere right or wrong. But it is a question of honor and high spirit. Will that haughty and proud English gentleman, John Bull, allow a snivelling Yankee to slap him in the face, and consent to refer the case to arbitration. There are suits at law which admit of no settlement but judicial contest to the bitter end. The case at bar is one which does not belong to the class admitting of arbitration. A flagrant insult has been inflicted; and will John Bull consent to refer it to any third person whatever to exact reparation? It is not a matter for lawyers or for arbitration; it is a case of pistols and coffee for two. If Jonathan insults John, the latter being a gentleman, it is only John who can exact the reparation demanded by the code of honor. Fifty clowns may cudgel Jonathan, and scores of lawyers propose articles of adjustment; but John's honor still
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
e following condensation of news: The Herald pretends that the Federal Administration will not attach much importance to the denunciations of the British press, nor will it accept the statement of the decision of the British Cabinet as a just exposition of the policy of Her Majesty's Government. It relies upon the sober second thought of the statesmen of England. After a full examination of the situation of affairs, the Herald admits a belligerent aspect, but says that however much John Bull may bluster and try to bluff the Cabinet at Washington, he cannot afford to fight. The confiscation of debts and loss of Canada will make England pay the expenses of the war. The Washington correspondent of the Herald says that the Cabinet was in session several hours on Tuesday, discussing the difficulty with England. It was decided that, whatever demands the British Government might make of the United States, the Confederate Commissioners should never be surrendered. This is a fi