--The London
Times, speaking of
Mr. Mason's withdrawal, says: ‘"The loss, however, is theirs, (the
Confederates,) whilst the relief to the
British nation is great.
She will hove nothing to repent."’
For the
British nation in general, and for their free Constitution in particular, we entertain still that consideration and respect which belong to a kindred race, and to institutions from which we have drawn all that is valuable in our own lives and liberties.
But the course of its Government to
America, both North and South, has been so sinister, selfish, and detestable, that the last strand of confidence and good feeling between
Great Britain and the
American States has parted forever, and can never again be restored.
The English aristocracy and the conservative middle classes, who embrace all the worth and intelligence of that country, have labored in vain to rescue their American policy from the radical and fanatic influences of Exeter Hall.--Their labor has been lost.
The swinish elements of her society, marshaled by a handful of aristocratic demagogues, have undermined the foundations of all that is venerable in the
British Government, and will ere long lay its towering honors in the same ruin which has so long been artfully preparing for Southern slavery.
We shall see in the end whether
England "will have nothing to repent" in her course towards
America.
The Confederacy is fighting her own battles — the battles of her commerce, trade, manufactures, and of those conservative political principles which are the only bulwark of
England against the tide of republican democracy and anarchy which, unless checked here, will one day topple down her crown, her church, and her nobility, and finally their rulers in
England, as they are aiming to do in
America, by the establishment of a vast military despotism.
England will have nothing to repent!
Perhaps not. But we shall see ! That depends upon the decision of others than herself.
If the
North should succeed, let her look out for
Canada, and all her possessions on this continent.
If the
South establish its independence, which, with the blessing of God, is among the most probable of future events, and
England has no cause to repent, then it will be because the
South has neither memory, self-respect, nor common sense.
The disruption of the American Union, and all the miseries brought upon this continent, have been the result of British Abolition influence, having for its object the common destruction of all the States, and the aggrandizement of British power and commerce by their ruin.
Of the principal in this cold-blooded and murderous policy, and of his besotted Yankee tools, we shall be alike free when we take our place among the nations, and then, if we do not give
England reason to repent it will be because we have no commerce to bestow, or not manliness enough to reward our friends and punish our enemies.
