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o this country. England considered it a casus belli; and popular opinion here indorsed the course of Capt. Wilkes. Mr. Sumner, unmoved by public sentiment, discussed the question on the broad grounds of international law and maritime rights, and thus came to the conclusion that the seizure of the rebel emissaries on board a neutral ship cannot be justified. Let the rebels go, said he. Two wicked men, ungrateful to their country, with two younger confederates, are set loose with the brand of Cain upon their foreheads; prisondoors are opened: but principles are established which will help to free other men, and to open the gates of the sea. Although many public journals criticized this calm and dispassionate review of the case, The New-York Tribune said, It is already ranked in Washington as a State paper upon the question of seizure and search, worthy to be placed side by side with the despatches of Madison and Jefferson; and this is now the decision of the country. Messrs. J. M.