Newbern Weekly Progress

OPINIONS OF THE YANKEE PRESS ON THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR.

The Philadelphia Bulletin says whatever has been yielded, is only owing to an imperative necessity, (quite likely,) and for the purpose of avoiding a foreign war. While we have a domestic war we had better not stand on punctilios, and run the risk of having the Union destroyed by an alliance between the rebels and leading powers of Europe.

The New York Express says the surrender to necessity, will soon impose upon us other necessities in connection with Great Britain, to which we must either yield or fight. Ninety days will not elapse without a further insulting demand from the English oligarchy.

The Express advises instant preparations for war to the extent of 1,500,000 men. It says the administration has given up Mason and Slidell not in conformity with law, equity and right, but from necessity. The American eagle in its trials and troubles, humbles itself for the first time to the British Lion. The rebellion on hand drags down a flag never before humiliated before the throne of England. Let us Americans hang our heads because of our humiliation, and dismiss the subject with as much silence as possible.

The National Intelligencer says Seward's course has met the approval of every member of the Rump Cabinet, and adds that a war with England and France has been escaped by it.