Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-30

Dir system IN all countries. IL dNNs ~ 'N' '@'i
,be poor poorer; il furnishes capital 10 IN "mP!zler.'
and imposes burdens upon the la,o1tr, Inc H''scU'"is
of h gin taxation are loo utv'cus TO need aay eSp"s'l'h'
Emhnrrnssments Of Eagiund uin lie E"roPea@ r""us
-ha,iay Ia eeaek tbs country -Cd"!sS u TAI
inability Consequences 81 Il B,oe@'de- EaSs'a IN
Turkish QueSiiou- IaGia.
We have sposen so frsqaer.ly and 50 confidently on
The inabiity of England to move al arm against this
country, that we feel The necessity Of pointing 10 t'e
causes upon which our opinions ~ tiis n,e"'' nave
been formed. These canses he Oh the safiiGe: uhuei
the eyes of every man that has iivea the iaslh = years.
or that has compared the political c"nd'toh Oh EUROPE
since 1916, with that o! The century "f han ue"iu'y lne
ced;n, Tho revolution Of 1890. Up to lSlGAEngland
manufactured for the Continent Of Europe faF's "l
Europe she held for a century ana . nan a so'l VI
provincial tu,elage; upon The res. 80 '"Sreu :"
ties Of commerce to suit herself. lae weakness, the
Indifference or the corruption OF ~ p'a'ea,
their markets at her disposal !; and The industry OF
their subjects invariably sunk under lhs comfeti-
tion of Enrlish manufactures, wb'rp nndetSoid theifs
in their own markets. Circumstances, peculiar u
the period from 1892 10 1916, placed Governments,
m,rhats md nations themselves, at her absolute
d;snos,l In ]si2, there existed on thS Continent
of Furope no national manufactures. In France
alone. national manu- ac,nres were forming ou1
France had neither ships, sfamen. colonies, nor eS'
,ort trade: the cslamilies Of the C"ni'i'en, and The Pn.
lev of England had transferred every 'n'ng TO herself
Had Am.rlco been buried in her own Atlantic, the loss
E Eoraoe "a' In ISL England ,onk fS,y St >n mi,ginm
rounds weight Of cotton, France not a p"aG|. We
A,nerica all Eurnpe put ~t"seth's, ""t q p"in ic2o.
speak fr"m the Treasury srrrpor'S Of rs from these
Eorland consumed 931 millions Of pei Eurone. 0 do
Sales; France - TO all other par. ~ do /; all other
1897 England, 2l7 millions Fad, alI millions /,
PARTS, IL millions. 1880 Eth. ffs, TINE. lc32-
France, - Germany, 3S.e., IL: Germany and Rus.
England, III millions; Fil.,r the first trme, IN ls3o, II
STA, Is; and swl'ze1.aa i!iors. England, IN 1880. 2'2
| NJ - s(D ~ -.- $50. -, 4 ~ .hnnt
millions, France readers, will ms SOC how many, and
80 millions 'eesis exist in 1911, which dd not exist
how vast, .Ss'penden, upon the A. material , from ,t this
IN 'sis' New interests, new v'rSt '1'f~ sySiTms' arose
counuhe convulsicns Of twenty-nrr yehrs ~ Europe
on, nte.e tests, wants, and weigh, f''ts people, began to
To themselves uoon governments. the now question
of the constitutional principle aanirst thr ahsnlale mo-
narchial. Hence The Holy Alliance and union oil tne
great Northern powers Tor common cr''''' against -
popular principle, q common interest an ,nuissoiuor
union, which has left England without m nIly, without
| a hope nftu!ning one of them aga'nsi'ii' "''rr' her p"i'-
20 for the last Two centuries. The necessity Of tnriiiha
HE ponu!ar mind from political speculation, created nj
,ionaI manufactures. The English corn laws and | M
her duties, the Interest OF people as W." :, g"'ei"'
,neu,s. the growth of manufactures established, pro-
tec,ed and spread over Europe, have placed govern
ments and people in opposition 10 English INTERESTS i'i
national manufactures nave bec"in" now IN" WORK ana
,n,ares, of both. The great German c league, winch
or;pina;ed with Prussia, for enrnurar'm6nt and pf"lec.
,;oo of national manufactures, has dawn into its arms
all Grrmany, Hanover excepted. Ena'ant exports III
,le now to Russia and Germany besides spun yarns, The
soer sorts Of which the Northern people have not yet
been able 10 SPIN
war with this country, ard thus commit herse!fnga'ns'
the interests Of nil Europe. governments and people
We answer, NO. There is h' one county hiss can
furnis, the raw m1,rrial to Europe, HAT country IS
THESE UNITED STATES aad ih's raw material
Enr.oe MUST HAVE Governments and people are
alike interested in II; they break Up without IT, lis
public tranquility 10 ono; liz existence Itself TO the
other. A blockade Of our coats cannot be endured by
Europe. The interests OF governments ana people are
involved in neutral rights, IN open porte inr nrutrais'-
A blockade admitting neairals IS n nulIity, Tor, cx.
ports and imports will 20 on in neutral bottoms, the
only loss to this country, a grave one, but nothing III
comparison to the enormous expense, danger ana wear
and tear of biockading sluacrons. The exclusion OF
neutrals will pull all Europe ,pon i.ns'aha' "!i create
a new armed neutrality, vii bind Europe into one
common interest, precisely what Russia IS waiting Tor.
Then follows lhe settlement VI The Turkish question,
loss OF thai trade, and contact with Rnssia IN central
India. This state OF things IS inevitable; Il must i"i'
low. The tragedy Of Paul the first caano, now De re-
pea;ed. National manufactures have provided n vent
for the raw material Of that country, and The Russian no.
bility is proportiaoniiy Inaccessible 10 foreign intrigues.
The old game of playing nation against nation IS
past; of hurting Protestant Prussia against Catholic
Austria, or either, or both, against linssIi or any one Of
them against France or France against them There
i an end octhe accursed zane Of setting nations to cut
the t.roa,s Of one another for cieeds-the game ny
which England managed 10 involve Europe IN CONT
nual wars, TO break up RATIONAL manufactures, aud keep
MANKIND enemies even ")," 's.. The s,1 sn' ssv s" 81, Sss
creed, vigilance against III" "opulir principle, and EN-
ployment Of t!irir au'a"cil IL nat"iia! manufactures.
This COUNTRY ALONE furnishes the raw materi'
al. We repeat again, ,.cY MUST HAVE it. They
will bear n blockade that excludes neutral bottoms.
So much for he siluaton Of England towards her
neip!bors. Her internal condition we propose to re-
view by and by.-Bak. .3rn9S.