Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-19

ment to guide to victory. IL the country were not eager
were no, impatient, where woali DO tho energy which
mas carried Il tr'umphsntly through a thousand Brhts, and
may now have TO sustain another protracted tIisIy 4,
must petrado all ranks, II must comm aud all parties. /,
mus. give 10 the votes OF Parliament the force of a unau-
'mous determination. In the month Of July or tho month
oil September the public feeling aud conviction of tho
country had by no means reached that point. The do.
eessiiy was not yet made out But, &c tho signal of war
meets The coming year, no doubt can DO entertained tba,
the British scorn of opprcssion and injustice, the long
smothcred hatred Of Russian Le.potsm, and the ho, -.
and interests OF the nation will burst forth with irrc.;s,I.
oe Nehe,nence. The Emperor NICHOLAS win learn tLa,
IN the mind Of the English people aud ofthe Euriish Gov.
ern,nent the day OF action has como.
AZ long as negotiation was possible We thoucbt Al.
Government entitled to credit for tho patience with which
they endured long and harrassng delays and tho Ingenuity
thcy employed to vary the proposals oi peace. hut IN.
qualities which a statesman Is required 70 DISPLAY in tho
conduct OF war are Of q different character and from Tho
mohent that hostiliues commence they cannot he conduc-
ted With too much promptitude and energy. The nore
vigorously the war Is carried on the sooner Il may he con-
ciuded; ard NO trust tho Government will not besitat, IN
EMPLOY all Ia. means oil coercion sanctioned by the usages
oi nation. Moderation may be defended and justified in
negotiation, but il Is contemplate Ia an armed conteu a.
ani, u We take up arms, we cannot lay them down az lin
until We have dictated peace to an empire of 90 millions of
Inhabitants, covering a large proportion of the habitab q
globe. Ono Of the Inst Of the immediate conscauenc.s Of
the commencement OF hosthities is, that all trade whatso.
ever bstween the subjects Of States at war becomes ih.yal
without the license OF their respective Governments. and
even merchandise purchased from the enemy and convey.
ed In neutral bottoms becomes liable to seizure. There
Is no principle OF public law more thoroughly established
than this; aud IL has been carried to the extent that goods
purchased within an enemy's territory long previous 10 the
deelaiation of hostlities, and conveyed away on the break.
ing out OF hostilities, and conveyed away on the breaking
out OF hostilities, have been condemned as prize OF war
in tho American courts, whose Admiralty jurisprudence
IL the same as our own. II may be ofuSc to some of our
mercantile readers to be reminded of this principle, for
they must bear In mind that from the moment Of a dccla.
ration Of war individual intercourse between the subjects
OF the contending States becomes an offence punishable
by con6scaion in our own prize courts.
Another point OF immediate interest, In the event of
hcstilities, is the position of British subjects domiciled in
knssia, who are surprised by a rupture between their
native country and the empire they are inhabi,ing-
There Is reason to behave that a very considerable and
important class of British subjects arc employed In
Russia in manufactures, in the construction aLd use of
machinery, and IN steam navigation, having consequent.
" more or less reference TO the purposes Of war, and
We hope that few Of these persons who have sought
lneir fortune abroad have 50 little English feeling as TO
throw oil their allegiance in the hour Of danger, or TO
ASSIST tho encmi'a of their country. The treaties n
1874, 1860, and 1893, between Great Britain and Rus.
TIA (which seem to have been renewed under the treaty
OF orebro, In 1872 provided that in event Of rupture
between the two Crowns, the subjects Of each Of Them
residing in the territories of the other should have a
year al least to depart in, and that neither persois,
vessels, nor merchandise should be seized. This pro.
VISION included persons in the land or sea service.
NO such provision occurs in the commercial treaty
OF isio' but we presume that it may be contend.
eu that this stipulation is in force, and, at any rate.
all clTlIzed countries concede a period for withdrawal on
the declaration Of war. II need hardly be added that II ia
u Clear duty oil all persons so situated TO be no partics,
either directly or indirectly, to any act Of hostility against
thelr own country, and to return to her assistance when
required to do so. The long continuance of peace has, of
course, multiplied our private relations with foreign coun.
tries, and rendered these Interruptions ofintercoursc more
painful aud inconvenient; but at the same time it is the
more important that the energy aud skill of Engiishmen in
the service OF foreign countries should not be used against
ourselves, aud their own patriotism and good feeling will
induce them 10 withdraw from a position in which they
would forfeit the protection and the name of their country.
Tux MANUFACTURES op TunAcco Wa understood Ill.,,
a large majority ofthe Tobacco Manufacturers in this CITY,
fully three fourths We are told, have determined to suspend
operations until the LIST of April. Many Of the factories in
Richmond and Petersburg will also he closed. In the
winter season the inferior grades of tobacco Only are usu.
ally manuiactured-and at this time the markets are SO
hlled with tobacco of this quality as to render its manu-.
facture Improbable while at the same time il would tend
still further totglut the market, and thus not only keen
down the price OF tina, grade, but ofthc better also. These,
we understand, are the chief reasons for the temporary
suspension, on which the manufacturers have determined.
As a consequence, less lug tobacco will be needed in This
place for purposes Of manufacture than usual-but when
the season opens Il will find ready purchasers among tho
spectators and shippers. II is desirable therefore that
lug tobacco shall be priced in ~hogshcads of the largest and
heaviest size. These limitations are thrown out for the
benefit OF the planters, and we do not doubt they will avail
themselves oil ~hem.-Aynchburg ~lirginian.
There is now before the Tennessee Legislature an ION.
nibus Bill" embracing charters for the following en,ernri.
ses: First the Nashville and Cincinnati road. provided 4,
is terminated on the south side Of the Cumberland river
at or near Nashville, or South Nashville; then the Cincin
nati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston railroad Comnan,.
the Eiscield and Kentucky railroad Company; the Missi.
sippi Central and Tennessee railroad Company; the Tel.
nessee Western Charleston railroad Company or any Com,
plny hereafter 20 be chartered u build a railroad fom
Nashville to Knoxville, such Company as may he organized
aud chartered under the name OF the Central Southern
i.all Road Company, to construct a line from the town Of
Columbia TO the Alabama State line towards Athens anil
Decatur, Alabama, there TO connect with n road to Pensa.
colo; Florida; the Lexington and KuoIvil railroad Comma.
ny, so far as it lies within the limits Of the State.
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