The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-11
rAE DAILY DISPATCH.
1919 1890 c,.~,iss, August II, 1856.


r.-.s uritnin aud the United STATES.
m. .rh.,.n,iai adjustment Of al differences De
a.. rn,ted States and Great Britain wa.
..r..a rs., qualification TO the conservative A"'
.,,..,.,on,e minds Of both countries. Tns1e !"
$50. In both. who would delight IN ths "a
-,,...,.r, NJ a contest and who left no meAns vi"
ia ., fan the flames Of disaffection INTO oaA@e
10, b.npIlv. their efforts were unsuccessful n
with England. which At one period seemed 70
h. ;mminsnt would have been most ohas'rou1
evan, for this country at once, ana In the enc
sou.I,v ru;nous 10 our adversary. IT'S beyond III
ar, ,,., In ,bs event OF q war with England,
r,.ne. vould have been her ally, and acted ~
.a.,,r,,v and efficiently in the war with Rus
a. This ,pinion has been confidently expressed
no ,ho.e who have enjoyed unusual opportunities
Of .tudyiue the policy and temper of the present
h..s Of ths French government. Even to super
s,., obseryers there was something ominous in
the hostile spirit Of the French prssI towards
America-a press which carefully censults the
ountous and purposes of the government, before
Il dares to venture on tho uttersncs of single SEN
timent One of the speeches of Louis Napoleon in
England may be justly regarded a. pronuncis-
mento against Southern institutions, and the &C.
tive sympathies manifested towards Mr. Champion
similar spirit uufrendliness to the United States
What would have been the immediate results OF
such war; Tho army Of France was In ngntins
trim, the ornaments of war were complete In
both countries, and nothing was necessary put the
transportation Of troops from the Crimea aud IRON
England and France to this country, which could
have been effected at once by the transports Oh
the two powers, and the immense naval squsdroA
of Great Britain, exceeding in numbers ana ell
cheney any naval force which ever hoated upon
the seas. On our side there was no preparation
whatever to meet these gigantic odds. Sueh an
opportunity for destroying American commerce.
aud occupying the most important positions IN the
country with powerful military force has never
occurred before, aud la all human probability will
never occur again the continued alliance and good
understanding of France and England being one
OF the most unlikely Of future events. Ihat Eng
land resisted the temptation TO such contest, Is
signal proof of the moderation, good sense and good
feeling Of her people, and evinces moral great
ness even superior TO her vast physical capacities
1t Ia true that her interests in the end must have
suffered, but the immediate military results would
have been almost crushing to our own country
The hot heads Of the North would do well to pom
der upon the fact that Southern cotton presents an
obstacle to a war with Great Britain, which even
she, with all her power and wealth, cannot afford
to overlook aud which may not therefore be en-
tirely unworthy the consideration of section
which can bring no such odds against the South as
Great b itain against the United States, and which
is equally dependent, with England, upon South
ern staples.
1t is to be hoped that the restoration Of friendly
relations between the two countries will rpen into
a cordial apd permanent friendship, and that here
after they will stand together shoulder to shoulder
and heart to heart, in the great contest between
absoutisn and free principles, which is yet to
vulse the world.