The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-15
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10 = late speech, Mr.. Keiss, OF s"n'n ors'""-'
predicts the speedy dos nfsii OF tue bfush n"p.e'
and expresses the opinion tnst We s'e '"
comins her superior ia Intelligence HH'a'@
sourcea. and in all that constitutes PoNeE'
We have much respect for the ofi'"sn' ss'e""
and oratory of Mr.. keist. aud no very oVe'sa
,n nri,ish lesp.ng. especially 10 view Of the late
-s..,a,. .o.traSe." upon the American nag, bat
:, !. .lv,vs good rule 10 sive the devil his due.'
Won nav a. we'll "sive the dsvil his due" because
ma gill have what belongs to him any way. The
fact tina, he is the devil ought not to prevent the
recognition OF any redeeming or dgnifying quality
which he may hapsea TO possess. In any event, IL
IL no. safe TO underrats the sagacty, strength or
vitality either Of the srosrng iion, or the British
lion both OF whom are always going abont, seeking
whom they may devour.
The rise of the British Empire" 10 subject
concerning which men may discourse more inteiif
gently than the fall thereof History opens to rs
the beginnings Of her power; the little riils which
flowed into aud formed the broad stream oil her
greatness; the gradual development OF her com
merclsl and manufacturing enterprise; the slow,
bot strong growth Of those political and civil In
stitutions, from which We have derived nosa that
IL wise and good In our own. We DO not see Ia
what feature, or organ or limo OF her gtgantio
frame, she exhibits single sign OF seniiity OF DE-
cay. IL IL 10 her mines, in her manufactures, IN
her agriculture, in her commerce, in her colonies,
Ia her population, in the physical health OF her
people, In their intellectual and moral condition
Or are there signs of old age In the failing poii'esi
sagacify of her Statesmen, the degeneracy OF her
navy or the imbeciiity and inefciency OF her SOL
dierss Let the names of Havelock, outrau, Camp
bell and their hosts OF gallant comrades answer
In every particular which We have mentioned, not
only 10 Great Britain not declining, but she 10 sd
vsneing, and she never was a. great, powerful and
prosperous a. at this hour. That she is aggres'
sive domineering, rapacious. 10 true, but that she
has the nerve and snev the brains, bottom and CASE
to back MP her arrogance and injustice, equally
true and undesirable Ii isnot easy TO conceive snss
country 10 near ito down fall, which, in the midst
OF the India war, hurled the most popular OF It's
Prime Ministers from power because be vas sus.
pected of trucking to France, and one OF whose
juries acquitted the assassin, Bernard just 70 show
the Emperor Napoleon, the French Colonies and
the Cox, 900 Grand Army that they did value their
terrors the amount OF a pinch Of SNUFF. Nor has
France as yet taken up this virtual gauntlet OF de-
hanee from the British People, nor exhibited that
sagerness to clutch the offender by the throat
which nations, men and dogs invariably manifest
TO falling foe.
As to our own superiority to Great Britain in
intelligence, power, &C., we wish We could see
some better proof than idle defamation. 1t 10
poor illustration of conscious strength when We
permit her insolent cruisers upon this coast to IN
salt the American Gag With inpunity. We should
show more confidence liz our greatness, II, instead
of boastful speeches In Congress, feet had been
sent, as Great Britain, in our case, would nave
sent one, with orders to attack aud chsstise as
pirates the aggressors upon our flag. That the
United States are superior in naval skill ana apt
sude, was abundanty proved in the late war, as 1t
would be in another conflict, but we may be con-
tent after brief national life, with Claiming an
equality with England in strength, resources, and
capacity for doing mischief without processing to
be her superior.
Nor are We aware that the most indignant aud
combativs patriotism requires Us to believe In the
greater intelligence ofour own people scarcely
fair to judge England by the vulgar oockneys
whom she spews out upon our own shores There
10 doubt that education OF q certain kind is more
generally diffused in the United States than in
Great Britain and that Jonathan is good deal
smarter than Bull was at his age But the latter
parsonage being considerably older, having Q
thousand years more experience, and having seen
more, both of books and men, 1t La not high treo-
son to admit that We not ahead Of him in in
telligence, shall be, il We live long enough
In short, we should never commit the dangerous
error of undertaking an enemy, or of overrating
ourselves, and bear in mind that biting dog 10
more formidable than a barking one.
In the almost exclusive possession Of the great
staple Of cotton, the United States have power
ful hold upon British interests, and, on the other
hand, the English customer ia one whom the South
cannot afford to lose. Jackson, at the head Of
the United States Government, could nov make the
cotton bales play successful part at the bat.
tie Of New Orleans and induce England to give up
hundred such abstract lions the Right Of Search
rather than risk the loss of cotton. Whatever
the results the Right of Search will never BE- per-
mittsd, though England and America be dragged
down In common ruin. Let rs not fatter our
selves however, with the old story Of the desrepi
tude and decline of Great Britain, least Of all that
the breath SUPPLEMENTARY or Newspaper nostrils,
will upset the massive structure Of her power,
even as Jericho of old overthrow by the blast
Of rams horns.