The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-28
The Foreign Press ON the American
Troubles

The most extraordinary ignorance Is mani
Sss tad nv the foreign press upon the great SUBJ
teots which now agitates this country. All
THAR ,deas and facts connected with slavery
are derived from the Republican journals Of
nor. slaveholding States. The London press,
NJ ALI OF hers manifests the most malevolence
and stupidity. II is just barely beginning to
omen its eyes TO the possibility that there is a
real crisis in American affairs, and that before
that crisis has terminated, their own country
may be involved in a widespread ruin. The
London Herald, (Dec. 10,) the only paper in
London which is fast becoming wide awake TO
our actual and imminent cause for anxiety.
concludes an article on the subject thus:
But there are other nsiderations than this life
aud death question of the Territories which are
declares the late election will bring about q
Northern ''Pac fo Railroad, iudicnus tar II. the
anmis of Kansas into the Union as a free
State, reform in the financial depar mt of the
sovernmsnt, and more than AL, the verdict OF
the peosle that the Constitution 10 not slavery
the acquisition Of the commerce OF the continent
by the Northern states the substitution OF pro-
tectlon for free trade. two more votes In the Sen
ate az airs the Sou III the humiliation OF Demo
cratic finance, and prospective emancipation OF
the slaves by the force of circumstances The
South sees absolute ruin staring 1t IN the facs from
such measures and. whether II seoedes Immedl-
a seiepo oe n nf s We fepsat, ssns
ter Trumbull declared that such wouln be the new
rItsn heafRs OF Mr. Lincoln and IN 'S answer to
the threats of secession. Furthermore, MIR. Lin
coin himself has stated how Sen hsrn attempts at
In speech delivered at Leavenworth, some
months since, he thus avowed the proper mode of
While we se"t a President it will be our dnt,
TO see that you submit. Old John Brown has been
object, although SLAYER, Is wrong. That cannot
excuse violence. bioodshed and treason: 1t could
rigat. So, Il constitGtlonalIv we elect President
and therefore, you undertake TO destroy the
Union: II will be our duty TO deal with you as OLD
duI.."
tain to set towaJ DIS any State which may attempt
secession, and against the whole South, too, II 1t
combine for that object We appeal tn the manu-
iacturers of our Northern counties-ls IT re hit Tor
you to depend LONGER for your supply OF cotton
upon a couutI, IN which civil war is SO obviously
imminent? Is it night that the well being of
QUO OCO of artisans should be imperilled By your
senseiess persistence n the belief that this I'M
scatheless! We appeal to the whole industry OF
the empire. and We ask whether her Majesty Q
advisers have yettaken any measures to avert the
the eleventh hour there Is yet time TO prevent the
full extent of dancer, and the country demands
whether the present government Is prepared 10
act In the emergency.
We may soon expect TO see other London
Journals taking the alarm but up TO this
time their blindness has been astounding. In
view Of the intellect and Intelligence which
are supposed to direct the columns of the
leading newspapers in the first city of the
world, IL is marvellous that we should find
such ignorance of subjects in America which
it concerns the guardians of British interests
and industry to master and understand In the
mos. com lete and thorough manner. Moth.
ing can explain their utter imbecility on al
that relates to slavery, but that besotted hate Of
the Southern States which has become chronic
In the fanatical English mind, and which
blinds 1t to every ray of truth and justice. Il
Is impossible to read the articles of such u
journal as La PresSe without seeing at g
glance how different the ani,nns towards thii
country, which perYndes the columns Of th'
French and English journals. The former
whilst quite as anti.slavery as the latter
manifest no disposition 10 use the subject TO
the disparagement or injury of any section 0
the United States, but, on the contrary, ex
hibit sincere concern for our National dis
quietudes, and genuine solicItude to heal TIL
wounds of an ancient ally, and make Us
again zone and indivisble.'' All honor to oul
old and loyal friend! The South does not ask
the world to concur with it upon that which
concerns no one but itself-its domestic insti
tutions-yet it has a right to expect from those
who share equally with itself the benefits o.
Its peculiar kind OF labor, the common cour.
tesies of civilized life. 1t has not received
even these from the press Of England, a coun-
try which forced slavery upon the South, and
which subsists and wakes fat upon slave pro-
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