The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-10
The English Press on the Breaking
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IFrom the London ReWswI
| II the southern States once succeeded in
constituting separate Federation, it is surely
clear that every question now pending be-
| tween themselves and the North would be-
eoi5 at once IN international Question:
| Every point now at Issue In the domestic TO-
| rum of Congress would come under the cogni-
Zance OF the general society of nations. What
sort OF division Of the unsettled territory now
belonging to the United States would ever be
agreed upon between the Trorttsrr and Son tn
| ern FederatioBs nobody can pretend even 20
| conceive and this il the very difficulty which
| seems to show that the severance could never
| De effected without bioodshed. 1t is plain,
| however, that every attempt of the Southern
| States TO expand beyond the territory abso-
| lutely secured to them would be resisted not
| simply by their Northern nsighb0rS but bg the
| toho!s strength Of European cirtlizaEioa. The
| more reckless spirits or the South are pushing
| on their quarrel In the belief that, if they
| were once diseIr barrassed of the Union, they
| could repd province after province frem Mex
| ico, ana I'LL each successive acquisition with
| their slaves. But Europe would have q word
| in the matter. 1t is simply the Incorporation
| of the North with the South which prevents
European statesmen from treating the annex
| ations OF the United States as aYowed extern
/ sions o. tie area Of slavery. They cannot
| row upbraid & Confederacy, of which more
| tnan half The mem oers have no slaves. with
| cOnquering and annexing merely in the inter-
| est OF cotton and negroes, but there would be
| no scruple about taxing the Southern Federa-
| tion with designs which il would be at no
| pains 20 conceal.
| Nor IS there, we take it, the slightest doubt
| that the free States would rather assist than
| impede the efforts of European diplomacy
| The Monroe doctrine would be destroyed by
| the very fact of a separation, and Northern
Union, once divided from the South, would
| not be long in making the disc0uragernent of
| slavery the cardinal principle OF its foreign
| policy. In short the measure OF the dangers
| OF separation is the advantage now derived
| from diSuEion. Slavery is sufficiently TN
| poI ular in the world for mere slaveholding
| Commonwealth to run no small risk of be-
| coming the victim of a general crusade. But
| the actual connection OF the Southern States
| with the North has the effect of masking their
| exclusive devotion to q hated system. The
| Constitution of the United States, as expert
| ence has abundautly shOwn, can often be 50
| managed as to promote the objects of the
| slave owners, and whenever advantage is
gained in this way; it Is gained without in-
| curing danger, and almost without attracting
| attention.
| iFTcm the London Post. New 23
| To ali appearance, American institutions are
| about to be tried by seyerer test than has
| ever yet been applied 10 them, and we need
| hardly say that Il civil war between the North
| and the South would at the present time prove
| highly injurious to the cause OF political free
| doa throughout the world. We trust that
| American sIates men Of Ill politics will use
| their Il utmost efforts To prevent SO great a ca
| samity. Much viii depend upon the attitude
| assumed by the President elect much will
| depend upon The policy and conduct OF the
l i
| President Buchanan has been characterized
| throughout by moderation and good sense it
| remains TO be seen whether it is equal to the
| task OF maint tanning the national institutions
| aud the r.a jesty Of the law against the dan
| gers which now threaten them. 1t is easy to
perceive that at Il period Of unexampled popu-
| lar excitement single false step might prove
fatal to the public peace, if not to the very ex-
| istence OF the Uniou. But we have much faith
| in that love CT political order which is nher-
| ent in the AnglO-Sax0n race; and, calling to
mind tnat this IL not the first occasion on
which the dissolution OF the Union has been
| violently threatened, we trust that the new
| President, when the time for his entering Of
| flee arrives, Will be able 10 proceed TO Wash
ington without those four hundred thousand
| Wide AWakes at his back, who, il is said, are
| ready, if need be, 10 accompany him to the
| Capital.
| From the London Chronicle, New. 20.1
| W Rat VIII be thA cpassq ueuces OF Mr. LIN
coins election to the Presidency of the United
| States We may dismiss without much hesi e
| tatiOn the exaggeratiOns Of Northern dema-
| g0gues or Southern alaTmis's A few fanatics
| at the North have expressed sympathy with
| John Brown, and speak flippaIIly of the GER
| vile war that would have enSued from even
his temporary success. Others, more prOmi-
| nent men OF the Republican party, speak
| vaguely OF slavery being doomed" and seem
to anticipate that elavehCIders will be coerced
| iuto surrender by the gradual closing in
| around th0m of frec-soll States These, how
ever, are hut the wicked or Wanton drsarns of
men who knew nothing of the South, and still
less OF the Constitution Ut the United States :;
| who forget that there were States before there
| was Union, and that each State, for all pur-
poses of internal government, is q sovereign
and independent State-as independent of It's
| neighbors as Prussia or Bavaria is of the
| others in the German confederation. They also
| forget that neither the character nor speeches
| of MIR. Lincoln show anything like designs
hostile 10 the rights of the Southern States,
and that even Mr.. Seward-the John Bright
| of the party, more eloquent and outspoken
| than statesmanlike wise-has refraiued
| from anything like threats of positive aggres-
sion, legislatoiial or executive, on the rights
| of the South. X
From the London News, Nov 2OI
The cry OF secession has been useful for
| party purposes but the course which il in
| wolves Will not suit Southern Interests. The
great Shareholders know very well that it is no
| part of he policy of the Republican party to
violate that part Of the Cons tita ton W whch for
bids every State TO interfere with the in ternal
| concerns of any other State. The present VIC
| tory merely signifies that in the wides pread-
ing Territories" of the republic. not yet suf-
fieently peopled to be formed into States, sla-
| very shall have no legal exis tence, and conse-
| quently that they shall not grow up in TO slave
States. The South, nOtWiths taudiug, will ac-
Quiesce in this decision. They dare not go out
| of the Union with their slaves, for they have
| nowhere to go to. They are great deal safer
| in the friendship and alliance of the North,
| whose bayonets would be readily forth
| coming TO suppress a seryile instruction as
Il
| Long befcre next March, when Mr. Lincoln
| removes TO the White House. we shall find thai
| all parties have adjusted themselves to theiI
new relations, and are preparing for harm.
| less campaign with the old wordy weapons.
| From the London Times, Nov. l9I
| We do not, as We nave sai1, believe the ca
! tastrophe Of Disupion to be imminent, and We
are disposed to attribute to the institution OF
| slavery vitality which, as il seems, its warm
est advocates do not believe it TO possess stil
we cannot conceal from ourselves that the re-
cent vote of the American people is fraugh,
with many momentouS consequences. Here
tofore when q President has been elected ht
has been supported at least by minority in
every State of the Union. But in the preses
| inst lance there is a considerable number o.
| States il which not a single vote was cast fo!
the successful candidate.
| From the London Herald, Nov. 20
| The only cload on this bright horizon is th.
| threatened secession " the Southern States
| Should this be attempted the struggle canro
| support The new President, and the army anC
navy of the Republic will be lau nched agains
the seceders. The South will be driven bacl
into the Union, If need be, at the point OF th'
b4yonet. Such conflict, however, would b
most disastrous in it's consequences 10 Grea
Britain, and, whether it take place or not, tn
i'll feeling in the slave districts is now 81
| great that the ordinary operations OF agricn
| ture ard trade must suffer. Maybe We shall
shortly have 10 look TO other sources for ou
| cotton and other Southern produce, and il i
| TO be hoped her Majesty's &c Fernment, In view
of the precarious condition OF American ar
fairs, will devote its immediate attention 4
our much neglected West Indian and othe
colonies, so AS to enable our planters 10 sup
ply the deficiency.
| PENSION CERTIFICATE RErU ENRD.-
} drew J. Seerist, of South Carolina, a pen
! sioner of the United States on account of dis
| ease contracted III the Mexican war, has re
turned his certificate to the Commis sioner o
Pensions, and relinquished any further claim
| on the general government, on the ground tha
| a dissolution OF the Union is Inevitable. Sc