Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-28
EEorc RrEgtsE2 Sentiment.
From t,,e Richmond W.i..i

ciCeGIy satisfactory. Hereto ore re nave on :
had thc guardcdIy expressed opinion Of Lord
John Russell, and the views of the Isr2cS and
the Manchester GUar9:, n-tlsa latter the CT.
gan Of the lnanufacturi g and free trade party,
a1d the former the sp0l esInGn OF LnaiiShl2un
generally all, however, decidedly favorable 10
the Confederate States. The concurrence Ct tilu
| Rt~atI II The same I!ea would Indicate that
| there IS DIt one cpl L i. regard - our troubles
IN England. Iae only q ere &C olSe1.va Die :
to the extent 10 vr:..>., I, .and should 20 in
resisting the Tan6ce biockaae. Il WI! be s4en
that the Heg'nlI complains loudly that L 10
! aim Russ !! mas not gone far enough. LIN
coins bloc5Sad!ng squadron are very properly
regarded eS pTiratcers = as they uITogale The
right OF seiZmg and c0ntisc2tiny Gil vessels
| which attempt 10 enter Southern ports. Ihis
we mag be certain, viii never &C submitted 10
| bV Great Britain. Ia fact the EaSaEl docs no.
| hesitate to declare that war would be prefers
| be, and unless the blockade is revoked, war
tet|7ee11 Great Britain and the Yankees IS in
| evitablc.
Lord John Russell has not debarrcd himself
| rom assuming the position pointed out to hillI
| oy the Ls'&ti. II the tTici report Of n~
speech winch We have. he expressly stipu!a' ed
that the tiock2e % be respected must be etI.c
tive ana be:Jre giving 2str .Ct20s - the Brit
! ISh Minister at Washington &1d tie British
cruisers, he vii take the opinion of the Law
| officers o! the crown. From the general toac
| Of the English press of ali Shades OF party, VI
may safely conclude, whatever may be Iort
Johns individual feeling, t2a1 10 ministry y-lH
| hazard its existence by tolera.ing a blockade,
which stops the cotton tcaGe and periI3 British
commerce.
We Will not 60 'Aefore events SO far as to saw
that Lord John will order SeT&rd TO revoke
lis blockade, and that the trucIil!1g Yankee
Will do it in hour after be receives the order.
But we expect to have 10 record this fact IL
less than month.
from the London 1crn!ng EeraIj1
LOUD TAsEISG TO LINCOLN AND THE NoRTE.
The opportunity presented for several
months, ef giving it to be understood what the
course of England would be under certain cir
cuInst tarces has not been improved and the
result is, that at no time since he war OF 1912
have the relations between this country ana
the Cnjtad States been critical than they
are at presc;,t. Most people have been aston
ished at what is now taking place in the Uni
ted States: but it is neither credtable nor,
1t should be, that her nsajcsty's princ!pie Sec
retary OF Safe for Foreign Affairs should neg
lect his duty or he taken by surprise. pIesI-
dent Buchanan proclaimed that there should
be more bIoc!lades, and Mr.. Lincoln.
from the White House at Washington,
net oa5y Ge,1ures Il dLocAa9s qf the E9utdern
Sohich o2c facatss enenay's qoods echererG f1ua3,
o7ad the sA1ps thct caTrv them Il hart q fec
aoesis og4 from tie Foreign Otto, tAnt this
Uo~51 ROT 20 d1e-e in EngGan9, ana tie ogzeg'-
ing cf tie North AGser<can 8geead9on to the
Chesapeake or the Gesif, could huge precer2 tel
this: but Lord John Russ=ll, as we have said
already, has left British interests in til: United
States to mind themselves until the eleventh
hour, and for so dung he and the Cabinet OF
which he is 4 member, must be held nccounta-
bic, should wax now unhappily and unezpect-
cdly arise between ourselves and our own kins-
Ncn.
1t isjust possible, however, that Mr. Lin
coins proclamation Of blockade has the same
double meaning as his other State papers; but
is not likely That point We fam believe has
now been reached when nothing more is to be
gained by ambiguous wording and when the
Federal Government may speak that language
to other Governments that he vino runs may
read. SkiIlful and successful hoodvinking Of
Lord john Russell up to the present time may
5 i'll suggest, however, one last American d.
plomatic stroke Of doublc-deal!ng that it may
remain open to seize neutral vessels and thcir
cargoes, or let them q. IF this should be ap-
parent in the proclamation, ii is to be lopez
that neither merchant nor stip 0hergoGUqlGcs
Themselves IN Dir. Lt5cc{n'S hun08. Were tie
United States pcssessCd Of navy Ike our o7n
the blockade Of the Southern scaboard could
be maintained easily by sufficient force; but
in the virtual absence OF a fleet the blockade
must be maintained by pTiFatters, and be q
paper one. All the pubNc armed vessels st
the service Of the Federal Government viii be
required for c0nvoys FOR the bon1Uardwent Of
works held by the enemy, and tor making de-
monstrations on the coast.
And it is safe assertion that as soon as
fighting has begun in earnest, and the s0lart
raking schooncrs and well appointed Steamers
hailiug from the cotton ports bsgn their de
predauons on American trade, not On the A.
lantic seahoard only, but in Europe, not q
single American s.lp-0i-War viii bc employed
in bIockgde. That form Of blockade resorted
% by ourselves during the long war, and the
right Of which the United States have alone
retained is " hat circumstances in the end mus.
require and, while under such blockade,
the neutral Ilag covers nothing, neutral goods
under an eneIny's tlag may be captured. In
other words, under such blockade, as it is
alone the interest of lr. Lincoln to e,tabllsa,
ships OF neutral nations making for Southern
ports or leaving Southern ports, or with the
produce Of Southern States upon their bot
toms, may be ovrrhaulcd and taken 10 4 prize
port, and condemned by the private armed
vessels upon which this duty must alone de-
volve. American privateers following the eZ-
ample Of British ships OF w.r in tines gone by,
will command the ocean and prevent . single
bale Of cotton from reaching England, unless
British ships Of war are employed 10 put them
down.
10 put down feGeTaI pfiFateeT5 WOQtd, We
need scarcely say, be an act of war against the
Federal Government; but not to do 50 threat
s2ts an atteraGtire SttN more di3aster0us htaa
eUen such a 1c0r. This is the dilemma into
which Lord John Russelrs American policy
has brought himself aud the country. II cot
ton as not to be got Juir naea1.s a0e must not
scruple to use fout means, or tie dGily 6read q
taaT or J5re ntltto'ss Of tie aoorhjag popuiattoa
oclL be at once stopped, 10 block
ade the cotton ports is to destroy the British
cotton trade, to involve, not IN remote, b~t In
insnediute dcstitutiou seceral millions Of the
British eople, and it would be bitter refec-
tion for the present generation as well, per
haps, as to the one that follows it, that to the
shortsightedness Of Lord John Russel and the
present government 1t was entirely owing
! Had they done as mere common sense would
have suggested, the present danger would not
only have be N averted, but cotton would have
been supplied without let or hindrance, and We
might have remained on good terms with both
belligerents.
fortunately it is toe late to put one queS
ton to the government and to take steps for