Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-30


We mvst remember, when entering into civil
war, that chr mtnaggmsnt OF that struggle
viii 6e su5orlinsted TO the necessities Of the
great European PoWsTs. We were admitssd
INTO ile family O. us.ioss hecsuss We Dos
setssd an organized government We were
sole 20 maze profitable treaties ef coumefcs
5scsuse our rtiplrs we're of adTautsEs to the
cisiiizsd sQ-4. Ws hsye made these stapiss
essential G. = ~ Industry. foc tkEt industrT
has sFsrr- tI- accommodated itsslf 60 he
supplies r. etorlsd. And 60 long as lbsss
staples c.a be proGUcsd ahuadsutly in cur
country be, se may wei suppose that us
gil 9ol Be- permitted to interfere, fer snT
length - time, with th.ir exporiatf5n. Ttis
sasF 70 understand that the prosperity Of ether
couHtrleg-their commFrce. their verv internal
peaee-aIi demand that those staples shall Be
allowed 10 hd ready scssss 0fksir markets.
Aud We may be assured hat our local divis-
ions. our diFssnSi0ns, sur war even, viii rot
Be allowed 70 Interfere wih their supplies It
viii Be, therefore, happy result IL our Gov
sra1snt does not, in the exercise Of ifs real
powers, d1d Itself 5fought into coEhiet with
European State8.
Ns perceive hat ths risl Is % saeh colIis-
iou are imWine1t. i Is probsbls, from The
dealing naS,qgl1nd nd r1l8cs z.H 0ultf
cree az siilisgf el=srartrr, hat they viii
scrurd TO tlia Confederate ssatea an the rieAts
which bcl0 @ 5elligersufg. The appearancs
% equality which exists between the contsn4-
ing forces will, inssed. under the ueiI-sstfled
RUSS 1f iGterlsticBai law, insure ths acEaavl-
sa-sment q this bsiigsrRnt character. Ma
tons doing thus mach sWsvs gs ons step
farther. For The protection Of the interests ri
t6ci- orn suhlEcts, tlry are bsnud 70 sppeint
consHl5 20 thc 1orts cl the newly arisen hrHig-
Grant, and to recognize itr commercial dag.
Tbs e0grss wss tskra By Ensisnd during tie
c5rte between Spain aud her South Ameri-
can colonies, wlich terPiGated in their Jude
DeHdeuce- The Lonfop msrchsrts insisted
uD1n such policy, and It was aecsds4 TO as
proper ie i'HsIf, sad as line Of conduct sbun-
dainty sustained BY precedent Mr. Canning
uiamphsntiy viudcstsd bis course in 30 do
Ing when Spain remorEiratsd.
But England ard France will not be ahie
By such proceeding, 20 deprive this Govern
ment of ITS oFdinsTy rights IS : hsiigsrsnt,
One Of thee punitive rights is that Of block
sls. And we presume that tbIs C G1yerHmeat
viii parsevsre IN tue blockade Of the southern
cassfs, even Il ths Confederate states are rs-
cosnjzsd sE bslilgeFsnts bv foreign powers.
But faen it must be remembered That such q
blocksde mus Be e9eciipe Il it is meant TO Be
rfEFectsd Ihe cap urs d a NEUTRAL rziinE
ship b. an insudcisn' blocksdin squadron IS
a void act. TIE cspi0rs are liable Co dam-
aEsg, and The milton which they serve nay be
-sUrd . Rccoaat for tie act.
When Ne ccusi.ier TIE extent ot tie SOUTH
err coast. the nscessties of Z sl,sh and French
couuerce, ths comparative slenaeTusss of cur
aaEV, even Wten rsEular ships o. war are sa-
81 ted bY ihe srmed steamers now doltine the
oosst, We riii be able to appreciate the diff
culties ~ the caae. Let us accept The law of
block ds laid down bv the Is'est EaEiiah writ
re Of auburilY. We must accept e.. FOR 4 is
ihr univetssl isW. Are Es able TO say that
oar GorsTnmsat can establish such a Blockade
~ 'hIs2 d" A biocksde Do fscis should Be ef-
fsctad By Etsaoning q numbsr OK ships, and
forming. sa & sere, an arch OF cirenmpslia'io ion
rould ihe m7u'h II the prohibited pert, lessrs,
s. "a, arch fails "a aHg ons psri, he blockade g.
s,lf >ailf ai,ogeiheT. This u The general tafs
3sdEition Of 2 blockade. Nevertheless i- has
bsfu boldan lhtt bio kading ships are at lib
hettv to take a prize 70 cones 10 their way,
bai soi 70 chass fs aistsHes, bscsuse that
F0aiI be in effect asseFtiun Of the dHty im-
posed uron 'hem. and ie7gld Gaoani 10 a brras-
ing ap or ne 5locksdcD
Could any SrHfe ia Europe supply a navy
large enough 10 blockade, in ihis msuner, Nor
folk hz'bor, Carriruck, Aibemarls and Pam
'ico sounds, ani ali tire deep inlsis Of the coast
% North Carolina, Cape Fear river, the sea
entrances % he GccTgeto rn, Charleston, Col
seton, S. Heisns, Beauford and S. Peter's dis-
o. CbsLhsm, BTyan, Mcintosh, Gignn and
Csmi50 ountiss IN Gemeia-the wide COSTS
Of Ficr'dH-ths port o. Mobile, apd the-Guif
co-st oi Mississippi sud Louisiana? Wethinz
no.. ]. viii perhaps be issi beyond the ca
p1c.iT q our nsry 70 blockade b an effective
uanner the ports Of Norfolk, Richmond. tbe
Caps Fesr rirer Charleston, Savannah, Mo-
Die snd New Orleans. We doubt Indeed,
sos,lsr lhc GovsTHmont has a naval force
large enough % enable it establish, z, sl Of
these points, blockade which European nar-
iiine nsu5ns viii deem az effective blockade,
aud respect ss such. u it not % BE- feared
that We afs pf spauBg fo- ourselves difersa ces
AID complexities with fo78ign powers from
which We win not emerge in onr generation ?
I u our sGoTt 70 discover "whether We hzgs a
! GovgrnuEHt," are ve not likely 20 discover
/ hat o-ier governments thar our own hsvs De.
cided theories upon tho subject of their social
and military necessities2
I 5oi grant hat tie eddyiag WINDS Of crcum-
( slaAcs sasy not IN some hour, kind,e 4 neW
fane from that ere which now seems 70 b
+ driving cniy s9HtawaFd Into what an abyss
Z y wretehsdness sua disir. as would We flli Il
re miseriss o. q foreign war ware added tc
Z 'ae horrors o. ihai eoHhiet IN which We ara
( ab0u1 10 eugsee.