Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-06
THE AmERIOAN oRrsIs N EUR0PE.
Eighty 1nteressing Letter ErOufEurOpe.

THE AMERICAN CRISIS IN EUROPE.
Eighty InteresffnR Letter ErOnfEurOPe.
cotresponsencs Of tAs Charleston Msrruy.
LONDON Sept 90. 1861. But for the commence
ment Of hosGlitiesby the North. an quite certain
that the GoEernnent of GreaE.B Britain would have
cordially welcomed the Confederate States into the
family Of nations b. the irstcf July and that such
welcome would have b5 e. SfT el7iiy r5.f5ve1 ~
France, Spain and other gTsrnentsi nations II OBJ
ably Great Britain will be ltiis frss nsioTto eneE
intO diplomatic relations with the Confederate
StGtez-Lonis Napoleon ia not the least inclined to
precede her in the recognition of our Independence,
willing IS he may be to follow her lead He may even
go sofar rs to intimste TO her, tiatiswin be en-.
trely agreeable to him. if she will take the initis.
tive in this regard but there are prudential mo-
lives to restrain him from inaugurating the meas
sure himself. Nor can those motives cease to ex'
ist until there is q solution to the Sandman
Island question. The Red Republicans, with q
view TO Interior Objects are almost to man T
rayed against the course ofthe Confederate States
spd they are too numerous, and too united and res
olute, to be despised by the Emperor. If he &C
quires Sardinis, however, he will be sufficiently
strong in his Empire TODD as he chooses in his for
elgn policy. The Red Republicans. who are the
most violent of European AbOlitianists. would tae-
idly aequiesee in the recognition oft6e Confederate
States by him, provided Great British had previ-
ously recognized them .That>which occurred in
the recognition. benigeFsnt- viii assnredy &C
ment. Great Britain viii be the first TO act then
France then Spain; and afterwards the other Con-
tnental Powers and States y &c - ~ =
i The sentiment of the people Of this realm, par
tculary in business circles, is favorable to ms
mediate recognition of the Confederate States The
newspaper press is almost unanimous in this be-
half Occasionally it utters severe remarks agains
she South from which. however, benefit is derived.
In fact they are designed to operate in that sense.
+. Every arrival from Ne York assures ia that a
great battle is imminent near Washington: Should
that city pass into the possession of the Comic
States, their peoplswOuld have but few more sac
rIfcesIo make for the eonsumnati0no OF their cause
Whenever the Lincoln Government retreats from
the CAPITAL it will cease to be respected as one of
the Governments of the earth Diplomstic relations
would be discontinued with its Minister near the
Court of st James A proud moment would be
that of receiving such intelligence 1t is awaited
here. from day to day, by the Southern Commission
ers, understand, with intense solicitude.
Communication with the Confederate States is
now cut Off The Northern journals manufacture
Just such sensation articles they deem best suited
for effective European circulation. But their mis-
representations are 50 apparent to every reader,
that they perhaps do the Southern cause as much
good as harm.
As far as the non-slaveholding States are cJn-
cerned it is generally admitted that the system Of
sefgovernment is complete failure. The worst
monarch of the worst age never committed worse
public crimes than have been committed by the
BOBBY Lincoln and mis- base shpendisFies e..
There is considerable, indeed alarming falling
off in tie export trade with Great Britain for the
first eight months of the present yeGr, compared
with the first eight months of last year-no less
than $40, COO O00T 1t is attributable only to the
war in America. The diminution for the next few
months is more likely to augment than decrease.
Thus the situation becomes more aud more embar-
RAISING for the Government The stock. of cotton
Is steadily disappearing, while the goods manufac-
tured from it are rapidly advancing in price. Al
ready the operatives are working on short time,
while few mills have already stopped. Ia this
grave state of affairs, what is TO be. doneS The
question is puzzng to the able and experienc-
ed Preaitr. 1t affects, in an almost equal degree,
the Emperor of the French. Nor is it free from
profound interest to the States of the ZIlyerein,
Spain, Belgium, and Switzerland. II the Confeder-
ates possess themselves of Washington, the question
is solved easily and at once If they do not possess
themselves of Washington, there seems to be no
other solution of it than forcbe resistance to the
bloekr lie of South arn ports. :.
Information has been received here that the
planters are putting away their crops to keep them.
This is as jadicIous as 1t is otherwise patriotic
procedure. The absence from the seabord Of the
world controlling staple will cause to the North
dismay, and Europe to become defiant of Lincoln's
Proclamations.
An angry correspondence is said to be going on
between Earl Russell AID Seward, in relation to the
British Consul at Charleston Mr.. Bunch. The lat
honary. The former as categorically declines to
comply with the demand. Aprppls of COnsuls.
It appears to my judgement an international anon
ally for a Government, which has recognized eoun-
try ss bellgerent 70 continue its Consular repre-
sentatiYes in that country under the ErsqGatTS Of
the Government with which it is in state of bel
hgerenee. The dignity of the Confederate States
requires that such Consuls should exercise no au-
thOrty within their limits, in virtue Of their Ere
qlatlEs.. The EtsqtGhr of Mr.. Bunch is the only
authority of the Federal Government that is per-
mitted in South Carolina. The Confederate Com
mission should if practicable press this subject
upon the consideration Of Her Majesty Government
at an early day. Possibly it may have done so al
ready. Governments that have no relations one
to another usually employ Commercial A gents in
stead of Cousus Justice TO the Confederate States
demands g compliance with this custom. ,@
II is alres iy hoped, by the friends of the South
here, that ere now Washington is in possession eff
the Confederate States and its public buildings
zed to Tx ground. In that case the backbone of the
war prosecuted against them wilihaye been broken,
and President Davis will soon be enabled to dictate
his terms of peace to the North from Richmond,
An Old Chapter Re.WrFtten.-- B.