The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-17
Susceptibility of the Americans.
From the London Timss.l

The natural susceptibilities OF foreign ma
ton are at all times worthy of respect
Where any Of our neighbors haye reason to
suppose that we have acted in an unfriendly
or ungenerous manner towards them, or that
their interests are likely TO be affected disad-
vantageously by our ACTS, the opinion,
though erroneous, deserves to be removed by
explanations on our part. It must be ex-
pected that nations will sometimes give way
to groundless jealousy. and misinteIpret the
policy of others by viewing it as distorted By
their own fears. In all such cases frank
and ready assurance Of good intentions will
never be withheld by the suspected State
But in the present case the people Of the
Northern States have, without the shadow of
courtesy and good will on our part, chosen to
lash themselves into fury, because we have
taken the only course which was open to us,
and declared our neutrality in a war betwe en-
two powerful, energetic and obstinate commu-
mites 1t cannot be supposed that they are
ignorant of the reasons which compelled US
to this course, for these are Obvious to every
one Whe has any knowledge OF in International
law and the laws OF var they have been
lament, and they have been laid down by
American jurists in cases almost identical
with the present.
Nor is there the least pretence for saying that
apprehension has any thing to do With the moi
sy attacks which are made upon us. No Anne.
rican in his senses believes that we are abou t
to give any help 10 the Confederate States or
that we FASTENED to recognize them rs a beili
gerent Power in ordsr that we MIght supply
them with arms, or share with them the profit
of captured merchantmen. The reasohs ad-
yauced by the Northerners to justify their in :
dignation are only pretexts used to cover the
real cause of it-namely, the wound which
their vanity has suffered by our not having
shown Sufficient admiration of the levy made
in obedience to President Lincoln's Proclama-
tion This is the head and front of our
offending All the talk about aiding the
. os-sv nI..In t<,
the dignity OF patriots is merely an
affectation to conceal the real grievance. -
This being plainly the state of things, we shall
not attempt to coax the Northerners into
Conduct in the American civil war Is before
the world, and is so completely approved that
1t has been followed in every step by the
French Government, and will, no doubt, be
also followed BY the other maritime States OF
Europe The coarse invectives which fill tie
Northern parers may therefore con tinme; the y
viii not be deprecated by us. The politicians
and the journalists, who. q few weeks. were
advocating the seizure OF Canada, mast con.
with due sympathy from England in its
crusade against the Confederate States. The
Northerlezs have thrown themselves into a
passion. aad We Eqst leave them TO recover
their temper.
With respect to the progress of the war,
there IL not much to be- told. though 1t is cleSr
that serions work IL at hand. The eveats OF
the first days OF June were not unexpected
The most important OF these is the retreat OF
the Sout hern troops from Harper's Ferry to
Manassas Gap, place some foriy miles lower
down the Blue Ridge, and said 70 be chosen
by the President of the Confederate States Is
the position At which he will ftrst try the
chances of war. The skirmishes which have
taken place, and the unsuccessful attack made
on the Secessionists by part Of the garrison
of Fort Monroe, may have the effect Ct in
flaming the two armies against each other,
SHs ara otherwise Insignificant. Yet the con-
siderable forces which, If the newspapers
speak truly, ale Icing brought up from the
South, render 1t Likely that some more i'm
cor tant battle will follow. The failing back
IL the Sou therners from Hnrper's Ferry, aud
the concentration OF Northern troops at Ct.
,sS, ere the chief pieces Of military news
Drought b The last steamer. Ills plain that
the wal win be = sly::h longer AFFAIR than the
President Davis will not plant his Gag on
Fansuil Hall, or even on the White House.
AND, on the other hand, II even Virginia Ia
to ke conquered and the debatable land OF
&entpcky 6ecgrad, something more than q
Brilliant march Yill % required. Not that
We doubt foz Eomspt TIE kssat energy and
the high military qualities q the 'Ferthsrn
From their habits Of life and the general
well being In which they have been brought
up, the American youth are dns material Tor
soldiers, and will be made into excellent
troops In 3 very short Tune. But all of Us
know from oxpertence-some af IL bitter. soma
of 1t amusinS-that armies and their appara-
sNs are not TO be extemporizsd The horrors
IL tie Crimea and the little adventures
of our neg yoluntser Corps are sat.
Gctant 70 mAkD - understand that atty OF
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