Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-26
FOR STATE SENATOR,
GEN. WASHINGTON B4RROW.
The Position of Great Britain to-
wards the United States.

The Position of Great Britain to-
wards the United States.
The position which the Government of
Great Britain proposes TO occupy relative 10
the parties to the war in this country as IN
dieaied by the speeches made in the British
Parliament by Lords RESELL and PATMER-
sros. has given the Eastern press and the adj
minis;ration great uneasiness- 1t was evil
IDENTIFY anticipated by the Northern usurpers
that Great Britain would not recognize The
Confederate States as belligerent power.
and would treat as pirates privateers COM
,oissioned under their authority. In this they
have been deceived; Lord RUSSELL, in bis
sneecb. having made the following statement:
.As to the letters of marque, th,re was pre-
cedent in the case of Greece, when 1t ss-para-
ted from Turkey. The right OF that country
IN issue letters of maTque was allowed, and
,ha Law officers of the Crown who bad bern
.o,snI,ed. had declared that such a right
vouId belong to the Southern Conied-gacy
The N. 7. World confesses its d'sappoint-
,a,t and homes for a revision of opinion on
the mart of Great Britain. Ii goes so far a
70 threaten the British Lion with the wrath
Of the negro worshipping GoEernmert 1t
says
- Inv will soon know from q % .Ial
s6nrces that our government VIII rot iarneIy
toJers,a the degree of cOuntenance they Sc 10
iocIinae 70 show to the insurgents The Eng
liar ooxeTnment and people manli+st IN
5aansst snlicitude 10 keep out OF THIS contest,
-, :, will not depend wholly on Themselves
l. nj 4
,..-f,r,,ad acts giving aid tn the rebel en-
"a :, an ATTEMPT to overthrow TIE II -
es.a', Of tho limited States Hth'y should
allow the rebeI pFiyafeers 10 take the'r iZts
into British pOrts- We have tne hes' reaso :
FIR believing that our government viii I'm
rnsdiateIy retaliate by Issuing ieIt'Ts o.
,,aTo1. AGAINST British comm rec The Lon
don Times. after glowing descri plinn 81 "ur
a5r,irabtv souipued war vessels. which can
=. nIo,~ a6vthIpp out of the water that may
,-aotnre against Them" says that III = can be
of little service to Us IN war against I'VE
Contedprate States. which have no navy. W
may find use for IN m which the Times
does not anticipate. if the British Govern
m-nt shall no; properly respect our rish's-
There are no bounds TO the military energy
Of the Nor;bern people. In thr short space
ofsix weeks they have pnt 200 600 men on
,vsr footfnu and of these 100 900 are recruits
enlisted for the full term OF three y-ars- In
This statement We include only soldiers actu-
aIIy enlisted. organized. 'quiPp and und-r
arms Our resources. and tue tnll'afy tn
thnsiasm of our people. will enable Us TO
nnsdrunla or ouintnple this large force long
bafora the season wi admit of an active cam
,aign in the extr. me South. Our people,
above almost any other On the globe, have
national aptitude for sea service, ana our tx
tensiye mercantile marine wOuiu sFeedlly
make Us as formidable on the sea as We are
ID. = a. HI 60 INT n
II 5or their interest to provoke contest within
a people whose spirit is so tuliy mp, there Is
no doubt whatever that they will be accom-
mOddted.
Our righteous :" brother" of the WOrld is
extremely war-like. His opinions, however,
respecting the proves of his section will ere
long undergo revision. If the Northern
States prove themselves able to maintain one
war-the war they are waging against the
South-thay may consider thems Ives fortu-
nate. They will be perfectly satisfied to post
pone indefinitely the little job of ''aecommo-
dating" the British Government
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says the Administration have
had the proposed policy of Great B itaIn IN
der consideration, and "are quite resOlv d not
to deliberate for single moment should Eng
land manifest any such insane disposition as
to give aid and comfort TO the rebels. bat to
launch against her the tbunderbolts of war
that would not cease till every Power in Eu-
rope was involved. On this vital matter the
President, the Secretary of State and all the |
Cabinet entertain hut one view, and are ami |
mated by the same sentiments. They feel |
they can rely to any extent on tn courage |
and energy of the nation. which will sustain |
them at every sacrifice against England and
all the world, when III y see their dearest
rights assailed and their best interests rudely
trampled on"
These things indicate that the Federal
Administration and heir organs are at last
awakening TO the dangers which surround
them. and the results which are sure to fol-
low their attempts TO subjnga'e the South.
They have madly determined upon policy
which invites swift destruction upon their
own heads, and they will most certainly re-
aIiz- it, unless they retrace their steps. and
restore the land to peace.