The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-18
From the London Herald

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| months nf giving IL tn b. understood what ths
| course Of England would be under certain ri. .
Gums tnnceR, h,s not been improved and tha
| result is that at no time e!ncA the war OF 1917
have the relations between this Conutry and
the United States been more cri iicai ,han they
| are at I,resent. Most people have been AZ ton,
| iehed At what Is now tfaiug place in tho I-ni-
ted States; bnt il is neither credit biz. nor s
should ba that her Matesty's principal S.cra
tary oil STATE for Foreign IA tirs should negIac,
his duty or b. taken by surprise. presideut
Buchanan claimed that there shou q b.. no mora
bIuckades, and Mr.. Lincoln, from The Win.
House At washing ton, not only declares -
block da OF She Son heru seaboaTd, but one Of
the good old fashioned kind, vyhtch coul seala.
the enemys goods wherever found, and the
ships that carry tn, IN "A bint 4 few wseg = ago
frosa th- Foreign Oihce that this would mol 70
down Ia England, aud the ordering of the
North American sQu1drOn TO the Ones 4 pea ka
or the Gulf. would have prevented this; hut
Lord John Ru>stll. have said air-4dy
has LETT NTiti-h iutei ests In the United State,
10 mind themselves until the sieveut tn hour
and tor 30 dOing he and the Cabinet of which
hr is a member must be held accountable
shonlh war now unhsppily and uueSps ctediy
arist DEL ~-"n our elves and our wn kim men
1t 10 Iusi possio'-, however, that Mr.. LIN
coIn 8 proclamation OF blockade has the same
douh'e meaning 40 his other State ptpers
bat II Is not likely. That point We womb
fain believe has now been reached W hen uotn.
ing more rs 10 be gained by ambiguous word
ing, ana when tae Federal Government NAV
that ha who runs may Rad. SaiIlful and
sncc-ssiul hood dwinklng OF Lord John Rps
cell up 10 ihs present time NAV stlli suggest
however. one last american diplomat kIrok.
o! double dealing, that 1t may remain open To
SEIZE neutral vessfls and their cargoes or iet
them go. II this should be apparent in the
proclamation, IL IL TO be hoI.sd that asffher
merchants nor shipoeasrs ao.A place them.
setcss ana Mr.. Ltacoths haads. Were The
United Stttes Possessed Of "a navy like our
oW Il. the bsos kade of the Southern r-tboa ~,
could bs maintsiued easily by sufficient
force but in the virtual abs ence of a feet the
blockade must be maintained by privaieers,
and oe paper one. All the public armed yes.
sels at the seryi ice of the Eederal tioyrrnmaat
Will be required for conveys, for the BON
bar.iment Uf works held by the enemy and |
for making dtmons tratIons on the coast.
"And 1t Is safe assert tion that as soon as the |
lighting has begun In earn-ss Ind ihe smart |
rakiaH schoouers and well appointed teamefs /
haiiiDg from the cotton ports begin their de. |
preajations on American trade, not on the At |
L,ntic sea board only. hat Ia Europe. not sin. |
mere biockhds That form OF blockade rrsort-
cd 10 by ourselves during the long war, and the I
night OF which the United STATES have nioUs
retained, 10 what ctTc0me tances in the end |
M INST r-q uir~; aud while under such bloc kade
HE ntatrai x covers aothing, neutral goods
uhoeT al et~tnys ~ may be csptured. In
oinef words, under snch Il block tdH Ms IL 10
alone the interest OF Mr. Lincoln 10 establish.
1hIps ot ieatrai nations making for Sou thern
i'orts or i-asinG soa thern ports, or with the
P'ooooe oi Soufhern States upon their bot
toms, NAV be oyerh ,uied and a, Yen 10 n pr,ss
port anu condrmned by the priya 4. armed YES |
s*s upon Ia ch this duty M usI nloue dayolye
AmsI.ean .'risat~rs TOTO wing ,hs .xamele
..,,n'ns.a = M OF war 10 times gone by, will
" cotton from reaching England, Qnl-ss Isr,t.
"a saiss u wss Ne seplsvsa y pss ,nsm
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