The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-29

EsoLIsH SYMPATHY WITH THE SourH.-
There seems 10 be no ,ioubt that, whatever
may be the policy Of the English Govern.
meuf, the sympathies Of the English people
are with the South in the present struggle
Thur mach is certain. from the accounts OF
Yankee letter writer's in England, and from
'he queruions tone Of the British press. II is
not that Englishmen like slavery, but there lie
In the British mind an inherent love Of fair
play, which IL called into active exerc Use by
she present war. II there ia another cha
rse,eri-,ie Of John Bah as prominent and uni
~sr,sl "a HE pluck and back bone, Il is his m
varying sympathy with the snalest man in
the ring, and his intense indignation and CON
iHmp, At the idea of two men setting upon
one. From the heir apparent to the coal
heaver there Is u vein of genuine chivalry in
tbt British stock, which renders ii impossible
tcr true Briiou even 10 comprehend how a
people eau he 30 lost to shame as to exult in
The idea Of overpowering their enemy by
sheer force Of numbers. To glory in the spirit
which can grappie with and conquer more
powerful foe, is the instinct of genuine chi
vaIry and valor, bBt il 10 reserved for Black
Republican warriors TO reverse the sentiment,
and IRE national salutes over a victory like
that al Port Royal, where ten 10 one was the
,,dds necessary 10 secure their triumph,
Whatever the cause, certain i. is that every
nau from England, every English jou, nal,
and every Yankee correspondent abroad, of e
EorhMn press. confirm the impression that
the sympa,hjss vi the English people are
with the Southern Confederaey. We are not
disposed 10 attribute this sympathy entirely to
he fact that the interests Of England are in.
-erwoven With our own. Nations like men
are governed by interests, bat there are purer
'pringS and higher motives than sordid and
seifish love Of gain and power. Ii En-, land
- opposed TO black slavery, che is still more
rpPosed 10 white slavery, and cannot look
With Indifference upon struggle in which
~ the political and civil rights and immuni,ies
tie South bas inherited from England, and
'ehich We're purchased by the trials and porils
81 her beet and bravest for centuries, are
threatened by colossal military despotism
which bas already trampled undsr foot in iti
own sectioB the last vestigs of civil liberty.
This Is a matter Of indifference that shoule
have the sympathiee of England, if we cannot
tave her active cooperation. We ought to BE-
simply ashamed to depend on any. nation bu
oorselves for our deiiverance from oppression
but such moral aid and comfort as toe sympa
ilies-os civilized Christians afford NAY wei
inspire with new strength every patriot heart
II ifs.-ssiniony Of aitihlasikind to the iss
Toe ofuFrssaase 1t is the approving verde
OF Nations; yao cannot be accused OF parti
siity, but, Oh the contrary, have been preja
eiced agsinst us by our peculiar institution
and by the misrepresentation Of them whicl
have been scattered broadcast over Europe
by our insidous foes For ourselves, we re
juice that so far rs England and the South are
Concerned, bygoues are bygones. The tr
fling TAX Which was tho pretext for Puritan
revolt III 76, and ell the other grievances
Jumped up fer that occasion. never amounted
. thousandth par. of the injustice, wrongs
aid crimes which the descendants of the rebels
'fNew England have visited upon the re
lals Of the So1.h