Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-07-18
From the New York Daily News
England and France Side with the Southern Con

England and France Side with the Southern Con-
fcderaCy.
The intelligence received by two steamers that have
arrived from England within the last days. is of the
most menacng and alarming description Following up the
friendly mnifestatOns already exhibited by the Palmers.
ton Ministry toward the Southern Confederacy the at
ttude of Indifference it has assumed the wishes of the
Washington administration large rejnforcements troops
about to be poured into the anad and that province
will arrive about the 3d. and the Golden Fleece
on the 4h of July, with three thousand five hundred men,
including battery of the Royal Artillery aud larger
will be dispatched if necessary.
The London Herald openly avows that the measure has
been adopted to the United States and adds
that " TO be inevitable that before long the qnes
ton of paper blockade should become subject Of serious
discussion The London Times goes further and saws that
Washingt has ia Mon merry than the
King of Naples has Sicily-Pulic sentiment in Eng
land seems generally IN fact, TO be gradualv assimIang
18th the of Mr. Gregory that the France
and England identical Ihb American question: and
that the recognition by these two great Of the
Souhe Confederacy will cause the party the Nor
to pause before pungng their counJmen deeper into the
sad struE gle.
the idea of with England, the ground that the
valry between that country and France wouh
Napoleon to side with the North for he purpose Of
pshing his ends the Cont ent Of Europe It APP
pears however, that the of L. nd Paris
consider be for the advantage of both to break
down the unconstitutional block de ports and
acknowledge the dc faco independence he Cont
states. the powers vi Europe contemplate the affairs of
this hemisphere just they do those OF india hna Ai
Iay, exclusively from the point # view o. their own
interests They do not care straw for our insu-
TONS excepting as we may be more or less eligible pro-
ducers toners
The benefit they derive the South is clear and
its products indispensable 10 the support of their
population while the commerce with the North amounts
to but comparatively small pes ge of their with
the rest OF tie world. Deprive hem OF cotton four mlio
people in the United Kingdom and half that number
France, would be robbed OF their daily bread and, to
greater less d. gree the shock OF calamity would
be felt by every Individual in both Of those III
surrecOns would be almost Inc ahe IN the manufacturing
districts, and the very foundations of society Whoud be
shaken by such GonVpsiol as 1t is to be feared ud re
mer ton the French Emperor will run the risk Of
cOunterng catastrophe which can be avoided at the sinai
Of hosities with insane government like that
President Lincoln whose msrue has already been stu
pendous that it will be the bywOrd of mankind for ages
come.
1t has been known for month, tina communicated
have received by MIR. Jefferson Davis from Mr. Van
cey which the latter gentleman conveys the glow
ing of the in which he had been every
where received and Of the prospects he enerans of
ing the objects of his mission. Paris letter. in the hide
pe4dence Bqe that Mr. Rost another of tn
southern Commissioners to Europe has had audenc
with Lord Palmarson, and received positive
from Premier, that England will recognize the indepen
deDce of the Southern States at distant period i ais
Mr. Rost having reported that the action of Franc
will be uniform of England til ough simu
neous, the uit OF direct diplomatic understanding
ago. OF correspondent of the Paris Moi is indeed
the of beng flied, that " 1t not probable that
blockade will be Recognized which deprlves the powers
Europe material necessary for their manuf
upon VIII CHI depends the daily bread OF millions OF tn
subjects England and France cannot be imposed upor
as people of the Northern States by the false
of the administrations are the two greatest "a
tons earth to be frightened by the feeble, ridcnou
threat that their represt atves at Washington will
handed their passports
In word Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers, having brough
the country the verge of destruction at home substt
ted tyranny for Republican form of government tramp
under every requirement Of the constitution an
pepetrated enormities unparalleled in modern times haV
nay staggered such absurd pretensons before toreg
nations that there every chance of being involved
g with both England and France before the close
this year. United States prepared to meet such
increase of embarrassment Before many days battle vi
have been fought in Virginia Whichever section is Vct
rous will prepare the way for renewed conflicts. G(
only knows where civil will end. Can bear
superadded burden ofhostes with nations possessing
most powerful fleets and armies that have existed
the earth emerged f,om chaos When the American fl
l. shall longer outside of harbors; when
commerce shall have been destroyed, and shipping
INFLATED when our ports are their turn, bockaded,
any party the land still continue to applaud the wick
policy which has plunged the Republic into such ably
of evils Alas. already fallen to such condition
moral and physical impoency that only an inerposton
, | the Almighty can recover