, 1861-10-11
Ensland's Neglected Opportunity.


No cne can fill TO recognize cortilerablea a. i.
fl:eness Il the Suggestions Of the Emp4r Of
kpEsia- They ea1 give Eo cffcace. The south
Is not IN position to take any. And She
North Will certainly not take his advice about
stopping the fighting amlss, in its delight at
MS Eorai support II the Union. Bst5a.n Sd
feses=bnfgh I'D Washington. there has al vars
besn sressi.g litdn=ss. Extremes meet
and nc can coEceiYe plenty of reaso.s. wbief,
We DO net care to state, Why the Gar chouid
prefer The Union intact to two equal Coafede
{aelse: Bat We co4fess to feeling Of envy.
wy nss II osen left 70 1hs Czs7 to Be- the only
EnIcpesn Sovereign to make known his feel
1nga fur the AmericarE? ? What is he to thn
fres'dent, or the President to him? The
United States are not even his rivals, Their
conmerce and their chipping nay sweep he
Wcrsd's pcrts ana never Interfere with him.
my nay expand nofthwaEc aad southwark,
eastward anu westward, and it must be Vears
nsioIe they eau raise q boundary ausstion
As to commercial ties between Tie two
fo~ers, there are positively n3ne Bombard
Ne" 1c;k to borrow, CT burn all the cort3n
dspote in the Confederate s:ates; S.. Peters
oo1gS WI not Eel the ruiz. Raise the slaves
aEd destroy The cotton plant, and Ruzsia nav
SUI fay-"Let the galled jade vince, nv
wither1 are unwruugl" The case , Is very ~
ciftrent With rs. 11e ,tte, ereyy Jeat Of he
;d'1trieaa PADS. The rain Of The t-ade Of the
states psralyzes our manufacturing industry,
PUsa P W. LILLE upon HaH lime, and depr-aSaE
every CON nmefcial interest in thc Uaited King.
Com LEI the South capture Washington. end
the nohs IL the great ci'ies Of the Nor.n get the
urpeE haua orsr the afGghtec authorities, AMI
1Eere viii be poverty snd distress il thouIa1ds
o. Ergnsh hcmes. Let graat Northern
~lmsmsnts sweep Gown the Mississippi,
eVety"Esrc proclsimi1 freedom to the slaves
ard destroying tie cotien crop, and We have
TO 10 eet 9 snrnlne ten times mcre terrible th.r
fbs1 ~lieh sTept of the Ir:sn soil / 500. 900
hcula Aid what has be-n 1oae BIZ cur dow
e!nment to prevent such catastropaes9 Sim
p} eos1lfg. We are drifting On into tbs cot
lon tan.ue as ne drifted into tbs Russian wa.
and "1tb ecne Of t1e eame s.a:egmen at tnr
helm. We stand hs, ard fold o1r arnt. wb:ie
tae greet game is being Flaye5 out, without an
t1iost to arrest the tide Of war or to avert its
calamltons consequence.
4;1 IL thy o. too late to Intcrfare non. The
Time Lad l-Efed eYe1 bafore 3IE. SeYa-u raTe
cur tae esmeR euca glorious opportunity for
holc1rE tteir toDEuex. Bat SURELY r. in no
great + At fer Cur Foreign Secretary to boast
n1 o., 1hss II r. ths 1ong Interval between the S.
collision in tie Gald hs s;napjs
waited CT .Tarita, carteutier h;-nsair
Mnh TIE rieu5 hut sonewaat s.ltlsh prayer
snat tro'idehcs Would keep us out Of the
quarrel We are bound to Tie .a7nrric1,.s lY
lss,a me stessa q hxs: 3he adsicc tAct might haze
esne ron US aeould, perhaps. hau. ben :a.t72t-
S1te from another 2osns7. Yet, so far as we
know, there ia lot On record q single offer On
Earl Rut sells part, Of friendly Offices, TIE
attempt might have f4ilsd. Probably It would
hare eons 60. But, at heart, the Government
ECU Houid Lave done is dat7. It would hare
lifted is hand sgainst the ioll7 and crime Of
fratElcldal War. u ,eouzd hays s5opn The
Ahterieans, achicheser side sc1s destined to III
angh, at .ee had some }sllo7o feeling WITH them
~ Their trials: n seou.d hase sastd Us from The
charge Of qpattetie sezihne,s, Which is 80 fisely
asged Ggdi1.sf Us By The AassTican peo731e. And
COW Russia has taken the iuiIiative which |
ought to ha7c been ours, WITH not ore tjthe
OF our interests at s1ake OF not one half Of
our incentives to action. 1Fhen Me history Of |
the d,Hc77cdn tcar comes to Be scrtes it aoiH re.
donma to 1hs credit Of the Ministry Of tie Tine
1as nc ezar co9td assume responsibility which
that free and enlightened England seatcfsd Gnd |
made no s'gA, soane despotic and b.rbaro us RxS.
sld S2oke tcorxls Of eoMeaLiation and nsace