Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-27

JOHN J. PETTUs.
THE LONDON TIMES ON AMERICAN
AFFAIRS.
The London Times of July 1st, has the fol-
lowing article on Amercon affairs:
Lord John Russelps declaration that the
vessels Of the two belligeFent republics of
America would not be allowed to bring prizes
into British haTbors had been received in
characteristic manner By the Northern States.
One would have thought that after inveighing
against us for weeks on the ground that we
were about 20 share the piratical gains of the
southern pTivateers, the politicians Of Wash
ington and New York, when they found they
were wholly in the wrong, and that the British
crown had made an extreme use OF it's preroga-
tive to avoid completely with either party,
would have bad the grace to own that their
suspicions on that point were unjust, and that,
though the old country might be untriendlY to
the cause Of the Union, it was not because she
was tempted by the prospec. of receiving stolen
goods.
But even this small measure Of candor and
generosity is not to be expected, it seems, from
the American character. The people have
been SO long accustomed to decTy others and TO
glorify themselves, the habit Of Interpreting
every occurrence so as to feed their own iesl-
ousV and vanity is so inveterate, that even now
with their constitution in ruins, with hostile
army within few miles Of their capital. sEd
with several millions Of their former fellow
citizens declaring their bitter hatred Of the
Union and their resolution not to return to
it-even now the northeTners cannot help
boastiDg and exciting to one another at their
imagined victory over England.
1t Woald be a provoking, if it were not
! pitiabIe spectacle. The ruling pass on must
indeed be strong when a community which is
rent in sunder bv International snimosities can
not even in the hour Of agony forbear from
vauntiBg how it has frightened the most pow
erful, the richest, the most united, and the best
! armed empire on the globe.
There caH be no doubt" says one suthoii-
| ty, "that this effect (the issuing Of The proc
| lamsti0u) was produced partly By the dispatch
Of Mr. Seward, warning the European powers
that our government would hold no further
diplomatic intercourse with them if they rec
ognizsd the commissioners from the Southern
Confederacy."
This is the key here Of a thousand themes.
The continued hostility Of England, the du-
plicily Of the cabiPet, the persistence Of Lord
Palmerst0n and Lord John Russell in their
4" bIack-eg and Puritan polity," wha ever that
may mean, are taken for granted, and it is be-
lisved that the enly way to fFustrate our ma
D
North is ready at any time to declare war
| against Us, and that her pTivateeTs will sweep
| our mercbantme from the seas, as they did in
| 1872. The newspapers are filled with rawlings
/ Of this kind, which 1t seems, are responded tn
/ by political men, and even by ministers OF
! State.
II this abuse were confined to one or two
! journals, or a single party at the North. we
| should be inclined to treat it as a political
! Az is ma harlIrr rad kha
| New York BerGld without a secret feeling that
it is the purpose Of that journal to embroil the
North with England, in order to serve interests
| which are n0t those of the North.
! There is an ingenuity in searching out and
presenting in the most glsrinE colors every
thing which is likely to inhame the Northern
States against Englan nd OF England against the
Northern Stat s. Some Of the articles srs
written for Americans, and some, we cannot
help feeling, for the people of this country.
But, if it be the wish Of the Herald to help
those, the open advocacy Of whose cause it
was Obliged to give up in April, certainly its
designs are aided by the temper Of the Ameri-
can people. Even Mr. Dallas, gentleman
who has Just left our shores, and who, if be
repTesen5ed the policy Of his superiors, must
have been in favor Of abandoning the South 70
its own devices. now comes forward to add to
the delusion of bis cOuDtryuen. We are told
that he "believes the British ministry 10 be
hostile to u.s." and that Lord John Russall's
recognition Of the bellig rents ''was not pre-.
mature declaration, to berepented Of hereafter
but e deliberate polcv, to be adhered to as far
a g it goes" "He is disposed to believe that
I the great arbitrator is cotton"
TIE British ministry, according to thi;
r statesmsnlike account, are vascilIsting be-
tween Exeter hall and Manchester-fearful OF
offending the opponents Of slavery, and ve
I eod iurr fhn of he cofton lrrlu h
T are anxious about the future supply for theil
mills.
The popular notion seems to Be that EnglsD,
I is burning with desire to help the South, anC
that about next November there viii be an at.
, tempt to break the blockade Only the fea1
, of the punishment which the North is ready
to inhict upon us will be able to check US il
, our hostile schemes.
These are the opinions which are now being
expressed in every class Of American society
! Te Englishmen they are OF little concern, 81
far as relates to the American estimate Of oul
: national prowess.
? Even with thousands Of hatterers declaring
that Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell
! have been frightened by Mr.. Seward, the
American people are not likely to allow tbeil
B self-esieem to hurry them into causeless wal
E with fully armed European power
\ But for the sake of American character W,
. duct of England iustifes itself 70 every think.
E ing man, aud in few weeks the present out.
E cry against rs will have passed away
2 Bat it win not be forgotten here that IL
; Americans we have to deal with people whe
will sscTibe every act whatever OF our govern.
: ment either to Jealousy Of their transcendant
merits or fear Of their superior strength.
The war against the Confederate States is
s now taking proportions which, if this country
D were indeed ill-dispOsed toward the Union
9 might tempt US to interference From tb,
shores Of the Atlantic to the far off regions
= where the Missouri and the Kansas rol
! through the vast wilderness, the two section;
5 Of the late republic are aTraysd against esct
b other.
E The west of the State Of Missouri is report
+ ed TO be in the power Of the State militia, WHIT
] have been driven from Jefferson City by thD
Z advance OF the federal forces. What may b.
the ultimate destiny Of this great and power
2 full Sta e, it is hard to foTetel
We should be disposed to think that 1t wonlt
7 remain with the old Union for it lies north o
probable boundary, and has comparatively
I small number Of slaves.
4 But ihe slave owners and the pioneers VIII
e formed the "bOrder rufiaRs'' Of Kansas, ar
j. not likely to yield without fierce struggle
!, From Virginia there ia nothing new; but on
g feature Of the war is becoming very remarka
s bic, and that is tie little knowledge the north
d ernsrs are able to gain respecting the southern
: army.
v 1t is plain that the President Of the Confed
It crate States, whether be is doing much or lit
II tie, is doing it with secrecy which the com
4 msnders Of the North cannot penetrate Th
= scco-nts given ia the New York papers ar
d clearly quite worthless.
IS One day the Sou'hsrners have enly fey
: wretched bands which are rapidly m7ltin
d away through hunger and want Of shelter: th
Z next they have splendid army Of 147 90
b men, which may at any time endanger th
II capital itself.
: We are disposed to think that the Confeds
o rate forces do not equal in numbers those {
it the Union, and that in rifles and amnunitio
: they are defective; but, on the other hand,
is known that they took a great many guns
e Norfolk, and that the foundry at Richmon
n has been at work for the last two months