Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-14
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We copy the letter which follows from the Washington
correspondent Of the y Y Erpress. The reader must
.d e Of for himself We sgpee; the opinion is general
and weouudcd ha; Southern suton viii meet with
TO serious obstruction from any European Powev-Sew
ards ridiculous tbrea, 70 the Emperor lpoeon, notwh.
standing. TIE Black Republican regime have brought
the great Republic into contempt all over tie world
Every body knows it ia powell All the foreign min
ter5 at Washington have been witnesses 10 the shameful
,rep;dation which has pervadei the Republican authOr
ties for the las; two months. They have doubt
muacaed to their respective courts full accounts OF Lin
colu y Co.-of their treuOr a; The mention Of JEFF
Davis and Ben Mccullough, Of their preparations for
Hght-of their personal urd:ness for empire and its
81, edy loss &c, sc.
With respect to the alleged complaints OF Gen. Scott
by the Republicans, we shall be disappointed if do
not hear great many before the is The
Great Yankee Nation feel Inundated, il being obliged
RELY upoa VTrqnid General to mlrshal them for war
Tuey frankly confess that they have fit 20 take
bis place Somehow, that .ud has never beea prolific
OF great Captains. During the Revolution it produced
no eminent commander. Gen. Green the success.
f one acquired all his laurels in command Of Southern
troops The most disastrous battle Of that war-he a
fair of Long Island under the direction of their
famous Gen Putnam. The Of 1872 did not produce
single distinguished military in all the North The
same remark may be made OF the Mexican war. The
fac, is all The military gories Of the Republic dir,
" due to Southern men, The Yankees know this-and
this it is which makes them cluster under Gen SCOTS
wing for shelter and projection. OF course they envy
aud hate while they crouch for saiety under Vugia
General How long they may continue to have eoaf
;t -, e.,
Il is unreasonable aud unnatural to expect him per-
form the duties minded at his hands Born and bred
and honored in Virginia. there is something revolving in
the idea that he could be induced to lead Vands horde
to invade his native State Possibly, the Yankees may
come to have suspicious on this point They raising
vast number OF troops and spending many millions of
money, and putting the whole under the control of
I-rgiaian.-if he is patriotic he may bankrupt and
ruin them, before they can say Jack Robertson
WHAT THE SOUTH EXPECTS FROM EUROPEAN
PUWERS-A NOTABLE PROJE ITO SUBollIU UTE
GEORGE Law FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WHO ARE TIE CONSPIRATORS? -SCOrI'S POLL
CY-MAJOR ANDERSON, ETC.
[Corrss Po,dsf,es Of the ". Y ErPress
WASHINGTON, May 10.
The statesmen of the South who are embarked in the
secession cause, regard it morally Impossible that
France, England and the other great Powers oil Europe
with the exception OF S8rduii should not sympathze
with their present break up the American
Republic To the mOuarcLies Of Europe our Government
has been for eighty years continual reprolch ana
Of fear for the pepetuy of their own dynases
Destroy IL aud give them lease OF po~er-an un-
limited lease in fact be terminated only by their own
folly. The overthrow OF the Uni ed States Government
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Union, would block the
game for baf century against the European Cobdens
Bal ghts, Louis Biiues, kos,u,hs, Mazznis, X, &c
Monarchy aud absolut would breathe treer ev,ry-
where an the uclpacy OF men TO govern themselves
be re- gaId.i eVen by those who have heretofore be-
eved ia their capacity for seltgOyernmeu as an es
tabli-hei fact beyond controversy or dispute
Hence r, md here IA Washington The French, Eng
lish PrlsSiaH, R,ssidJ AUSTRIAN, Spanish aud Bra
-ias Monsters secretly openly r.jp,eiHg at the
d0irsflH Of The AulercdH RspU5iicaId the Chevaler
Der iaatt alone the Minister from Sardinia regrettiug
il. And why does Ber,inau regret il. Maniiesily be-
he regards il weakening the canse OF OF uni
ted Italy" II the American ULion can be dsbanded
why not the Italian Unioa. BertiCatu, With his
clelr-seeng Italian intellect, plainly enough breads
the effect Of our Wrangng upon the future oil his own
cOuptry.
Whenever then, TIE Southern CoRfsderdey can man
ace 10 stand alone Il eH ind difficulty IN securing
Us recognition BY the iedlng poo'rs Of Europe Such
Al least is the belief Of neutral Southern men oil great In
teligeree, resident in this city.
With regard to Washington, the same gentlemen re-
marx that were the Union not destroyed, in all proba-
putty The seat OF government would be removed to the
westward before the lapse Of another quarter of
Jury NO" that IL destroyed the Capital Of the North