Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-13
ScmonItIons from England.

The Times, in al article d:precstlng c:7:i
var in the Un:,ed States, says:
Its, perhaps, too late 10 adTise; bus, II, per-
chance, there should still be Tocm. iIT warn:
ing, the Americans may listen to honest admo-
nlt,ons from England They have found BY
this time that no political jealouSies eh.c: our
estimate Of their deplorab!e quarrel. We
would rather see Amorica united and power
full, even though her strength uiag cost as some
trouble. We feel that slavery is an asouilTia-
ole thing, but We know how difficult must be
tie problem Of abolition. and above a'i," e feel
that no convictions, however deeply enter.
raincd, can justify the extremity OF civil war.
There was a great soldier in this country 4 lew
years ago-u man Of iron mind ard resoiutc
will, whose feelings might have been scared and
hardened by sights OF war in every quarter OF
the globe. Yet that man, 80 iailexit'e and
fearless, TOOK an opportunity OF saying that
there was nothing which should not be done
or borne rather than the country should ever
know ono hour OF civil war. Is Abraham
Lincoln-thc Woodworking, peaceful and sun.
ule-mindei citizen-about 10 face an extremity
from which the Duke OF Wellington recoiled
in disnay 7 Is the President Of the new tree
trading Coafederacy prepared 10 adopt Il policy
which would tct.er Delft the Indians OF For
ida?
Not only is there no cause for his strife, bat
there is no prospect, or even possibility, OF any
Gain in the end. 1t is not 70 he Imagined that
the North can held the South 10 subsection,
or that the South, even If it succeed; ID repei.
ling the forces Of the North, will have bettered
its position By the proceeding. The great OBJ
iect of the Sculherncrs is to carry their slaves
into nsw territories. but they have already
found that slave plantation; are next TO use
less unless the c%on,erminouS provinces adopt
and enforce the fugitive slave las. BY serering
their connection with the North, and substi.
tuting a traditional hostility, they will com.
pletelg deprive themselves Of the cooperation
which in this respect they have hitherto re-
ceived. a slave crossing the frontier Of the
Southern Confedcracy will be lost forever.
Whichever way the case is turned, it remains
hopeless still. 1t is bad enough even without
this final extremity Of present b!oodshcd, but
if the sword is once drawn, it Will become IN
stantly and irremediably worse.
Coercion, If it means anything, must mean
conquest, and permanent conquest is impossi-
bic. or the result, in short, nothing is either
discernible or probable but civil var. with all
its unspeaksb!e horrors. and with no likeli.
hood Of d speedy end. War breeds war, and
a weeks fighting will intailibly eugcndrr pas
sions which years will fail to appease- Per
hans the least formidable prospect is that Of
such q success on the part Of the South as Hil.
enable it to maintain i!s independence Of tue
old Union, but that success can only be Obtain
ed at tire cost Of animosi,ies which will divide
America into hostile caulDs, andleave it 6 prey
to horrors from which Europe escaped long
ago. Is that 10 be the end Ct the model re.
public in the eightieth yesr Of lis existence?
For tie sake Of humanity and progress VT
trust NOS; aud we shall hope even against hope
for better things until the fatal truth is brought
home to us