New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-31
ENGLAND AND THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE


IA private letter communicated for The rribaucI
MAScHLSrER, Aug. %, 1861.
sincerely hope that the defeat Of the Federal Army
will awaken tile Government to renewed exertions
both on land and r0ter. In the letters OF Mr. Mem.
mnger, the Secretary of the Confederate States, be
rays distinctly, in reference the Cotton Loan. that
its provisions based upon the presumption that in
the Autumn, the blockade will be broken by foreign
Powers. Straws show which way the wind blows,
AID since the rout of the Northern Army, giving Mr.
Dasis as Russell says in his hit letter, q u fair
Claim 10 lie at the head of bellRerent Power" the
indcsions in this district Of Lancashire strong and
loud that heavy pressure will DO brought To bear
ulrn the Euglis Government to break tie bloc de-
il 1t Is not fO'ced IN the very tt. IL the United
STATS Government do not the necessity Of spne-
THING more THAI paper blpcsade the com'er.ial men
OF ls y-YOrk ought TO rec II, anddemand that The Gov
erDnen perform ther duty. L. Tire streets, the IN TX:
ctan wherev-r g. II ~ iLiou sreme universal
that without the Gifted STA er Government tnfone
the blockade more r,gl0iy and more cOWP iy than
they have done, England and France viii cease 10
Ieepe' IT," Even wet- the En- li-h Government, Ia
{ cir greut deto remsin neutral, d'sPos TO ~'nk
ht ans infringsmetO the blpcksd-, the 5OOoO0) Of
nOut In Lar cnshre and Yorkshire, which are de-
end- ut upon supply Of cotton for heir daily bread
tlrd today they have Only twenty veeks' suppIyl.
will create such amor u-tqueht III on di-ue's ana
sts, walton taf will il eg ably force the GOvernm M
10 o. teIfeIe. fOu Hby feel dS ucu iiu Dc
without the Re er, Government efiectuhlly III ckade
all the Southern ports Cotton will become what her
S0,.lbe Trends have ever ei,intd, namely-hiDg:
Every Southern port large small sholld be closed
up aud thar Ut once. Hundrds OF email vessels, II
reed be- armed with one or two guns, should hover
about the mou of eyery river that flows into inc Al
lan'ic and Cult of Mexico from Maryl aid 10 lexHs
Within the lat week, slips loden viii cotton nave
rtached Liverpool having run the blockade. IL is
ms ttreIy krOun thas and money arrived III thls
country by Late 81, smers 10 puuhase l2ht quick,
s-iiug craft, that can cross the Aiiaihlc, sIeaI
H. o cr,eEs ard rivers, get of again aIth lew
tales Of cotton, ard all l 10 convince EtI land ana
Ffm c. that Ito blockade IL not erc ual, ana tat n
cannot be enforced. believe Ee~e iBcts are OF great
L. pnriance, and 1 wish ! could feel that the Uuted
States oyerumobt saw them in the same light as do
peleve 1t ~ the dufy Of every nun engaged a. com
Tce In Now-YOrk to raj the cry ttot ne oI0' Kate
must be en(orced aud that ugIoiy. Ii IL ie not, in-
sead Of suIy civil war; which is ul,eay too honi-
Die to contemplate, we shal have IL addition war
with Ennland. IL is on the card, ard without the
United States Government play he game strongly end
Justly in reference TO his blO kade, IL rs an event
surely TO happen. Sound it in the Counting house,
sound il 10 the exchange, sId Ter tie importance OF "
be known everywhere IL the North. With ne South
cru ports strictly bio kadei Engrud viii gladly keep
ere sh- il, ueutni; without proper blockade. The
cot on int, a. M there Is Sun IN heaven, VII
force the Go, eminent 70 trrbk it. wroe tie fore
going Yesterday be- il on my mind, and II IL
true IL YOU deem IL worth while, nOlee H. abroad.