The Council Bluffs nonpareil., 1861-11-16
WHOLE NO. 23S.
From me London fiuass.
Corrox AND rllE nLocKADE.
wAy EaslasA cAasss Sassspsss.

Even now II is said that there prevails
among certain classes 10 Lancashire . wish
10 see our government take moro active
part in American affairs. The manufao-.
iurers are beginning "a be indignant that the
great staple Of tho world should be With
held, aud all Europe brought into diseom-
fort or ac,ual want, in order that the amhi-
tious States OF the North sh.uld extend
their sway over people who have reject 4
II, and Who, according 1, the canoas which
Americsns writers themselves have laid
down. should be allowed TO choose their
own institutions aud work oat their ewa
des,iny. As the intcress ot people 10, %
fer the most part,w,ll be their principles
Whatever may have been the feelings Of the
Manchester wur.d on slavery; whatever may
have been their opiniens on English later.
ference in foreign quarreis, they take, in
this question, the part Of the cotton eroWese
II America. II the north does not emanci-
pate the slaves, Why should il forbid the
transmission sf the produce which slavery
gives TO mankiud2 No principle Is involved
in the contest. and 40 Engiishmen, they
think, may. with safe co, science, take
which side they like. Their interests bid
them 10 assist the South in getting their
cagoes across the Atlantic, aud, ~ We keep
up u large navy. il will be better employed
in raising the blockade OF Charleston aud
New OrIcans thanin crushing between Med
iterranean ports or lying ~ anchor u SPIT.
head.
To break the block ado Of the Confederate
ports IS therefore likely to be the counsel of
the extreme party among the manufacturers.
rha, such step would bc taken by our
goyerpmeu, they will, perhaps, hardly ven-
ture to hope. but they may think that u loud
outcrv, proaurinr a rhance Of n collision
between The two countries. NAV d.snosc the
peonle Of the North.ro States to come 10
terms. and nut An end to tho war. Thus
the two communities which live by COTTON
the growers in the Southern States. and the
manufacturers herc--may be found com.
b,ned in the same policy--,hat il, 10 enforce
the ackuo n ledsment of Southern inJepen.
dence by embroilns England with the
North, il is be,ond a DOUBT tha, tho
Southern peapie have all along count ed on
such demands being made in England a.
thusc of which wo are now speaking. We
should he sorry that any such conviction
should gain ground in the South, for il is 10
part Of our duty to interfere in this unriebt-
eous quarrel. and we feel sure that England
would rather undergo much suffering than
break through the plain rules of intcrus-
tional law. Having recognized the confcd.
crates as belligerenss, we are bound by laws
which admit OF no doubt or debate to res
pect the blockade wh,ch the Northero States
have established. Ihis blockade has been
duly notified; u mas ALREADY neen acknowi-
edged by our government, and submitted 70
by our nava. officers on the station. To
break It ,n any way would DO an act OF war
against the government OF the United Stasest
and any hostil'ties which might follow would
constitute an unjust waron our part, which,
whatever IT'S issue, wonid STAN the reputa.
.ion OF THIS country and expose Us to tue
Just fepr"aches OF ioe americans 70 attsr
times. such acts, We feel sure, England
WIN not commit even 20 save her great nan-s
oi"ctare. hhenever 'he Northerners nave
estaoiished an enee'uai hiaekade they VII;
'e 'ree 70 keep ~ up without 'nscrference
On our part. But oe.s nno'her question
a''s.s' Is the oiockaae ese' ywhers ehec'
'uai ~ certainty - nos. might De ex-
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