The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-08
The Naehiavellian Pelicy or Great Britain
towards the United states.

From the New York Herald, June a.
The details Of the debate in the House OF
Lords on the 10th uitimo, m received by the
Americas mails, and published yesterday.
gives US particulars, respecting tne language
u sed on that occasion, OF the gravest port
ance and ofa far more aggressivc nature To-
wards the United States than had been pre-
viousiy reported by telegraph. Our CORES
pondence by the America, published this
morning. still further develcpes the Offensive
policy Of the English Government.
The Lord Chance l,or, who IL the authorita-
tive exponent of the Palmerston Ministry In
the Upper House, had not only Tepudiated the
maritime code adopted by the Treaty Of Paris.
but had gone SO far as to pronounce that the
United States has no right TO punish British
privatesrs In Jefferson Davis service as
pirates. He added that the war OF the Con.
| federated States against the North was % just
| one, and their rights as belligerents was ..ad-
United" His words are: mo one-f. e., no
English ubject--ought to be regarded -
State admitted to be entitled to the exer-
else Of belIiSe .ent rights, and carry ON
what might be called q jusfu,a sbeikkm.
Anybody dealing with man Under those
! to death, would be guilty of MURDER Lord
| Kingsdown followed the Lord Chancellor.
and announced that "England had reccgnixed
/ the seeding States as a body possessing the
| rights of a belligerent;" that the ''extrava-
| CANT order of the Washington Government in
reference to privateering was a mere brNfwm
| fuLnen:" or, if not, that 1t was piece of bar
lbarity which would raise an outcry through.
ont the whole civilized world Earl Gran.
Vile member of the Cabinet, threw in his
| sneer at the blockade OF the southern coast.
asserting that ''mere paper bloc would
| not be recognized and commented upon the
| "agreement of Paris as not efYec tuating n
change in in nternational law, excepting as re-
| CARDS those Powers which signifled their
acceptance of it," thus ignoring the last
clause of the Paris treaty, by which those
who might hereafter accept it were placed
on a par with those who had done So
If those Peers who adhere to the Palmers.
ton Ministry were thus explicit in their quasi.
hostility to the United States, the Lords of
| the opposition were still more so. "I appre-
hend," said the Earl of Derby, that if there
is one thing clearer than another, 1t Is that, by
the law of nations privateering Is not piracy
that no enac tment on the part Of any one
nation can make that piracy as regards the
| subject of another country, which Is not
piracy by the law Of nations, or by the
law Of tnat country, The Northern States.
| tain that opinton." cit is very i'm portant."
he added, that her Majestys Government
should not commit themselves to the doc
| trine that the United States are to lay down
the principle of q universal blockade and
that that blockade would be recognized by her
Majesty's Government" Lord Chelmsford
commen ted upon the serious step taken by
the British Cabinet, in admitting the Oon-
federate States to be entitled to the rights of
belligerents," but y was clear that "South
ern prvateers could not be treated as pi-
rates" The Earl of Ellenborough was of the
| opinion that some of them had been changed
already" and feared the consequences Of the
| conversa saton that had taken place, which, by
the way, his own interpretations gave rise to
| All this means cotton, cotton, cotton, and n
greedy vng Oh the part of the aristocracy
and governing classes OF Great Britain, to
| humble nation become n first class Power in
the world, through the force of democratic in =
, stitutons. The insidous represen tations of
, | Lord Lyons, similar to those of Sir Henry
| Bulwer some years ago, have contribn ted 20
!, | confirm the idea that the United States can be
/, | iusulted and her wishes dsregarded, with per
! feet impunity. The press of London. and, to
a | a till greater degree that of the anufact
ing districts of England, has fallen into pan c
, respecting the probable effect upon trade of a
juncture is deemed a favorable one to decry
!. and villify us, and hold us up to the world as
. | tes itute of either energy or strength. ftsa
| Volunteering in the Colonial army has al
|, | ready been wnked at, and such moral aid rs
Great Britain is now rendering to the Mont
| gomery Government, had been rendered. Let
| her remember that the Revolution of 1776 re
:, acted so terribly upon France that the dynasty
| which governed it, with the proud aristo-
= | cracy that surrounded the Bourbon throne,
a | were swept away as moths before whirl-
| wind ere the lapse of a single decade, and
/ that there are signs of outbreak visible in
. Great Britain which would lead to proper
q tionably greater disaster. The duty of the
q | Administration at Washington is, In the
9 ! meanwhile, clear. An immediate under
: | standing should be arrived at, through Mr.
f Adams, with Lord Palmers ton the hostile
:, attitude assumed by the Court of london
= been pursued by Lord Lyons should be marked
. . as 1t deserves, either by giving him his pass
ports, or obtaining from him u proper dWead'
r for the mischief he has made