The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-30
INTER ESIENG FROM EUROPE.
THE ENGLISH G0FERTNEN1 ORGAN Q.
THE DE FACTO RECOGNIIIOE o.
TILE SOITN.

By the steamship "City OF New York -
from Liverpool On the 18th, tie Hyaid of lhe
18th, has the London files of the 10Th The
following, on the recognition ct the Sou I'll is
from the london Post Government organ }
"Secession il now a. accom- piished fact
for the Ed 'ral Government can no more ex-
erclse authority III the seeding States than i:
affect to regulate the Government of
Canada or his country. Ia support Of q
Union which does not survive, it not only
wages a costly and unsuccessful war, bat it
destroys every SestiSe OF that freedom which
once WAS the pride aad the bo.,st of the
Anglo Saxon race in America.
1t is said tliGt the Confederate States have
announced their intention to prohi Dir the ex-
pOrtation of cotton so long rs foreign powers
admit the validity of the Federal blockade
They hope by this threat TO coerCe England
and France into the recognition of their ma
tional independence and sovereignty Cues
tious OF blockade can only be determined by
the law aEd practice OF nations. No ease
calling Tor decision has yet arisen, bat when
II does arise, little doubt can be entertained
that every tribunal, except perhar,s in Amer
lea, would determine The question according
10 the treaty of Paris. The recognition of ae
Jaco indepedence, as in the case of Spanish
American provinces, Greece, and Belgium.
rests upon am entirely different basis, and
when the proper occasion arises, we have as
little doubt that it Will be met and decided in
strict Onfurmity with the modern public law
of Europe. But the Southern States have re-
Gently anGounced that, with the exception of
the article rela ting TO privateers they Will
with regard to neutral goods, contraband OF
war. and The validity of the blockade, scru pu-
lousy adhere to the declaration OF the Com
gresS Of Paris.
Wa regret that the Southern States should,
from Il mistaken view OF ntertst adhere to
this barbarous relic OF the middle ages, (pri-
yateering.l But whilst we spe the
South, IL regard to least three great prin-
clpies OF maratime warfare, acting in concert
with tae powers of Eusope, we see thatareign
hl Altt
Not only is the press silenc d. but system of
espionage has been established which has
sent the Mayor of Washington to Fort La
fayette, and has act ually subjected women to
its savage and arbitrary rule. Tne passport
system IN its most odious form has been in
auguritcd ia The North. If we de-
sired TO sum up for the benefit of Mr. Bright
and his supporters the practical result of
American democracy, that result would be ir-
responsible military tyranny, the suspension
Of the h"bsas corgas act the sitting of the
press, aud the wholesale Introduction OF n
system of passports and spies. Ia fact, more
OutTases have been perpatrated upon indi-
viduai liberty in the Northern States than
even hing BOmba attempted to commit at
Naples The proc ldma ton of mar tiai law a
New York is hot only an evidence Of national
rottenness aud decay, but shows how ii. u
moment of disaster ard diSmay, subservient
and excited population NAV surrender ali the
freedom aad liberty for which they have com
tended during nearly "A century.
LORD LYONS on THE UNITED STATES PASSPORT
SYSTEM.
From Tie Ionic Official Gazette, Sept Ill
Extract of Il dispatch from Lord Lyons TO
Earl Russell:
WAsHISGsox, Aug. 49,
IT have the honor to rtnstnit to ,onr
Lor1ship herewith a copy OF notice froin
the state Department. which h 8 r,ppeareI
IN the newspapers this morning. Ii declares
th1t person viii be- allow q, TO 20 abroad
from a port IN the United States without "A
passport trcIa the State Department, or !.
passport conntefsIgItd by The Secretary OF
STATE; and tlaat 10 person will be allowed Ia
land II Lie t., = without Il passport from u
Hi ais ter Cous,il OF the u s. or III 4 for
tisner) irolA his own asoyernment, counter
signed by The ~. :. Minister or ,ansui--
Ills notice has been :ssrea' wi AouI ANY pra.
rioas communication on the part OF the See
rotary Of State eitheF win ne, Oh, SO far as
know, witt any Of Iay col leagues. has it
yet been Officially announced H. me.
The London Post remarks uro:- this that ait
is most uneiNil and disres i,ectful act, and
We Infer that II IL 80 be- attribu led 10 the
extremely hostile views which, hIr. Sewg I'd
has always Ggtertaioed towards Enel III
feelings that i-oi ijaoiy 10 be mo! lifted by
the freedom Of spseeii which pre-, nils In this
country, a.id which may have some infiueaee
even III the NortI.ern States, unless Sir,
Seward should follow up his passport syst, n
| by prohibiting the importatio OF English
nl WsiJa5srs-
Az AMERICAN PAMPHLET ON sgcgss,es IN Pa
Ris,
EPa,is Correspondence Of the Lon.ioa rost SEP
teiabtf
"a pam hlet has appeared within the last
few days, entitled La Secession aux Etats
unis ct son Origine,' which forms favoya-
bic exception To the ignorance and party bias
of other French p4InphleIs of sAc same bias
The pamphlet is decidedly the best that has
appeared III Paris GA snbisct which French
. men realiy reGuire instruction son. Tho
French ieyerenaent, from the breaking out