Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-20
NUMBER l1S.
PROSPECT OF AN ANGLO AMERICAN WAR.



Frea The LoHdoa HsTald, (f@jyts) april 80.
Mr. GLADSTONE. l. not Of course e blame tbe. the
dull American fuie seems az leDgth 10 lie fast burning
down 10 powder but he and the Go7ernmcnt will iacur
grave responsibility IT, IN tic eler'd state Ct ne
relations between this country a2d the United Siites,
! the Budget is proceeded with u ~ the prcsent form.
Tccs Lrse nc aadh AmaicdRS pe'ple engaged in
tai con- fct and may do Gsa'H b,fors may fcck'
.ue osr And mere Slch a tAhoppiy 10 0riae, 30
ak o reaiers uheihsr at the moaaH Tcal and nat a's
imaginary surplus could be soJeLy parted @ah What
would our nearest noighbOr do were haEds 10 bo
filed unt edly with gigantic war? Were cur own
shores not assaled the feeen French iron clsd slips
which Lord CeareIcc Psget says be at sea IN the
course OF the present Sumner, would command tie
chaune ard the Continent be at Cnce the pey OF feyo
lat6a. France has been for some lime waiting OF
portuuity employ It's vast military and naval power
and what better occasion could present itself than when
this country has to choose be.Ween submitting patiently
to the bitter consequences Of Wing ioy and demanding
cotton with the sword.
We have pursued one line Of policy to the United
States aGd the United States another lice of policy
us FevCred by the novelty aud philosophy OF the ire
trade dogma, bargain making was regarded as flow,
il not derogatory proceeding for great and enlghien-
eped nation such as We and the repeal OF the nayigs
ton laws followed githou, stipulation Of sny kind,
admission OF corn duty free. What It Vas said, the
world needed great example Of dsnierestcdnoss.
and that given there was not nation but would sec the
wisdom OF doing as We had doue. Amtrica scid Dir.
to he British Gag the British aud Colonial AIDES
orc, opened to the American iig. What more could
the shipowner5 wanty And the navigation laws vere
accordingly erased irom the statute book. Shall say
that example has not been followed by any Of tie
great maritime ionsg Five years later Lord Egin,
the then Governor General Of British North America
bethought himself of reciprocity and treaty
hurredy concluded in behalf OF these provinces with
the United States. Free trade TO be established,
and the produce 10 be carried under the Brii,h and
u,ge Thp I'm rcl
not, however, wihout the concurrence Of TIE New
York State Legislature, open the New cfk canals
and Lord Elgn left the te matter in the hands OF the
American Government. To this day that Government
has never moved in the matter. When ME Russian
oas impending the United S'ai,s and Frrnes desired
that the right to eofsedte enaags goods Jodrd D0'
tral shiDs shouid be wassd and, he Jtih thaf the
United States pould6s eOHtendHg party 10 rtyison
of the public ia1 of nations, the right oas not only
loqred hut qiBen Hp f9Tecer. To the Ton-compl-
ance Of the Uned States in this case the present
danger Of war with That country i mainly cwlfg. or
the United States may either accept ect The Par
i decaraots of the Great Powers, and tbs jectiOn
involves inevitable suspension OF The cotton trade
What the effect would oe OF a suspension OF the
ton trade, We vii fcarcey under'tk to say. Gotten
manufacture has long since taken Ii IN hold 10 this
try and beln carried on With uuvtryirg success. Al
most a sixth Of the whole population Of these Islands
are dependent o. il, aud 10 interfere with the daily
bread OF such number wouli BE-, wi,hOu; exec til n,
the greatest cllimy that has ever yet bcaea us Mr.
Gladstone computes the for the current year at
Ell S23 OOO ana an abatement OF SIKH would create
a deficiency Ct 10 less the1 EIl 73TOJO. t. it is in
the mower OF Mr Lincoln 70 rtop the 5upp!y CT Gotten
does not a'mi. OF esjOn. The tonnage Of The mer-
camille marine OF the North American States s almost
equal TO Own, and iIr more ad qIae 10 supply un
eli ent et Of priya'eers to make pz3 o! every saip
thai may venture lesTe the Southern coasts. NJ
cotton coud therefore, be looked Tor from Neg Odlus
or Noble Charleston or guY other Of tie wei known
PORTS To LOOK for it by the Upper Mississippi and the
Illinois Central and the G.aad Trunk Railways would DO
not less vain From the Ohio and Mississippi X yer boats
tie most efficient have only 10 be chosen ard armed
aud not a single bale OF cotton will reach Indiara or "
nois Nor DO the border ilTays hold out tie el; rrO
mise. There is scarcely anything mere bulky than cot
ton and there no worse provided railways win roll
ing sleek than those through Virginia aud Kn,ucky.-
Cotton sent recently by railway from New Osoan. TO
Boston was three months in traDsu, AID in time If
actual war the requirements of the public service would
go flr to exclude ell business traffic To lay cmhag1
on tie cotton trade Wi therefore, be stop The uppy
AID TO increle tbe public debt largely, II 10 new
can be devised Of raising revenue.
Mr Lincoln may however, assent 10 the Paris dcc'ara
lions, and pace ddculLy IL the way OF tie cction
trade but this is not likely. II an appeal 10 arms a
made greater biOs could be leyr!cd b. him a. the
seeding States than that Of cutting Oh their mul
cation ith ourselves. Such procecdi g0ud a. PERHAPS
scorer or later lead 10 az al but peaceful stleueut
cf existing dI-ulies; aad j. will he exp cling much
Of the FedgA Government 70 bccv- that uI'y Il Tot
wage war with the most convincing weapons For our
Ieuo1sjrsucCl there 10 100 mlch TO believe the
Americans will care nothing They have buicG aud
overreacAyd ~ On G occasions Tor msny yeaus. aud a
powerful party among the supporters OF NJ Lircyn
make 10 secIe; the moment ci ayng hands on Canada
Oar safety lice IN at PfOyd,cg tor the worst and Il
uuhapp.y Ne shoult a third tme lcccmc nyoycd in
war with kusm.n, the ponsithty will
those Who Tor years past thSvo power in pr0Oig
aud urbeccmiHg manner. Had they bareaiued ~Uh mo
L. States a. they did last year with France, the PuiI
resolutions Would have secured the iong millions ia
the manufacturing districts of the United Kingdom tro
raw material Of their industry tie OF Gaming
in independence and in peaca their dtly bread 1h"
British flag instead OF icing driven, il H. psescbt
from the Canadian lakes, would base had rafcd under
it a new Of se4men, upon which at I'll Zines
could rely; and bad the navigation laws been repealed
by treaties win The United States and other countries,
that Free Trade policy which Mr.. Cobdtn and Nr Bright
and others have protessed promote would have been
carried out with advantage 10 sl classes and part, ulary
to the Slipping Interest. upon the prosperity ot which
the integrity OF the county may be said 10