Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-05-23
The Relations of the United States
Government with European Pow

From the New York Herald Of Saturday.
A despatch from Washington, published
in the Herald of Thursday, contained the
intelligence, that President Lincoln had no.
tried the diplomatic corps, that if a COM
missioner, a minister from the rebel States,
should be received by any European Power,
the U. 5. Government would instantly
break off diplomatic relations with that
Power, recall its Minister, and dismiss the
representative here, of the same. This news
has since been confirmed and moments
reflection will show that no other course
would have been consistent with the instruc-
tions of Mr.. Seward, dated May 4, to Mr.
Dayton, our Ambassador at Paris, and which
are identical with those handed to Mr.
Adams, prior to his departure for London.
Mr.. Seward wrote:
"You cannot be too decided or too explicit
in making known that there is not now, nor
has there been, nor will there be any-the
least idea existing in this government of suf-
fering dissolution of this Union to take
place in any way whatever. There will be
here only one nation and one government,
and there will be the same republic and the
same constitutional Union, that have already
survived a dozen national changes and
changes of government in almost every coun-
try. These will stand hereafter, as they are
now, objects of human wonder and human
affection You have seen on the eve of your
departure the elasticity of the national
spirit, the vigor of the national government
and the lavish devotion of the national treas
ures to this great cause. The thought Of q
dissolution Of the Union, peaceably or by
force, has never entered into the mind of any
candid statesman here, and it is high time
thatit be dismissed by statesmenin in Europe"
There has existed in England, from the
times Of tory supremacy to the present day,
an influential party, protessedly opposed to
republican, and especially to democratic in
stitutions, which has continually prognostic-
ated their overthrow, and that they would
eventually fall prey to anarchy or military
despotism. Journals like the London Herald
still perpetuate this feeling, and, in accord
). ance with their natural predictions, incline
to favor the insurrectien of the seeding
!, States, and to force the British ministry into
, u recognition of their independence. They
see in possible dissolution of the Union,
/ the ful6llment of their wishes and the
practical realization of their theories. They
E would willingly wink ut Southern rebellion
and, under the pretext of keeping open
! their cotton trade, lend it their sanction
. They neither hold Office under Queen Vic
toria, nor is there any likelihood of their
a doing so so that they can freely indulge
n the disposition to annoy and embarrass the
D nolicv towards the JInitcd States Which
. ibev wonlJ ho cn,nrellod 70 renuj;oto 4
u tbey were themselves in mower
Vorv f,rt,na,ol, TO-. tbo nont;,ro,o ot
a f;a,di,, roiat;nnS ot,raa ,,;s n',,t',, VI
Enand ,ho Rr;.sh ,m;n;atru anI Gt",y ;ts ,, anu
9 nomfomn ota An,aroan aH.;rs "1 e. ,,n g.
Y L;"hor po;nt of uey and nno a,h;nh i l.. ad ,ai
n upor those nrinc;njes of at;onoi u, Ia W
a thnt ,re recorn;zed hv ali c;vil;zed nations
= The recent sneech of Lord John Russeil con.
L tanned n most eynlicit disovowal nj anv in.
@ tention to internnse either "ofi;r;a,lv ~ nf.
o 6c;ouslv y in thc diliercncos bctwnen tbo
JInited States and tbe insurrect;nnarv rar,
of tho confaderocv Tho T,ondon poct goc,
+ further, and declares TINT s'in contemnlnlion
n of the law the scces ss;on;sts are s;,m,,l, WA
g bels," that "the President has n ripht botb
/ to declare blocknde Of tbe S1nthcrn norts
: and TO treat Southern nrivoteers when,
c caught os nirates.n that che ;nsurgent.
:; have. neither de u,. nor de E,cto, bcen re-
4 copnized bv anv Power in the world - AMI
t il lands utIe nolicv of neutrality" wbicb the
g Minister of Forpcn Affairs had "so fnrc;hIv
Il expressed." In adouting So wise a conrsc
u Epyl,nd ia do;ng M mora tb,n fnlIo,y;nn os.
o taLI;sLed nrecedent and doing ,s we wonIJ
;, do were there n revolt in Wales or in Iro'
t land Private indivduals m;sb eS M m u
G with the ;nsnrrecton;sts. hSt rovarn,na~, ~
Q wnnld abstain from the sligbtest demnmstra'
n t;on of encoura gement mr. svmn,tbv
The truth il. as stated in n recent edito.
: rial in the London Times the "nrcsent ey.
It citement in the Northern and SoptLern SEQ. ec
$ tions of the limited States is regarJad n
y Enrone. asbaying had no paro,lei s;nco ,bn h.,
time IF tbe French Revolution +" Tba sreat' .uo
est nroblem oftbis or of anv other asn ;s j.,
nrorress m of solution. Il is whether man m j. i
4, canable of the enjoyment of liberty and Of
free institutions whether civilization can can be h,
} rendered nermanent bv those who bavc at-
= tained II or whether the snblimest nat;onal
Q product Of human wisdom and v;rtme that
. history has recorded can be dashed TO to
n;eces bv tbe frst hlow which ;S o;med at
/, 4 bv treason and domestic violence ' If "s "s
, tory statesmen have nredicted, renubl;can m
! government Is chimericoI in theory AMI Ja'
n nsiye in practice. il NAV he unable n with.
y stand the severe tests to which its welfare % i
i oxnosed. We are convinced. however that n
S tTev nre imnrecnable from within and will
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