Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-11

NJ. P, who recently visited this country, IN Il
speech to his constituents at Sunderland. ad-
vised France and England to step forward and
proclaim the independence Of the Southern
Confederacy as the only means Of ullaying the
thirst for blood which, he says, prevails at
the North. The London Morning Post, Lord
Palmerston's organ. asserts that tho Southern
States were de Jacto independent 1t The mo-
ment.
Lord Palmerston says, through his London
organ. the "Post," that Canada will soon be.
come the centre Of and emigration
for the American continent, and that a domcs-
tic army is about to spring from the ground in
! ssGass ai,aa|RIl
of power which the f1ny oil Republican
America has transferred to British North
America.
From the London Star-Radica'.
ENGLISH MEDIATION OFFERED.
The war must end in an accommodation of
some sort, however severe the struggle, how
ever decisive the issue. The South may be
thoroughly defeated, but cannot be destroyed.
Surviving the conflict, she will be in 4 posi-
ton to negotiate with her rictors. The more
she is Inundated, the more she will he enbit-
tered. On the other side there will BE- ey-
haustion, or at least wearineSs. The con-
querors will be divided, and the vanquished
will find advocates for clemency among the
claimants to the spoil. Either secession must
be permitted, nr terms Of reconciliation ad-
justed. Even the victorious Republican North
the Frce.Soiler and A.bolitionists-rnay be
glad st such n stage 10 accept the mediation
we now urge them to invite. They can have
no nearer kinsmen, no trucr friends than the
Liberals OF the mother country. In the name
| of those mcn-in the name. 1T any rate, Of
Liberal principles, and Of the liberal cause
throughout the world-wc bcsecch the New
England communities, so nobly forward in tho
strife, to pause ere they irrevocably commit
themselves TO the chances Of battle, and to
trust the interests of liberty rather to the ar
bitration Of it's friends in Europe than Of the
blind and senselcss word.
ENGLAND AND TRANCE Must STAND GY the
ONION.
From the London lIerald-Dsroyite.
The Governments Of Franco and Great
Britain are scarcely likely to differ on the po.
licy to be adopted IN the present crisis. and it
is not Improbable that this question has al.
! ready been discussed by the two Cabinets.
| Tho Emperor Napoleon resided for sons time
in the United States, md is fully competent 10
Judge OF the relative strength Of the riSH! Sec
tons, and whom VI. Thouvencl declared that
the maintenance Of the Union IL necessary for
the interests Of France. lie doubtless spoke the
sentiments Of his master. The Emperor Ma
poleon is opposed 10 disruption Of the Union.
and il is rumored that he has even gone so far
as TO offer aid to President Lincoln against the
scceders. We have TO means Of ascertaining
what are the intentions Of cue own G0Tern-
ment, OF the individual opinions Of any states.
mar in he C3h;ar', hrt We do no. believe it
will ]colrimc,. 10 the wr'iarc -! t;:raL Britain
for the two rh.sI1 ~ ie ~ !:%!c "u this
AnIeGcau Gnc:,!i"n.
"ALrLRTIi CONDITIONS 6F HE uHiu1.
From the London Globe.
Statesmen il Europe sill probably form
their Judgment from their own observation,
and not from the maniieStocs Of either party in
4 dispute which has attained the dimensions
Of civil war. An Union which requires to
maintain 1t the calling out of an hundred
thousand volunteers and upward-an increase
Of some twenty thousand in the regular army,
and sone eighteen thousand in the navy
cannot but appear to most European eyes an
Union past praying or fighting for. We are
at all events we'll convinced that this
Union" (as Mr.. Seward terms it) will not
come out Of the conflict just as it goes into it.
[f that conflict is ever 50 little eHasperated or
prot!acted, j: must draw much altered conai.
tons Of re union after il. We do not
think the present secession Of North or South
the result Of any sort Of misunderstanding,
either on one side or the other. But we think
it I very strange misunderstanding Of the real
depth OF it's source, which permits parties to
il to fancy for a moment that the close Of the
struggle can leave the organized ideas and in
terests engaged where they stood ut its cren.
ing.
From, the London Times, May "3
War to the knife-war, If necessary, pushed
to absolute determination, to the destruction Of
cities, the desolation Of provinces, the letting
loose Of millions Of negroes on their pToprictors
these words furnish q brief abstract Of the
resolution ut which the people and Govern
ment Of the United States appear 10 have ar.
rived. Respective lenity is delegated TO hca.
ven, and Government and people alike breathe |.
the language Of massacre and destruction. No
potcntatc against whose sway the ANCESTRAL
vassals Of his house, who followed his fore
fathers n tho Crusades, have risen in armed
revolt, can feel more acntely the outrage to his
sovereign rights than the imperious democracy
Of America, founded on the declaration that all
men are free md cqnnl, and that every man
has q right to seek his well being and hnppi-
ness under whatever Government he pleascs.
The term secession is objected 10, though, !
after all, i: is probably the most suitable to
describe the action Of a Sunderland, or q por-
ton of n federation Withdrawing itself from the
remainder; because secession like fedora
ton" expresses an absolute equality and corrc-
~lation.of rights, which, in their present mood,
the Northern States are no. prepared to con.
cedc. The spirit Of George TIT. seems to have
entered into the descendants of his revolted
Subjects. before ] will hear" writes George
III, in I'm, "Gt'a any mans readiness to come
into Office. ! viii cSpcc. to see it signed under
his own hand thai lie is determined to. keep
the Enbir" entire and that no troops shall con.
ssnucntly be withlrawn fron America, nor
independence. ever allowed" The though.
of q dissolution Of The UGion, peaccably or hg
writes Mr.. Seward 10 Mr.. Dayton,
has never entered into the mind Of any can
did statesman here, and it is high time that it
be dismissed By statesmen in Europe" We
profess that we think the language Of the King
The more moderate and reasonable Of the two,
for George III. only refused to admit to his
any one who would not sign 4 decla.
against that independence which he was
forced TO admit himself three years afterwards, ,
while ar. Seward not only refuses to admit
The possibility of that objec: for which one.half
the Union is in arms against the other, but
issues All inhibition to all European statesmen ;
20 allow such a thought to cross their minds. !
This is, indeed, 4 high strain Of prerogative, )
md ons to which none of the Anticipated dcs. ,
Of Europe could for q moment aspire. :
The truth is, American statesmen do at last .
know their own minds. After six months OF .
he most pitiahlc vaciI!ation and uncertainty,
hey have at last heard the voice to which
hey pay implicit obedience. State after Stnte d
vent on seeding. Senator inter Senator took
long farewell of the Capitol, a Government r
vas formed, a Constitution drawn up, a Presi, r
lent elected, the ~arSensls Of the United States I