Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-23

nv a contemporary, Norway rats prolific, misctisvous
ickirg their sinking into everybodys business
they appear TO have got their match this time. The
New York E-sng Post, after havir tried its band sew
eral times returns is agreeable abors in this wise
ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE
Iihls become a question 10 many minds whether The
singular misconceptions of the English government and
presses as 20 the causes and probable results OF war
for the UnoD really the consequence OF simple gno
rance MANY Of the prominent ErglSh papers use the
same futile arguments on which the Montgomery mutt
ueers have so often rung the charges They insist that
our Union il only Couiederlcy which can be dissolved
A. the will Of any State They speak Of the Montgomery
rebellion as "a great popular movement when they must
know vel Davis himself does that the peCpl, o. the
States now held by the rebels have in TO sifge case been
permitted 70 express their wishes to those who have by
force seized the reius OF government there and that
every attempt by h. ded men, 10 sub1 Il either
the Montgomery Constitution the act OF Confederation,
or any other Of theirs 10 the vote Of the people
las bre~ hastily put down the State and Montgomery
conventions.
r,le NAV be another reason than mere ignorance Of
our Cons, uou and Of tie history Of the present r.
belous H0yemeIt for ibis tone. lt Is not Impossible
that AGENTS OF Davis NAV have been sent % EDgnd and
France months age to teach to journalists the story they
are now repeating 18th parro;ke CXlctness and aNS-
wsIdiess. lt is possible that when Davis bad de-
t.rmirgd on that c.gy C..at which has 50 uiserAb.y
failed, De- coI6-cd Dis Hopes aud I.ars 20 the eOyern-
= l.
view the iLbCohe adm ,l-trauon Of Dir. Buchanan the
mirage CO a "diyd,d North boy which he iimst e
drldcd. che mue-sc preparations made ty ,ue coasil
fstors aud tle total Uuicaduess O. the government 60
d.teud sef-wJIrtd them that ley must not interfere
but simply hold ,5Cus Ives u readiness 10 Acknowledge
the COVER. ueu- a. tac,o-tts. H. 20 Acknowledge Inn
As the government. when be bad captured Washington
F,on ;ls, srp,as, that IL gland has acquired irt,t
nation IN rotation 90 ills cc-,try and i.s institutions
A. a. 4 f.aa u firrrr
selves 5ey justly regard the ga5r; Of the South TO u'ic
tsia tire RICH, OF sc-fgoyernmeut "a great uoyem E
for freedom. They have correct, and consequently
very tFeraa. iiyl Ct Confederate system from that
OF L.acoIu, who pu,s couaty tae sam' footing vi
sovereign State. Lord John Russell has only 70 turn
10 The papers in his office 90 find that the Commonwealth
Of Virginia has been recognized by the Eirg Of Great
B,sil as free sovereign, and indep'udeutSa;e That
freedom and Sovereignty lave teeu forfeited nor
battered away. We catered into compact Of UDioa
with ohe- free ard Independent Ste and cgehcr con
stl.et a common sccrt with limited powers to man
axe Tor "a tie common business os the partnership TIA,
sgc1, aud portion of the partners have violated the
terms Of the compact compact broken by ore is bro
kea b7 al, says Web,tsr-lUd We have simply sumet
the powers delegated and roc.smed tie world 'ha;
TIA: uniai.aiu aal usurlrg agent is no longer sU-
tao-iz.d 10 act tor us in any q, paei.y wha;ev,r.
thing created ca, Of rohilg-destitgte Of that in
dispeusioe 70 sovereignty, 100; OF soil the face Of
the earth in slica /. has cuae1; donsiu-ndHsi with
rr5galcc-jebl-sd by Tr.5---y- administered by
elr.l,las AMI saa.es 3uI a-I 5l.tsoue IN the nos
tss Of freedom, g-l7 o. absolute gui tcsP9dc do
miliou over the aU.lors of IFS being.
y.--a.5, with t5e certificate Of sovereignty fscm
E.- t,,rr-r III r,f-ht Il a cfora r-fsr9t hc.se'l