The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-03-13
From the Charlotte Bulletin.I
What does France and England Say


What does France and England Say
Itappears by dispatch which we pub.
lish in another column. from Washington,
that Lord Lyons, the British Minister resi-.
den, at the Capitol, he has notified the
Federal authorilies that his Government
will not recognize u proclamation OF the
blockade Of the Southern ports, unless the
Government OF Mr.. Lincoln can make his
plan effeclual.
fbe French Government, through it's
Minister, it is said, will soon give similar
notification ana that il will be followed by
all the leading European powers.
The London Herald of the 5th Of Feb
ruary, autlcipstiul the official news which
We have received from Washington, says /;
The United States, so long as they COZ
hered, felt strong enough to stand alool
from the public law Of Europe ; but the SOL
tesslon movement, besides opening up
door Tor the treaty Of Paris being revised,
and made, without exception, the law of
nations, is likely TO raise questions, of in.
ternatiopal right, in which weshaIl have
the deepest interest. The United States
government was originally founded upon
certain delegated powers by a communi
ty # sovereign STATES, who have still ex
ercsed their Independent sovereignty,
aud 1t is held by tie seeding States that
the delegated power may aow be With
drawn. II ace must assent to this right
,oe may claim admission TO the Soatheyn
ports to carry merchandise on the Ameri
can pri"cipie ot.tree ships making free
goods, aohiie, IF ,re deny tie right, zoe
shall, no doubt, erciude ourselves from
the Southern trade.
The New York Herald, Of the 5,h
inst, conmen;ng on the above, says -
"The treaty Of Paris provides that n
blockade, 10 he valid, must be maintained
by sufficient force, aud i, puts al end to
priva,eerng in Europe. The London Her
a'd says ITO recognise the treaty Of
! Paris would be TO make the Northern
States OF the American Union powe,less
on the ocean" Yet this is jus, what the
British Journals iDumates its government
intends to force upon the Northern Con
ielerncy in the event Of WAR with the
South. Self preservation is the law oi
every nation; and AS the United States
no longer 'co'here,' and are no longer
strong enough TO keep aloof from the
public law OF Europe the conclusion in
that England will be able TO take care of
her own interests by extending that law
10 the American continent. Such is the
| danger and he degradation 10 which the
Ia. a.
which for sake Of an abstraction. haze
driven the cotton States out Of the Union.
EngIani is our commercial rival, and
hitherto We have disputed with her ia.
Sovereignty OF the seas. She now rxulls
IN the anticipation that that day shall
have soon passed away, and ths, Britain
! nia. resu,niug her maritime sway, will
, again rule the waves 1t is for her in.
teiest lhat there should be two or three
Comi,d.racrs on this continent, ard she
VIII no, permit the North, IL j, wrr. able.
IL conquer the South, and force "A reunion
by arms. "r compel it through the opera.
i."m II blockade and by levying tribute
upon Southern imports. -
"Ih,, anne policy is promulgated on
the part OF the Emperor Of the French,
VIII re organ esp"uses the quarrel "f the
S"n'l. Ne "ihe victim Of Northern pre,en.
TONS a"d dcnounces the North as "the
.aggressor," aud as exhibiting so much
rashness and auGacity" because it relies
"pon 'he abolition feeling Of Eu,ope.-
| bu, Imperial France warns her against
tne der.om, and POINTS TO the present nj,
rtude At Eag!aul as "heginning to meas
ute he who.e extent of the disaster which,
nIenaces her manufactures, and no longer
Disgusting ihe fact, in spite OF her aJoii
! ton tendencies, that her commercial in
iereols d-pan' IN A. great measure on tue
pro'p-rit, Of the South, while Europe has
deep interest 10 seeing preserved, at
least temporarily. her institutions, now at
lacked with SO much vehemence."
at is thus very evident that hei,her
/ France nor EuginnI will permit block
sde o' the cotton States. ani that il is
highly probable they already have m
underslnnding on the question, AS they
had in the cHss Of the interruption Of
their trade III China. Aud who can doub,
that their joint action will be again equal,
| IL decisive Should the President, there.
fore, carry out tile policy indicated in his
inaugural, he NAV calculate not only up
on war with fifteen Southern States,
hu! a disastrous war with England aud
( France in less than ak months"
/ IL we must have war, may the God Of
battles direct the arms Of the Confederate
States, and may the Navy Of England
and France swesp from the Ocean, or
bury deep beneath It's waves, every yam
kee ship upon which the stars and s,ripes
may Gs found floating. We hope to live
! 10 see the Northern Abolition Contsdera
cy crushed and forever destroy ed.-Ep.
! BuLaETIS.