Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-11
From the London Herald, Derbyite.l
EnRIand's Neglected Opportunity


No one can fail to recognize considerable as.
tuteness In the suggestions Of the Emperor OF
Russia. They can give no oifense. The South
is not In position to take any. Aud the North
will certainly not take his advice about stopping
the fighting amiss, in It's delight at his moral
support Of the Union. Between ST. Petersburgh
and Washington there has always been asneak.
log kindness, Extremes meet; and we can con-
ceive plenty Of reasons, which we do not care
to state, why the Gar should prefer the Union
intact, to two equal confederacies. But we
confess to feeling Of envy. Why has it been
lett to the Gear to be the only European Sow
| ereign to make known his feelings for the
Americans What is he to the President, OF
the President TO him = The United States arr
not even his rivals. Their commerce and theil
shipping may sweep the worlds ports, and new.
er interfere with him. They may expand
northward and southwark, eastward and west
ward, and 1t must be years before they can raise
boundary question. As to commercial ties
between the two Powers, there are positively
none. BON rard New York tomorrow, or burn
all the cotton depots in the Confederate States,
st Petersburgh will not feel the ruin. Raise
the slaves and destroy the cotton plant, aud
Russia may still say" Let the CALLED jade
vince, my withers are unwrung." The case ID
very different with US. We feel tvry beat Of ths
AMERICAN pulse. The ruin of the trade Of the
States paralyzes our manufacturing industry
puts our mills upon half time, and depfessei
every commercial interest In the United King
dom. Let the south capture Washington
and the mobs In the great cities Of the Nortl
gain the upper hand over the affrightet
authorities, there will be poverty ant
distress In thousands of English homes. Lee
Nnrlharn h.
Mississippi, everywhere proclaiming freedom
to the slaves, and destroying the cotton crop
and we have to meet famine ten times NOR,
| terrible t han that which swept of from Irisl
soil l 500, 900 souls. And what has been done b,
our Government to prevent such oatsstrophes
Simply nothing. We are drifting on into th
cotton fannie as we drifted into the Russian
war, and with some Of the same statesmen q
the helm. We stand by, and fold our arms
while the great game is being played out, with
out an effort to arrest the tide Of war or aver
Its calamit0us consequences, 'g 5esft.d
II may be too late TO interfere now. Th
time had passed even before Mr.. Seward CAV
our statesmen such glorious opportunity 70
holding their tongues. But surely it is no grea
feat for our Foreign Secretary to boast of, tha
In the long interval between the secession 0
South Carolina and the fret collision in th
field he simply waited on events, contentn
himself with the pious but somewhat. SELLS
prayer that Providence would keep us out Q
the quarrel. We are bound to te Amsricans D
the closest of ties. The adpiee that MIGHT Aar
come from us mould, perhaps, have been instructir
from another po,oer. Yet, 30 far as we know
there is not ON record single offer on Earl Rui
sel's part Of friendly Offices. The attemI
might have failed. Probably Il would hav
done 90. But, at least, the Government woul
have done its duty. 1t would have lifted 4
hand against the folly and crime Of fratricidi
war. II pould haps shOpn The Americans, rhicl
spsr side ioas destined TO triumph. that zoe Ia
some felloso Jesling pih them in ithsir friais. ]
sould haze sapsd us from the charge of apatheti
ssIishness, iohich Is so jresly urged against us
the American people. And now Russia hs
taken the initiative which ought to have bee
ours, with not one 1.-THE Of our interests Q
stake or one-half of our incentives to actieI
When tie history Of the American ,osr comes
6e ,criien, IL soiH rebound 10 de credit Of the MI
istry Of The tins that, The Cssr could assume
responsibilify sckicksoas not permitted to the En-
lisk Sovereign, and that free and enlightened ER
land watched and made no sign, schils despoi
and bsrbaroas Rsssia spoke ,oords Of eoneiliafit
and peace. t--l,.ga.AsG 'tld lQ4