Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-09-11


The Position OF EngIand ana n anct
Toward the UnItea .States-viewt
OF an fnteiiigent Anaerlcan. ~ ~
AN Intelligent American, who is In England,
writes a letter 70 tbs, Boston Pest, in which hS
England 10 not With MS 10 this struggle. aviu Ths
truth WIZ break upon you one Of these days,
INA, neiiner ln her Government nor her people,
neither N the mercantile or laboring,s the man
9iacturilg Or religiouss the aristocratie or pro
iesslonai classes, Ia England our friend. ,9Whep
Napoleon pronounced England to be "a nation
q snopkeepers," ne simply meant that she was
thoroughly selfish. Yon have the keyin thi5
70 her present feeling toward the United StatdH
II no avenue is opened before the, 31st OF De.
cember, next by which the cotton -spinners 'oi
Lancashire can rely upon duly receiving ne
present crop of raw material from the Southeyn
States, national Bankruptcy Ia upon this
country, The talk about Indian cotton is non.
sense. Not one spindle In thousand can twist
t. And II they could, It will take four years!
with soil and climate and labor and skill ss
much In favor of the cultivation as they are
against II, TO bridge over the ,chssm, Four
years! when four weeks of short icork are sufii :.
clent 70 impoyerishs and Of no ,oork to starye
Iour mlllions OF her factory operatives. n Look
at the Coventry ribbon weavers last viuter and
then multiply, their number by three hundred!
II you wish to understand what hangs over this
country IN almost as near proximity as the an.
Nevertheless, England will not interfere with
our blockade. l regard this as certain. Not
only would this not help the mater, but In
view OF that large section of her people most
interested In her staple production, whose unsn !
imous wish no Ministry ventures to thwsrt, Il
would inextricably compllcate what is already
bad enough. The English people, and the
Government too, have . thorough conviction
tnat, even with our present dificalties on our
nanas, We should declare war against England
On tne slightest real cause, and With that con
yiction there exists fear that In case of hos.
tliities the old grudge would act as bond to
unite all the States In striking the heaviest
blow against our ancient foe : Added 10 ali
this 10 the never dismissed thought- element
IN English policy almost paramount--that the
friendship with France will yet prove 10 be hol.
low, and that the Emperor only awaits oppor
tunity to avenge Waterloo 90 A war with the
United States, which would cripple commerce,
stop the importation of breadstuffs, wholly close
An already too glutted market, and hopelessly
Tor years shut the doors of every cotton factory,
opposed, as 1t would be, by millions of starving
laborers and beggared mill-owners, would, in
the opinion Of the holders of three per cents ana
the landed aristocracy, furnish distracted and
impoverished country such an opportunity. . IL
may be regarded, therefore, as certain that
England will not interfere In our troubles.
:. Neither will France. Owing to the personal
influence and plausible misreprese of
our late minister, nearly every leading member
of the French Chambers avows strong sympa thy
with the seeding States. Il is not ave weeks
since the French Minister Of Foreign Affairs
advised distinguished Italian officer who went
to him for letters to Washington with q view
OF entering our service, TO rather 70 into the
Southern army. / do not know that this feel.
ing 10 shared by the Emperor now, though there
was no doubt about his proclivities when Mr..
Faulkner left. Notwithstanding all this, aud
in spite OF the new soreness felt in regard to
the new tariff act, France is not likely, either
alone, or in concert with England, to interfere.
france must have bread, and this the United
States supplies. This single fact is an absolute
guaranty OF pacific policy on the part of the
Emperor. Besides, when has Louis Napoleon,
during his whole public life, under whatever
pr essure, ever shown any active sympathy In
behalf Of the French manufacturers2 And. as
10 England, IL is the manufacturing class who.
either as consumers of the raw material grown
n America, or as producers of the fabrics sold |
IN America, are the sufferers Z" 70 l5
OF course the foregoing opinions are formed
upon the belief that Washington is safe from
my attack the rebels may make upon it,
Whatever might be the effect produced at home |
~ the loss Of the Nations Capital.-apd iude-
ng from what Northern men are here, IL would
% to concentrate the life Of the country into a
power irresistible enough 10 sweep ten times the
present forces Of the rebels into the Cult of
Mexico-it would be disastrous TO our foreign
relations. Heaven save us from such a catss-
.roPhe! Whatever might be lie result in pro-
incing recognition Of the sei disant "Confed-
grated States" as q distinet and independent |
nation--and there is room for doubt--it would
70 strengthen the hands Of the enemies Of free
governments and popular institutions, and 90
destroy the little faith of the, masses in our
ability ultimately TO crnah the rebellion, that
nothing but complete success would ever give
as the hearty sympathy of Europe co. GO Oh nl