Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-20
POLL 1Tu TuDAG.
From the New York Daily News.
England and France Side with the South
ern Confederacy.

the last four days, is OF tho most meanacing
ssnd alarming description. Following up the
friendly manifestations already exhibited by
the Palmcrston Ministry towards the Soua,.
crn Confcdcracy, and the attitude of indiiftr-
nee it has assumed to the wishes of the Wash
ington Administration, large rcinforccmcnts
OF troops are about to be poured into the Can
adas, and that province is at once to be put
upon war footing The Great Eastern will
arrive on or about tho Sd and the Golden
Fleece OH the 14th of July, with $500 men,
including battery of the Royal Artillery,
and larger force will be despatched if ncces-
snry.
The London Herald openly ayows that the
measures has been adopted in antagonism to
the United States, and adds that ''it seems
to be inevitable that, before long, the question
Ola paper blockade should become subject
of serious discussion" The London Times
goes further, and adds that "Washington has
no faircr title over Montgomery than the King
OF Naples has over Sicily" Public sentiment
in England seems generally in fact, to be grad.
uaIly assimiIating with the view of Mr. Gre
CORY, that "thc interests of France and Eng
| land arc Identical on the American question
and that the recognition by these two great
powers of the Southern Confcdcracy will cause
the war party in tho North to pause, before
plunging their couutrymcn deeper into the
sud struggle"
Some of our leading journals have been in,
clncd to favor the idea of a war with I1dg-
land, on the ground that the rivalry between
that country and Frahcc would induce Louis
Napoleon to side with the North, for the pur-
pose accomplishing his ends Oh the continent of
Europe. 1t now appears, however that the
Courts of London and Paris have agreed to
adopt the same policy toward the United
States, and consider it to be for the at.van-
taSe of both to break down the uncorstitu,
tional blockade of the Cotton ports and ac-
knowledge the &c .titcto independence of the
Confederate States. The Powers of Euronc
contemplate the affairs Of this hemisphere lust
as they do those Of India, China, Africa or Italy
exclusively from the point Of view of their own
interests. They do not care straw for us or
our institutions, excepting us VIC may be more
or less eligible MS producers or customers.
The benefit they can derive from the South
is clear, and its products arc indispensable to
the support OF their own population, while
their commerce with the North amounts to
but comparatively small per ccntagc of their
trade with the rest of the world Deprive
them OF Cotton, and of four millions of people
IN the United Kingdom, and half that number
IN France, would be robbed of their daily bread
and to greater or less degree, the shock
OF such u calamity would be felt by every ia
dlvidual in both fthOsc countries. Insurrcc-
tions would be almost inevitable in the man
utacturing districts, and the very foundations
OF society would be shaken by such conyul-
slons as it is to be feared would result from
general lack OF employment. Neither Lord
l'aimcr on nor the French Emperor will run
the risk OF cncounterlng catastrophe which
can be avoided mt the small cost of hostilitics
with an insane government like that of Prcsi-
dent Lincoln, whose misrulc has already been
SO stupendons that it will be the by-word of
mankind for ages to come
1t has been known for oyer month, that
communications have been received by Mr..
Jefferson Davis from Mr. Yancy, in which
the latter gentleman conveys the most glow
ing accounts of the manner in which he had
been everywhere received, and Of tlle pros
pcct he cntertains Of securing the objects of
his mission a Paris letter, in the Indc,
pcndcncc Beige, now asserts that Mr. Rost,
another Of tho Southern Commissioners to
Europe, has had an audience with Lord Pal
mcrston, and received a positive assurance
from the Premier that England will recog-
nizc tho independence of the Southern States
at no distant, period 1t also quotes Mr..
Rost as having reported that the action of
France will be uniform with that of Eng
land, though not simultaneous, nor the re-
suit of any direct diplomatic understanding
between the two countries.
The prediction, some weeks ago, of a cor
respondent of tho Paris Montcur is, indeed,
on the cvc of being verified, that I" it is not
probable that blockade will be recognized
which dcprives the powers of Europe of Il
raw material necessary for their manufacture,
and upon which depends the daily bread of
millions of their subjects" England and
France cannot be imposed upon, rs arc the
Northern States, by the false prctcnces OF
the administration; nor arc tho two greatest
nations on earth to be frightened by the fec.
bic, ridiculous threat that their representa-
tivcs nt Washington will be handed their
passports.
In a word, Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers,
having brought the. country to tho verge of
destruction Mt homo; substituted II tyranny
for Republican form government; tramp
led under foot cvory requirement of the Con.
stitution, and perpctruted enormitcs unpar-
allied in modrcn times, have finally staggered
suoh absurd prctensions before foreign nations
that there is every chance of our being in
yolycd in war with both England and France
before tho CLOSE Of this year. Is the United
States prepared to meet such an increase of
embarrassment? Before many days battle
will have been fought in Virginia. Which
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