Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-07
REMARKABLE ARTICLE FROM LIVERPOOL
PAPER-TIE SOUTH NEVER TO BE SUBDUED
BY ARWS-XR LINCOLNS POLICY "DlABULI-

PAPER-THE SOUTH NEVER TO BE sUBDUED
BY ARMS-XR LNCOLNS POLICY "DlABOLl-
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From the liverpool Times, poll
The latest accounts from America Omnous in the
and it i. greatly be feared that the North and
the South will after all, come TO blows. We hadhoped
different result and we hope so STILL but It is useless
disguise the feeling which prevails not less in New York
than in Cha sion, that deadly collision IS impending,
-fratricda war imminent. For this melancholy state
Of things people in Europe were not prepared. The
tone Of the Presidents inaugural address pointed to
war but his subsequent conduct has been at yaraJCe
with this belief and hoDes entertained that as the
South could not be again sedlsced INTO the Union, she
poud not be coereed We may receive, at any hour or
any day. intelligence that the deadly COZ et has begun,
and once commenced there telling how long may
continue where IL may end.
America in this hour Of hr fate can be said TO owe
little to the Judgment of ser Presdensthe last the
present Mr.. BuchauGus iomencd message 70 Congress-
at the end OF his term direct incentive to The
breaking up Of the Federal compac'; ami we have
the pacific policy which followed Sir. Lncolus accession
office cast aside, and policy OF force substituted
which may end In the destruction Of thousands Of lives aud
the flowing Of rivers Of blood. Mates had proceeded
to such pass tina, pacific solution Of tie difficulty
the only reasonable and proper may be that the
accounts which have reached us are exaggerated and
unreliable; but when the business men OF New York lock
on civil war imminent, aud when the capital Of the
South is moved by similar belief we, in England, have
no alternative bu. TO accept the probability however
much We may. deplore IT,
As war then between tho two Republics seems to be
regarded certain, the question that remains to be
asked is Wlat will the principals gam By It? Is ey
dent that President Lncoa has neither an army nor
navy hand to make The south submit and 1t Is equally
certain that the South is more anxious than the
North to test il by trial strength The old Govern
ment has certainly alternative TO which 1t may re-
sort but is not terrible in conception and would
Prove malignant in practice, that we Will do Mr.
Lincoln the justice OF expressing our disbelief in his ever
having recourse 10 it, The South is so strong on as
ooa GROUND that amoupt of Federal force Usich can
be brought into tho Eed itin any reasonable period
could stand chance Of success but the Washington
Government might readily make the slaves the lnsu-
of vengeance by putting arms into their hands 10
be turned against their masters An exreme and despe
rate alternative like this would test the strength OF the
South but nc probability is that, eyen against tueh ae-
ewnulatsd fealties and odds, ne south oend utft-
mdtsy triumph. But what would be the feeling that
such an act would leave behindY
We cannot, have said, suppose that Mr.. Lincoln
aud his supporters, after their recent decaraions
would have to this aboiieat policy; and yet
short of it. reaso enable prospect OF sue
ocss in soliciting an encounter with the South
If civil has really commenced between the North
and the Souh, hope that the representatives, Eng
land and France at Washington hare been instructed
5y their ,espsetius Govsr,unens 10 tender their add
med ators bsfors The struggle has reused all hs fierce
FASHIONS rheh II coatsd for any length Of time are
certain to- be called into play Both nations wish well
to the American peoples both alike interested in the
general prosperity Of the country in every latitude aud
both sre mpelled towards BY the strongest sympathy
that animate friendly nations This seems TO US the
last before the sword is drawn and the scab-
bard thrown away and probably the suggestion would
meet the approval Of that large GLASS in both extremes
Of the country which must look with horror and dsmay
the prospect of and brothers cutting each others
throats under circumstances eafuy provocative OF
vengeance.