Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-11
From the London Times, Of May Ok.

We admit that the proceedings Of the Con
federate States express nothing less than rev.
~olution. We admit that this revolution has
not been provoked. We deplorc the rupture
and re arc disposed to fear-though on this
point there can be no eertainty--that the re-
suits will be Irausht with disaster. But all
this is beside the question. The Southerners
have no real case against their Northern
brethren, but they have an argument against
which tho North will kick in vain. They
claim TO be the best judges of their own inter.
ests, and they hold that their interests require
independence. The North appeals to the
sword, exactly as we did. Its confident ulSo
in it's strength, and SO were we. Whether the
parallel will continue 10 be traceablc in the
event Of the contest, is q question which time
alone can determine.
From the London Post, May o..
LORD PALMERsToS CHANGES his OPINION ~ ONE
DAY-ISDEPENDEScE OF TnE SOUTHERN GOV
EMINENT ACKNOWLEDGE AS DE rAcTo.
Mr.. Seward, in a dispatch which recently ep-
peared in the American papers, has announced,
with equal c|earncss and emphasis, the deter.
mination Of President Lincoln not only to treu:
the Federal Union as a still existing con pact,
but to enforce the authority Of the central gov.
ernmcnt even ct the risk and cost Of an angry
and long protracted civil WAY.
Facts are stubborn things, and when We
learn by the last adriccs that nine States have
actually seeded. certainly something more is
requisite to prove the indisSolubility Of the
Union than the braye words Of Mr.. Seward
document to which We alludc is q dispatch
addressed by the American Secretary of State
to the American Minister at Paris.
Recognition of tine Southern Confrderacy by
the great Powers of Europe would give an
amount OF moral support to the cause Of sepa-
ration greater than the effects Of the most bril-
liant military successes.
For the purpose OF avoiding any danger Of
this kind. the American Minister at Paris
spoke to u. Thouvcncl on the subject, who, in
reply, Stated that no application had been
made by the Confederate States for the recog.
milton Of their independence, and that the
Government Of the Uoitsd States might rest
assured that no hasty or precipitate action on
the subject would be taken by the Emperor.
But NJ. TnouvcHcl most properly added that
"thc practice and usage Of the present century
had fully established the right Of de factO Gov
crnments TO recognition whcu Il proper case
was made out for the decision OF foreign Pow
crs." If We refer to the case Of Greece and
and Holland and Belgium, we. find
that both these apply TO nations which hal
been united in Il compact nIor. close than any
federa!ive compact.
The recognition Of !!.r thirteen North Amer
csn colonies b. France. ar" TIE recognition 0!
Mexico and the SJuJh American provinces
formerly held by Spain, furnish u rule which
the Government Of Mr.. Lincoln cannot, With
any regard TO consistency. aiiJrd 10 disregard.
Neither in France nor in this country will my
decision ne pronounced; but the time
is rapidly arriving when the question must be
considered; for no one at the present time can
doubt or question the de Jtcto independence
Of the Southern States.
AS an exposition % the wailihe policy Of the
Federal Government. Mr.. Stewards dispatch is
vi deep aud careful consideration; but
it would haze been better timed md tuore
TO have produced some effect, If it had
been written cn the 4.h Of March, and not on
The 4:h Of May, when separation, to human
speculation, appears to be a melancholy bu.
accomplished fact.