, 1861-06-06
THE CAUSE IN EUROPE.
SENTIMENTS OF FRANCEAND
ENGLAND.
OPINIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

The mails bring US copious reports OF re-
cent speeches In Parliament, many opinions
On tho expediency Of the recent proclamation
by her Mnjesty, news from France, &C., out of
all Of which we make up the following:
TIE QUEENS PROCLAMATION DISCUSSED.
From the London spcctatoE.J
The proclamation seemB, at this frat glance,
just enough, and perhaps an official declara-
tlon Of neutrality was oil but unavoidable.
EHt it ia ncrertHelcss misfortune that our tlrs
official act in connection NTH tho Struggle should
b. one tchich tends directly to the benefit Of the
Sosth. Euglishmen, rs subjects Of Power IN
alliance with tie United States, had, till this
declaration, right to enter into it's service,
rjgbt wholly unaffected by the fact OF the
esee esg 'sbpstd abdy yeefs saSaa et @
men who rise In the Austrian army, or the
EpElishmen who accept the summons Of Carl
baldi. BY prohibiting enlistment the or1er
dcpiives the United States Of all tho aid it
might, without that order, have obtained.
Ihat Old is by 70 means nominal or limited to
the moral force which ia SO serious m incGnt-
ire in war. The Canadas, If let alone, might
II a.. Antis1avery struggle have been ranked
IS Northern States, and one "British" rcyi-
mcnt has already marched for Washington via
Balbmore. Df1fish sailors, too, are sure to Be
tnJogttl in thousands on the Aorthe7y. site, aud
VWWttt Mc7H q WfNUtecttNttHetFH H4ttVItHttsv
might hase Afforded, is pro tanto to limit TIE r
sourcts Of TIC North. It mny be argued that
tic South is equally deprived Of this adgan-
tage, but the remark is sound only in appear
@euce. Nothing in the proclamation stops q
thlF.oTHer Of Liverpool or the Clyde from
ceiling ships to the South, and It is in steam
t1a, not in men to man them, that President
Davis is deficient. The richer treasury, too,
would always attract the men, even if sailors
we're devoid Of prejudices and Indifferent to
the cause for which they fought. That is not
tie case even with Englishmen, while the fish
c=Men OF Canada are rs hostile to slavery Us
the sailors Of Connecticut. That there Is no
South may be readily 6e!ieeel;; 6Hi the advantage
incidentally gained Iy the Shareholders makes it oil
The more inperakise to decide the position ae IN
tt7d permanently to occupy. The policy Of Eng.
land is neutrality, Int its bias Tsnlai'ts to be d.
fined
and strangely powerful in the Press, wolld
sway us slowly in the direction of the South,
and many rho sympctbize heartily with free.
dom, still believe that our Interests link us
strongly with the seeding States. It will not,
we think, be difficult to show that their argu.
meuts are based upon dclusicn, aud that our
direct pecuniary interests are bound up for
the moment with the Government of Wash.
ington. The one Thing, Wc adult, which real
" governs the pecuniaEy side Of the question,
is cotton. Northern wheat is acceptable, but
,fc can purchase wheat over half the world.
Nc1thern customers are pleasant, bnt they do
not purchase as much as the Australians, will
soon be outbid by the Chinese, and have just
imposed tariff to cceck their own demand.
The cne necessity is cotton, and our supply Of
cotton derends on the ffiendllress OF the
North. It is NTH If. Lincoln, and not Tfesi-
d<nt Davis, lat tie po'pr Of stopping tie
supply ,'op rests. If the South were at
War with us to morrow, she would still he
poTerless to Withhold her supply. She must
Eel cotton. Or lose her slave property, and,
directly or indirectly, she must sell to US. So
dent Davis has ordered al priVateers to 10.
stain from attacking ships engaged in the
slayc trade, under whatever flag, aud the
order may be cbeyed. An effective blockade
VIII, it is true, close the sea route; but us
long as the internal route is clear, Ec shall
still get cur supply. Il is when The North
receives to stop the cotton in transit, that tho
fore on the carriers, and not on the growers
q !lc produce tEa5 our interests depend.
The South mus. scll, bEt the North need not
traoe1nit, ond it IL therefore on Nort2:ern, net
Southern, fcItearance that VIC have to rely.
rs true military advance seuthward from
Washington might inperil Il whole crop, by
leading to an ea1rarehis :ulent Of the s:aTes !;
Iow erlcss to prevent. We could 1ot inter
rnpt such an advance If we. would, while
British feeling would, uEdsr any c;rcun-
stances, prohibit the atternpt. Active inter
ttrcnce-Ench, for INSTANCE, 3s breakiu., the
h'ecsaac Ct Charleston, and i,la!n.aiain1 !
f'tet outside The bsr tc prohibit lis raae1al-
would secu,e 10 cetion The cheapest Of all
and short of tint CIR in!c-tsts lie IL nd;,lu.:ng
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