The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-17
Northern Inconsistency.
From th g Aberdeen tseotlsud) Peoples Journal
Ipne 22

From ths Ahsrdsen tseotlsud) Peoples Journal
June22 =
Tha risk Of any collision with the North on
account OF oar recognition OF the beliigsTent
character OF the emba titled Sou ,baruers IL in
fiGites imally small. When reflection sue
ceeds to passion the Federalists Will see and
be ashamed Of the ridiculous rosition they
havetaken. They are III reality decrying their
own principles, and are abusing us for mea-
suring their corn in their o-rn bushel. They
are enragad at the truth of the text which
says, "with whatsoever measure ye mete 1t
shall be measured to you again" Their whole
history is one continual protest against the
doctrines they now lay down Their nation
began in secession, anu Franklin, Washing
ton. .teffareor, ~ters@oniy ntustrtous Sc
ceders To the recognition Of their beliigerent
character by France. and to the aid they
derived from the fleets AMI land forces
OF the French nation, they were indebted
for that Independence of which they
boast So ioud. We, on ths contrary. propose
to bring the South neither aid nor sy mp.thy.
we desire TO observe scru oulons neutrality -
But we recoliect that when Greece revolted.
the United States were among the first TO re
cognjZa the belligerent rights Of the revolted
Greeks. Last year, when the King Of Naples
attempted to blockade his ports, the United
States took sidas with the Revoiu tioDists and
rendered the Saceders then threatening Naples
no small aid by their remonstrances. We
take no side; we are no partisans. The sym
patEy we have show has been for the Union,
and FOR this rornearmce-a forbearance dia-
metriCally opposed 10 our trading interests,
and as directly .inimical to our Commercial,
friends 10 America as TO our manufacturers at
hCme-we are coaTsaly calumnia ted and rude
ly rnenaced. Our Federalist friends are ort Of
temper, and well they may be This certain
man who '.digged 6 pitt" Gni fell III TO il him
self, was probably not 10 an elniahle hUmor
when caught and kept in the trap OF his own
making.
''No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion OF he law"
Because one day our cousins say one thing
and another day another, and because we do
not follow them through the m#zes OF their
mad dance of inconsistency, we ara charged
wi tn the meanest OF motives. 1t is the same
with respect 10 the liberty Of privatee-ing -
The liberty of privateerlng Is the hsndiwc-k
Of the United States Last year the states
men at Washington pointed TO 1t with pride
and exultaion, as u thing preserves BY them
for their own advantage. Glowing pictures
were drawn OF the golden harvests that Yau-
Zee clippers would reap in the future, when
ever America and Britain might go 20 var -
To day this golden apple of American diplo-
macy turns ont 10 be an apple OF SNdom,
mocking the palates of Washing On states
men with dust and ashes, ins tead of pleasant
juices and so, because their own apples, of
their own "preserving is bitter, they turn
round and furiously abuse US We, who,
against our own Interest--we, who could put
q hundred steam UriyGteers to sea for every
one the United States could send--pTes ed the
American President TO agree TO q general Civ
L
dent refused, American interest, il is saii ,
would uffer by such an arrangement Priva-
teers. we were told, were not pirates, but the
legitimate defenders OF States which, like The
Republic, looked less to their regular naT ~
than 10 the yoiuateer navy which they could
in time of war, irnpr0vise and get to sea in the
form OF great heet OF privateers. Now, the
politicians of Washington are on the no-na
Of a dilemma. When the last mail left,
no less than sixty ships cf the North were
iyirE as prizes Gt New Orlsans This un-
expected ap.,'icxtion Of American doctrine
has created quite an explosion Of opinion,
TO The effect that President Davis let ter-
Of m.rque men are Just 80 many pirates
and Tn;.iefactors, who opght TO dange al
the yard arm, and that John Bull n ust be as
John Katch. 20 tang them, and must decline
at his pail, John smiles ut the "parii,h and
does decline. We wonder what would satisfy
the North. IF We, ~ the bidding Of Mr. Cas-
slus Clay, shut our eyes to plain truths, and
decide taat the American war is no WAT III
ali, but riot, and that the beiiigerants arr
not beli9srents, but simply an insurgeni
crowd, why then, we must, In accordance
with international law, refuse 70 acknc ~
ledge any right of b!oo kide-a refusal which
we fear, would suit Mr.. CLAY and his masters
worse than our present position. Bat can our
Government take such ground C8n we say
that where the clergy, magistrates, Senator's,
and all classes Of the people, are of one mind
for separation, and where an amy OF l0D, 900
men, an active aggressive navy, and a Presi-
dent and Senate, are ready to enforce the
general wish, that there is, notwi tn standi Z
such facts, no secession, no separation, and nc
recogniZ able belIigerentY We see q new Gov
ernment organized we see q vast army otcu-
pying strong posts, daily incte ising IN num-
berg, and so strong that President Lincoln is
in hot haste to attack it we see the ships OF
the North carried captive in TO the ports I the
SOurh we see strong fort besiexed in mill
tary form and captured by the South We see
a Confederation Of States, ia which the peo-
pie are as one man in support of the new Gov
ernment, aud we are told, forsooth, to leave
cut of mind all these facts, and say that there
are no such facts and no such belligerents -
We do not choose TO say the manifest untruth
dictated to us, and because we will not say it,
we are asssiled with tempest OF uncom phi
In antary epi thets."