Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-24
From the N Y. News. !
tFrom then Y. News
IMPENDING RUIN OF TIE neutrality-suspicious.
OF A SPEEDY WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN
ANn TILE uNITEn STATS

The day has passed for mncing speech and tmid pro
tests the part Of ths, bos retan any fiscere al
lection for the American Union. Only towards an,
fanatics who either cannot will no. lock the truth IL
the face fail to perceive that the cou1ty the verge
Of ruin. Within three months he Uned S,etfs hay,
ceased to be Rspublic, and become a desoosm. A
ruthless antssSery autocracy at Washington has rob
bed the people of every right which the trad ions G.
centuries had caused the Arg'oSaxton race to hold
sacred. The usUrpltons OF Syracusan Dionysius have
been thrown ia the shade by the violations OF the Con
situ,ion of President Lincoln. Mob law, a gsg upo7
the freedom Of the Press and liberty Of speech Ill Cd
ensments, and blockade Of Southern ports ia def.
of international comfy; the seizure of teegraphc
dispatche,; the invasion of Vhg mia; the false
pre;epses upon which war was forced upon
the coun,r,; tie msssacres at St. Louis; the ur-
constitutional proclamation Of martial Law In the Dis
trct Of Columbia Mary land Missouri and Alexandra
the sulverson of the military and naval schools West
Point aud Annapolis the augmentation OF the national
debt by tens OF millions of dollars the a;rocy Of suspend
ing the privilege Of the writ Of hdbeds corpus the sub
version OF order il the army, and the Gnnlhla,on oi
every security for the property and freedom OF private
cizeh-, might have been thought enough but TIE Ad.
mnistrgtol la. coDtened Itself with this long r.
of niqges. IL has brought the United States 10 the
of with Great Britain, and reduced US to a
condition OF impotency, from which only iuterpos
tion OF the Almighty cau recover us.
Five weeks ago the Daily News predicted the
state OF tbipgs which has az presen: arrived Day
by day we urged upon fellow cir zens the duty Of
pondering well before involving the States in
uecine strife, which both Alexander ham lion aud the
greater Washington foretod would b. the inevitable
precursor of foreign Intervention. l. TOO clear
that III the present aona crisis, pretext OF inter-
ference would be wanting The idea tlat England would
respect the blockade of extending fom Cape Hen
lopen 10 the Ro Grande, with feet too feeble to
take Fort Pulaski, would have been preposerous, even
il it had not been, il was, illegal aud uncons tuona
10 attempt it, To suppose that the Southern otae
would be pronounced geCris by the Pam.rstOn ministry,
10 the ace Of twenty instances afforded by the Uulied
States Government, for the glion OF iDsurecou
s against legitimate authory 10 al the four qlsF-
OF the glOoe would have required nearly faDu
lou5 stretch OF imagnat To dream Il " the
with which he country under the Pierce Adm nstra i)r,
had gree;ed the pryateeriug the r'es OF tue tr,ay
of Paris would be forgiven aId forgotten by tot
egn Courts in oppos iol to their own Interests az The
first beck 0. al repressoe Secretary OF State, without
an ndorstnent MS su9ms. by the United Sia,es
Serate, was .tch Of presumption OF wh'ch Cly Ar.
Seward could have been guilty. To hrk hat the m's,
powerful nations under The ornament would be fright
enad into pu aninliy 0y such high oundug dspateles
sent 70 Sr. Aoams and Hr. Daytou, oc by tie
tlreat to give passports MrSersat the national cap
.s il they should dsre 10 speak their minds freely,
to be po>ess.d by bed,im ireL2y Wholly mex lcaD.
Yet the buet Of Mr. Locon committed tcse hsurll.
es ard they sppl4uded by the Republican Press
th sublimi'y Of wisdom.
Ohuule uu uOL CoLmduu tle waves VI INC ocean 10
roll beck vauly than will zy Abolition rulers
the roll oi indignation with which Powers abroad are
epared 10 rebuEe tce feeble pOmpOus arr0gaLo which
has pretended TO prescribe laws 10 too world EDglsud
has al eady cogrZ the Confederate STATES otigt
ents She has Asa declared that their right 10 lryateCr-
log ia uni]ub.ed, aud t1at toe of tie
Washington Government 10 tie treaty of PARIS doee not
biud he Montgomery authorities Nj. Ssward5 trick
came 100 s;c. Lord Palmer. o. will A.t re-Ogize the
Lincoln per blockade and France, II We may judge by
the tone OF the Paris journals, is equally ildspc.ed
do 30 The entire Press OF the ma4uacur4g districts
Of Great Britain echoes be language of the newspapers
OF London, that the cotton trade with the South shall
not he tsmpcred with ard that either By fair means or
foul uninterrupted communication shalt b. preserved
wrh the poris Of New Or. ans Mobile Ssvauhah aud
Charleston. Qlotiag Gr. Sewstd's Gsgullcgaenc
minissr IN Paris the LoIdcn Times s4ys: No wise mgu
begins dih u'f aGd dangerous wax With language ia,
this. le language OF eoLGdnn; oxrtaion IL know,
be ,omi, IN these who take their but very Unb
co ming in those who putting their on" The
Economist declares that the peaceful disruption Of the
Ution shoGld be most hopefully welcomed gu almost
unai!oyeG advantage Aud civil war il c0ctiuues is
an Glmos. unmtigst mischief" TIE London organ of
the Palmcis.on ministry eutlors.vsiy raintails talt
mo one al the present time d0uo. question the
de facto independence OF the Southern S.ates" BIZ
Lindsay, vic recently in tee Uli.ed States, acd
whoss authority ia cousid red to hc great eght 10
Parliament has taken open ground FOR the Gersou D.
House Of Commons "As Lord john Russell has taken
ous step, by acknowledging the Southern Conederacy
as begerents !. would be desirable, ehsn the proper
time arrives that ne should ske another step in advance
ard aoknovledge it independent power. II must
come TO that and i; viii ssy III. cry Cf vengeanee o.
the North agai1s the South" lie ricued the idea Of
an fective blockade, and msiptaihet tina. other
could be respected.
"Mr Seward" says the London Times, may belize e
and tfembie but We are Opposed do either the
one or the other the craces OF his lcca divinity do
pass current on this sie Of the Atlantic" In a wore
Mr. Lincoln and bis advisers have succeeded in cheaii
America but will not 10 permitted TO iraUpl upon the
interests OF Gngsnd also Grea, Britain yed in viz
tual hostility against us end f the lofty pre,onsons Of
three weeks ago strenuouy upheld the countries
will be involved in before the close Of the summer
months Is the U. Sea prepared to meet such in-
or Of embsrrassmenty Before many days bat!s vii
have been fought 10 Virginia Whatever section may
he victoriou t will prepare the way for Conflicts.
5cd only ioresee where our civil will erd Can
We bear the suparsdied burden of hotities With for
eign epyp When feet Is swept from the ocean,
our is destroyed, ports, in tteE tlrn,
bockadsd, will auy pGTty in the land continue TO sp
paud the insane that has plunged this Republic
into abyss Of evils Alas reasoning with tie
whirlwind The sobeug band OF disaster has lot yet
reduced public sentiment to the level it mus! shortly
reach.
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