The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-07
British Press On LtuceIu.e MANAGE.

British Press en- Limcsln's Message.
Inc sunjoined extracts were prepared for
yesterday paper, but omitted in consequence
OF the heavy demand upon our columns:
From tho London Times
The absurdity Of main tanning that the in
ftrument OF confederation contained proyi-
.ohs Tor annuiiiaS itself, has heen amply
uen'onserated; but what followsf Certainly
not thas II must be enforced at all hazards
nj tue rtsk OF running III ose In tere,ts which Il
was designed to secure. OF estrangiug forever
toose oCat.s which II was designed to unite
.. plihsihg INTO discredit those principles of
winch IL Was the earnest embodiment. We
cannot ihink that Mr.. Lincoln rises to the
a'isht OF this practical, but not less lofty ar
Rument. lie clings to the shadow of consist
euSV ny teVeriinE again and ag3ia to the legal
'neTi@s or the question, and animadvsrts with
coinmendape SmartneSs on the pecuniary
ma versation* OF the seeding States, and on
the arts OF the agi tators who, sugar coated, -
nav" been dragging the minds of their section
Tor more than thirty years breaches the duty
OF demonstrating to the world, and that, too,
oy rushing into war, that " ballots are the
righuui and peaceful successors of bullets ="
and makes several very effec i've retorts upon
MIR. Jefferson Davis. He even persits in deal
Ing with a movement which has given birth
TO Constitution, Il commercial system, Il
vast army, and uEbounded aspirations, as a
nat- hearted demons tration forced on the good
people OF the Sosth against their will. and
doubts whether there IL to day a ms jOrity
OF the legally qualified voters of any ate
except, perhaps, South Carolina, in favor of
disunlon." We will not say this is mere tri-
ling. bat We do say that itgoes some TO show
that AIR. Lincoln and his ad visers do not feel
the full force of those considerations which
nave long absorbed all others in the minds OF
European observers.
From the Lo ndon Star
1t is mere folly in Mr.. Lincoln to talk of the
people of the Con Moderate States las a few
dscon tented men" His call for an army OF
iJo. OJ1 men, and Il Treasury of $500 900, 900 to
conquer them, gives The lie to that phrase; for,
as Is known, those Confederate States are
united and Pc Werful enough to oppose militia
~ resistance 10 great army
AS little can any one believe that they had
not sufficient reason for tn king the step they
have done-whether the real reason was tbs
one put forth matters not. Three millions OF
men do not deliberately change thsir Govern
ment and embark On an arduous, dangerous,
and exhaustIng enterprise from caprice -
Whatever their reasons, on the broad princi
ptr "( popular Sopsre,gnty, they had u right TO
DO tohut they dtd; ana 10 hear MT Lin
ccln quoting the Constitu ton OF the United
States made eighty years .iuce, and elabora te-
ly reasoning as 10 the inten tiCns of its found
ers, against the right of secession Re III nd.
one OF the high tory doctrines among ourselves,
under which the sentiment made sy one gen
GRAFTON, i'll its own in terest, is h-ld to bind ii
future generations, Whe Their tor their interest
or not. We make no reference 10 the cues ton
Of slavery here, because not syllable lie
whispered upon that subject III the message
nCr has Mr. LiucOIn, nor any member or his
Cabinet, mace tho Temotest aliusion to il
SINCE their accession TO office. The grounds
assumed by the Federal Executive IN sup
pressing the secession, assume that shaver, Is
TO be uuinterfered with. and Is still 20 be
rounded by constitu tional guaran tees. II Is
treated, IN fact, as entireiy OUTSIDE the matter
in conflict.
We have not returned railing for railing
fNfs f,fyo +rtn
ism in the presence Of an overW helming dan
ger We comment upon the act. of American
states men as We soould upon those OF our own
though with greater canton and reserve
ami lUken zoe prefer a frank recOgntti0n al
S uthern independence by the North {. N.
pOticy dr00ed IN the presidtnt's Meas sage it i.
solely because zoe forssee. as 6yStGh Gtrs. thai
this ~ The ISSUE in Uhtch Gfter ,nf.tte loss
and hun1,ttdtion, the contest must result.
From Cores Liverpool Advertiser.l
Perhaps no great battles nay be fought bu'
the war wilt not be the less disastrous on that
account, ard the contiuuou. blocka6e of the
Southern ports will il fict n blow on the com
merc- of the woIli, the effects OF which NAV
be iel for many years to come The main
questiUn which pTes.es tor our i'm mediate con
xIderat ton is-how long can that bioC kade be
enforced This, 10 as in Lancashire, Is = mes
momen tous question, and il would AFFORD us
not little satisfaction, if we Jaw our way
clear, to say that the blockade could not pos
slblY ba enforced beyond the close Of tbs
present year.
| Since the commencement Of this American
diriCulty, our editorial trumpet has given nc
uncertain sound. Oar sources of infoT MAJ lion
have supplied us with early and reliable III
teltigence of what was passing on the other
side OF tue Atlantic, and we therefore Fl alter
ourselves that our WOrcS Will have some
little weight with the commercial community.
and especially with those who are mos deep
Iii teres It'd IN The prosperity OF the cotton
trade, when we warn them that dearth OF
.rat+n yUa a = - cod i'm m il
country in airy previous period OF its his tory,
may 0yertake us in the course of the next six
months, unless our Government awaken to =
sanse of the awful conseq usnces which would
now from such al event. and institute more
active measures than any which IL has hith ct to
employed to induce the United Statss Govern
ment TO yield to fate and acknowledge the III =
dependence of the Confederate SJatex. l.
must come st last TO this. We can see no other
solution of the dfrculty.
The Northern States have the power TO pro-
long The war indefinitely. The Sou theTn, If
lieted ted in the field, cannot be fuatly sub
dued. The folly OF the contest thus Waged is
consequently as apparent TO us IL England as
the folly Of that con test which we Waged with
our American brethren towards the close OF
the last century WIS to some OF our then
Hissst statesmen. n itions, however, are not
wiser nov, the passions OF men, when once
dashed into fury, are not more easily Gained
Now, 8: then. notwithstanding the rapid
proEreb. of clyIiiL ttiOn, nOtw this landing the
visions OF universal pence INDUCED i'll by some
harmless enthusiasts; despite the uplifted
voice Of reason and religion; despite, too, the
generally resls'less pleadings OF .alf-in terest-
now, as then, there are periods of national ex =
element, and one Of these is at this moment
passing over the North American continen L
when the pruning hook is transformed into
the spear, and the ploW share beaten III TO the
sword At such nome MT it is vain 10 hope
that 1.-The still small voice. of reason can hush
the storm Of passion, or that even religion can
rein in the fiery steeds of war.