Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-06
RICHMOND SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1861.

tural StatesY Il is difficult TO believe that such reuni
on can take place it is difficult to believe that it is eve
desired The South has shown sign of any wish &
return on any terms into the Conederacy it has left
the North has employed the short interval Of secession
IN raise IN new barrier against reunion in the shape
au iioeral Tariff all the benefits Of which will be
side and all the burdens the other The South offers
the Border States market for their slaves and las
AGAINST the reestabishment Of the slave trade which ma
be considered as a protection OF the human commOdt.
in which they deal The North requires them to conr
butte TO its manufactures and tax themselves for the be
neft of New England and Pennsylvania. The strugg,
NAV be painful one, but fear ha. it will be decidet
rather by interest than by sympathy and tha. Mr. Lin
coins constitutional lectures will avail little against th
considerations suggested to the Border States by the h
prices of manufactures and good market for slaves.
From The Lonion 7siegrapL, March 1911
Will President Liucon's Inauguration speech before
us il is difficult 10 imagine by what pretence the
sionst party explains its rancor Never did the ith
March usher in nober spectacle of public ratorDitS
What wss there in the which would have suggest
ed to stranger tina. chasm Of blood yawncd beneath
the steps Of the Capitol? The city of Washington wa
arraye in fest splendOrs the banner OF the republic
Aoated az though not cloud had eclp-ed stripe
or dmmed a star in truniphai chariot group o. iai
children linked together, symboized tic Union; tw'
Young girls hand in hand, were presented rs emhiems
the North and South TIE President led the Presiden
elect to his chair From that civil thrCne created io
him by the people, Abraham Lincoln first addressed tE'
Legislature OF the United States. Examining his address
analy caliy, with view to It's actual bearing uPoI
events confirmed in the opinion that it is precise
" such as the exgences of The hour demandedconcli
aory to all deprecatory OF violence, devoid of exuta
tom free from the least simitude OF Jest snecr
explicit as declaration of policy, unanswerabie as
statement of the law and breathing spirit of the mos
unminged patriotism THO subjects hoOeUsr Of uaraens
imporidncG 10 Europe no less than 10 Anricd, are i
ii. .I,Is, an Ii .,yl
er ports aud the tariff The latter must be deporec
as rerograde measure, based on partial interests ant
calculated to embcr rather than TO tgate the exist
ing leud Its consequences to England will pro
badly be disastrous ; but we cannot believe
that in the long rnn il will benefit the American manu-
faeturer The former would be act fanght with re
suits immeasuraby important to this countryso cna"j
tos indeed that Great Britain aud France an all IKE
LhOod arH protest against IL @iih Tie utmost geheeTct
consistent NTH The maintenance of frt"g relations
The former power, ed has already notified mat dnl
Jlockaae IN order be rdd must be eccuai so that ne
paper decree can affect commerce There mast bt
ships of war cruising oil every outlet of the South along
thousands Of miles of cOlst-or, in oher words, iron
North Carolina 10 the ,o Grande and whence are they
to Gomez The navy Of the United States would not sup
ply tenth part of the necessary force France ana
England ,ciH no GOpat, combine TO Micdr tie CdGiHd
Of Washington e9oTis may Hadeftdte 10 oosrce H
cotton STATES by shutting then, OF frothe rdde Of E"
rope. Notwithstanding all the sympathy Wh5eh the Eng
h nation eeria iciH The opinions Of The free States
IRE cannot suer industry 10 be en up by Tie roots
i,l order at the SidUeodHg fdction may be prostrdted
There i, public law iii existence sanctioned 10y the last
congress OF Paris which lays down distinct principle
and from which the great Powers will suffer no departure
fe United States 10 emcgs froa the present crisis
NJ their affairs hey must accomplish IRE tost ,rjtboa
running ne greatest maaafactars Of tNis oo-ntry.
There Is sGle danger 0i msapprehenson on the part
Of the Moth in respect this most vital question. The
I,l Of
erument has 10 doubt expressed fervcnt hope that
the foundations of the New World Commonwealth may
not be disturbed; but must be distinctly borne IN mud
that the policy of nonnervention applies TO transa'an
tic less than European territories We eau 10 more
interfere TO prevent disunon in America than to prohibit
union in Italy II a Southern Confederation, in spite OF
the Republican policy, be established We shall, in due
season. acknowledge it, Five millions Of our population
depend on the cotton supply Secession or nonseceion,
We must keep cur mc,chGpt- from ruln our manuiacu-
rers from bankruptcy, our operatives from starvation
We cannot 0Od 10 see The Southern ports 60c6dded Il r
II s0ntb a ostk or a ,idp Even without calculating upon
this contingency the position of atIrs is suilici 'ny
serious Should civil war break out, what security
will the planters have Tor the safe gathering OF their
crop. Should the stgnsg,e end "a 'e.ory on
their side they may revive the siaye trade and pro-
woke hosles with Great Britain. Lancashire and South
Carolina o,e too intimately united fcr tie s'ighst s-
toms or forsbodings Of paralysis ~ The one not 10 spread
CONSERVATION Through tie other. II then, President Li"
colin ssd attempt 10 suspend Re commerce Of tie S3i.
cr, States tie kropca, lac of Jiockods must be PIT
frce The effect Of -Fch could Z. id tie .agy Of tie
pH>e 0gd gt Be OEsrlfsS UDJ. the seas. We reck
on however upon his nodera ion and ssgacy. There is
not in the inaugural speech trace OF ausiOn to any
policy violent suicidal Indeed if il b. adopted
the Chief Magistrate must 20 far beyond the limits
Of his declared programme. That which he announces
himself as prepared do il TO the federal prop
ery where il has been seized, to protect IL where 1t has
ecG .l;esteael and collect he ordinary reYenue i'm
partially through the onion. There has been 10 hint
yet, OF session OF Congress TO pomugae the
Force BILL 10 additional troops, or to act pcecip
lately against the South. As for the American fleet, II
is concentrated no where but on the contrary Is scat
tered over the globe and there appears no intention OF
recalling s commanders. Upon the South will rest the
entire responsibility and that responsibility OF the
most deadly nature should the revenue collectors OF the
federation be opposed by arms at Mobile, Charleston,
New Orleans and Savannah; should Forts slmtcr aud
Pickpus b. assaled should the reiniorcemens ordered
from Washington be intercepted; should Forts hOu
trie and Pulaski and the defences of tha Baze be he'd
by State gaui;ons in defiance OF the constitution, the
law and the sacred compact OF the Union.
Wih regard to the Jlockade question, hare stafd
that a cannot be SOiped Ly any goveritacHt an AHrca
bat must be ief to The maritime Po5sTs of Eroj~-
Dhich, acting upon the lr? Ct SsJY"tSereat'oa, mi o
co,rs. GyrSid aH attempts 10 Ictae their commerce
from tie ports of tie Sgath the ruin of which, though
il might crafty the passions, would not serve the inter
ests OF the North Such EOly o0ei zion, therefore
would once shorisighted. aud Intellectual The new
Tariff for which Mr. Lincoln is not responsible, though
he will probably not be unwilling to accept It's conse-
quenots unwise measure even on the part OF tho
who framed it, It is not merely protective hut in large
degree p.ohbitJcY 10y Imposing excessive dulles, II
closes the market for Northern produce; and by reev
ing the manufacturer from competition, deprvcs HIM o
all stimulus 20 improve the works OF his industry-the
consumer, OF course, being thus sacrificed to the pro-
duceT But apart from these mighty interests, the
policy of England is distinctly represented by the fact
that whatever revolutions may conyuse the New World
stand totally apart from hem. Peace between Great
Britain and the United States u necessary TO the
national life of 10th. For what would a war sig
ufyy The cessation of trade amounting to thirty
millions eng annually, the stoppage OF oRe-third o!
factory system and an enormous diunulion OF cur
general prosperity. Therefore whoever may be Pres-
dent OF America and whether there be one coniedera
ton OF two our relations with tho United States must
remain unalercd. II the North tripmphs, shall re-
oce to witness le progress OF human freedom. If the
South with boosted army OF thirty thousand volun
teers carries the day. have our cotton market to look
after. Under circumstances can we entange our
selves in the complications Of New World politics Lau
cashire forbids il; London, GiranshsIn Bristol and
Glasgow eyho ,hc protes.. Manchester and Liverpool
unite their voices in favor oil perfect neutrality. And
why? Because American comnerpe is Eugitsh com
merce, and we oapn0t stiG hnser upon the Atlantic
without equally compromising the two empires. Pres
dent Lincoln has the nte ets of the Union to protect
and Lord PaneTson bound to defend those OF Great
Britain; but the former cannot be suffered TO blockade
our flag out of the Southern per or the latter be sttu
ulatsd 70 apy pa.tsan advocacy OF Northern ambition.
ONE WEEKS WORK IN THE CONFEDERATE CON-
GRESS.
From, the London Times, March 30
pa-bons tho inst interesting columns in thu American