Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-19
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writer cooslCtion VI VI
saea,ious men on the pablo stage.
to peace, there Is not sgn of such thing on the
horzon visible to the natural eye 1t may be that the
s,upendous preparations which the Yankee Government
is making are mere blus,er designed 70 cover their
Weakness and at the time extort better terms in
treaty Of peace Bat give such Interpretation 10
their conduct We suppose they mean what they say.
They think FIVE hundred Thousand men and ave hundred
Millions of dollars will suffice 10 subdue the south IN 'ss
than twelve months aud they intend to employ tn0se
mans for The vigorous prosecution Of the var. iu"'
thes viii fall, we have not doubt Doaoie ice men
and money would be iraacqca;e to TIE task bu' III
their deluson, presume, they viii make ths s'eup.-
and thai consequently there can be no peace IN t"se
months Alter tina. time, when present ieVles aad a9
lamentations are exhausted and without result IL We DO
not in the meantime dictate peace In PhiadeiPha or
New York, the Yankees will be sick enough OF var
Even granting they eaa raise FIRE hundred millions now,
,hsy will never be abs 10 repeat the operation
With respect to the other branch of the preicton-
"a war with Eagaud)- indications are more favor
able Blu. the war will not be confined TO Engllnd-
Franco will need cotton sooner than Enghnd and tho
she does not require much there equal urgency
that she should have enough FOR her operations She
viii have to look to her supply sooner than England
because her stocks viii be exhausted before October
Engnd can hold on. louge bot she sees in the success
Of the South the abolition of Yankee tardS aud OF the
restrictions on cur cosspg trade and OF course che
would rioce at that success. Not being forced, she
Vas not disposed to take decisive measures with the an
kses in advance of the French Emperor No" that that
SPACIOUS individual will be compelled to act, she will
gladly eO-optrlIs with hun.
Mr. Lindsey, an eminent member OF Parliament, who
visited this country last fall, with vie" to ootann
som. modification in the Laws respecting our coas'ng
rsde has since his return urged that France and Eng
lnd should ccrjoniy cav the Yankee Ramp at Wash
iugou that this war without otject-that 1t can
only produce mischief the parties concerned and to
the whole civilized world aud it must cease at once
Thi, suggestion has not been without s 6ascts. II is
meeting with favor amorg the English pcople and press
The London Times has several times referred to it sp
urOyiney We infer from the utoined article from the
E,,c York Tines that tho greatest commercial authority
in Eaclnt. The Shipping and RereaH;iIs fd=,tts is
OOeny urging the same policy. The deficient supply OF
cotton ia France will exert tremendous iraasnes in en-
listing the cooperation Of his Imperial msesy joint
note 20 the following S,et would produce laughAble re-
| sulss 10 Washington.
"Ths uudersigned, by authority of their Necessities
direct you To say Er. Seward and Mr. Lincoln, that
the Wa- they are Ssgng against the Southern States
baroarous and vindc;ive war that It without object
and can only be attended By results disastrous to ev
z,on and IL mast stop Their Aaesties are wiling to
lterposs their friendly Offices for obtaining an honor
able peace But the welfare Of their subjects and the
cause OF humanity demand that the shall end. and
at orce and for that purpose they have ordered their
fleets to the coasts of America to cooperate with the
pe,rl, Of the Sou.hera States, who CALAMITY uphold
ing heir Independence aud the great of free trade
THoUVENEL.
RUSSELL.
ct, Lord LToSs and " MERCER, Ebgrsh sEd French
| Embass GdoIs, Washington
From the reg, Of the New York Yankee, he suspects,
he NAV even know that such document this has
already reached Washington. He is yenonous as
mOceasin in dog days Read and judge:
| [F.on the New York Timss
YOUR COTTON OR YOUR LIFE.
Among extracts fcm Lcndou journals, reproduced on
another pagr, drawn from the Shipping and hereaD-
tile zsj.e f.s, class eai authority, indicates
hat Eugand gins grow restless uG6er the stoppage
Of American cotton supplies. Alter vain attempt TO
persuade hcrsef that tie plant could bs grown "a sue
cessfuy and Gbundsuty in her own cc!oues as in the
Uued States sac desparng!y to the Old Sources
aad abso u,ely smoss with impaeuce as she
SEES piled uyOa tue leyees Of New Orleans, aud the
sharvts of ChsreslOn, those bales Of hocculcni mat
ter" o= the Of which her millions LIust presently
perish The Gazette demands that measures DO taken 10
induce the National Government TO relax tie bloekaco
% far to permit the exploration Of cotton To achieve
this concession IL suggests joint application Of tho Bri
Ss end nsS be s- SSSss aSS s sr Lincoln
refractory, leaves tue alternative adoption OF force clear
/ y pses' ntsd.
Toe sppe reo.ndsr to such stuff this is, that tho
Untsd S,ses VIII ony permit tee OutgO o cotton when
overwhelmed ard stricken down by greatly superior
force While 1t is Of vial Importance TO the momen AIRY
interests OF France aud E1gaLd receive the fore
IL Of equally vital importance 10 the existence and wei
OF this Government tina. shred Of it be
from Southern ports. There need be msunderstand
log shout this The Southern coDspratcrs based
the whole scheme of their contemplated rebellion upon
this foreign hunger for cotton they estimated lie
strength irresistible that blockade legislation
10 sac. il in would BE- respected by the great European
Power; R1j hat is certain Teie-se would not only give
Independent; life 10 their productive industry
ou; furnish them with the ogherEise unatainaOe
Of prosecuting their upon the Government There
occasion question the force of this reasoning
We tho North take M At its full value. IL England,
France, bath, possess Themselves OF the cotton
crop the sk OF restoring the National authority IN the
insurgent States must, unless by an extraordinary hano
nal eor, become extremely difficult if not hopeless; and
At ali events s fuhllment be the exhaustive work
Of years Practically allied with the leading European
Governments and furnished with ample revenues, and
something which they have not no" 10 cher as security
20 proraot their resistance unt the resources OF both
parties should be annihilated.
There element OF our strength therefore, so IA
valuable chs barrier enabled to interposa 70
the escape OF cotton To sacrifice IL at the instance Of
diplomacy would be 10 disSrm he nation ss an act OF
courtesy. Aud the pressure of force IL can never be
ed The first iaIimAton of desg1 the part
Of a foreign power 70 compel the expectation, would
unite the entire North 10 resolution that nos Que
bale Of the staple should again be grown Ameri
SOIL that the weed itself and the peculiar Industry
desmed requisite iog its culture, must be Rsept from the
continent Aud put this resolution in force the whole OF
free people would precpiIae themselves az aaGsse
upon the South that By eonsummate work Of desoa
they might ayenge themselves at once upon the
savedryels OF Lancashire and Louisiana. This is the
spiit With -heh have entered the contest and will
only become Intensified unutterably by any foreign in
tervention adverse to its aims
The Shipping Glzss, ard al Who symp2thiLs in ito
views had betLer therefore, realize a. once that no
pressure applied the North AID interference with
IL. policy expedite the delivery OF cotton 1t Isn't
indesd the Government OF the Union which stops
the way. We have closed but outet the other has
been Vndcvely but With suicidal stupidity closed by
the South ITSELF Il gill be much TO the purpose
the cotton craving Governments Of Europe let these pa
rpAtetic Commissioners OF the South s Paris un
derstand that they expect neither sympathy or re-
cognon unless thew permit their staple Dr through
inland channels New York. whence the wants Of the
world may be partially supplied without weakening the
loyal effort Of the North re-estabsh National Gov
errment For the whole value Of the crops for two
pie which the South has substantially repudated; aud
justice would hUI be satisfied without treason reeev-
ing particle OF nourishment
souIhera Senators
The blackgusrds Who have usurped the seats OF gen