Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-27
RODERIOK RANDOM.


An English View of President LinoOIn's
Present POsiriOn-Sympnthy Expressed
with the epubIicans.
The London Telegraph, of the 4th inst, has
the following: ....
1t may appear ingenious to urge, as some
pretenders TO political wisdom do on this
side of the Atlantic, that the North and
South form practically two distinct coun-
tries, with essential and insuperable differ
ences Of interest and policy, which must pre-
clude them from remaining permanently
united. But who can bring himself to be-
lieve in the permanent existence of two Re-
publics, each deriving its descent from the
War of Independence and belonging to the
lineage Of Washington, between the Gulf
and the Great Lakes Would either stand
by and see the other extending its limits by
wars or treaties, without entering into a
competition which infallibly would bring
| them upon the same ground to shed their
blood in contest for territorial supremacy
They are not friends to the Southern States
! who credit them with profound sagacity in
imagining that Secession will restore them
to their former superiority, carry them in
| advance of the North, give them the free.
| range of the Pacific coasts, reunite them with
| the waverers of the Midland, and open their
| path to the throne of boundless Oonfeder-
| acy. There is a force at the disposal of the
| new President which, aided by the fleets of
/ England will prevent them from reopening
the slave trade, destroy their prospects Of Sc
| curing another influx of opulence in the
shape of human cargoes from across the
ocean, and thus neutralize that which has
been smong their chief incentives to break
away from the Federal Union.
Suppose, again, that the Southern Confed.
eracy were established, with an adequate
revenue derived from direct taxation-what
rank would it hold in the world2 1t would
be inferior to Mexico and 100000 of blacks
would gradually learn that, by an exodus of
some thousands across the borders, q war
would be kindled in which their strength,
backed by the strength of twenty powerful
States, might be turned victoriousy against
their oppressors. No Republic can possibly
be founded, with any hope or chance of
permanent existence, which, casting off all
other influences, erects itself upon the soli-
tary principle of slavery. .r.....
Such is the view Of the new President,
sanctioned by reason and by history; but the
passions of the Southern white population,
infamed by cupidity, have blinded, bewil-
dered and intoxicated them; and they even
profess to imagine that anxiety for the cot
ton manufacture will mitigate the hostility
Of Great Britain to the African slave trade.
Spain may deem it her interest to foster the
infamous domestic tyrannyso Cuba, but
England is committed forever against it, and
not for all the wealth OF the Midland would
willingly permit cargo of blacks to be
landed at the Havana.
Any vigorous movement in the South,
having for its object a restoration of the
hateful traffic on the seas, would probably
result in such a development of English
policy on the African coasts as would teach
q salutary lesson to the auction-mongers oi
! Charleston. Great Britain, by adopting q
measure of this character, would strengthen
the hands of Mr. Lincoln, baulk the hopes Of
the mushroom Southern Confederaey, and
J confer an inestimable boon upon the popula-
} ton of Africa. These questions, in fact, are
} of European no less than of American i'm
, portance. The event which will this day
take place at Washington, concerns not only
the people of America, but, deeply and vi
: tally, the people, of England. Our interests
| impel us to invoke every good and cordia
; wish from England for the Bresident of tn,
great New-Wo orld Republic.