Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-05-24
TsE FoREIaN NEWS,

The New York Daiky Ne,csS Bias tho foiiow-j
ing sensible corpu,cntAapon the. news by thu:
Europa and Paraua. ~ eSssp a5!%
"A new element hHsSentered iatStFie scalcu--
lations of our Republican autocrnts, ut Wa ash.
ington,. which it ia to be hoped, will aid in
bringing them to their senses. This s. the
manifest predetermina,ion of the English Gov.
eminent to recognize-iu its own tortuous
wa perhaps, hut rioneS tie lees absolutely
the Independence of the Southern Confedera.
cy. Whatever we may choose 10 assert, on
this side Of the Atlantic, Great Britain will not
forget that American nationality is exclusive.
| ly sowing TO its successful vindicatiou, three
quarters Of u century ago, of the right of rev.
oiution. 1t W be some ewhat. difficult to per.
| euade either Lord Palmerston or Lord John
! Russell that principles have since changed
their nature, or that oppression by the North,
in the United States, is essentially another
thing from oppression of the colonies by the
mother country. It is not surprising therefore.
TINT naval force for the protection Of British
interests against the Lincoln paper blockade.
should have been dispatched to coasts, or
that the iss suing Of letters of. marque has been
recognized asthe legitimate act Of q beiliger-
ent power. which Lpss never endorsed the
treaty ofsPhris.
Nay, more. the organ of Lord Derby
whose influence is, just now, immense, the
Ministry is sustained in power only by his for
bearancc-goes so far as to say: Twice have
we and the American people engaged in NOR
tai conflict. and we may d, so again befor<
many weeks are over" Specnlations have al
ready commenced in England with regard to
the course that should be pursued in case on,
Adminis' ration should interpose obstacles tc
the free continuance Of the cotton trade; and
as every one with two eyes in his head has
long since forcseen, the most selfish aud un
princirled people on garth wili not permit the
bread to be taken out Of the mouths of fou,
milliQns Of their population for the mere ab
stractior of right and wrong. In fact. right il
England is pecuniary g"iu,. y hile wrong il
ideniica with pecuninry loss: Anti slavery il
one of John Bulls pet theories : but the horrI-
BILE history of his Indian Possessions and Chi
,nese relations proves how unten able and .uto-
|pian negrophilisnn will be regarded when j
interferes with the commerce Of the Kingdom
The naval pr-ponderanee Of Great Britain il
terrible and pre,ext may easily be found I.
sweep away the blockade of our Southern
coast, as broom would spiders web, with
out its being in our power, Paralyzed as W,
are, to resen. the insult.
Neither President Lincoln, nor the head O
the Montgomery government, nre unaware Z"
the vast Importance Of the decision respect in.
American affairs thnt may be come TO by tn,
cabinets of Europe. Tie French press is bois-
ferrous in its cla,nor for the recognition Of tn,
independence of the Southern Confel-racy. /
vauntsiour secession statesmen rs the n"blest
best, and most patriotic. of men. 1t dccrie
the North and. with an accuracy Of detai
which does credit to its observation, exposes
with unspasipg srrcasm, the Inconsistency. an,
brutal, blood-'h,rsty cunning of aholi:o :on dem
ag"gues. Such articles in e,upire where
bj"urnaIism is hampered with yrxatious req
3 Louis Napoleon himself were not p, eliispose,
from principles and interest. ta favor the
slaveholding States. It. ia must likely. ,her.
fore, that both the courts Of Lonlun and Paris
will side against til. Forth. They have fel
nggrievel md outraged by the Morrll thrift
the Montgomery tariff has c"ncilated them
they cannot afford an Interruption of the cot
ton trade. :or Of their own exports: they, yer,
MATERIALLY, consider the Lincoln blockade to u
irivolocs; nn.l though they Rnay regard "ur in
ter.State squabbles as none of their business
provided they do not suffer by them, they will
resist policy hostile 10 their own require
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