The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-09
England and the soa,hern Confederacy.

England and the Southera Ccmfederacy.
| Cores Advertiser. published in Liverpool.
one OF the principle organs Of tho British CON-
-nerciai interests, contains in recent mum per,
g long article in reply to Cassius N. Clay IS re-
| cent letter 10 the Times. We make The follow
| ing extrac's:
| In such contest waged by thu United States
| Government against independent aul soys-
| reign States, 'uight, not right" must be tlls
| motto CT the Northern invaders and the sym
pafhy OF this country is vainlv Invoked In
| their favor. But England is ke3 In a yary
| stall" letUor addressed 20 ner ty the United
| States Ambassador 10 the Court OF st. Peters
! burg " she ceG afford 70 offend ''ths great na-
tion which viii still he the United STATES,
| even should they lose part Of the South" Yes,
| III spits of tho one hundred millions OF unborn
| men, which Mr. Clay r1arshals in battle array
| against us only fifty years before their birth,
| our great nation formed cf no i-coAs.ens par
| ticles, weakened ny no claims OF lu5e pendent
| sovereignty ii any OF her geographical diyi
! sions, bat strong IN f;e- in1iIsltle unity, caa
| afford TO do that which she believes to be
| right, ans 70 acknowledge the de fceto fovsEa-
| ment OF the Confederate States without de-
| parting hairs braaGth from that lCe OF
| strict neu trriity which IN this 6spiora1ie war
+, she al's chalked out Tor herself Least of ala
| should Der aid be Invoked by thosa whc have
jnst enacted a hostile tariff with the ielibe--
, ate and ayowed iatention Of excluding from
| their markets the staple products Of nsr In
aust.y. Still ME. clay appeals 20 us TO aid
| ere ssoas- beet cs,storaer.n w. presume he
means TO ait. that eoantry by orr active oper-
alton IN enabling it 'e vtoiate the .rea, prin-
cinte of iihartT f'that ali power Is derived from
| the consent OF tbs governed
! II this be not the object OF Mr.. CLAW, we
| are ~ s loss 70 discover what he has writ ten
| for, and VIE feel he will not be more srccecg-
| ful IN answering this than ..e IL s been IL an
| swsTing that other question Win which he
CONNER "es his ietter--''What arc we 1gh ting
forF' We have no intention Of entering into
| "a pi!atical war with Cur racs and ally
, We never GreGrnt of "captG-ricg anS sclh NJ
| u orr ports the property, or OF endangering
the lives OF psacsable citizens OK America all
| over the world" We have proclaimed our
! neu trality 2rd authoritativeiy co.nTna AIDED
every British subject to abstain froa, III IN
reference II The unhappy quarrel which
| has m2de the men Ct our own race 1T the
other side ot tue Il Iiantlc tl0 deadly ioes Of
each other. Whaa, tneL, has the letter bscn
| written tor, If not TO coax or scare US from
0uT world approved policy OF nen+ra!ity =
Where, indeed should British honor place
| Great Britain in this contest bat IN the very
place she occupies at this moment, that Of u
neutral-that of ? friend Of both p2riiee who
! viii cheeriuly ana promptly Acknowledge
the GOv2TnfnsE1 Or SoyeInm 4Gt5 which shall
outiiye this ever-tC- be- e-regrettet war, tha {
! must, aa il progresses. tsnd 70 dehun,aniz8
| those who ere engaged il, it--auG for the ad-
vaucement Of TO .;rvat Or hc!y cause bro thers'
hands in brothera' blood. Even the venerable
observation-disclosures the greatest champion
of freedom the greatest chain breaker OF tbs
oppressed, ana especially OF the oppressed
. negro race, hat the world eyer sav--even ne
has stamped with his aince7e approval the
policy Of neutrality adopted By orr GoverH-
meat.
The letter which has called for thass ohser-
vGtions is more re1lari1b bic fer its 81 sound
ing phrases than for solid arguments, and tre
| writer Inrct not ce offended il we tell hin,
! tn&t the United Kin nZQOul-nct EinGEG.1g--o.
Great Britain and ireland is the BEST con SER
| vatOr ot her own honor, the best judge Of her
ov.E interest; aua tL.&t CS she noG- right lcy-
! ally sslrtas the Stars end Stripes, 80 she re-
| serves the righ:to salu the P&lrnett ito, ,shouid
| the children Of the Soutd succeed il retaining
the independent position which they have as
ejiI:,etI in forming themselves INTO = new union
of Confederate States. We have 10 oe5i nut
only with the political but with the CONNER
clai bearing .! the quarrel; and were net 4
certain line OF policy forced upon Us BY our
honor III opposition 70 oar interest iu the
mere commercial sense cf the VCrd We ehou i'd
| lrnpaediateiv dispatch fee: which woUii ef,
| fectually open 10 our commercial may every
harl}cr OF the Soutn.