Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-12-19
From the London Herald, DERBY organ, MI. ,

From the London Herald, DERBY organ MAJ .
The Federal Blockade as AT:cting a.. a..
Eeutsnis.
Lord Russell aud the Cabinet have now sor,or.
serious to think about il the matter Of American
ade, and each Sep they take will form precodt
future iursts The latest phase which the onaa, 0'
assumed, III the fast and oose policy of the Fa1 las
Government, is exceptional and extraordinary u,
believe it, in fact, TO be unsupported by any rrc3 we
and to he wanting in respect TO other Government. 7
Taking advantage Of the act of 18th February 80
which would seem TO bear on cases Of irregular c
ing from one American port to another, and @, ba
OF Sd March, 1897, which would SEEM to grant fbar
er OF RENTING fines imposed under the act OF l-Q2
are led to understand that such American vessel
have from time to time run the blockade have b.
Ieos5d, although British ships for doing the sanoat
have been condemned. Further, it appears that I,'
can vessels arriving in one American pert from sroi
with lrregulGr ClearauceS-n other words WbG b
run the biOckada-are not to be interfered with;
ture, under instructions from the Federal Grar,r
while British and other foreign vessels are we pfsn
be still liable to capture, and to subsequent cn5
ma ton in the Federal prize courts
1t would be idle for US to see what the FedenI C
erument is now driving at but the bow NAV be dro
at a venture. Time will be gained by this new Fei
scheme, and in the interval the Federal GOvprnme
will try its hand at the subjugaton of the South Io
the board If the attempt is attended with suco,
then the blockade will be raised formally; but if b}
luck follows the Federal cause to Savannah and Non
Orleans, the blockade will not be raised AM IN G
meantime the privileged American vessels wculd rG
ice, HOLSTERS oysters and other decaces not CQrra
10 tie occupied cotton ports, and carry back with tl
all tie cotton that could be had. Presuming this to
all the line which the Federal Government iate,5
/ to take it may he asked whether Lord Russell ami T
British Government will Iend themselves to lis helm,
tried VII Lord Lyons be instructed to as, an rr
PLANTATION from Mr. Seward and Mr. Seward be Nor
mitted to deliberate and confer and stir M in the sn
breath the angry element Of which American sociefvi
composed
If So we DO not hesitate 10 affirm that more c,ava
responsibility was never assumed by The constitutional
advisers of The Grown. 1t WOud be the rpspo0siAitr
Of determining whether four millions of dependent Dei
pie are this winter to be employed whether the great
est branch OF our national industry is temporarily 10 b..
destroyed whether our commerce is to be cOnvulo]
seriously than it ever has BEEN and the pillars Of
the Constitution shaken by political demagogues to Their
base On the other hand it is open to Lord John Rus
sell and the Cabinet to confer with France aud re
other powers interested, and to demonstrate with The
Federal Government in terms which will command at
tentioD, and not invole delay. Cotton will do will
out II the law of nations is TO be cOntravenc but cot
ton must have the moment it is illegally withheld
" have rights as neutralS which the Federal Govern
ment must respect and interests and honor as nation
to which dlsngenuOu8ness must not be made TO bend
When the Federal Government released the American
vessels which had run the blockade, the decision Judge
Belts In the case Of the Hiawatha and the other British
ships should have at been set aside; and when
Federal Government yielded to the Camor of the Amer
lean ship owners and merchants and cotton spnners by
the instructions given to the New York Custom IoQ@
Collector it became lawful for the ships OF all nations
to resume without molesaon, peaceful intercourse with
! the Sou thern States
| 10 crisis like the present we have no desire 10 Be
faultfndipg, but Lord Russell and the government
be sensible OF their grave miscaculation in American
matters, and OF the serious nature of the concessions
which they have made, and made in vain. TIE rigM0.
nation to blockade its own ports has been given up
paper blockade has been recognized and ships work,
lrg to the Southern coast for information and leaving
ports before which force had been ever stationed have
been captured and condemned. The time will cong
when each and all of the concessions may be brOug
before Parliament and tbs wisdom of the proceeding
called into question. And it will be remembered tha
at the beginning Of the American difficulty Lord Ru
sell felt assured that there would be no fighting
when the lighting did begin, that the numbers and re-
sources Of the North would at once prevail. ItE@l
be needless to inquire how far these msinfOImal and
narrow views shaped the course Of the coalition bo
or the want OF policy.
| Now, however, Judgment must be exercised and con-
mon craftsmanship displayed, Opinion is now vel
formed among all classes the merits Of the cOrt@t
and there will be no further reticence in the House O
! Commons. What is said out of doors daily will be
repeated IN doors when Parliament assemblies a9d Oh
every point information will be required Let Us hope
that the Government will be prepared that the most
will be made frcm now till then of or cause aDd tie
! Fed raj Government, in the meanwhile, will see tle
folly OF dragging this country, or any other country
to the struggle. Its hands should now be n enough
for TIE winter may have set in already, and left the
South str 1ger and much more determined than It was
10 March. 10 involve this country or any Other il The
contest would thus lead inevitably to the scale o1l
turned and to the South being received into the co1
muny of nations. Ultimately even if unassisted s1cl
result appears inevitable but assisted the r&u'
would OF course be hasteGed, while the Federal o'air
would enormously increase their financial and oia4
troubles. Whatever the Federal Government or ID.
British Government may do, President Lincoln al
Mr.. Seward cannot reckon longer on the foroeaTany
Of the British people, for that has 5,en taken adyan
81, md 3,jsconstrued.
A NEW HOsPITA-The State of North Car0W'