The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-04

fort and we shall soon have evidences afford |
ed that they are ready to extend TO them |
material support. The movements Of Mr.. /
Russell, the correspondent Of the London |
Timer, are very suspicious. II seems, by q |
recent dispatch from Mobile to n Charles ton
paper. that he has recently paid a visit to one
OF the Southern forts, and took occasion To
make some useful suggestions to the COM
,nauder from the know ledge he had gained In
the Crimea A Southern paper also speaks
patroniZingiy Of him, and Of his intended
visit 10 a relative in Jackson, Mississippi, ana, |
in fact, he seems to be "A pet and ilVorite so
far all over the South. Let him beware We
have now, in addition, too, the facts OF the IN
soIent conduct OF the English Consuls AT NOT
folk and Havana, and the refnsai Oh 'he eleI'
O bring arms and munitions OF war pur-
cha sed in England by the agents OF our IoV-
ernment In the face of all these ana otheE
startling ofneEs, II behooVes our bo'eIlihenS
tn be the more firm and Yigliaht, LOT mere IN
the most subtle ana most po"oiiui oHo'AS VIC
have 10 contend with.
..Ths forts in all our barbors should be at
once properly armed and garrisoned, the pos
session of those III the hands OF the rebels is
now the more operative, and the occupation
of every Southern seaport Is Indispensable
for the prevention OF that export OF cotton
which the British, under some pretext or
o,brr will insist on main tanning. We are
v,pak on the SEA, comparatively, and they Will
take advantage OF what they Will term our
ineffective bloc kade. The object of England
l. TO destroy the power and prestige OF this
nesses when starvation WAS oyert,king large
por ton of their people. when we returned 10
them the lost ship Resolute, and hnstened TO
extend oyatious to the Prince OF wales. An
,1t.c alton of humanity, too, on their part,
has obliged our Government 10 MAINTAIN lot
Years pas t, at q great expense, a Heet on the
African coast-and how are these sacriiices
repaid now BY recognition Oh II near less
and bloody rebellion, SANCTION OF piracy,
and a sympathetic connivaEce al the destruc-
ton and over throw OF All our Ihatefiai inter
ests Let the Government be fore earned,
and the press and people aroused 10 the oah-
ger of luis crafty and unpriDcipled power.
Every means to cripple and thwart III snouio
be awaited OF as soon AS It's intentions are Vi
uciaIly known. No more eHectuaI way can
be devised than TO stop the export OF giaiu
and proyisiou-tLis VIII cause q greater 5 fess
and howIing amongst their operatives IMAM
the loss OF cotton, aud as soon as their NOS ne
puruoses are known, let All lurlheT snip
meuts us well as importatons, be forbidden
IF England does not come down at this sum
mons. she must be past all fear as well as feel
ing. And yet, judging from all the signs OF
the times, we are inclined 10 think that she
will persist in giving aid and comfort, anu
finally, as the Times suggests, before long
material aid " to the rebels. We have never
doubted the policy of England. She is the most
far-seeing and the most powerful of nations,
and infallbly sagacious and intiexi0iy true to
her own interests. Hence, we are not sur
prised in the least at her present position, anu
shall be greatly astonished indeed if the worst
If the Who'll .some fears entertained by the
Times are not fully realized in few short
months.
The feelings of Great Britain toward her
successful colonies were probably such as the
North will know how to understand when, at
ter long war, they are forced to acknowledge
Southern Independence. If the North thinks
il will soon forget and forgive the loss OF such
an empire as the Southern States, then 1t may
ina CINE that England readily forgot and for
gave the loss of her American jewels. If, in
addition to the natural feelings of luminosity
which belong to good hater, tho North can
imagine what its feelings would be to see the
Southern States not only independent, but a
commercial and manufacturing rival OF the
North, it can understand how the resentment
of England for the result of the Revolutl n
hus not been diminished by tho fact that her
former colonies had become her chief cOmpet-
| tor in commerce and manufactures III the
world. When vengeance and interest both IN
dictate certain course of policy to a nation,
il il Reasonable to infer that she viii not lose an
| opportunity in which they may be gratifed with
| safety Even if she have no vengeance to
approximation it is not in human nature to
| bclieve--her interests are as clear as daylight
| in favor Of Southern independence.
l L.,
| sympathy whatever with Southern institutions,
nor any preference of Southern over Northern
people, though it is just possible that she may
be aware of the fact that the Revolution was
prompted in the North by selfish and sordid
motives, and was supported in the South by
| disinterested and magnanimous valor. But
her interests require her to have cotton; she
| will soon learn that instead Of obtaining it by
railroad to Northern cities, as she has been
led to believe by Northern statements would
be the ease, not n bale will be permitted tt
leave the country except by Southern seaports
and cotton she must have. 1t is needless to
say she has nothing to fear from the North
She is not depend ent upon the North for d
| single article in the world. An alliance with
the South will secure her manufacturing and
commercial supremacy beyond the possibility
of overthrow. Well may the Northern journal:
dread the worst. If the South can hold til
own, il will secure the active aid of England
and France. day of retribution is coming
when the curses of war and bloodshed which
these wretches have evoked will descend upol
their own guilty heads.
The Outrages AT Hampton aud Alexandria
| We have never heard in civilized warfare O