The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-26
MIR. Stewards Fertilization Circuinr--Its
Effect at the Sorih--Opinions Of the

| tary Seward, recommending the Boyernors
OF the Northern States to provide for the de.
fence OF their from tiers and seacoast, has crea-
ted an intense feeling at the North, where ii
seems to be- considered a diplomatic puzzle,
intended fors some supposed important object
| which the POLITICAL editors cannot yet deter
mine. 1t would seem, however, from the
| tenor of their articles, copious extracts from
which we give below, that 1t Is supposed the
| circular is TO counteract any influence that
| our Commissioners, ,Messrs Mason and Siidell,
may exert in Europe, should they safely ar
rive there The New York Efmess, however,
sees nothing in it but a preparation reasona.
bly, called for by the menacinS attitude OF
| England, and says:
| Mr.. Stewards edmonton to England and
| other powers, for we presume from its pu bii-
| cation, 1t Is rather al admonltlon than an ad-
dress 10 Gov. Morgan, is well, very well; but
| we must not consent ourselves in receiving II
| only as foreign adm DnitIoE, but prepare tor
IL here at home in foytifging apd a17aisg. The
| whole militia system of this State should be
| remodeled the moment the Legislature as
| sem hles. Every man in the State, from j. TO
| I3, should he brought under arms, for we
Know not what day the British red coats IN
| Canada may he pitched in upo1 MS But there
are offensive steps 10 be taken rs we'll as de-
| fensiye. our reciprocracY tre y with Can
ada should be oyerhauled, and Canada should
be made to feel that her cause and the cause
| OF the North are one.
| What we want us an Offset l. British in ter
| Terence In our civil war is American inter
| ference in England and Canada re- deY eop-
ing TO the utmost there the abolition and
| anti slavery furore. If we haV. Irish orators
! here that re- tread in safety the soil OF
| Ireland, let them 90, as commissioners, and
| touch the Irish heart once more. Great
| Britain is giving us every reason TO excite,
! wherever We can, sen tinlent, passion, VITA n
| against the Administration OF the British
| Government.
The krwess, before the war and since the
war, mas never disguised its apprehensIonS
that we were to have serious troGble with
! Great BlltaIu, and with France, too, If we
ana not diptOmatiHe, and gave France busi-
| ness faVOrs At The cost OF Great Britain. The
| feeling against Great Britain, indeed, in this
| country, is becoming So strong, that hundreds
| OF us, who denounced the Morrill, tariff as 4
| harbaTIsm i'll trade, rather rejoice in il now,
| and wish II was an embargo on British i'm l.
| portatons rather than a tariff. Ii the Nor
rlll tarlH dld not exist, aSsC Citations would
| soon be forming to touch not, taste not Brit
| ish man ufactUTed goods.
The New York Commercial rep takes the
| Secretary severely to task for issuing the clr-
| cular. II says
The first thing probibIy that will strike the
| re;tde! Is the lueOngrUitV between the recon =
| mendation so earnestly and deliberately made
! and the distinct assurance that the danger O1
| any disturbance Of our friendly elatious with
foreign powers il ''nO W less serious th9u it has
| been at any previous period during the course
| Of the lnSurreCtion.' II by this language the
| Secretary CiState means that such danger is
SILL serious, bttt less imminent than it was say
Ihree or SIX mon tbs ago, We can only say thai
| he expresses himself somewhat vaguely, and
| even that luterpretdt on Of his circular does
not much mend the matter The call upon
the states 10 dc the work that deyolyes upon
the Federal Cove -nment oUgnt to have been
made when the danger was most impinent
| and should not have been deferred TO the
| period when the danger was ssiess serious. :
And why should the Secretary OF State thu;
throw this alarm creating appeal before tht
| country now, that any possible danger has
| nearly vanished, when 10 recommendation
was made to Con eress Oh the subject, although
| upon The Secretaly's own showing, the dan
ger was mare serious when that BODY was il
| session than it now is
We are at a loss 10 understand the princi
| pies by which the Secretary Of Stale has beer
| guided in this matter. When the danger wa.
serious" thar istingnished officer OF the GOV
| ernment was silent. though Congress was il
| session, and certainly not indisposed libpraily
! 10 entertain any recommendation from III.
| Administration: ana now, within SIX week.
| OF the next meeting of the same loyal and IA
| tf1otc body, al appeal is made to the Gov
| ernors OF states to commence and expedite
the We nai OF toruiicAtioa, v hen il is noLorioE.
| that tie majority OF the Legislatures of thcs,
states, who alone can take any moyemen is il
| tnAt direction, 90 not meet Until January.
! month after Congress has assem- bipd Eithp,
| the danger Of disturb rbanCe 10 our presen
| peaceful relations with foreign Powers in
! stead of being diminished, is really 'fiR0rs Sc
| rlous than il has been at any previous ptriol
| during The course Of inSUrrecto9." p" or tha
| SehIeman has written an untimely and in ia
! diciCuS circular. We have called il alarm
| creating. One inevitable ef,-ct et j. we iiidy,
| win be-, thar il will disturb aud dppress tht
| money market, capse rqpid dtr}iie in sfocts
| and not unlikely interfere seriously with The
| progress OF the Government loan. This SC
| fNper enceG q pubiic man rs Mr.. Secretary
| Seward ought 10 have foreseen, and to hay,
| avoided, il possible.
For these reasons the Coatmercial doutts
the seasonableness and eXpediency Of III,
circular and throws out the suggestion tha
ga depudatOn be appointed TO wait upon In,
President, III order to ascertain the meanin;
of the circular, and whether any real caus
for alarm exists elsewhere than i'll the mine
| of the Secretary of State
The Post Rep styles the circular "a Di
| plomatic Puzzle and says
| If the document means simply that tn
| Governors of the States and the Federal au
| thorlties should confer together as 70 III
| method of effective deteuces. il goes 4 lonj
| way round IN order to say very plain thing
| Or, if il is meant warning TO foreig
| powers, it might be suggested that deeds an,
| not words are what the foreign powers re
| gard. The defences themselves, constructs
| without preliminary flourish, would be tn
| best warning that We could give to any bod
of ministers on hostile thoughts intent.
The Tribune thinks that the panic at III
| stock market was causeless, and says:
! There has seldom been II more baseless re
| action witnessed in the street than this one
| as the circular OF Mr. Seward, although i'll
| timed and unnecessary, contains nothing
| which Conld alarm any one, excepting Til
| most timid, and indeed commences with I'll
: assurance that the prospects OF any disturb
; | ance OF amicabie relations with foreign
| :
commencement of the rebellion. Yet som
| of the specuiators in Wall street were de
ternined to under the thin Veil of tA
weil-turned sentences of the Secre tary tha
: | he antici pa ted a war with either France o
England, aud desired our coast 10 be pre-
pared for il.
The Tins believes that the threatenin
troubles limited at in the circular may grow
ont Of the proposed European moyemen
against Mexico, and remarks:
We have very little doubt that our Gov
ernmept is prepared TO extend the utmos
| aid TO Mexico ia her extremity, and to oite
armed resistance, il necessary, ttg tinsJ the al
temrts at invasion and conquest which span
may make. 1t is idle 70 say We nave no III
teteSts TO be protected there, aud that we can
| not afford 10 waste our sIehS IN IN lSAtln
| the battles of other nations. We snail b
| fighting oar own battle most eaeetually il
defending Mexico against European Goa quest
| Our prestige and national honor are IA owe
| in resisting such an effort to piunt a hosul
| flag upon our weakest and most exposed iron
: | tier. We presume il is afsinst possible dan
! | gers from this quarter that Mr.. SeWarkS pre-
| caution is directed France and fMslan
may possibly join Spain in her endeaNoIs, o
| they may SO far encourage her as 10 ihVoiF
themselves ia complications with our block
) ade For any emergency, it is clearly III
duty OF our people TO be fully prepared
| Tha foliouipp from 1be ph;ladci phia Bn