Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-06-13
VOL. XVIII, NO. 9SS.
What Will England aol

Will Lord PaInlerston receiyefhe South
ern commissioners and directly or implicitly
recognize The Confederacy? lie has adif-
ficult game to play. He hasthe Tory op-
position, who, if in power, would recognize
the Confederacy, to contend with-he has
the Liverpool and Manchester influence,
which is all cotton and pro slduery, to
manage. Now, if these woparties shoald
unite, they would place him in the minor
ity, and compel him to resign, when the
Tory minister would come into power. II
Lord PalmeFston loves power, and to per-
petuate his hold Of it he may, to please
Manchester and Liverpool. give quasi
reeognition-may 50 arrange matters as to
receive the cotton and send goods free Of
duty. But this win lring him in direct
contact with the North, and it's the opin-
ion Of faI-seeiDg men in Lopdon that war
with the United States viii result | do
not think that Palinerston desires a war
with the United States, as that would be
very unpopular in England Nay, it is
certain that should be SO tamper with the
slavery question as to sanction it by an i'm
piled recognition, the strong anti-slavery
element ~ England, Scotland and Ireland
would drive him from the premiership
The temptation of England is very great,
for the failure to receive the cotton viii
throw four to six millions of working peo-
pie out CONFERENCE.-The failure to re-
ceiye the cotton will stop the profits Of the
merchants and manuflcturers-will cut
down pnncely wealth Of many. The cry
there is Give us cotton. This will crowd
Palmelston very hard. No completely
tciM SLAVERY. will also crowd him very
hard. He seems to be between the upper
and the neither millstones, and may, if they
are whirled with force, be ground to pow
der. 1t is then Il grave question, What
viii England do9 1t is no answer TO say
she will consult her own interest. tits on
ly putting the question in another shape,
What is her interest? She takes about
100 millions in cotton. The South takes
90 millions Of goods, and the North 100
millions. Win She compel the North to
manufacture, and exclude all her msaufac-
lures? Will she pay the South 100 mil
lions annually in gold? How long can she
stand it? The drain Of 40 millions for
breadstuffs alarms her, and runs up the
rate Of interest. England hasa very COM
plicated question to settle. At present
t ey most feel the prospective want Of cot
ton; and this, under the pressure Of the
Tory and the Manchester urgency, may
prevail. The uniform talk of the English
is that the North viii now bear a great deal
from England, and submit to much morti-
fcation rather than have war with her
whilst she has the present trouble with tho
South England may carry this idea quite
too far, and find a strong American party
at home who haze large pecrniaTy interests
in the United States, and that Manchester
is not the only interest e be consulted.
Should England provoke war with the
United States, and thus divert her naky
and army there, it would furnish the con-
tinental despotic powers q grand onpoHu-
nifty to combine and make humiliating de-
nands Of her. The doctrine now set forth
is this, We have the right to get our corr
from the North and our cotton from the
South, and nobody has the right to forbid
it. This is the opposite Of what she hold;
when she blockades the ports Of an enemy
I trust that calm counsels will prevail il
England, and that the world will not wit
ness the disgrace Of a tri-fratet..al war.
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