Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-29
British Policy Toward the United states

British Policy Toward the United states
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer
New YORK, June 23.-The news by the steamer a
st. Johns, that the Great Eastern was about to bt
dispatched from England to Quebec with troops
in some degree shakes the confidence of many PEG
pie here in the sincerity of highlands neutrality il
our American war. Look upon it in whatever lighi
you will, the movement is considered suspicious
one. In the first place. there is no apparent neces
sty for large addition TO Her Majestys forces
in that quarter. Tha Canadas, we all know were
never more tranquil than az this moment-the 10y
atty of the inhabitants never so unequiyocal. Ths
Golden Fleece which is to follow the Great Eastern
on the Fourth of July, is vessel Of first class ca
pacity, and will probably convey fifteen hundred
troops. By the two conYeyances it is not unreas0n
able to suppose an average of full ten thousand
men will be landed at Quebec, force sufficiently
formidable TO justify our Government iuterrogating
the British Minister to its business at this Pecu
liar crisis in our affairs.
Notwithstanding the recent withdrawal of Mr.
Gregory's motion, in the House of Commons, for a
recognition of the Southern "Confederaey," and
notwithstanding, further. the fair professions o.
neutrality on the part of Her Majestys Ministers
there would seem to be growing conviction witt
our merchants. bankers and public men, that John
Bull intends, after while, to have prominent
hand in the game which the cotton aristoeracy have
undertaken to play against the Federal Government
and hence war with England is coming to be con
templated as something very possible i the course
of next fall rs the present stocks of cotton
at Liverpool and Manchester are exhlusted-say
about the middle of September next-when tbs
next crop the seeding States will be about ready
to go forward 1t is believed that pretexts will no
be wanting to quarrel with the blockade, so as tt
produce a casuS beli that will result in opening tn
rebel ports to the exit of the King
1t will not be a difficult matter to pick quarrel
where quarrel is sought The occasion Of it may
be found in the judicial conscation of British mer
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undertake to run the blockade. Indeed, it. is no
certain that such pretext has not already beer
found, inasmueh as it is whispered about here tina
the bearer of dispatches George Censor, Esq,
from Lord Lyons to London, went out IN the City o.
Glasgow yesterday, conveys q strong remonstrancG
against the condemnation last week of British yes
sci by Judge Dunlop, of Baltimore, In any event
the signs of the times such to snow that the
diplomatsts of Downing street need sharp watching
and that cotton or no cotton, 1t will never do for
this Government to permit them and the Montgome
ry cOnspirators to play into each others hands
Or if they do attempt to "try it on" they must b
given TO understand that "knaves a%e not trnmps-'
ImbecIIiIy and Corruption In the Cabinet
If we are to believe the Washington Republican
letter-writers. the Navy and War Departments arC
in deplorably corrupt and imbecile condition
And what they state is either true, or there
spiracy among certain portion of the Republican!
to rid the Cabinet of Cameron and Wslles. The
denunciations of these two Cabinet officers Wash
ington correspondent of the Indiahapolis Journal
a central Republican organ of the State, says in
late letter: .
"The War Department is raising daily an increas
ed popular clamor. venture the prediction thai
both the Navy and War Departments will be reor
ganized the former evidently becoming more and
more incompetent, while the specuiations obvious
and the dreadful neglect of duty, as far as its cur
rent business goes, of the latter anOrnt to out
rage"
If Democratic papers were TO make charges halt
so harsh they would be accused of treason, in at
tempting to break down the Administration, and
thereby give aid and comfort to the enemy. As il
is, we shall not charge these Republican writers
with any such design but shall take il for granted
that the imbeciity of Welles is sl&ring and the
rascalites of Cameron so patent and outrageous
that they did not raise their voices against these
Cabinet officials, the very stones would cry aloud
in rebuke for their silence.
The New York Tribune is quite as severe upon
the Administration, which it had so great share
in electing, as our contemporary of the COJHereidl
Our Republican friends, who have been dissatisfied
with the Commercials letters will be astonished al
the course of Mr.. Greeley. In late number of the
Tribune he says:
ave call attention to the letter of our Washington
correspondent, which will be found on another page
of this paper. He tells the ADMINISTRATION some Sc
riOus truths, which they would do well not only to
lay to heart, but to act upon; and he informs the
very great asses are being made officers, and very
great knaves receive commissions in ci I'll life' He
might also have added that proved traitors are kept
in Office as representatives of the United States
abroad"
That is what we call pretty strong language, and
If INDUCED in by Democratic paper. 1t would have
been called treasonable.-CiRc Enquirer.