The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-02-07
what ENGLAND thinl.a Of lhe BIoclsade

what England THINKS of the Blockade
or thc Southern Forts.
From the London POST (SIinisteral orgau) Jan y.
The danger which is to be apprehended ari-
SEES not so much from South Carolina (who, ii
left to herself, cannot in the slightest degree
dsarrange the balance ofpower upon the North
American continen0but in the creation ofthree
separate confederacies-f of Southern states,
secondly. of Midland and Western States, and
thirdly. of Northern States-each of which will
have different and antagom2uc interests Az
present the notion seems to prevail thaJ II
South Carolina should be supported by Geor-
eia. Alabama Texas, Louisiana, and other
slave Statesthe North may be driven into some
compromise by means Of Virginia as kind Of
general arbitrator We do not think that the
free States will purchase peace at the price Of
surrendering the rights and duties Of humanity
To preserve the Union they have made many
sacrifices but they cannot further consent to
submit to tie arrogant dictasIon OF the South.
They have, if they please, both the power and
the means 10 compel the obedience OF south
Carolina They have only 10 apply to that re-
belIious State the ordinary laws of maratme
warfare to intercept the cotton trade, to til The
seas with their priya.eers, aud to bring disaster
and ruin upon the export ofsave produce. But
the position which South Carolina has assumed
is not without interest and Importance to this
country. Is England to recognize the de }aCiO
government which exists in the State, and TO
receive the ambassadors which South Carolina
is about to send to this country armed with Of
fers Of free trade, which, in reality, would only
cover and legalize the most detestable traliie
which has ever disgraced humanity-compulso
nv labor and man stealing? Ne JetieDe tt0t the
British Government 100uld refrain from heatjng
nth such missionaries until The pcl0 President
has had an opportunity Of explaining and acting
upon his policy, and showing to the world
whether or not the free States Of the North are
willing for the purpose OF preserving a worth
less, unsubstantial. Union, to give indefinite eX-
tension to the curse Of slavery. 4 maTatime
aoar, achich isOuid destroy the cotton trado, and
yaralyze one great staple Of The industry Ia Ills
country, loouLd be equally unpopular IN England
and The United States. The evil, if possible, is
to be avoided but it is hardly to be expected
that, in the face Of revolutionary force, the
North will recede from its just rights, or that
the South will, in the moment Of success, sur
render those advantages which Mr. Buchanan
has placed in its hands. At this day it appears
strange to speak Of the balance Of power upon
the American continent Washington, in his
farewell address, speaking Of the Union, made
use Of these memorable words lie told his
fellow citizens " that they should cherish a cor
dial, habitual, and ImmOYable attachment to il d;
ana aCSusJoul tHeHISeiF 60 u lhiuh anu sPSdh VI
it as the palladium Of their political liberty and
prosperity"
This great work is about to pass away /; in
fact It has been shattered to its very tounda-
lions Should secession extend, the balance o.
p0ver lClU be transferred to CaRada which shows
in its prosperity and contentmcnt that monar-
chal Institutions in reality constitute the best
and securest guarantee for rational and w,n
regulated liberty. In England the sympathy OF
the people is with the northern States. 10 one
desires to witness the disemberment Of great,
friendly, aud cognate nation; but if this object
be accomplished the blame will rest with the
people of the South, whose treason and rebel
lion have been aided and abetted by the tenn
porizing and cowardly policy Of President Blu
chanan