The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-13
AMERICAN AFAIRS IN EUROPE.
sow TIE UNITED STATES MAY BE COMP ELLEp rc
RELAX THE GORDON

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soW TIE UNITED STATES MAY BE COMPELLED TO
RELAX THE GORDON.
From the London Fconomistl
That England has far too great respect for
International law and morality, and far loo
much consideration for future and remote
conseq uences, forcibly to interfere with or
prohibit the blockade we have we trust. made
clear In previous numbers. But those, who in
tiielr dread OF a scarcity Of cotton would have
our Government take this perIlous and un-
WarrantIbie step, would do well to consider
whether, apart from the i'm propI iety and IRA
uOnAllty or their demand, they are not defeat
ing their own end by making it. The seeding
States have based much of their action and
many OF their expectations upon the couyic-
uon that England cannot do without their
cotton, and that, If it be long enough with
held, she will interfere to break the blockade
by force in other words, that he will en-
brace their cause and virtually declare war
against their rival that is, that she will take !
precisely the line which these cOmplainauts
are urging her to take.
The South is deliberately working and
toiling TO force US into quarrel with the
North; and Englishmen are found ready to
fall into the trap, and help her sinister de-
slgns Is 1t not obvious that so long as the
Conteoerates entertain any hopes that Eng
land Will thus interfere, they will obstinately
retain their cotton on the plantations and >ef
fectuaIly prevent our getting it in any mode
And is 1T not obvious that nothing will SO
foster and prolong these fallacious hopes as
the language which, under the dread of COM
ing pressure, these inconsiderate merchants
and manufacturers using? That the
distress must be great and wide spread in the
industrial districts of Cheshire and Lanc;.-
shire, il the American crop is really and nor
manently withheld, we entertain no donht
and we are not surprised that all concerned
(aQd who Is not concerned y should yi.W the
prospect with alarm. But the sole practical
question is, how can the threatened danger
be most fectuaily, and yet rightfully avert
ed Now, as we have repeatedly shown this
resources Of the South, never very vast or
very ready, are derived solely from the sales
of their produce for of accummu! lated fnnds
they have no great store. The sale of their
cotton crop will, therefore, soon become To
them an object or absolute necessity; and
when they ieel this, and can be definitely
satisfied that forcible intervention from En-
rope is an Idle dream, thsy 1iH hurry their
cotton down to the ports or to Some easy and
safe distance from the coast so as to have IL
ready for shipment by any vessels that arrive
and are prepared for the risk of endeayoring
to evade the bloekading SQUADRON Al
present they feel at ease, for there is no cotton
| gathered and packed, and no ships rea,jv 10
receive it; so they can safely indulge in a
/ menace, which they hope will bring terrified
Europe to their aid. But as soon as the cot
ton is ready to come forward, we have no
doubt 1t Will be transmitted to the coast. pro-
vided they can be made to renounce their
| hopes OF foreign interposition.
Now, as far as England is concerned we
oelteFs We inly cohHuently assert that her
lnterposition will be strictly limited to insist.
| ing that the blockade of every port apnoun-
ced to be closed shall be bona fde efficient and
con tinuous. She must take care that the
olockadlng squadron shall be ample and i'm
partial, shall be considerable enough really to
| prevent ingress and egress, and shall conniye
/ at the escape Of no ships, and shall give pa
| pers to none. If these requirements are not
Iuihlied-and we are by 40 means satisfied on
| this head-then we are entitled, and are
bound. to notify to the Government of the
| United States that the blockade of that port
or that coast is not effective, is not therefore
| nized by us, and will not be respected i,y onr
| ships. If we are vigilant enough in this re-
| spect, We apprehend that the blockade in sew.
erai quarters Will be found inadequate, and
| Will have to be renounced. But this is a
I very different matter from interfering To
"prohibit the blockade" altogether on the
| ground that it is very mischievous to ms
| ne one proceeding is strictly in accordance
with International law and Justice. The
other is fragrant and manifest violation OF
! both.
SOME ACTION INDISPENSABLE.
| lFrom the LONDON Shipping Gaz tte.]
Our correspondent refers to the proceed
| iEgs in the case of the HiaWatha OF which
| proceedings he was eye witness: "I at
tended The saysl in Court during the pro
Gress OF the suit relating to the Hiawatha and
one or two others. was mere spectator -
| that is, neither know the owners nor any
| OF the persons concerned in any one of the
| ships in question-and assure YOU at Ieast
| in the case OF the Hiawatha, more law points
| were made by the Judge to endeayor to sus
| tain the alleged running the blockade than
| were put forward by the District ATTORNEY
e., the public prosecutor" We have already
expressed deliberate opinion upon the ca So
OF the HiaWatha and upon the Judgment ol
Judge Belts, and we have no doubt that the
comments OF our correspondent on the con.
duct of the proceedings are quite accurate
Judge Belts rested the case upon the right
tsff fha prxSe do Ia loi,r
on the duty Of all men To obey such procia-
nation. 1t is for this that the judgm MT Ia
question has received the applause of the New
| York Press, as not only able, but "patrioiic. .
| This is a raw term as applied to a judicial de
cision, AID rs no doubt understood in Ameri.
ca, if not here. 1t means that Judge Betta
HIS done the wish or bidding of those who
appointed him. We did not require to be
told, as our correspondent tells us us the re-.
salt of his personal experience. that "there
Is an obvious, an avowed eagerness on the
| part OF the officials and judicial auth rites
10 condemn British ships upon any possible
| legal quibble or technicality." Equally Ger.
tain is it that British vessels, in the pursuit O
their legitimate trade, have been boarded
searched, and occasionally detained, without
/ lust grounds, thHt British shipS hayinc
iost their masts, have been "warned or and
prevented entering p ace Of safety"
All this is but too true. and it argues dis.
position on the part Of the Federal Govern.
ment, and of those who represent them ft
embarrass neutral commerce, and specially
the commerce of this country, which Is as un
becoming as ii is undsseryed. How ever, 1t il
quite clear the present state of Affairs >anno
| bs su ffered TO continue, and that some actiof
oa the part Of our Government is beeomina
| Indispensable.
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