New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-18
Letter froar1 London.
Special The New ORGANS cIesesls


Letter frona tosadota.
special 70 the New or;esas crssesps
1E. Editor news of tIIe fase of FoFs ssrt1s
ter, in Charleston haFhor, has made Manchester
and Birmingham trembTe, and raised the prize DC
cotton. All the newspapers have saiEen M ilie
subject and discussing it IN ways as Tafi6us az
The different minds that control them suIae t5nk
the act will lead TO an imme5iate attempt atFeeen-
citation others thatitis the tGcsin that sonnds the
perpetual separation of the States and dissolution
Of the Union; others, again, tuat it will cad ID q
speedy snbiugafon of the f0nth and the f9feI3ls
surrender Of her claims 70 legal and constitutional
redress Iii always unsafe for peapis ut SO graat
distance, and so little acquainted with the tfue
cauae Of quarrel, to predict the fate Of auch war
| ! would not myself undertake to do 30, for know
too well the relentless and bitter annoalsy ot the
North, and the inbred anaticism Of their character,
TO hope for anything from their sense OF Justice
| generosity Of temper. What prospect, then, is
there that We shall soon hear that y6u have thrown
| down your arms and embraced each uther2 For
| my part, can none. cannot believe that The
South will tamely submit, that the North viii Or
can change those hatefal eharacteFarEeB which dis
| bingufsh them.
/ If may form a Judgment from q careful pefasaE
Of the speeches and Iettera Of your leading staes
men, as they have appeared from TING TO time Ia
the public press for the last slx q elght
4 Yisement, and has been gFaveIy and serT0WSmaly
looked forward to, as the oniy resort, under the
| gathering clouds of Northern injaAtees that you
could have recourse to- It was deliberately de-
claFed and conelu-iyely shown, that certain rain
awaited you in the Union, and that nothing greater
could await yon in leaving il. This il NOT snfisr
cienty understood here. Your statesmen have Hofs
30 far as know put forward for publication III this
country a statement OF grievances, in such afoFm
as to cover the wnoie ground. Could that be done,
the most radical of the newspaper press here Waua
be disposed to do you justice As IL noW II, the
Republican newspapers Of the North form the apin
ion Of the English people. say this also for another
reason which is this--I feel persuaded that y9Hr
difficulties will be settled without foreigis ss
, | teTuentiOn The North will not make peace on
your terms; you cannot make it on thelrs. Ihe
contest therefore, must continue until some tliEd
party shall, with q strong hand and competent AM
thority, interfere Hence, y0nr statesmen sheuld5
, study to concate both this country and France
by the most liberal commercial ofisrs appeal no
longer to that which has no existence "A Sense nj
Justice in the North-but 10 the Europe2n powers.
This mawkiah sentiment of Abolitiohani belongs ~
no respectable government in Europe; nor VIII ifs
| action be determined by it. do not EnoW h0W
well qualified your delegates recently sent out 90
London and Paris may be to set forth the origin
and nature of your grievances; bnt am sure tilas
If they do full justice 10 your cause, quite iasurA-
BILE change may be expected 70 take place il the.
utterances Of the press.
/, White the Times and the Post enter upon 70 hi
discussion Of your situation in manner 70 make
one suspect their object ID rather to make p rho
torical display than to deliver eomprehensibts
and clear Judgment the Economist looks at Il iIa
calm deiiberation, and thcngh not without prsJd-
q
r upon the WHOLE these remarks are not worth cupy
ing and will, therefore, refer TO one or two only
t Speaking of what ia 10 follow the fall of Sumter
it says tIf 1t be war, we are bound TO wait alie
n results Of that war. premature recognition Of
/, the Southern C5nfederaey would be deBarture
o from the recognized course of England and could
n not but therefore express poiltica naas h isof
of the seeedevs. II IS notorious that such resog
h milton would not imply any such bias nor Wdniq Il
be contrary to that course heretofore py
England. OF preeedents, she has abundance z 70
rfuryy
u has not failed interpose, even, too " hen heI
le interests were less extensively concerned
history will bear out in the assertion, that she
n has uniformly ognized the nationality of States
at while in actual revolt and with arms in their hanS
le and more, that she has rarely recognized tasm q
under any other circumstances. Therefore, say
of you secure such recognition and al ,he y ~
Iy fits following from it, if you 60 the right w 4
1e work. .
Mt to be called up by Mr. Gregory, in the Honss g
q, Commons for the mme diate fecogniti iosl III ihs
on seeded States, and expresses the opinion wa
al such course would be diseracefn 70 Gsaaia Y
on this stage of the conflict says tins neeanse
is has a foolish dread that the new Republic Wia fa
to open the African slave trade, aud il therefore 81
of dorses the amendment which will be ofered q
Mr. Forster, to the effect that che House Of 5oif
ant mons does not at present desire to express
Tas opinion in favor of such recognition, and tiSs
ink that the Government will at no time make u = M
un out obtaining due security against IR ftileHa4
1ch the African slave trade.n
/ annrehand thaS Mr. Forsters amendment nj
L. y
pom prevail, because Parliament is not yet prepare .
act in the PREMISES nor can u acG nnfl the s
be- of quarrel and the cais OF the egntehdlrg pai
,rth are clearly understood But mf GTeSofy y hStis
was NAV give rise to debate, and so bring cut aA g
preston Of views by memhers OF the Ha0se e 3
ton of the Ministry, and SO put Us ID oi
srn- portant information in regard 10 their sentIne
one This think, will be the course fooWeds tnr sh
rom land does nothing hasiiIy say Tins " bile fee
und quite secure in the beiIei that boih Peaeai Z,
of commercial interests will concur to shape q
the | nblirv Nayer form NDnluDS 6i0VHflIzlEE
and bv the actions of IdiYiduals--especially os q
of Governments of England aad France Ihe p
con- of your country and the pen Of this are alyFa
ready to put forth their views as the views q va
tsof ernnlent and to pledge it to certain eours
the action, when there is no reason Whatever ~ ~
oln, tain them. In your country i may DO for g
ual politicians look to the press for the
ion, that public opinion by which alone they q
/ as guided: and which, let me add, wakes theR Y
au- willing tools of factions and degrades them ~
level of boslerous aud ignorant coIsueaea PIG
en- Happily, this country is free from THIS deLnosHl
uch delusion and statesmen are free enough to CO
mpt suit the peoples interests in preference To thf
llle- preiudicea and passions.
our England is alarmed about the threatened i
hen critics of the blacks in St. Domingo and Has
and from the encroachments OF Spain What 3 cha
the pion of human rights England il Haw testid'
ces humane and gentle in all that concerns the ner
But give him the color Of an East Indian, aii5t
thin this yanishes at once The truth is, England az
the not want Spain to expand and strengthen hnFas
the as she appears to be doing just now. Ihere
our Italy just becoming 6rst-rats power; and ns
ion, Spain is awakening from her long stamher Q
lace England cannot endure the presence OF SO THii
the aspiring equals. Do You suppose thar Ensta
ing. would not rejoice at any catasrophe that Wol
orce extingush the maritime and industrial I1Raf5
9 by your Northern States? II you da 4 do mol,
'ola- think you may count upon 1t as source oi n
ther patby for you. A. y, y
fall Letter from, the Littie Widow. 8
ONE HoMs, May 10, 1867