Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-20

United States OF the same year, will show ar
average reduction of one-half tho duty On ar
,icles Of European manufacture when imported
into the South. Allowing that our consumption
couslcd one-half the foreign importation o.
tho year 1859, for example, by direct inl-
portstiou OF that amount to OF. ports 3! the
standard Of duties fixed by our present. tsrit
ENGLAND alone, would have saved on the i'm
ports of that year near $40, DOC, 900. In the
same year France would have saved about
100000.
Our first legislation On the subject has
therefore. rsdounded to the benefit Of English
and French trade to the extent OF about
100000 per annum. The real annual ad'
vantage would DO much greater for two reasons
first, because Of the increased consumption
| which would follow reduced duties; and
secondly, tho estimate is too low because the
South has always consumed more than hall
tho dutiabls merchandise imported from Eu-
rope.
We NAV, if we deem it necessary or expo
don't 60 much farther than We have done IN
the proffer Of legislative Inducements. We
may offer either monopoly Of trade in certain
productions of our own, or q long and Valua
bio "free list" to tho nation that frat rscog-
nizes US. We should not hesitate to use these
and other appliances which might be suggest
ed, if they shall appear expedient in securing
US that justice from other nations to which VIC
are entitled. It was mistake to suppose that
cotton was king; but it would be equally O
mistake to forget that, though not omnipotent,
yet it is very potent; though not king, yet
it is servant OF varied, subtle and exhaustless
power when properly directed and capable Of
unlocking the closed heart Of Europe.
In regard to cur foreign diploma,ism, not
withstanding the high character and capacity
Of the agents employed, it has thus far proved
failure, so far at least IS tangible results are
concerned. Mr.. Ysncey returned dishearlened
and discouraged. Judge Rost writes in nc
better spirits. Messrs Mason and Slidell have
at lesst no pubic report to make. With q
strong European under current in our favor
the wheels Of governmental action seem some.
where locked. Diplomacy fails to move th en-.
1t may be that diplomacy, in the present pos
ture Of affairs, needs to be reinforced by other
agencies, more pliable and less restrained aAo
hamperod. Tho diplomat IS the agent Of the
government. He could not, if he would, cast
aside the badge Of his representative character
nor separate, in public estimation, his private
from his otticisl acts and opinions. What III
a private individual would be applauded aa Al,
act of patriotic championship, in Inc accredited
envoy is resisted ~ an iiuportlnent interfer-
ence. He eau not reach the sources Of power,
but must deal alone with its instruments. He
can not attack, or attempt to form, public opin-
ion, but must confine himself to the govern
ment which rests upon, and is supported by it.
He needs co>a6jutors who are unhampered by
the restraints of official propriety. Private
individuals, gifted to stand upon the rostrum,
or to WELD the persuasive pen, will have an
access to the people which he cannot have, and
accomplish good which he could not hope.
We trust thoro will arisc many such to stand
forth in foreign lands successful champions OF
the rights, and interests Of their country.
Conceal it as We may, European Sentiment
is likely to have much weight upon the ddrs
ton Of the existing war. This sentiment must
be influenced, and if possible controlled. Ju-
dicous private enterprise, under the snporvi-
sing and fostering care Of the government, will
do much to accomplish this, Such enterprise
will apply the prefers and inducements Of our
Legislation and Diplomatism. Let the English
traders be told that they can save from Is to
90 millions of dollars annually by our Indepen-
dence. Let it DO driven home to tho manufac-
rer, and his operative, that our enemies pro-
pose to tax the raw cotton which goes out from
America, and the manufactured article which
comes in, while s0o will sell him cotton free,
and remit one half the tax upon his manufac>
tured article.
Private enterprise will also greatly mid in
supplying that correct information as to the
progress OF the war, and the condition of the
bclligcrents which is so much needed in Eu-
rope. 4 correspondent in London, whose let.
ter appeared in late issue of tho Enquirer, "
writes as follows:
"The only thing that cripp!es the usefulness
of those Of US here, whose duty it is to advocate
the Confederate cause at the bar of public
opinion, is the lack of all Southern intelligence.
Mr.. Mason has received nothing from the Gov.
ernnent, and am without single letter from
home. Every scrap OF intelligence, even an
occasional newspaper, would be of incalculablo
value to me, and could be used with great effect.
Our friends at home should lose no possible
opportunity Of sending US information"
Lot foreign interests be appealed 10, foreign
prcjudices dispelled, and the foreign mind i'm
pregnsted with the truth and justice OF the
cause for which we struggle, BY all the agen-
ces, public and private, which We can employ;
and as surely as truth and justice will always
in the end prevail, 80 surely will the resistance
which we are making against the attempt to
impose upon US arbitrary tyranny by armed
violence, be sustained by thejudgment and tho
favor OF the civilised world.
News OF the Dny.
\ lady from Norfolk reports that the Fede-
raj force there, and also at Suffolk, is small,
and chiefly ,hrco months men, who csmo on,
thoy say, not to fight, but to do guard duty
They and tie officers DO not hesitate to say
that the North is very tired Of the war.
The citizens of Norfolk are very littlc in
tcrferod with by the soldiery; aud no disturb
ance has taken place since the late massacre