The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-27

RICHMOND. VA, 7
To which add Ne 6avehcldine Terri.
tofy OF New 4exloo In undisturted
poeseasaoo Of the OonSsdarases. 1900. QS5l7
Total population, sctual and prospective,
OF the Confederate States. -........... 6076 0oC
, AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
THE NEW YORK "cnAMBRR OF connHRCs" Arp
Brittle NEUTRALITY.
Prom the London TimsAl
To-day Ne publiah the text Of the rsmoostrsuee
OF the Qew York Chamber Of Commerce Thsv
have Issued report upen this subject IN which
cheney Of their own navy but they declare that
"the mest widespread desperation n risina
against this country. becauSe the Ooufedsrats war
steamer Alabama burnt the Federal merchant ship
that the Alabama Wa built In this country, and the
guns with which she 10 mounted were also bousht
In this country. We have NO doubt Of these facts,
although No have NO special Information q TO
them. But what has England to do with this -
suppose We had knowingly allowed ship-of- war
TO be built and armed. and provisioned add
manned. and TO 60, flying the Confederate nag, out
ofone OF our seaports, We should have done wrons
We sho1'd have done what the United States did
when, during the Rusaian war. they ssnt the Anne
ricA aeross the Pacific 10 the Rusdans In the Ysl.
low Sea.
We should have done what the United States
did whom the Russian war ship, the 0rsat Admiral,
was Laid down IN IN Amsriean deskyard Dut ~
hsvs usef6 sa1pu6 5kUy nsOVSfy ~ = LII 5i57.
Whether she was better adapted for war or Tor
peace IL nothing to them or to ~. She loft our
port an unarmed vessel Depend upon II, she In
fringed no law, municipal or international, for Mr.
Adams and his agents, a. we'll a. the secret oom.
mittee which sits In London, had al their eyes upon
her. Whether she would have been lawful prize
when she had left our waters we know not That
must depend upon her papers. But she was not .
ship which our Government had q right to stop
Hew many steamships docs the New York Cham.
Der of Commerce think our ship builders turn out
in . year' Are we to shut up our ship yards, -
we'll as our factories, - an homage to the Federal
lust Of conquessi The New York Chamber Of
Commerce, and especially Mr.. Low, who seems to
be their mouth. .piece, would appear 70 be Of this
opinion. They have heard with amusement" that
other ships are being built In England and SCOT
land which may possibly become, at future time,
Confederate vessely-ofwar. Mr.. Low has, more.
over, heard that an onelsd ship IL being butt
here for that purpose, and he has also read In the
public papers that . ship loaded with Confederate
stores was lately sunk in the Clyde.
In the old days Of dretpa Green marriages,
when An enraged guardian drove mp to NeWman's
stables ut Bernet just In time to zoe the fugitive
Bp0o0Y SQfN9Q
furiously upon the horseksspsr for having sup
piled the runaways with suen splendid horse flesh
II am strictly neutral SIR" said the master Of the
road. -Four bays the exact eounterparts In blood
and bone, are Harvesting for you at this moment" !"
We eanno: shut up our shipping yards, but all tho
world il free to buy In t.em. We do not At out
ships of.war, but We sell all the component mate.
rails to any ono who will buy. 1t js for them, at
their own risk. to take them away and put them
together. In doing this We follow very high exam.
pie, aud are covered by very high authority. In
1855 when ws were at war with Russia, some Of
Us had some foolish notion that We ought to have
the sympathy Of kindred race and . free Gov.
ernmsnt. We were inclined to expostulsts when
ve found America selling to our enemy the chief
materials by which he carried on tho war. But
what did Mr.. President Pierce answeri He show.
ed US at once how wrong We were. He prolessed
the purest neutral policy, and he thus lucdly de-
fined that policy. His Message to Congress will be
found In the 7imes. Of the 18th Of January, 1856.
In pursuance Of this policy" said Mr.. President
Pierce tho laws Of the United States do not forbid
their citizens to sell to either Of the belligerent
Powers articles contrabaud Of war, or to take Du-
nitions Of war or soldiers on board their private
ships for transportation; and, although In 80 do
ing, the individual cti1en exposes his property
person to some Of the hazards Of war, his acts do
no: involve any breach of national neutrality, nor
of themselves implicate the Government Thus,
during the progress Of the present war In Europe,
our citizens have, without national responsibility
therefor, sold gunpowder and arms to all buyers,
Our merchantmen have been, and still continue to
be, largely employed by Great Britain and by
France in transporting troops, provisions. and mu'
nitions Of war to the principal seat Of military
wounded soldiers but such use Of our mercantile
marine not intsrdctsd either by the intern atonal
or by our municipal law, and therefore does not
compromise our neutral relatioss with Russia"
fully up to the bounds Of Amasfcan theory That
theory, however, 10 perfectly sound, and there
fore 1t il that we sell unarmsd ships to all the
world, regardless" as Mr.. PRECEDENT Pierce 30 apt.
ly says "of the destinat Ion Of taose articles The
New York Chamber Of Comm.sce had better send
Capt. Wilkes after the Alabaa4a. We cannot IN.
dsrtake to capture this one Co1federate cruiser.-
We are very sorry that :he Brilliant was burnt, and
we are that the towns on the 4ississippi were
burnt, and that murder and dlshonor of men and
women Of Alabama took place These scenes arr
said to have suggested the name Of this terrible
cruiser but We know our duties a. neutrals and We
sit Is disciples at the feet of President Pierce
THE CASE OF THE BLANCHE"
Prom the London SUM-
What the proud Spanish people will say to theil
Queens representative having his face slapped
on board the British ship he had taken under hil
care, by q Yankee subordinate, We may we'll ina
CINE. A Spanish figate set forth Immediate
ly In search Of the e9ender. WHO had how
ever, by that time got himself we'll out of harms
way but tbs Spanish Government will doubles,
remonstrate effeetually with theimpudent Yankee
for tho shameless violation OF their neutral waters
for destroying ship under the protection Of thel,
fag as we'll as that of . neutral aud friendly MA
tion and for the personal insult to q national au
thoritv. Mr. Lincoln will hsve to apologize no
only in words, but In that metal precious In th'
North that he must pay premium Of 80 or 40 PEI
cent. TO get 1t.
From the Shipping aad Mercantile Gasstte)
II the details of the destruction of the Blansh,
are supported by the facts, the Federal Govern
ment is placed in the unpleasant position OF havtnl
to account to Spain for violation Of her territory
and to England for gratuitous outrage upon thu
property and persons OF British suo5ecss We are
ish Government will doubtless know how to vindl
cate its own honor, and to uphold the authority o
its officials Our Government must also see that /
Is time to interpose to protect those who uso th'
great highway of the Atlantic for the purpose q
legitimate trade from acts Of lawless violence Il
tho prosecution OF that trade.
ANOTHER CABlkEr MIRIsTER ON THE WAR.
Ats very influential county meeting recent,
hsld At Exeter, to consider means Of relieving
the dstrsasan the factory districts, Mr.. Dsise, o
Somerset, the First Judge OF the Admiralty
said
Everv Huslishman felt that they should be d.
lishted 70 - the war brought to . eonclusion-
that war which was most sanguinaEy, aua whiel
had been conducted II the most savage m&AE b
the destruction Of both life ard property. An9f[s
OF meQiauon might % EeSSsvou ony WIZ VIZ. ATsons .r
ment, &athat time I'D opportunity must there
fore. be carefully watched. The Government o
this Snd5V, q we'll q every other Christian Gov
eenment f1 Europe, would bs too glad II they eoolt
see the means OF aauisting TO put an end = th'
strife. Dat they must make An allowance Tor tn
4wo belliserent. He saw In the papers that ther'
were violent articles written against each party
But when they took the matter - 1t stood. thel
would ses that the quarrel having been commenced
there were great di6eulties in II, and that there
vers sIso srest diflcuites In bringing about ,
peaee: for they expected to put aside that strife