The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-03


ING, SEPTEMBER 8. 1856;
CORREspONDENCE BETWEEN LORD
RUSSELL AND SEWARD.
The Northern papers publish m important cor,
fespondsncs bstwesu Wm. q. Seward and Lord
John Russell Nr. Seward. Nay sssh writes %
Minister Adams, at London, under the direction of
tho Prssd<nt. that Il s dssirsbls 10 "confer With
tie friendly nations upon the prosps cts of tbs wsv
and their future course with regard 10 u. He then
says
opinion that tho industrial systema of Western
Europe and the United States, including their agr
enltnre, manufactures, and commerce, are. In some
reapects to be regarded less - distinct national
cultural, manufacturing, and commercial agencies
in which jar In one country necessarily pro
duces disturbance in sll others, 30 that serious
disorgani7ation of the machinery employed In pro
dnctiOn here cannot fail to result In disarrsnsemen
probably In disaster, everywhere abroad
There are now sone painful evidences that these
speculAtlons were not unsound. There v d;streas
among the peasantry OF ireland. In the manufac
turing towns of Belgium. ard the wine presses and
at,k.lOoms In some parts Of France seeming to he
coming to q dead stand. All the sufIsrers-I will
nOt STOP TO inquire now Jubty-lI0Ge Un0IT WlSIOr-
tunes to the civil war of the United 8tates. 1t ia
manifest that what the European nations want II
an end Of that war "a speedy, and leaving the In.
dustrial system Of this country little disoreanized
a. possible 1t would seem i1pposaibN for any
considersts person 10 doubt thas this IL ths very
cnusumuaation NAdsh the (3oyeexment Of the uolANd
States must want even more than II can BE- de-
sired by tha European 6tatss This 0overm0ent
sometimes, perhaps, sven imphtiently. Never
theless. the war has continued whole year,
against the wishes af Europe ~ well 40 of Ameries.
A new campaign IL even beginning. In order TO
determine whether It s likely TO reach the desired
end il will not bs improbable to consider the
of ts prolongatiou to the present period This Gov
ernment Ut the beginning assumed, and It has con-
stantly insisted, that ths Onion could. must. aud
should be preserved. On the other hand, the Eu.
ropean nations, when they saw the storm burst
upon the country, either doubted or actually disbe.
leved the possibility Of that great salvation. Eu.
rope had but subordinate and indirect interest IN
the great problem, and 1t supposed that II tie Unl-
ted States could be only convinced that the Union
could not In the end be preserved, they would at
cace forego the contest and consent to q national
dissolution which it was erroneouay thought would
be followed by peace, while we knew that It would
only be the beginning Of endless war. Thus, Euro
pean opinion has practically favored the insurgents
and encouraged them with ephemeral sympathies
and unreal expectations Of foreign Intervention,
and has thus protracted the war 10 the pres. nt
time,
Certainly this Government and the American
people are even more confident of the pressrva-
tion of the Union now than they were a year ago,
and are therefore, even less likely now than they
were then to accept peace, with the inconceivabls
pains and perils of dissolution. Can 1t be presump
tuous, then, for us to ask European statesmen 70
review, in the light Of the events Of the war, the
opinion which they formed at 20 early stage of
it, that ths opinion itself might. perhaps, properly
be deemed a prejudice
OF course, in such review the observer would
not overlook the contrast between the position
which the Federal Government held year ago and
its present situation Then 1t had been practically
expelled, with all its authorities civil, military,
and naval, from every State south Of the Potcmae,
Ohio and Missouri rivers, while it held In close
siege in this Capital, cut off from communication
with even the States which had remained loyal
Now 1t has virtually retaken all the positions It
early lost the seaboard It possesses the Mis-
sissippi and all the great natural highways, and
has forced the insurgents to battle in the most In.
accessible part Of the insurrectionary district. The
forces and the resources of the Government are
exhausted and Increasing. Those Of the insurgents
diminished and becoming nearly exhausted.
No one either here or in Europe, now contests
these simple facts. The only argument opposed to
tneln is that the insurgents have determined not to
acknowledge the authority Of the Union. The evil
dence of this Ia q certain resolute and defiant
maintained by their organ
Certainly, 10 long az the insurgents have any
hope of ultimate success they could not be expect
ed to discourse otherwise than In just such tone,
nor " Ill they fail to cherish such hope long as
they find . willingness to meet it with sympathy
In Europe. The very last advices which came
from that quart previous to the arrival there Of
the news Of tho fall Of New Orleans and Norfolk
were full OF speculations about some newly con-
ceive d form of Intervention.
But it must be remembered that the insurgents
are men, and that they may reasonably be expected
under similar conditions. So, also, being men, and
subject to the laws which determine the economy Of
society, they must in all cases conform themselves
however unwilling, to the circumstances by which
thAy surrnuDdad Thav hn
other masses Of men, determine for themselves
under state Of circumstances what they will
DO under different one.
4 writer upon war advises brave men never to
nail their colors to the staff remsrking that If they
shall be able, and lind 1t desirable. they can main.
tain II there without mailing, while 1t will be more
convenient to lower 1t If they shall find themselves
unable or no longer desirous to keep 1t lying
Bnt, speaking practically, what has been the Re-
sult thus far In the present case Has disloyalty
been found an indomiiabls sentiment In this war
1t pervaded even this capital and this dIstrict at
the beginning Of the strife. 1t NO longer exists
here. 1t divided Maryland, and provoked conflict
there The Union il now as strong In that State a.
in any one Of the always loyal States 1t commit.
Missouri Ia now active and earnest among tbs
loyal States. It placed Kentucky in an attitude Of
neutrality; but Kentucky ia to-day firm. rssolute,
and even selfdevoted to the Union.
In other regions where dislOyalty was more gene.
raj, such as Eastern Virginia. Tennessee. and Lou.
isiana and North Carolina, acQuiescenee Under the
Federal authorities has promptly followed their
appearance there, and the preliminary steps are
taken for The restoration OF the laws Of the Uniop
1t ia a simple fact that loyalty reappears every.
where just 80 fast the successes Of the Govern.
ment are deemed sufficient 70 afford . guarantee
for reliance upon its protection. The dsuniouists,
even in their strongest holds, not people, but
only faction surprising the loyal In uumbers and
silencing them by tsrrors and severitles in many
places but, nevertheless too few and feeble to
prevent the return Of any district any State to
the Union, In the presence and under the protsc
ton Of the Federal authorities.
The President AskG foreign nations to consider
that We are only at the end Of one year now, and
yet the whole effective mass OF the insurrectionary
region has been brought into ths field by conscrip.
ton. The credit Of the revolution L. dead before
the first dollar has been raised by taxation to sup.
port It, and the territory which must bear taxation
IL at once reduced to the narrc west lmits, and 10
exhausted Of its wealth and supplies.
The Secretary then reviews the slavery aspect Of
the war, and makes his spology for doing 80:
am aware that in regard to this point sm
opening subject which was early interdicted In
this correspondence. The reason for the interdic.
however, equally obvioua It was properly left
out Of view 90 long a. might BE- reasonably hoped
that by the practice Of magnanimfty this Govern
ment might cover that weakness Of thsinsurgents.
without encouraging them to perSevere In their
reasonable conspiracy against the Union. They
have protrscted the war year. notwithstanding
this forbesrance OF the Government and yet. they
persiat In invoking foreign arms to end domeatic
strife while they have forced slavery into such
prominence that II cannot be overlooked
He argues that the advance Of the Federal ar.
mics 10 certain death to slavery, and that ssrvis
war must commence sooner or later; that the aam.
peds Of negroes from the "disloyai States 10 be-
coming very great and that the rebels" are thus
daily wsaksnsd n their capacity TO raise provislona