The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-06

neavsd u Adnifsaty, Hos thanksA Oosaaao.
dore MIMI. and 6ongrsN Ans now efyen
3 90 deeply oIsnsissb arsss !sIssin. g g
hardly l,oAeibas 70 iu:' sire uovsnne, -
ties az 70 siiow Oh tbs . &c 9n $50 nrss
NO sign either OF aseept or 0ifeens. the
PRECEDENT Il bound 70 lend his aid in sul0ink
the Legislature to . trus decision On mat.
sharscisr u shs Execativs. Ne ought 70
ret before 1, the principles Involved In the
Questlon, and 80 give i every opportunity
in his power Of arriving at = concinsaoa
conformahie to the real Interests Of thu coun.
try. He has done nothing OF Gil this. ara
hAs abandoned the vessels Of tho Stats to
drifs Aslpiss. bsfOr. the gale of.popaiasr
NO wondes that Mr.. Lincoln. luxsytssins
IN tbs Paradise 70 which tbs Will Of an I'M.
bridlsd democracy has introduced him, and
lookinG forward 70 despera t. struggle with
zane aass, should feel q pions horror Of
thoss who venture 10 think such experience
mot conclusiys. and the existing OOnsttsu-
ton Of the Unitsd States = little short Of
slavery, but II Mr.. Lincoln's description OF
the South 10 indeed true, II abe 10 fighting
TO smancfpx1o herself frCm the blind y rAnny
Of . degraded mob, from the elective judges
TACO nists better tisls to European sympa.
thy than they have hitherto possessso, and
throws upon his Government the stigma OF
Axhung TO impose upon her other tpstitu-
siops which have already brought 1t 10 the
hut the most remarkable part OF Mr.. Lin.
coins speech II that in which he touches the
rsistions OF his Government with foreign
countries The fact seems, on his own show
ing, to be, that all foreign countries have
hitnerto preserved = strict neutrality that
they have Yeslstsd all applications from the
South to make common cause with II against
the North and that they have quietly SUBJ
mitted TO = blockade which grlsvousiy IN
jures their commerce and manufactuIes.-
THESE facts would have called forth tr0m the
iaaea t IN .ns ~o aSa
courL oouS acknowledgment OF the respect
and tvrbearancS with which nation, NOT re-
markabls for carrying either OF these quail
ties to excess, has DseA treated by ala other
nations in lis hour OF lrisl. Nothing Can %
more ungrAcious, more contrary 10 the
Usual conditions OF International cou' tesy,
than the lang uage Wi IN mich President Lih-
coin repays she conSlde ration extended 10
him: - 1 h 50 natlons,' he s,ys, "appear as
yet not TO have seen their way to Lncir OBJ
jects'-that Ia, tns res torati0n of com mercs-
:" moro directly OK clearly through the de- |
strocuon tnan through The preservation Of |
the Union"
THIS is broad insih uatioa that foreign ma.
items are nciuatsd by TIE meanes. anu mus. |
selfish IN 0uyes, ana Alr. Liue2In is con lent,
aS he cannot deny that We nave hitherto done
right, TO express q sasliclOa that we did 80 /
Tor reasons we can not asow without shame,
II lsnot wonderful that notice OF Iureign
relaIlons begun IN 'his spirit should end III
the exhOrtatlOn with WliAIk We are already
familiar In the circular VI Mr. Seward, 70
fUrtify the seacOast, the great lakes and Rivers.
alter all, says Mr.. Lthcoin, 1.-THE safety and
STABILITY vi Inc kspGb ilc depend, not on for
elgn nations, but upon ourselves" That Is
perfectly true at this moment, because for
eign nations earnestly desire peace srd TO
avoid all OCCASION OF quarrei, tut IL will cease
forced Us into war, for one OF ths many
evils Of war IL that Il nation Is deprived by
it OF the control Of Its own desunies, aud
forced 10 shape Is course, NOT BY Its own WAL,
but by the decision OF Wal itself.
UPIKIoM OF THE RkPvRT OF sHcRRTARY wsLLBs-
rHB BLo.kADKA FAILURE, AND TAs .stoAE
FLEET" cAixs AGAINST THE HUMAN KIND.
rom tbs LouaSn lines Dses.pb,r a
We turn, then, to the repor; CT Mr. Gideoa
Welies, The Secretary, 10 ine Federal Navy, |
ior explanation Of these hollow OK enik matl.
cal phrases III which air. LlncoiD boas IS that
tne American Navy Created siice he pr eseut
olficaltie began, h.-s perform Ga DEEDS when
nave in> rea seu The naval IenoWn OF the u. s. |
No nation hiss lees reason 10 underrate tus
r-noWn Ok the american Navy than xs.s-ysI ,
since that II rest. aiIR9si-n.s reiy upon tas
0Af.uLs - .-.rse OF four English 1riga,es
1sr circumstances OF EXTRAORDINARY uaspa.
NY, and seeing Also that AS VICTORIES We're
raineu euSlrely by Ensl ish sailors W 40 hau |
Deeu seuuced from our service by disp nifty |
IN tue late Of woes, which, uour Admiralty
70 not absolutely ,nSaAe, will never again oc-
.ur, we have Inc best possible reason ior re- |
,pscting tnLt rrnOWn. Our 0iIncuity is 10 |
iiscoysr how that renown mas been Increased
by the events Of the civil war. Tha. Mr.
fldson " eliss has used a Ger tain industry in
he department uadsr his control, we ars
lutte prepared to admit
He Tells Ms that ON thu 4th Of March lost
the effective American navy consist ed OF
only forty two vessels Of all CLASSES, carrying
,56 guns and about 500 man-a very small
navy for power which proposes TO defy all
The navies Of the world and TO take liberties
With the comm srcial ships OF all nations
He says that at the date OF his report he had
Increased this small naval force TO two hun |
fred and sixty four vessels and "A, 900 seameu. |
rhis is credit.n Gle to Mr. Welles az an ofacial
man. but the result IL not exceedingly terra |
bic, especially when he proceeds TO tell us
ho " this has been accomplished, by hiring
Ill sorts OF commercial vessels an gathering
together every floating thing that would car
ry a gun. These figures represent n naval |
force which would be very terrible TO Prns-
Dia, which might alarm the fac. OF Italy, and
which would call for an effort from spain, |
bat which France could easily destroy, aud |
England cannot bat hold exceedingly ct cap. |
I his 10 not the navy Of a drst-ciaes Power, 1t
II enough for people who .dssire to he az
peace, bot II - rl0lculo0s Ior people mo
ineist upon being quarr~lsoms.. A little mar
who holds his own against a big man who is
irving to bully him has every bystander's
symp athies In his favor. but nothing 10 moro
couiemp ible than little man VINO is noisy
aud Offensive only in reliance upon the i'm
putty which he expects on account OF his
own weakness and the generosity OF those
whom he insults. To sustain the pretsns ions
Of Fede, al Statesmen to iusult all neutral ma
lions, Mr.. Welies's incTe ased navy IL stili but
q contemplate houlla.
Very different. however, Is lite forces as
70 the apemy with which 1t ID
Immediately matched. The OoniedsIsts
the navy Of Mr.. Weliss il A. . giant against
4 dwarf Within the last few mon the the
FEDERAL Government has b ad 26i ships aud
"a 900 men, and their enemies only two or I
three wrsiched priva'eer:. and some craft
ted for inland nAvigs ton. Yet We be-
lieve that the Sumter 10 still plundering the
FEDERAL commerce, and We know that the
Harvey birch Was burnt close to our own
shorss: We see 'sensatiou heading" in the
last New York papers that "the Federals are
the channel Of Ty bee Island, and
Fort Pulaski, !" and wa have MT. Weiles's own
that although his navy icon tin gsd
TO capture every rsb-l vessel which showed
itself on tho Potomac" It ceased to do 90
.swhsn the rebets erected batteries ON sundry
points Of the Virginia shores, and thereby
rendered passage on the river. dangerous! !"
We confess that We are compelled to Look be-
vond these facts to discover the reasons Tor
ne tone Of O. ngratulation which rims through
Mr. Welles's report, and 70 deserve he IN. |
crease Of renown claimed 1or the Federal
navy by Mr.. Lincoln. Mr.. Welles himself
seems to thtnk some further explanation ns-
ma urxss. therefore, the onerous dnties Of
blockading coaet OF three thousand milss
IN loneth az tbs activ pursuit Of pr VA taers