The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-04
THE EUROPEAN NEWS !
Opiatons Of the Press, the PEOPLE,
and the Government

W "S' @Ai intStestinG foreign tntSih.
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1Eh oHAHcns OF wAR BKfwKlH ENGLAND AND
fhA VSITSD erATxs-A YRgScH OPINION.
From the Opinion Na,iona,e, the organ Of
frnce Napoleon, Of January eth, we ex.
tract the following:
Tne same race lives on both sides the At.
lantc. The English will not readily 70.
nouncs projsct SO dearly prepared, the
americans Will not willingly forget the dan
ger which has threatened them so closely
Inc English will probably not disaYm, but
the Americans will certainly arm. A year
ago tney had NO regular army; they have
now zoo, 600 men unoer arms; they have no
navy, but before six months they will have
formidable one. England 10 well aware of
this. Will she give the United States time to
terminate her informal war aud prepare
Tor foreign ones Frightful symptoms are
already manifesttng themselves In the South !;
terror. II Is said, prevails at New Orlesns.
Five hundred houses ht We been burnt down at
charleston, and the torch serves Us the signal
strongly We may feel In favor of the annihi.
iation of slavery, we caunOt believe it can
lead 70 good results il 1t has to be purcha ased
At the price Of incendiarism, bloodshsd, And
d67asextaon.- II the ~DSfvffe war 0xtends,
will not tho armameuts Of England hn We
had some share In it? What is certain is
that the Northern States have hitherto ses
aside that poisoned weapon in their struggle
Of England at the moment when they are
loyally resisting the rebellion Of the eou,h,
there viii be few Americans who will not
sxcinim, "It must be put al end to-" 1t will
% said that we call tor war !; but that is not
the case. We wish, on the contrary, to find
/ means OF preventing 1t, and we s.e no other
than the veto Of France, the incident Of the
Trent icing set aside. But under what pre-
ing in the United States If the slave war
breaks out in the southern Confederation -
Can it be expected that the United States
will allow themselves to be cut up without
saying or doing anything! Tie recognition Of
The South and the rtoia,ion Of the Glocscde pil pf oue
tie taectsa6le dissolution IF the great american
ConfedcrdttOn; NJ ono can doubt IL, and every
sone feels the presentiment of it. Venus,
therefore, behold the humiliation under
the double blows OF an internal aud
reign war, IL that new Power, which,
in spite OF Its excesses, retains in its
bosom the saving principle Of human Iiber ty
and OF social emancipation. Alter having
re-es tablishsd the balance Of powe at sea,
the United States, it is said, threatened to
overthrow 1t tor their own advantage. Who
says thats England, hlch is about TO lose
her naval prepOnderanco, and who wishes to
resume it. We shall be reproached with
making common cause Wi III the United Sta Lee
against Engiand. We, In TACT, do incline in
favor Of the United States. because England
wishes to overthrow them under pretext OF
checkiug their too threatening Developments
and their exces i've pretensions. II tho ex.
lstence or England were threatened, as tn IT
OF The American Union now is, who would
reproacn us 1Or making common cause with
England ls Is conric;ion that EnsLnnd
tcisss 10 destroy te existence Of the United Sta.es
and ha,ercr !e issue te incident Of tie Trent may
haze, osr opiHt07s IN Itat respect tc:H NOT be IL.
Gag H0y changed. Does aIy one exactly know
wnat England has expended in armaments
since the breaking ont of the secession in
America7 A grant OF thres hundred millions
was voted for the navy in March last the
ffonV a Nt p,
been carried up to the enormous amount OF
seven hundred and slxty-iye millions and
the funds OF three thousand savings banks
have been put into req quisitiOn to give the
finishing touch to these immense prepara.
tions. At Is only to make herself respec ted
ana for no other object, that England has
sent $4,000 men to Canada, supplied with
guns all Of her innumerabls vessels, and
called all her maritime population to arms
Such demonstrations, in our opinion, cost
too dear TO be allowed TO remain idle. The
English know too we'll the value OF money
than to lavish it for the childish satisfaction
OF offended vanity. And if this prodig!Ous
increase Of military force has not really
taken place with view to the United States,
1t constitutes still greater cause for uY to
feel uneasiness. History does not offer an
example OF an aristocra0y SO admirably anu
powerfully organized as that OF England
Peace and var have always been in its hands
a means Of government, and the British aris.
tocracy have we'll known how to make uae of
these elements; but now. whether the cli-
ents have increased or whether the patrons
have declined in number and influence. the
equilibrium between the two classes has been
vlstbly deranged. Peace IL no longer what
England wants, for the markets OF the world
being every day more and more closed to
English commerce bv competition, she finds
herself i'll at ease. What has happened as
regards cotton proves this. Pacific asita,ioR
couid surely rum the English o1igarchy. military
agitation nov sd0e IT, Il Is, therefore. in car that
ie rtts see. HS eair6tton.
BEsLIsH er1sIoE OF sxwARDs NOTE TO LORD
From the London Times,o the lo;h January
With verbocity never equalled even In
diplomacy, and With an incOnseQuen ii ial
vagueness never surpassed even in Congves
sional debate, Mr Seward In this long docu-
mont WAnders through the history Of all pa st
transactions. lnasmuCh. however, as he
concludes that, notwiths tanding all he has
so lengthlly and so vaguely promised he can
come to no other Inclusion upon the cir
Cnmstances of the present case than that the
act was indefensible, and that the priso ers
must be restored. the obvious course was to
accept the fact OF tho reparatton and to dis
regard the comment. Such, we believe, has
been the course adopted by our Government.
which this very elaborate document was con.
sidered. An answer will, We understand, be
returned, expressing the gratifica' ion Of her
Majesty's Government at the disavowal OF
isfact ctfon rendered, and assuming that the
precedent in the case Of the Trent will rule
the more recent case of the seizure made by
the captai n OF the San tiago de Cuba on board
tho British schooner Eugenia Smith. As to
the general discussion of the law into which
Mr.. 8. enters at so much length, the Govern
ment will decline any answer until they have
had an opportunity Of submitting the whole
note to ,hsir law officers. There are propo-
sitions laid down in th is note which are not at
all admissible. and 1t is OF the highest mport-
ance that we should not suddenly bind our-
selves to the abolition OF belligerent righ 9,
which may be to ourselves, AT some future
time, Of vital i'm pprtance; nor that we should
on the other hand, admit the right OF any
foreign State to carry our mail packets In to
their ports and submit them to the arbitya-
ment of their Prize Courts. After the deliv-
cry of the prisoners all these points may oe
very properly raised, and can be conveI T.
entity discussed /; but 1t 10 expedient to sers-
rate this discussion entirely from the ssttls-
msnt of the Misunderstanding which has 20
nearly precipitated us into war. When
ever the proper time comes We shall pro obs bly,
insist, with all the authority In Our favor,
thar a bs!!ts~s:t has riEht 20 c0m.."sedss niM
presumption that In such q communication
there 10 nothing Inconsistent with the char
acter Of the nsu trul nation, and therefore no
thing injurious to the other belligerent.
TEE sroSE BLOCKADE.
[From the London Times, Jan. IL
In common with the rest OF the
world, we view with horror the attempt to
deprive future generations Of the bleasings
which nature has -desigaed for them In the
shape Of hsrbors TO protect them against the
violence OF q TEN pessuous ocean. Such pro-
ceedings are, indeod, acts Of war, hut acts OF
war against the whole human race, and by
the intsyysnon Of those SAs vpSssens The etUflt.a.
sa Of the ,skoe hsman rdcs shouid usy Be dssoHnesd
These are some Of the subjects which Will
come under the consideration Of Parliament, /,
and We doubt not that by the time We have
arrived 1T the 9Th Of February, they will be
matured for elaboration.