Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-22
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Brisish Policy snd HBgIisa Diplomacy
Prom The Richmond E1aninerl
It has always bsen tie policy of Grsst Britain
to make rev rules Ct international law as tiue
and her own interests dictated them. Tt is her
present Interest to allow the two belligsreufs on
this continent 20 90 on with ths csBfiics uuhl
each is burdeaed with & crushing debt, snd IN
I'll each has Suffered the gTsafest su9uEt OF
damage that tie passion and energy Of the
other can iuhict Accordingly, We hear hel
Secretary of War aaEoUEciEg e priHcPe 81
international lsw. that nsosTals may uos re9og-
nice new government until thst from which j
has been severed has " thoroughly sEhsusted"
itself in the vain effort 20 cosquef its sUbmis-
sion. We venture to say that his is the hTsi
time 10 history in which the doctrine has bsen
anaoUced with such latiiuds. lt Wss certainly y
not the doctrine Of the lsst century whes France
acknowledged the United colozies Of America
nor when Great BTitain herself few years sub
eeouently consented TO their independence
10 British statesman viii admit that the Amsri-
can colonies achieved theiF Independence by
exhausting the resources and energies Of tbs
British empire Nor was this tha Goctrlns OF
Mr. Canning when he encouraged the hrst
steps in revolution Of the Spanish colonies, and
called new world into existence - by Tec0g
mixing these yoUBg nstoEs at an early stage q
their struggles nor was If the doctrine on which
the United States acted under the eloquent ap-
peals OF Henry Cisy end Others, in their prompt
recognition sf shs Spssish republics, almost as
soon as Governments ds facto, were established
The great powers OF Europe ectsd upon 10 such
far6y aud iuhuman principle n the affair Of
B.lgium and Hollend, which was rot oaly re-
volt Of g province sgsinst tbs government es-
tablished over i. but q disturbance Of The pain
ful arrangements at the Holy Alliance" Nor
did Euglsud ana France consider for moment
whether Turkey was exhausted when they took
the struggling and exhausted Creeks by the
hand and established them in q separate and IN
dependent nationality.
We belisve, IN fact, that En examination OF
fhe precedenis VIII show thai tie reverse Of the
rule hss more frequently been acted upon than
otherwise and that enlightened nations have
studied bv ao eariy recognition Of the strug-
Cling power in The maiariry CT cases, to spare
the effusion Of blood and terminate terrible rav-
ages Ct war. Recognition has more frequently
fhau rot been employed as a means Of en-
forcing pesee aud spaTeiug 20 the beligerents
the curses Of al eIhsustiug and protracted war
The very ergumsHt which has been most coz
clusivelv employed in defense Of acts Of recog-
nition, was this, that they were used in the
interests Of humanity to put termination to
the cslamities of war.
In modern tiules certain philsnthrcpists for 3
time began to think thst they had so firmly es-
tablisks5 tie principles Of peaoo in the policy Of
uafi1us that ths world Tas shout entering upon
that millennial period foreshadowed in Scrip
ture. when wars should be ne more" The
events Of the last ten years must have cuTed
than Of this fond hailucin8tion. Bat even the
raost seoTnfui skepties Of the doctrines Of the
Peace Society were scarcely prepared, we are
sure. for the announcement of the cold, selfish
and inhumsu doctrine Of Sir G. Lswis-that
civil wars sre not 90 be terminated by the inter
ference OF fIiea5g nations until the bsliigerenis
shall have thoroughly exhausted each other by
fnAictiug the maximum amount of carnage and
desolsti0n. Aa ancient he2then, By tho nsme OF
D-aco. has enjoyed with many generations some
celebrity as : man Of blood; but this British
Secretary of War proclaims principle OF policy
for his government which adds 70 the disbodcs
fergcity - thst old psgan's legislation the
atrocious salfshaes5 Of modern English diplo
macy.
Nsthing ceuI3 have more clesrly disclosed ia'
dread in which the British Parliament had fol
many wears rrga-ded-the rivalry Of the Uoite'
States. than the policy she has pursued sinc'
This war beqan Her Secretary Of War in al
feeling 10 defre 8 principle CT i1t7TEations
law. merely disclosed The principle Of selfish
moss. which has from the beginning dictated
British policy towards the belig'rents IN TINS
f. her most profitable STRIFE. il is not her inter
e=ts 10 interfere for the sake Of preventing an e
hausting and eufeebliug war, from accomplish
5pv her own work upon her powerful rivals l
the ,vsr csu Be protTscted q few years her heav
Investments of cspitsl fer The promotion CT IL
cotton culture iR her East Indian, AustFa
ian ana African Dependencies, viii be Iendel
Cd svsilab and prohtsble sutfieiertiy so {
saupeusste for al the losses and su1elngs nov
endured bv her manufacturers and operative
Stringent as siIe pressure upon these classes Is
for the present. from the cotton famine; yet.
sle car srccsed IN establishing, through mean
Of tho Yankee blockade Of olir ports the cotto
culture In her ewB territories, her gain viii fs
erarscerd ihs heaFicst losses which i iE possibl
for ber rotE 10 suffer. But her il crest in bTesA
frg down the Southern monopoly OF cotton
planting is nc grsster CT lefs palPabie than ]
breaking down tie rival manufacturing an
st5nrfnG interests Of the North, Ii these latte
interests cen be brought under The dead weigf
Of A most grinding taxation, such Ss that vine
onpresses her own mann iscturing, gtIppin
aud other classes. taen she cen conduct be
rivalry with The Yankees ia these department
OF industry on equsl ferns, exempt, compars
f;velv speaking. from the shaekles that hav
heretofore iu1psded her in the competition lie
the war 90 on 70 rne point Of exhaustion,
the maxim dictated by British interests, and
therefore the go eTning pEineipie OF her poiicJ
pslpable 10 keen observers from the beginning
even before her Secretary Of WaT, who must ,
q stupid person. disclosed it unv'ittingly in e
fecting TO lar down pTincip'e # internatoo'
Law rot 10 b fsund in the public code, and
Dracsfced, never before uHbiushingly ayowed b
any Cabinet
No nation has been more Profase IN the pr
fesSion Of humanilaTian sentiments and eectIir'
fbsn the Eaglish, Disciples Of Exeter Hall e.
"a be found ID he. highest posts OF honor az
control, and her capital il tie general renae
vous Of every philanthropie society, from Il
worlds peace conference de"n 10 naiculo' :,
meetings Of sympathy and condolence over Il
cTaeked skuR and bloody shit of Charles SUI
ner. Yet nothing IS further from British eti2I
and hopes at present tsaH peace among the
brethren IL America. Il the popular desire
Eneland for indefinite and continued oloodsh
on this c0ntinent were not general, no Allnisi
would have The hardih1Oi 10 declare thst
government desired the waE 10 g on to natu
exhaustion.