Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-13
Our Relations with England.
The seward ond Russell corre.povasue,

s.. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
LONDON, June 20, 1882.
Ny LoRD--l have the honor TO transmit to
your lordship copy Of the despatch from the
Secretary of State to me of the 2Sth ult, which
| desired to read to you in my interview Of
yesterday, but which found had accidental.
ly left at home. Renewing, &c,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
MR. SEWARD TO MR.. ADAMS.
WAsHNGroN, May 28, 1862
SIR-Your despatch Of the Sth of May has
been received.
There is statement in the public journals
that thirty vessels which had lett British
ports with common design to run our block
ade, have gathered at Nassau, and that they are
now remaining there awaiting the relaxation Of
the blockade at some of the Southern ports
which the President has permitted to take
place on the lst of june preferrng TO avail
themselves of that lawful privilege rather than
persevere in their prohibited operations. j
think, therefore, that We may congratulate
ourselves upon having advanced to new stage
IN our intercourse with maritime Powers affect
ing the present troubles in the United States
stage at which motives of sympathy in for.
egn countries with the insurgents, derived
from the pressure Of the blockade, will dsap-
pear.
. This stage is also marked by another i'm.
provement in the case namely, the withdraw.
al from the ocean Of the pirates who heke oc-
occasionally soughs shelter in friendly ports
while committing depredations on American
commerce. 80.
Under the Presidents instructions l.desire
to Improve the position thus obtained, to con.
Ter, if our representatives abroad shall think it
discreet, with the friendly nations upon the
prospects of the war and their future course in
regard 10 it.
by way of introduction, beg to recall to
your recollection the facts that at the earliest
proper moment set forth most distinctly the
Opinions of this government that the mutual
interests, present and permaReGt, of all mari
, time nations, including this country, require
, the preservation Of harmonious relations be-
tween them, and that the same interests de-
mand that, so far as possible, peace shall pre-
vail throughout the world and especially in the
United States and upon the American cont.
ncnt.
! In explanation OF these Vows, set forth the
opinion that the industrial system OF Western
, Europe and the United States, including their
, agriculture, manufactures and commerce, are,
in some respects to be regarded less as distinct
national systems than as one general combina.
ton of agricultural manufacturing and COM
mercml agencies, in which n jar in one country
necessarily produces disturbance in all others,
so that serious dlsorganlzatlon Of the ma
chlnery employed IN production here cannot
iail to result III dlsrangemcnt, probably is dis
astcr everywhere abroad.
There are now some painful evidences that
these speculations are not unsound. There is
distress among the pcasantry Of ireland, in the
manufacturing towns of Belgium, in the wine
" presses and SILK looms in some parts Of France
, seeming to be coming 10 a dead stand. These
suHtrngs--l will not stop TO say how jus ly-
. trace their mslortunes to the civil war of the
: United States 1t is manifest that what the
European nations want Is an end of that war,
= as speedy, and leaving the industrial system o
' this country as little dsorganized, as possible
1t would seem impossible ior any considerals
i person to doubt that this is the very consum
=, Inatlon which The government of the United
!" " States must want, even more than it can A,
y desired by European States This govcrDnfen
has expressed tina. wish earnestly, decidedly
, sometimes perhaps, even ilnpatlently. Never
: theless, the war has continued a whole year
against the wishes OF Europe AZ well as o
:, America. A new campaign is even beginning
-" lu order TO determine whether 1t is likely L
% reach the desired end, it will not be unprotita
bic 10 consider the consider the causes OF il.
proloDga,lon to the present period. This gov
ernment at the beginning assumed, and it ha.
constantly insisted, that the Union could, mus
j and should be preserved. On the other hand
the European nations, when they saw the s'oru
Y burst upon the country, either doubted or &C
e tually dsbellevcd the possibility Of that grea
l. salvation. Europe had but y subordinate an'
iAdlrect interest IN the great problem, and it II
suppo ed that if the United States could b.
n only convinced that the Union could not in tn
e end be preserved they would at once foreg
.. the contest, and consent 10 a national dlssolu
~ ton, which it was enormously thought woult
y be followed by peace, while we knew that i
"a wsuld only be the beginning OF endless war
!. Thus European opinion has practically iavoret
At the insurgents, and encouraged them will
10 cphemeral sympalhies ind unreal expectation
of foreign intervention, and has thus protracte,
,t the war to the present time. f".
i. Certainly this government asd the Ameri
CdlI pJOUit dFt NNtu UluIc COituucul VI III
preservation Of the Union now than they wer
y a year ago, and are, therefore, even less like,
,e now than they were then to accep: peace
Ia with the inconcevable pains and perIls q
N dissolution. Can it be presumptuous, then
'e for US to ask European statesmen to review
hin the light of the events OF the war, the oph
ion which they formed at so early a stage q
it, that the opinion itself might, perhaps
IN promptly be deemed a preiudiccg
IS OF course, in such review, tho observe
n would not overlook the contrast between tn
10 position which the federal government held
SIS year ago and its present situation. Then
Il had been practically expelled, with all it
authorities, civil, military and naval, fr0l
every State south of the Potomac, Ohio an
Missouri rivers, while it was held in clos
~ siege III this capital, cut of from coinmuuct
u, tion with even the States which had RENAME
'i;ss loyal Now, it has virtually rctaken all til
of positions il so early lost on the seaboard;
,g possesses the Mississippi, and all the othe
III great natural highways, and has forced th
n insurgents to battle in the most inaccessib
y, part Of the nsurrectionary district. Th
Id forces ard the RESOURCES Of the governmer
arc unexhausted and increasing. Those
vi the insurgents are diminished and becomin
:. nearly exhausted.
80 No one. either here or in Europe, now col
. tests these simple facts. The only argumer
opposed to them is that the insurgents ha,
nj determined not to acknow ledge the authorit
ne of the Union. The evidence of this is Gu
w. w. tain rcsolute and defiant tone maintained b
~ ~ their organs.
ha Certainly, so long as the Insurgents ba,