The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-11

A gentleman ef tAe bighess reputation Tor 'ss-
ant. and foresight retained to this city rome
r.o,,hs AFRO, nom q residence Of seversi years IN
p.,,. from which point he hsd watched with intense
..,. N. movements In the political weird on 10th
s,ess Of ,hs Atlantic, IA the result oil Dis oeses
vss,ona he predicted six weeks aga that the A'npe
ror Of the French would In short tsoe propose 70
Hnsaand Ia offer the Joint mediation OF tfshee sa
that country, with the view Of bringing soeas y"
armissice preparatory 70 final settlement ei we
difscultiss between tie heiliserent fsfNes III Tue
rrssent wa-, He wss sure IL would oe 'eJeSsea ny
I.r, Russe,l in the name OF Great Britain, si" lie
NM a,.,ad that the Emperor weuia then fTeesea on
~. avn responsibility to make the offer IN his oWh
,.r,. Tins FAR be has proved himself to bs :.
TN. prorhet and very little time viii dssersasne
~h.thcr he Ia 10 throughout OF eourse It was IN
a~rs,ood BY both himsef and those to when lie
.,>,, TIA. raeasni,ion was to he the result Of
djasiou.
Whatever the future may bring foFth. it seeE's to
h. certain at least that As long Earl Russell con
,inues be Foreign Secretary. Great Britain VII
never reeccn!zs the independence Of he Carfedss
rata States. ua.ii 1, stall have become no longer
matter Of importance TO ster. He has noT re-
VIA, we before only suspected. lie Is the worst
enemy tie Confederate Ststss have ever had IN
Europe. He eontempiatss and expects their rom,
and tho slaughter ard eepopu,atoa OF ;AeT eo0n
try, with cold olooded satisfaction that hiss IL (
something which i; is 10 exaggerated to eau m
hyasi. By The unsxsupied misery % Millions q
human beings be hopes u add smother story TO The
b,oosi oemsn.sa fabric of Brit al commercial sreaL
ness For tbs sake Of brirg3 into general Use i2
England tie wre;cledly inferior sttpa OF infa as Is
prepared to ssarve the whole population OF EnS.
land If II be ne cesssry IN addition 20 the evils
which he cutters the population of tne ConIede-
rate States to undergo, when by merely stSnoiug
out Of the way be could proven. it. The tooi q
Seward thst deroasogue cen csjoie or fIisa'sn HIM
into anything he chooses BIS Minister, AdSms'
held language him AZ the Foreign Cffee IL t'ol-
don now more than year ago, which ne gentle
man ought to allow any man 70 hold TO him in his
own house without showing him The door. It is
we'll known that had Lee rot been afraid Of Paria.
ment or rsther Of the nation, BE would hsve srf
fered the affair o: Mason and saiel TO pass with
out q word even Of comment, and that. before ne
ventured to take Ii up, he had already received
from Seward full assurance tina, rs would give him
everything lie might ask. In the hands "a sueh {.
man, England hiss been dwsFEea into petty State,
without Influenza abroad snd without respect a.
home. Seward rules her SIS be ra,es the gankee
States He hss bat to sireaten Euzssii with his
displeas1re, and he obtains everything he wishes.
Crimes of commission aGd permission always
meet with retrihution in the political wor-d Fer.
hsps England my yet repent o: having made
enemies of those Who earnestly desired 10 be hes
friends