Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-06
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! icic hyt!ooiss the War Correspondent tF
We admit that there is = serious sad even tragic rte
70 the aspect Of American ffIrs, but It Is nos what
oonT pls,e, for such It is not in tho dissolution
OF system that ks1 becomS rotten and sHscsivs vhih
yet il preserved the sppeIrsnc. of e-not in the pa
rsde5 which Americans mistake for campsgrs, nor the
scu which they call great battles il Is in the fsndsh
Ipiri. in which the contest is carried the pIrt OF
the NOrth-a spln without example 10 modern csIH CO,
and to ild piralI, for which We go ba 10 the
time rher Lous XIV. AFFIXED everlasting stain 10 his
name by rays snc III P4s.inG,e when the SparIrds
under AlTa richly earned tn; curses Of the Dutch by
turDng prosperous territory into frighuul desert
But tho SDauaTds showed gt least that while Ding the
work OF hends they had the courlge Of men. Not 90
thes. Norihern Destroyer Who while they lunch roh'
ug but big words against the armies Of the South take
tdvIutags Of their command o. the to blot out OF
the map Of the world those Southern harbors which
were msAut for the benf rot OF the South only, but
Of Ea7knd. The stone feet which Is supposed already
TO have done s dsbolicAl office, 10 Intended to choks
permanently the channels Of Savannah and ChaTle,on
harbcrs.
How long will the great powers Of Europe stand by
and see such enormilies committed. They do not
hesitate to nerposs by force to stop the bsb,ca of
savS6es. Ia tho Lsbanon they step between Druso
aud Christian and forbid tho indulgence OF the win.
lo.iveness which will be saiaed cnly with the eIter
minadon Of the toe. But this meisure-sbich would
d.stroy not merely the works Of man which NAV bs
restored but tho works Of nature ard which seeks IN
revenge for political differences, to condemn to ster-
ilty a region Of tho earth to which all nations have
loug been accustomed to look source OF supply
II he NOS. atrecous that has for centuries dfgraced
she annals of ciTiI d warfare |. reveals at onc',
consciousness that the subugation of the South is
aopslcss, and the b,cknes Of the spirit Of Northern
revenge On the assumption that the South 10 ever
to return the Union It ia absurd; and, admitting
that war is possible between the North and European
naval power, il is suicidal For what reason the
inhabitants OF New York and Boston who have
the stone It depart with acslamsto1s lie dIs,srd
IL Grand urge to avert similar doom from their own
sar5orsy Why should not the mariners Of Charleston
and Savgnnsh, who see their occupation gone forever
sink retributve stone a.et in the channels OF the
| hsrbors bockaded by toe tquadrons Of France or
Enyland and leav, the American continent to rot be-
lind the barrier Of the Atlantics Il would be deed
OF most righteous retrbu;ion; and the fac. that vc
could not in the interests Of mankind, permit is, only
g rs more bly, the nature Of act, which is so
,Anous as to forbid reprisa and the perfect
that the powers who guard civilizlon possess to in.
tsrfeye In the name OF mankind in this enven0med
struggle Imagine a between France aud England
conducted on such a principle-on the one side the
channels OF the Clyde ard the AsTssy, the other,
those OF the Seine and GLronne choked TO crafty IL
s,pa aud in satAte spirit OF revenge while the csors
of these deadly injuries exalted in the facts that Glasgow
and Liyerp Do Rouen and Bordeaux 70 be destroy
ID bs "a silent ight falling on them as though out OF
the night-deadly, 'neyiIabe!' Would not the whole
gnrd be ils if d in raising its universal voice against
,uoI mad vndictivens Lot the spologists OF The
North whether OF this Bright or the Tom Brown school,
II ,here bs such school') read the New York Times,
AID hen SAY whsthe as protested hu 1aniiaIans they
yish any longer 10 identify Themselves with the savage
LboItonists or the frenzed Ulionsts CT The NORTH
Ana if naturally doub.iu whether in this age OF the
world men are indeed relapsng into barbarism they
h further 10 ss,er ain what the spirit is in which the
var is wag5d LET them ask tSo next ardent Northern
American whom they meet whether, IL the Union ia os'
" To be maintained by the ruin and desolaon OF the
l,-iab tha gfFu n
iI be surprisei to hear the cllm COOL highly civilized
gentleman at their side 'estyng 10 the saont % bic
fnac devotion to Abolition to the UlicD hy repy
that would dsgrdce the ssylgss OF Central africa; and
.e advise these enhu5ass 10 deliberate before they be-
com. known the abstors OF those who have devised
he commission Of the ab omi1son Of dCsoItioD. That
o7e feet ought to sick the Northern clrsA.
BI; While s England is stirred win Indignation like
one In,n-whls the ouly alternatives We thiHk OF are
res tuition or war ogr naval sqladroas cOlotntrA
ba5als Of New York ard Boston entertaining the
immediate author OF all th tumu in the mcs pleasant
ard conyvia manner. Whl5 we bave been growing
more and moro anxious to forget our st too ndugent
admis fofs our fisads the other side are ca'ting
doubt to the winds and getting and more confident
and hilarious They haze settled that Great Bitcin ill
40. trouble herself. G.at Britain, say tley, does rot
mind having hrr dag nsUl.ed. That bgIg the 81 let
us lortfy our frontier Let 9s lock up aasoh and Sit
dell in Fort Warren on bread and water, aud then give
the yalla1t Wilkes an ovation. Wh'raupon these ingc
gslt cit zsus OF the getes nation the world ever
oin hand, and perform TO the tune OF farkee Dcoft
the nsst extraordinary dance, round Iho mos; sIrGord
nsry idol that any human beings, civilized or savage
eye did homage TO- Thoy NOS only decree, by the mere
will and pleasure OF iog.reign people, thas England
mu make no scT.ous stir in the matter but they also
dec &c that Commard der Wilkes has performed some act
pf iusular DARING which entities him % he admitted
into the very select bau Of the heroes OF the American
N.yy Som, excuse may be found in the fact tia
Am riclus must applaud some'hag American, aud that
many months Of war have given birth to no achieve
ment in arms which they ne more proui OF than the
attack of a mail packet By shp-of-wAr What paFtcu
.rlv delights Governor Andrew H. that the packet thus
ASA led "oore toe Brith lion At It's head her oh
ola, perscnlges arc equally ,cu.r and congratulstory
and at lrss, Commander Wilkes, intoI'ca'ed with the
success OF bis bid for popularity, rot only believes bin
self hero but begins 10 lament his own weak genero
..y in letting rich prizs slip through his h1gere Lis.
Ten to the inpuient pirate 81 should have fit jaithid
in ss,zfng IN, Trent iself bu. concluded TO allow the
vessel 20 proceed hougA thus deprived my men Of
prig, worth : 80 600
e5s sentimelts would have ben very suits bl, to
ar o Ter cmr ont American commander, Capt h'dc,
shcagh we wrong his memory by the sIuhon, Tor III
proved tba. he could fight hard TOR lis plui der. Bl
though little surprised tbs they should have found en-
pres ion under the Circumstances at the Boston festival
We Terc scircely prepared fld Cabiaet Minister i'm
parting his huec inetring inentlons to Cong 49, HE
idaai Of spoillion are on a grand scale for, Will
Donmaader Wilkes looks regr0tuly back on the escIps
of single Srsos the Secretary OF the Navy looks hope.
fnli7 forward seeing whole sts Of coafscstd Br
tish N m.rchAntmen brought into lm,ricaE hsrbors-
"rae prompt ard decisive ncEon Of Capt, Wilkes o.
tbis occasion, ssys Mr.. Gideon Wees, IN MS report
I'm rtcd and received the emphatic approval of the
parimcns and if a tEo generous iorbeNapcs was e'-
nibcd by him in not capturing tho vessel which hao
thes, rebel enemies Oh b1ard, il may, in view OF tn
apsia circumstances Of is patriotic notl7es, ne ei
cussi bui Il must By means be permitted TO corsn
uc precedent hereafter for the treatment OF any cas-.
of similar inrrnetion of neural obligations hg aDy Tor
eigl vss5eis engaged in commerce or 'h' carrying
ira TO-" ,.
Many people seem to anticipate that even should IN,
present difficulty cud without war, the Americans
so fa y.ry soon to i. Il ct upon us some other unendu
~. ipsp This anticipation we do n)t share; on She
cor rary we are confident sha. if they manage IN this in
n eyads the Ms 1eGees Of tho the proof