The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-29

Ritblun1h 8ispattb.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. IAN. -, lsea
RDglapA and sAs Southern CsnfsAepaey
The only party In England which has hith-
srto presented any opposition 70 the recogni-
ton Of the southern Confedsracy and TO the
Southern Anss 10 the email but mischisvous
faction which 10 represented BY Exeter Hail.
Even from that quarter, and IL Puritan atalia
lions throughout the kingdom, the opposition
has been much lees considerable than was sx-
psctsd The reason for this 10 obvious. When
fAnatics invite nation to indulge in sent'-
mental PHILANTHROPY at the sacrifice ofpounds,
shillings, and pence, II 10 not likely 70 have
= favorable response from any people, above
all, . practical and common sense people, like
those Of England. In addition TO this, the
dubious policy Of the Lincoln Administration
upon the emancipation question has complete
lyalisnatsd from it sympashies the Abolition
element Of English society-an element which,
even If favorable 70 the United States, has not
influence enough TO shape or control the
policy Of Great Britain in matters vital TO her
intsresta
1t 10 impossible to find in the history Of
kosland any permanent success Of that tur-
bulent. discontinued, and fanaticsl element Of
society, which 10 represented by Exeter
Hall" The great military genius of Crom-
well, through the fundamentally of q power
Yul army, secured to fanaticism in England q
tenure Of power no longer than his lifetime,
and, when he perishsd, the English people
returned a. naturally to loyalty and common
ssnse a. the bough Of tho fruit tree, which is
hold down till It II stripped of it, fruit, bounds
back 70 it, natural position Is soon a. the
plundsrsr has let 60 his hold. The English are
pre-sminently the common sense people Of the
world Their Constitution il the collected
experience OF the nation, r;psned aud ma
tursd through . thousand years. It has the
wisdom Of Solomon and the strength of
Samson, with the age of Methusalah. At a
period when most nations have passed their
meridian and are beginning to decline, the
san Of England is marching TO loftier altitude
in the heavens and shedding brighter and
broader track Of light upon tho earth. England
never was ~ powerful ~ now; in fact with
the aid of France, which il her cordial ally,
abe 10 mistress Of the world; and, if she avails
herself of the golden opportunity presented
IN the war between the southern States and
the Lincoln despotism, she will place her
power and prosperity on foundation that bids
fair TO remain immov sbls to the end of time.
Who does not see this I? Who does not per-
ssivs that the established success of the South
srn Confederacy Will render England, in the
first place, independent OF the United States
for cotton; that, next, it will throw the rich
carrying trade Of the South into her hands
that next, 1t will relieve her trade to those
States of the heavy tariff by which it will
always be embarrassed by ths Northern Gov
eminent; that by these means it will perma-
nsntly cripple her only commercial and man
afacturing rival in the world that it would
arrest and paralyze forever the growth and
progress Of those democratic principles which
have threatened the permanency Of her own
institutions, and OF those of all Europe; and
which, il the American Union could be restor-
Cd, would in the end, subvert order, law, and
constitutional liberty throughout the world.
We need not speak of the additional security
given to her Canadian and other possessions
In America by the dismemberment Of power
whose Northern organs and statesmen have
openly and shamelessly declared that they
Intended hereafter to annex and absorb all
the British territory on this continent and by
the acquisition of great and gallant ally in
the Southern Confederacy, so that she will
have the Wanting Northern States hereafter
between the upper and neither mill.stones He
that cannot sec how vast and varied are the
vital interests Of England in the Southern
cause, must be wilfully blind. Certainly, none
seeand admit 1t more clearly and emphati-
eally than the North, which, from the begin
ming of this contest, has instinctively reoog-
nizsd England as an ally of the South and an
enemy whom the North would sooner OF later
have to confront in arms, OF ingloriously fly
from her presence.
1t il Idle to suppose that E nglish statesmen
do not discern their coantry's opportunity, or
that they will suffer tho golden moment to pass
before they make 1t sure. The fanatical ele.
mont Of English society, were it ever SO much
inclined, could make no Roadway against the
obvious requirements of her interests and
policy. The emigrati ON, to America of the
Puritan element relieved Great Britain of a
mine Of explosive materials which, pcnt up
within her stout little Island, might long ago
have shattered society to its foundation. 1t
was better to let 1t blow mp her colonies than
the imperial power, and now she has q chance
of revenge for the mischief that they worked
her in distant hemisphere. To suppose that
Great Britain viii forsgo such an opportuni-
ty 10 to suppose that she has no eyes to discern
her own welfare, no heartto sympathze with
herself, and no hand to strike her enemies
If she is slow, it is simply because che acts
with discretion and characteristic prudence
and decomposition; .bnt she has already gone
% far against the United States that it ID
wiser and safer and more discreet to 60 far
thor, even though it be to the arbitrament
Of arms, than to retrace her steps. She knows
that the cowardly are always vindictivs, and
that, In bassly surrsndering Mason and Slidell,
the North has secretly vowed . vow as stern
and solemn - fate to pay off the old enemy by
whom they have been hamiliated, ~ soon "a
they have overcome their present foe. For
all these reasons, We continue confidently to
believe that England will yet recognize the
Southern Confsdsracy and open the Southern
blockade, whilst, At the same time, we are
sure that, whether that event occurs three
months, or six months hence, our country
needs no foreign aid TO maintain her indie.
psndsnes,