Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-19

Foreign nations make a great boast of theiI
" neutrality in the war between the Fedora
aud Confederate States, and seem TO think thi.
is all that ought to be expected Of them, with
out admitting that it Is easy to see that they are
not even neutral. Their neutrality. such as il
Is, gives all the advantages to the side of the
enemv.
Our representatives at foreign courts are not
received on equal terms with the representatives
OF LineOln-are not recognized as Of equal dig
nifty and rank. Diplomatic and commercial
agents have never been accredited TO US Simply
acknowledging that we have belligerent rights,
they refuse US recognition aud all the cOuse-
quenccs flowing from it, and yet pretend to be
"neutrals"
To be able to lay claim to real neutrality, it is
essential that they put US upon precisely the
same footing of equality with the Federal States.
As long as they bar US out Of the family of
nations, their claim Of neutrality (Which means
tavortsm 20 neither the one side nor the other,
and no concessions to one side over the other) is
simply a hypOcrtieal pretense. We are unable
70 comprehend that sort Of " neutrality which
comedies nationality to one of the belhgefents
and denies it to the other.
1t is asserted, too, that there are fewer diff
culties in the way Of the Federals, in their
obtaining supplies of arms and other needful
things abroad, than with us. They get what
they want in Europe, that is certain
We heartily second the suggestion that our
commissioners now in Europe be recalled at
oBcei or else sent to Spain, which has, at Ha-
vana at least, shown US fair play It is no
longer consistent with our sefTespect that they
remain where they are nor are they likely to
advance cur interests with governments which
have exhibited no desire to see the South sue
cesstul in the war, but have confined themselves
to sickly seutimentalisms over the deplOrable ma
ture Of the struggle, which they really desire
should end III the exhaustion and ruin of both
parties, and to hopes that the Union may be re-
stored, when they know, as wei Gs we do that
such thing is impossible
The presence Of our commissioners in Europe
y.tys.l z4---. tG imply .hat thov were there ask
ing for tavor5r which they are not, if they truly
represent southern sentiment. We have already
asked for our rights, and they have been refused
time and again, and that closes the matter be-
tween us. Let the advance be made from the
other side in future, and let US stand on the dig
nifty which We have q right to feel
Mr.. Tsncey thinks slavery has something tC
DO with this denial of our rights and this lug
handle neutrality" Yet, at this moment, both
England and France are in alliance with a slave
power, Spain, in military and political operations
in Mexico; and the dags Of their ships are fiap-
ping against each other in the gulf More like
ly, Mr. Gancey's other theory is the correct one
and they wish both Confederacies to perish To-
gerher. But the Southern Confederacy viii not
perish. 1t can keep Up and survive a war Of ten
times the duration that tins promises to be-and
20 had no friends while the struggle was pro
crossing It may be that the fact viii be remem-
Dered when it is over.-N D. Crescent.