New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-20

disability any longer without making an effort
worthy OF the interests involved TO throw it oil
/ We believe the bloekadng yefsels Of the enemy
" igh have been driven away aud kept away mont hs
ago if the requiaiie energy fad teen put forth. We
have waited in vain Tor The NAVY Department OF the
Confederate Government TO perform the service, AID
equally in VAN have been our expectations II any
relief abrOsd Macy pco pie think that sacA crisis
in the affairs OF England aud France, IN connection
with the Lincoln de pois0, has arrived AZ will cause
those powers now 10 interfere, and break blockade
viii. public law does Lot require them 10 respect,
upon the principle that the COniederatee are Cese-
rents and which the COnstiui Of the old Govern-
ment and treaties made in pursuance OF L WIN Tor
eign nations do not permit, If the COhiederdtes are
not beligertuts; 20 fbGt in either there Is 10
eenibance OF why such foreign powers shonld
/ coniinus 10 respect the obnoxious measure We
frankly admit that the tendency OF things zoe, seem
! 10 point IN this direction. The. French Government,
Il II eaid has instructed It's Minister al Washington
to ask tie United States Government llunply Are
/ The CoDecerates lehgerents or rebels y Let the
answer be what il may, S5wsrd " III find II impos l.
lie to reconcile II with existing fses in respec TO The
/ blockade.
Yet The question again and again comes back, will
france or England, or both combined, really and
practically raise the blOckaCel They may certainly
There IA reason, We look at the business, why
4 they should not. Aud this has been the truth for
more than six months. Yet the blockade has re-
NAMED, aud the great port OF New-0reans has been
herme caIly sealed to The commerce Of the world all
that time, and may continue for ola months longer
unless we ourselves break the seal. Here ia tie
pnc ing point. Shall we permit the port to remain
closed six months longer without making a bold
vigorous, aye desperate effort TO open IL We Ray
no, and believe this is the voice Of almost iht
entire community 10th IN town ADD country. Open
or port, and the cotton u the cotton States could
and would go to England and France. Not ing,
under the circumstances VI the case, with the
difiOn OF the manufacturing dis rcts oil En-, land,
4anee az Germany which We know to exist, ana
with the known public feeling IN those countries as
TO the state Of the American quarrel, could prevent
it. Open tie port OF New-O leans, tnen, and cotton
moves. With that movement everything else would
move. Every department OF tie Government would
feel thrill as if en electric spark had shot through
ard through 10. TIE heart oil every mdu IN the Con-
demcy would bound. S1ch pean would salute
tue ears OF oar enenics's would trausEx them Will
despair We DO believe he war would be virtually
AZ end but If it should 10. he, If he enemy Lert
upon absolute seli-desfuctop, should resolve 10 keep
up he ttUI ia and malignant attempt TO annoy Us,
should have received snch energies through the
movement Of Our great staples 10 would enable ~ 10
cauy on the war more vigorously than ever, aud
with less conscious burdens, as ioe ss At might sui
The enemy to wage n.
Til, bet WAY to obtain foreign alive mean The
best WAY To csse foreign Powers TO insist upon their
own fighls under the law Of patiJns 10 respect 10
our con merce--ls 10 show them that we aie mpe-
ten, 10 open orr own ports. ILey WIZ zee then
tNNi We aye III lttf " ~ t'''
ticnar ard they viii not be slow TO lake advantage
OF what Me shall have done, AID tins make our
work permanent, bn0 as s'nstque noes 81 upoftiAt
10 th, On - 20 UF LIT tie legal organ OK tie SAle,
then. boldly iako this bull OF the l0caade BY Tie
horns and make AN eIprt a. least aud JiHcky and
IS e one 20 wrench them ont by the roots. Nobody
IA stand uiou the manner o, doing II, provided q
4. done. TIE >ennte # the State has taken acton
b. the pierises Tie action that bas been bad has
.or iis object substantially that VIII h We have
designaeO-the restoration OF the commerce OF New
ORLEANS 20 tie world, IL 1, proposed 20 form
Naval Board Of five, to be appointed - TIE
Governor, TO provide wary sscis 10 accomplsh
uts great Object. IL tue bill Caa BE- iui-
proved in any particular, let II lie done
Lv al means. ie' there he no sclemiug ar
plrty or UersOnal feelings mixed up with IT, Ills
i. no day Tor such SPECTACLE. and wo TO 1he nan
who is found liguirg for any private ln'eiests
when such public ones RbsOrb tie energies OF Il
whole people. Let there be an exhibition 81 SELF
abandonment, flank aud manly determination TO
act with a single eve 90 the ma uliccut end aimed
10. Let the Legislature consult practical men about
cetail- and obtain all the ligbt possible. ~ Dehe'e
the Governor would appoint as sUch poAr1 oI
practical men, who eouli not be thinble-rSged into
any sosme for the promotion OF private Interests.
No man having sny reputation 10 Oss. would dare,
! II base enough, thus To act.
Willie tie utmost vigil,nce should b. exercised .
the acts OF the Government N al respeo = since
eternal vigilance Is the price Of liberty, That 0ls-
position thai would see in every man villain Il a
mot execrable one, end il 10y 40 means compli- |
Iutrtarv to HIM who eniertains II.
The objection 10 an eiiIt OF the State 10 open its
principal poIt aid the principal one in the Great
Valley ia the expeute. Some people scared at
t,. IS ifd navy. let IL DO unpronounced, then. II
+. ur,uacessar; 10 call the vessels which the State
NAV provide a navy. They would not lie 20 ia fact.
As TO the cost. the revived commerce which would
4 follow the oreniug OF the port would ray the eX
tense ia "A month. Tn, ID n sufficient answer, but
there Is another which may be more satisfactory to
sore. We believe the Confederate Government
viii chefrfuily refund 10 tire State at the close Of
Il the war, every dollar she may exp,nd for tais rur
| nose C,u NJ, body doubt ~ The restoration Of
,0a commerce Of New.Orleans would be that Of the
cor,r,rce OF the COgi,deraey. FOR the accomplish
/ r..nt III such an object could not the Confederate
! Government afford 70 reimburse Louisiana Tor her
outlayl Would single voice be raised against 1t
throughout tie Conf, deiacy Hhrtiy, we thlnh'
/ We do not counsel any lasiy ACTON. On The con-
t~,rv IA. the utmost ieiiJeratou prevail, So thn'
/ whatever is d0ue may De characterized by gcod
sense PATRIOTISM aud political sagalyi 20 that rue
ues.re. adopted nay be at once comprehensive
and elIeciuaL II il be thought advisable to wat
before nclrring any actual expense, the arrival OF
our Commissioners in Europe IN order to set what
! Erplafd and France will do, We me content. But
Inle.g .nlne action by these Powers be badand that
sre.liiy-then Ter our Legislature 60 into the work
of driving tie boekadefs mo Kingdom come OF some
other country.
THE IfGIlIAI Ot JNNiiAt - NtN-'hffaH>s
! 7Hs Nst-.OyLans crescent 4 the 9Th inrt. lays:
In onr celebration of this day, then let 1t he borne
in mind that Il l. with no piide hnd exiaiion 10 be
,riumpb Of our arms over the British, with 10 IN
I kindly reuiniscences OF them, bnt VIII conscious
ysIor and resolution TO maintain our coil aud our
| b,,or 40, inst Nil invaders and with feeling pre-
domip,it over nll Others Of un,xtlngusfsl 10 Late
and undying hostility against the enemy who, IN a
fr worse oaute, aud ~ II manner more uulustIdable
and barbarous, now IoDaies our soil vi his foot
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