Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-06
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British Wrath over the STONE BIock
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The Cunard steamer Africa arrived at New
York on Friday, with two days later news IRON
Europe. The people Of England from all tha
We can learn, appear highly vejoIced at'the set
tement OF the Trent affair, but the newspaper
are still snarlipg The principal ground ior
abusing the American Government, is the stont
blockade. This, the government organ, the
London Post, says 10 encountering the gen
eral condemnation in England, which il has nj
ready received from the French press, and Cd,
peclally from the official organ of the French
government. Il thinks that nothing but tbt
firmly expressed views Of maritime Earope car
avail to arrest the further development Of the
horrible project.nt Admitting the right OF
blockade as a. temporary war measure, every
government Of Europe has addressed itself "a
promote the free navigation OF rivers and en-.
trance to ports. When, then, such measure
is inangurated In a war "of the original legal,
ity Of which grave doubts have been entertain.
Cd, "itiis on. a level. with the practices Of
East lndian pirates. Abiding to the Eng-
iish precedent of sinking ships, In 1904, in
front OF the harbor Of Boulogne, Il asks,
with yirtuous indignation; "Can II be nee.
esssfy 10 draw out In words the obvious dis
tlnction between military and commercial
porte-between harbor widened and defended
ior the express purpose fIhe conquest and sub
Jugation OF England, and harbor valuable to
its own country merely in fostering the com.
merce Of all the maritime nations OF Europe I
To block up permanently the mouth Of the Ca
ronne, and destroy thereby the port Of bordeaux,
would have been the corresponding barbarity;
though II Is one which no European government
ever imagined. But for England to have de-
stroyed the port OF Boulogne in 1904, even II
she had done so, would have been simply equiv
alent to the blowing up Of Sevastopol by Tur
key and her allies in 1856. =
frThe barbarities now perpetrated by the Fed
eFal Government are equally bracing the ener-
giles Of the South, and rousing the European
governments to common sentiment of indR-
nation. We hardly know why Europe has hitf-
erto acted toward the Northern Government
with 80 much more long suffering than she
showed toward Holland In 1881 and 1882. Hol-
land was never guilty Of the barbsritIes COM
mitted by the Washington Cabinet: but France
and Great Britain, as soon as the BelRians
showed that they could hold their own, and the
war grew destructive to commerce ana general
security, unhesitahngly recognized the inds
pendence Of Belgium" q afi's'o = I,
The Manchester Gusrdidn is equally savage.
It says: $50 it''-,-
Language is too weak to describe the infs.
my OF deliberately destroying for all time the
sources and conditions Of prosperity With which
country Is endowed by nature, in order to
punisn the political sins OF those who live there.
IN. NO Attila, or Nadir Shah ever made war
ID TINS way on unborn generations. If the
american Government are wrongfully accused
OF this crime, 1t Ia the fault Of the savage
Journalists Of their country. There are Other
people, however, whom IL concerns to ascertain
the truth, both as to the fact and intention. This
closing Of the great outlets Of continent not
only against the commerce OF the world, but
against imperiled and disabled ships, seeking
for refuge,is 40 offeuse against humanity at
large. IL is the right Of any nation to take
the matter up for its own sake and for that OF
others. The joint intefposi.ion Of rnany nations
IN such case 70 called for far more stronqlp than
py any disregard Of the rights Of foreign peoples
o. Dhtch the MericGns are accused. We are
prepared to say that what has unfortunately
been done renders II expedient, however, ju' /
to require the American Government. under
pain Of war, either to remove their nefarious
handiwotk, or at least to abstain from interfer-
ence while II 10 being removed by the people for
whose injury and molestatIon In the first place
it was designed. But we are strongly of the
opinion that the British Government might
With propriety make It known at Washington
that We shall not, If we can help 1t, allow what
has been done at Charleston to be repeated at
savannah, Mobile or any other port Of the Con-
federate States. IL Is not agreeable to deal
With the Americans on the same footing as we
deal with the Chinese. We have but one rule
OF conduct, however, for people who appear ig.
norant OF their simplest obligations toward the
external world, whether the perversions Of feel
Ing and intellect which they exhibit cast dis,
credit only on stunted and effete civilization,
or on one closely allied to our own.
THE RuMoRED INTERFERENCE WITH THE BLOCK
bilO8 913dV r16 ADE. f1 av sn-.ltL
Intefvention Is recommended In the editorials
and BY the correspondents Of certain London
and Paris papers, and the very latest dispatches
by the Africa, dated In London on the 18Th ult j,
contain the following important intelligence:
JOINT .iNTERvENTIoN or FRANCE AND ENGLAND
FOR THE PAoIFIcATi0N OF THE FEDERAL AND
CONFEDERATE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA.
"The Obseyver suggests the expediency Of a
similar Intervention by France and England
between the Federals AMI Confederates of
North America to that between Greece and
Turkey. Such an act would be approved by the
tohOIe World. No Navarino would be necessary;
theiutervention ioould be gladly accepted by the
Confederates, and would give satisfaction to
every man of the Northern States who has any
thing to lose. Our Government and that Of
France will be called upon, therefore, to repeat
what was done in the case of Greena No one