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In the House Of Lords, on the 9th of August
Lord Campbell rose to move for comics or ex
! tracts OF any correspondence which her Ynaias
tvs government had received from AIr. Mason
the Southern envoy relating to the acknowledz 2
ment OF the Confederate States Of America by
Great Britain. Hs said, as the government had
already laid before Parliament, in the FIRST nun
Der Of the papers on America, the dispatch o
Colonel Mann and Mr. Yancey, demanding the
Acknowledgements of the Southern Confederacy
in 1861. and had also laid before Parliament q
dispatch Of Mr. Mason at the beginning OF the
present year on the blockade. there could be no
technical objection to present any correspon-
dence Of 8 later period. Il was well known
that the Southern ENJOYS, both in London and
IN Paris, had recently demanded the ackuow-
ledgment of the State they represented and
of which the power to defend their capital
against an ivading force was in the last days
Of June tTiumphantly asserted. In one sense,
indeed, the papers would be useless they could
do little to embTace-so strong was it already
the conviction which appeared 10 pervade Sc
ciety and Parliament that the war ought to
end in separation Of the Northern and Southern
! powers. Il wss not too much to say that no
class or party ia the country any longer desired
to see the reconQuest of the South aud the re-
1 construction Of the Union. The unanimity
might be traced to many different causes 1t
was owiEg in some measure TO the seasonabls
\ food Of light Mr. Spence in his well known
work, had thrown upon tbs subject. 1t was
owing in 8 still greater measure 20 the speech
OF the noble lord, the Secretary for Foreign
/ Affairs, on the l0th Of March, ia which he told
The world that separation was the issue of the
! struggle which be contemplated, aud that
period not distant from the time when he was
/ speaking 1t was owing also 10 the lsbors OF
enlightened men in the House Of Commons, Of
whom Mr. Gregory had bsen the most con-
spicuous, Bat still more should the unanimous
desire for separation and aversion TO rec0nqueSt
Ia this country be traced to the conviction that
the interest of the negro race would be promo
/ ted By the former and retarded by the latter;
that the area Of slavery must be limited when
separation happened, and would most likely
! be extended if reconqUest unhappily oecureS,
/ These papers were lot wanted IN order to give
q new force to that conviction, but that they
might throw light upon the course which Great
Britain ought to follow amid the dangers which
surrounded her il consequence OF this civil war.
The first danger of Great Bntain-viz: the
possibility Of Southern subjugstion and all the
evils il invOlvei-might be perhaps, dismissed
as a remote one. The second danger which
arose from the continuance OF the wsr-the
manufacturing distress it must oceasiOn-Wss
far more serious and distressing. So long as
the war continued a scarcity OF cotton must be
spprebended II, indeed, the American sup
piy were utterly and finally eLtinguished, the
means would not, perhaps, he wanting to re-
place If but SO long as the American supply
was constantly impending on the market they
could not hope 70 gain q large amount from
Africa OF India Aud who should say what
degree Of social or political disorder might not
follow manufacturing distress if it extended
over four years or upwards Another danger
for Great Britain, more likely 20 remain IN
noticed, but not less easy to describe, was that,
If the war should end in separation, before this
country had merited alliance from the South
ern power, Canada was exposed without an
adequate defense to at lesst possible invader.
Ii Canada was unable to send large armies to
her succor, what defense could they rely on
except firm ally upon that continent, prepar-
ed at any moment TO cross the frontier of the
power by which an unjust attack was made
upon our dependency Suppose Great Britain
held aloft completely in the present autum,
while he other powers of Europe, swayed by
the French government, employed their moral
force 10 terminate the war IN Southern inde-
pendence In two months Canada might be
asssiled and Great Britain be without the least
support on that continent If, however, Great
Britain had united with the powers of Europe
after showing every observance to the gov
ernment Of Washington In acknowledging the
Independence of the South, she would not be
unsupported in America when separation hap
pened. Since modern Europe came insO exis-
fence 10 civil war had ended IN the sovereignty
Of the insurgeut power until that power had
been recognized by neutral States, giving an ex-
ample to the State which aimed at its reconquest
It was not till Portugal had been acknowledged
by Great Britain twenty-five years that Spain
consented to acknowledge her existence as an in
dependent power. Il was not tiIl long after
sha fu Of bo1
knowledged the United provinces Of Holland
that Spain gave up the hope Of resbsorbing
them. The same circumstance applied to the
United States, the South American republics, TO
Greece, to Belgium, and 10 Italy. The sc
knowledgmelt by neutral powers had always
preceded the acknowledgment Of the power
which first endeevoTed TO control the insurrec-
ton. 1t was not too much to lay down a prin-
ciple that war must 90 on against an insurgent
State until neutral powers had acknowledged
its The war for q conquest could not be sban-
doned while neutral powers sanctioned its c n
tinuance. The whole question Gs regarded
acknowledgment, appeared 20 turn upon the
moment If other powers Of Europe were pre-
pared, had England right TO count upon bet
ter one Operations of gunbosts were retarded
by the dryness Of the navigsble rivers, opera
tion by land by the fearful hea. and the diseases
engendered. Richmond wss no longer men
sced Securities at New York had undergone
great depreciation. The war as far as they
judge, bad lost its hold on popular opinion. The
abolitonists who followed Mr.. Sumner had
ceased 70 give it their support And if many Of
the most rejecting men believed that ia Decem-
Der and January last f lr0pe lost an opportunity
of taking that step without which the war could
scarcely end, and which would then perhaps,
have closed it, with what decision and dispatch
ought not new cO8JUnctuTe which is invited to
snen a mode Of acting 10 be made use Of 2
There was this difference between the present
and the former opportunity. In January the
Federsls had never been victorious in battle,
end, however, resigned to separation, however
hopeless Of reconqusst, might still pr0l3ng the
war IN order TO recover thsir prestige and repac
their military losses. How the greater balance
Of SUCCESS wss likely TO extinguish such an ob-
staele But, if the present moment were aban-
doned what we're they to wait f0r Bsloce
granting the eztrication they must owe to Ea-
rope and to Us, were We to wait until the South
ern forces were again aggressive and triumphant,
until the invaders were invaded, until the aven-
gers were the victims, until the Northern States
were oyeTrun, and until Washington was occu-
pied-until, a. least, its government had encoun-
tered new hunihstons, losses and disasters at
the hands OF the people whom they had rashly
undertaken 10 chastise and 70 subdue At least
England was hardly justified in waiting for new
reverses 10 the kederals, unless If was the only
conduct in which the ether powers of Europe
would support US. In that case no doubt they
were entitled TO pursue if. Perhaps the noble
lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, would de-
scribe such case as being the real one il not
his silence would explode il. TIE noble lord
eeneluded by moving for the correspondence.
Earl Russell said ] an sorry that it is not con
venient 10 give the papers which have been
moved for. The envoy Of the Southern States
hes never been officially received here, and as
the correspondence has been entirely Of al IN
official character do not think it would b. ed-
visable to produce it There is, however, dis
/ patch of Mr Stewards communicated to noe by
4 Mr. Adams, and smother to Ar. Seward in reply,
] in which the views Of her msjesty's government
are stated. We remain eS We were few months
sgo-we have not altered our position, aud
i there is little more than that fact contained 10
/ the dispatch In the event Of adopting any new
I line Of policy ] should think it necessary to
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