The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-08
ConyuIsions In Americ..

has been nAisrepresented and fAlsined hv the
Nortnsrn pres. no man can doubt who read
sns extracts from the speeches delivered 1t
ne opening Of Parliament, which We gave
IN ysstsrday's paper. We have been led TO
believe that 1ssline Of decided hostility to
the OonSdsrass States exists among the peo-
pis' and that he 0ovsrnmsat II strongly
against all ciaims for recoenition. Now,
however, since ~ h&ve heard tAs real senti.
ment nom England's rsprsssntativs men, we
can bat bslisvs exactly the revssss u true
Added to the favorable remarks In yestsr-
days edition, We give, to-day, some extracts
from an article in the Jauuary numbsr Of
Lakewood. undoubtedly the most influential
magazine Of the day. It commsnces a. fol.
lows:
Everybody who has thought, talked and
read m uch about America OF late, must feel
tnat 3ngltDn opinions on the suhjoct, ~ rem.
oefeo by the tone Of our pres, have been quail
1ned by the medium that transmits them. -
NOBODY In private li1e tAiks shout our "trnns-
Atlennc hinsmsn." nobody 1dssires 70 claim
familiarities with the performers in the bar
barous dances which the American nation
executes around Its idols OF the hour, any
more than with the worshippers Of Mumbo
not silly or sentimental. We do not speak OF
the least sanguinary of civil wars as ssthe
terrible and fratsrnal struggle which is
drenching America with blood" Itis not 10
public speeches, that every hnglish m an
worthy Of tho name deplores the separation
between the North and south: The view
comm only taken by Englishmen, who do not
on that account consider themselves un.
worthy Of the name, is that every day
teads 10 justify the judgment and policy
OF the South In Withdrawing from sys-
tsn,, the resulss .ot which are what we
above all things, that the struggle should be
at once concluded, no matter how because a
conclusion which would leave the South at
the mercy Of q vindictivs, urfair. and un
do not lament ovar the unexampled display
Of weatnsss made by the Great Republic, be.
causs we know that such weakness existed,
and 1t is not for tho interest of truth nor Of
guised. or allowed TO vaunt itself us a match.
less force. Nor do we, as q people, desire 10
accept any slight. shifty pretence of repara-
ton for the recent ruffanly outrage. which
may be held by some among us, to whom
honor Is bat fantastic name, to bsolve us
from the necessity OF war, for previous in.
suits from tho same quarter still remain IN.
atoned for; and now that We have, at enor-
NOUS cost. and with patient and self denying
efforts, amassed an armament which ade
quatsly represents the power Of England We
should have no objection to employ 1t in nd.
ministering a sharp chas'isement to the vain
glorious people who have % often cheaply
defled US. Sentiments concilia,ory even 70
pOi,roonery, and pacific even to disgrace, are
frequently nscribed to us; yet they have no
real origin in the heart CT the nation. 1t would
be impossible for the national vanity OF
America, hungry as 1t is, to extract any
nourtshment from what is expressed on
the subject IN the convsrsation OF intel.
ligent Englishmen. When they read the
speeches Of American public mon, and the
articles OF American newspape they feel
only scorn for tho blind followers to whom
such blind guides are possible. They are un-
able to see anything peculiarly trasical in
the fact that half a million Of men have bssp
brought together in arms to hurl big words at
each other across river. Nor do we see any
first colon'zed from our own shores to induce
us to treat with extraordinar indulksnce th .
com posite population with whose manners.
customs, and character, we have so little in
plea Of relationship as an inducem en- / to con .
ceal our real sentiments, when we SO loudly
derided our own fellow. subjects Of the Irish
brigade, who went forth from among us
should We conceal our con tempt when ab-
surdities far more mischievous, and on an
tmm ensely extended scale, are committed by
those whom twaddling sentimen talists term
onr American cousins?
It is q remarkable fact, and one that NAV
puzzle future historians. that, in the ssms
year, We, people, having no more sym -athy
VIII luOU IuAc Guhu w VI UoHQCllSm, viewed
the downfall OF de- potic dynastiss, not only
without pity. but with derision and contempt.
yet preserved q respectful demeanor, while a
worse and moro hopeless tyranny was every
We discuss the statecraft Of tho Americans as
ifit were really directed by statesmen capa-
ble OF P'anning and executing operations of
n1nnce .S., and RonSy we speak opera
as II they had established claim upon the
consideration OF . sensible people who have
some repu tation In war. We repeat or refu te
tho asseJ tlons. pro phecies and denunciatiops
| OF their orators and journalists, as il any hu-
| man being, even the speakers and writer's
| themselves, could consider them entitled to
| pa, ticls of credit Tho apparent cons >.
/ quencs IL, that they imagine they are i'm &.
pressing the old. decried and worn-o pow
srs, who have SO long regarded their great
and free Institutions with envy. with a
profound respect for their military skill,
thsr wonderful sagacity, tho unrivalled per.
fection Of their political system and their in. {.
dispu table claim TO be regarded a. foremcs
among the nations OF the eartn. Through
their politicians, their journals. their public
meetings, and their actions. they frankly
write themselves down as they are, in the
broadest characters, yet we refrain from ac-
ceptiug the description given on such unde-
niabls a. thoIi,y- + is in vain that they ses-
travagant antics; we persist In regarding the
dreary farce as q grand melodrama, or even
q tragedy. We, who ground our best claims
10 COO61OcT6tlOu d. u HdtlOu On Inc great men
great actions, great principles, which illus.
trats the massive volume of our history,
grant the claim OF this people to greatn ess on
the single ground of material prosperity
And although happily we are - far removed
from universal snffrage as from autocracy,
and although the aspect In which republican. .
ism appears unmistakably in America has
caused the democratic tendencies Of our own
Institutions to be powerfully arrested, yet we
continue to appear reluctant to draw from
passing events deductions which would seem
to reject upon democracy.
| This course We believe to have been ipiudi.
cious and unfortunate. Had the Americans
been permitted to ses the true reflection OF
| our mtnds-had they been aware OF the az
/ tent and depth OF the contempt with which
/ We have regarded their dOtngs-it could
scarcely have failed to modify their conduct
Of the civil war. Nor, q: question Of poll
l cy when we would avoid war, do we think
1t advisable to dwell on our pacific disposi-
! ton a. tho key mote To profess q cisincli-
| with q bully. Even were It true that we
would sacrifice everything for peace, and
that Messrs. Bright, Golden and Jos. Peaas
l were the great represen ntatives of English
when We are giving proof Of our readiness
l for war On sufficient occasion, there sssms
more than ever reason to regret that we had d
not given the Northern Americans the word
/ more plainly before the blow. They have
| seen us solicitops 70 observe . neutrality.
| the operation Of which was nnfavorable, J,
even unfair, to the South. They have aeen
/ us foregoing our undoubted right to recog.
! nizs the Southern Oonfeieracy. and permit.
| ting them to enforce an ine1sctual blockade
which wasmost injuri6us to our In interests, and
which the law Of nations would havs war.
ranted NJ in diarsGarding; and they have
things. They remember the patience with
which previous insults have hesn borne by
NJ, and they take childish delight IN shakins 6
their dste in the face OF great, strong coun.
a. something TO % scaIcely thought Of an ap.
peal TO arms, the natnral consequence 10 that
when they have gone % far a. to place them
selves In the predicament Of having TO choose
between hlmilia alton aud var, they are nj =.