The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-11


that the preservation Of peace for any pro-
srscied period with such m andaeious, hso
lent and fool hardy Administrasion - that OF
Seward " ouid be next to impossioie.
In the management of its foreign relations
he career Of Stewards Government has been
. continual series Of blunders. Its high tariff
for nrotec,ion levelled at the interests of man
sramme of alienation. Its declaration of
paper blockade against our Southern seaboard,
without any feet at all worthy of the name,
10 enforce 1t and its capture of vessels al
legged to have violated it, was another source
Of irritation. Then came the arrests Of for.
eigners at different times and places at the
North, in enforcing lite odious system OF es-
rionnge and terrorism. This was followed
by the Inauguration ola spy corps in Europe to
dog the heels Of Southerners there and all who
were suspected Of sympa,hizing with them
Add to this its insolent demand that the
shipment of arms and munitions Of war to
us should be prohibited, while it was Ell
gagged most openly 10 purchasing and shipping
he same articles to its own section. Crown
ny al! these acts of outrage and insolence
came the boarding of the Trent, and its Off
cal approval of the act; which was followed
by the mean and barbarous scheme Of 1erma
uently barricading our harbors with stone,
shipped thousands of miies for the vandal
purpose. The last nail has finally been driven
in the coffin of its reputation by its craven
let down under the demand of Earl Rus
sell.
1t Was impossible for foreign Governments
not 10 be Disguised by the vulgarity, inso
fence, and barbarity of these people. They
tolerated much to the native coarseness,
clownishness, and ignorance of good man
nsrs, OF the Washington officials. They put up
with their proceedings in the came spirit that
gentleman will take extraordinary pains to
avoid collision With Ii drunken bully in the
streets. But, although they have RETAINED
nom actual hostiiities, it is perfectly evident
with what contemptaous disgust and vexation
| they look upon tho Washington Cabinet Sew
ard has taken much pains to ali his diplomacy
oy profuse publications. in the press and i'll
documents of Congress. His part OF the
| foreign correspondence of his Government is
windy, shallow, insOlcnt, and hectorilg.
| That of all other Powers is just as brief and
| curt as any. gentleman would endeavor to
make his discussions with an adversary with
out decUrum, chara eter, integrity, or good
manners. BY common consent, they have
addressed Seward as seldom as possible ON
any hjoct, and then with brevity which
| betrayed thorough unwiiiingness to commit
| themselves in words to any extent beyond
the absolute requirements ofself-respect, duty,
and the demands Of the emergency.
] ne disgust Of officials has communicated
ITSELF TO the masses. The foreign world very
soon, nd as if by instinct, discovered that
this was "a war Of gentlemen on one side,
| with vulgar braggsrts and DULLES on the
other The first impulse of the European
public was to condemn the South as the au-
thors Of needless and depiorabls dismem-
| berment Of great and prosperous empire
| 1t is remarkable how soon this opinion gave
way to a convict ion that the South was en-
| deavoriug to separate itself from loathsome
| and intolerable tyranny. The sympathy of
| the foreign public for the South is now so
| great as to have overcome their long cher
| ished repugnance TO lis on account of slavery
| 1t ia very plain that they respect and sympa-
thize with the South, in spite of their edu-
Gated dislike to her institution and this fact
constitutes one of the most remarkable eyi-
denees of the growing popularity of the
| Southern cause on the other side Of the
| ocean.
Time, Providence, and her own valor are
| doing wonders for the South bus greater
| wonders still are wrought for her every day
by the concet, insolence, folly, and barbarity
of the North. With all these potential infu-
ences to work for US, we may safely conclude
| that our cause is prosperous.