Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-31
FoR THE WnG
SHALL WE REJALL CUR COMMISSIONERS FROM
EUR0PEg
T. u r.


Mn FDlr,R-Tte question of recalling our COmmis
sOners from Europe, which asa;rs Congress, the
Press and the public mind is Of sueh gravity that
trust you will pardon who has as. returned from
long exile in Earops, for making few suggestions
the subj ,et
In common With other STU heruers abroad, the writer
Of this letter strongly moved with Indignation by
the icy inc enee aud caous self hness Of the Great
Powers Of Europe in view oa struggle patro 10 and
Just either the Greek the Polish the Hungarian
fights for freedom, which hey hsd formerly avshed
their symplthes. Under the impulse Of isindgt alton
the thought that all ,GIrt 10 foreign reccg
utcn or cooperation should bs abandoned, and that
y NJ on the sou: helrt-and strong srms of her own
sons the South should withdraw her foreign agents,
abandon ths torluous paths Of diplomacy and cut ter
way foreign recognition the sword aloGe-leaving
Europe to court her atucs after she Stood in no need
Of counienA1ce or aid, moral or material.
Such TIC opinion of the majority of our Reprrsar
'av,s abroad oci4 aud unofficial as late the fsl Of
J,ousry las,cr from the bssinring Of this struggle
the South has bsen provided abroad with some, though
no. so many FolIntetr sids as sho has had In the
de.d At home, sOme Of whom doing gallant though
u ac,rov LEGGED service still
From the DsltI'S statements Of his remNks at New
lsans, it would that the senior Commsso sr the
eloquent karess and patriotic Yancey, has bfough:
btk with hin the conviction; conviction
strongly entertained by the writer also, utt the les.
Eeglish mail arrived.
The developments which that lstr intelligence baVe
made are Of nature TO erist the entou Of all
Who love their country better than their opinons and
wo have hs uora courage to resist the cuckoo cry Of
neutrality-suspicious. they would vary their lice Of
OBJ duct with varying circumstances Well and wisely
said John O. Cslhoon, when tvited for changing HE
tpnious "ipcoais;eucy is change Of opinion without
aYy sufficient reasons 10 justify it,"
Lstu see Il such St i ient for reianing
Commissioners abrc ad at lsaf lille longer be present
ed BY the aies. intelligence from that quIter subse
quent to the date Of kr Ylnccys departure upoa his
peious voyage homo The latest English alvioss eI.
teud 70 u l2h instant when American tirs were
crossing the attention OF tbe British Parliament and the
veteran TX Lord Chancellor Lyndburs the proiouBdesi
of Eu, sh jurts, was oatecLising Earl Russell upon
TIE intctney of the blockade of the Amsrcln ports.
Most ,nAclnt Is this discussion 10 the meagre Gb-
sract given BY the Yankee press, as fellow:
In the H-ue Of Lords, Lord Olmpbell called attention
to the noy t the American bloekads Of Uonfed
ert pcrs and moved for the publication Of correspon.
deccs the sulj:c'. Lord Resell replied 10 proof
sSaiusi the ChTgs advanced By Lord CsDpbs Of inef
Scancy 10 the bloekIde and rooeun;ed the Efforts made
BY toe North render it elective He considered hS,
The want OF cotton in the Engsh market the best
TT tbA, the tlceEaie was not al empty one.
IL, however, added, that renewal Of the old feeling
belWsen the North sad the South impo slbe, and
hoped that the North would 10 peoc f1l sepa.
ration Of the Southern ate1 lie trusted that within
L A.. -. 4. LII.
cpaton might possibly be Ell ctd hy gradual AID peac.
iu! means. He said that formal communication had
been made BY the fesch Government In relation the
insficienCy of the blockade.
As Lord Ceupbell died come time since this mus.
Of to Lord Lyndhurst Et Chancellor also. Now,
Wbeu the age standing and political position Of Lord
Lyndhurs are considered his interposion In our be-
half shows the immense stride our cause has made in
tho British Parliament, for hitherto Ia advocacy had
hcei leit to the yourg6r and les aleniIl members;
and our iru. friend the equsn and earnes. Gregory,
could not even secure herring when be souh: TO put
in Flea in t1tenualou fer Us, a few months since.
Sill more sigt iHcaui ia Lord Rassel's reply which
bokcrs lis kpprOIcliag abandonment of the Of
his Northern friends for whom he has compromised
both his political consistency and the dregs Of reru alton
which iic,sasiug imbeai hss lsf! hip. He pu's up
pilscul paa for htte tine. The Houic is inso-
yst be adnis she old business never can be resumed
beween the cd pltnsrs; hat then s.sy OF ma'ty days
would be srca relief them, and then emancipation
might b., n eted "bT grsdu.l aud peaceful means
LSe the Scorpion :ho sting Of ths du'sver Is in the
AL l. Eoad seem 80 COT m the suspcian created by
the late eA'rAOrdnary nIGesIo Of Linc2n, ;hat The
last BID made TO ward Of British Intervention 10 array
Bsish fans,ieism sgsins; British interest and interDA
oDa law the promise CT emancipation, 10 imitation
Of the West Indian experiment.
Bu. the British GoverOmsnt have evidently driven q
ha bargain with the falling Cabinet at Washington
Paiby dsiru,tng both the viii and the po Of Lin
e,la to fulH tuoa prOm's' they have given him but
The shcr. term Of ninety days 70 4,cue i;-hsvs
A ,rdsd Ihe unhappy criminal rssplts not = pr4oni
From the thuoder Of the "fimes" to The saAlphiill
tteAIo Of Earl RussiL snea seems The voice Of 4 g
laud TheyfhAvs driven hard brgau with Lineoln-