The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-02


tsis ..ty evident TO our minds. th.s .''T"
Raase'i D. girs already to suspsct that ne hae
carried ~ game Of neutrality little 100 n''
and that hs has discovered when too late tAA'
the Enoliss Histories are absus to DO dsP"Vsa
not eniy Of the prsssas crop Of sssasn' es' ..
TIA. for the rex. year. He never sehevs"
IA. Il veull ssns ~ taaA He trusted - Ss"-
A.. ,,.r,s. TIA. hs ws,,A sosaser ~ cam
xv ara sps. ~ psrss ssward NEW shsn,
=. w.,l A 10 does new, that Ne sAP>aTs 81
.r.,- ..a.u pert in Ale Ooafsderasy wssh
%, .n.sls rim 70 soAply with his proniee.
n. ls.w .sa, 10 ret eDly would not 6sd asy
.. ten II then. bat .Aa. ssne woald ssns -
l..s ~ they rsAAissd in his psasss'
sies. He knew tiAt not saly the pres
snt srsp wssIa b destroyed, be, that noac
would be planted fer the next year
he tAus ssnpisssiy dipped the 6srsaAry -
1srs;gu AAAiir, whsn We take to be ne
smallest sps<insa Of . A1Alstsr eKtant. aas
lea him forward to the briak CT CALF, dswr
which ii se sAa lssk withest feeling his head
swim, - has Armsr ssrvss than We give hin
credit fer H. saacss new break the block
ade, il ne welll Tns Yankees have the star
Of him. Their irsn sunboats are superior to
his wooden craft. II would take him year
If they staod still, to catch mp with him, and 1t
seems certain tost they do MOI mean to saADt
stall The fact il beyond dispute. England has
lost the supremacy Of the seas, AMI, for the
time, the Yankees have Is. Lord Russell has
fairly mu1di>d away the Eaghsh superiority
Had he opened The porss tan montbn ago, the
war would have been III Au sud. There would
have been no kSrrimSe exploits asd NO Yam.
kss Zee. Of gunboats
We are b. no means surprised st the over
reaching Of % small MAJ ~ Russell by 90
a1tfnl man IA Seward. Bat that he should
ever have bssA abie 10 impose npon - able &
man a. the Emperor Of tho Frsush, 10 truly
astonishing That potsntsts Is, however, In
the same boat with the English Foreign Sss
rotary, and he must share the same fate. He
cannot now break the blockade, if he should
desire it, and he can ges No cotton until the
blockade is broken. The result OF the Merri
macs exploits has been to open the eyes OF
both France and England, when i. lie already
too late to profit by the light
What must happen, in both France and
England, thus deprived Of two consecutive
crops of cotton, without any reserve 70 fall
back uponi For year, j, may do very well
to support the millions thrown out Of employ.
ment at the public expense: bat this cannot
Last always. When the public bounty fails
what is to become Of the operatives 1t was
saidNbsfore the experiment had been made
that the failure of single crop in the Sonth
would eces4ion revelation in England, and
here are two crops sbsolu .ely lostto her man
ufactories. If eonvulsion in both countries
should enue, who v ould be to blame but their
rulers
Let not our people put any faith in the a.
distance of France and England. Their yuen
have centrived 70 involve them in such
curious dilemma that they cannot help 1t
they would. We must fight out the battle by
ourselves; and we uiN fight it out The loss
Of eur sea port ;owns-of all our towns-is
not decisive Of the question. We still have
vast bodies Of men in the field, which need
bat concentration to become Irresistible. Our
foes have q vast extent of fertile country,
which these armies Can invade whom their
swn is no longer capable of supporting hem