The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-03

before published would have le,, to believe The
| following editorial in the Herald win show with
what socitude nat paper regards the present atti
tuie Of foreign powers relative to intervention:
| BRITISH INsoLENCE AND AMERICAN POWER
| From the New York Herald. June 81
The details of the news by tho Arabia of a
much decided character than the teie graphic
/ summary which we published on "Wednesday seem
\ ed to indicate. Cur Paris correspondence, too
throws great additional light upOn the movements
| now going on in France aud England. 1t appears
| that the programme is that France win take the
lead in the 'mediatiIn' Intervention scheme
| for the settlement of the civil war IN Ameri
ca. while England secretly pledges her moral,
and. II necessary, her physical, support; that the
basis of the Intervention is to be- if not separation
AZ IL siac qaa NoR, ut least decision of the ques
tion by the votes Of the people Of the Southern
States, each State to determine for Itself what is 10
be its future connectiof-whcther with the North
ern States or tho Southern Confederacy-Gnd that,
| to carry out this arrangement, armisGe should
| take place for six months-the proposition to be
made at Richmond and Washington simultaneous
| ly in the middle of July-and in the event Of the
North refusing to accept the Intervention, the Eu
rOpean Powers will Immediately acknowledge the
| independence of the revolutionary States, and will
also consider what further action it may be neces
sary and proper to take in the premises
These views are confirmed by the tone of the
French and English press, well as by the full
ports Of the debates in the Britsh Parliament The
London Post, the organ OF Lord Palmerston and Of
Count Persigny in article dated June IA has the
following very suggestive observations
"ieis u matter of astonishmcnt tlyt long ere this
some demand has not been made upon the Govern
ment to take some steps towards efecting a
tion of h0siiities which have proved disastrous
i'll their conseuuencesto this nation. The time may
come. and that shortly when it will become the
paramount duty OF neutral States to interpose; but
now, as AT the commencement of the war; they are
undoubtedly bound to stand a!oof."
The language of Lord Palmerston is in singular
harmony with this. He says: I'VE have at present
no iatention Of offering mediation between the two
contending partiee' And Earl Russell in the
other house, "Certainy there is 10 intention on
the part Of her Majesty's Government to mediate
| tie prsseat moment" This implies th;ts the time
may soon come when England viii. "interpose -
Meanwhile, Napoleon is 70 go ahead the Man
chester Guardian suggests The Emperor would
prefer u have England openly with him from the
start but she prefers that France su bear the first
shock resulting from the insoent proposition. Mean
time, the English population to be worked np
to the fighting point by such unprec edented ha-
rangues against IA friendly nation those INDUCED
in hy the ministers of the Crown against the same
| people.
lie Lonton Times suggests The mediation at first
| oi Napoleon and the Czar while England holds
| back, and then goes on to say:-"If seems more
than fessibic, the resolution of the Southerners
avaiis to proract this from month To month,
then the time must come when the Intervention OF
Europe will be demanded by the interests of Lu-
manity, and. perhaps, aeeept.sa willingly by the
haustcd combatants." In another article the same
Journal representing, it ,Ioes the o,,irclly of
| England, thus sounds the warning note upon
another point 1t cannot be doubted that we are
approaching time when more important
| question even than that of offer of media
| tion may have to be considered by England
| aud France. The Southern Coniederacy has
constituted itself nation nearly year and a
| half During that time the attachment Of the peo
| pie TO the new Government has been Individually
! shown. Immense armies have been raised, the
greatest sacrifices have been endured, the persist.
ence Of the South i'll the through long series
sIn
| the force and consistency which are looked upou
as the tests of nationality" Tho writer proceeds
to ob~erye isat il tss South claim It's recognition
an independents Power. the rrecedcnts OF the
British and Spanish American colonies OF Belgium
and Of Tuscany and Naples, forbid England "to
question this right when asserted by the Confeder
ate States" and that it is the duty of the British
| Government TO anticipate this possible event"
| For some time past British statesme and their
| press have put restraint upon their wontcd hos
| tility to the United States. They are beginning
perhaps to forget the affair OF the capture of their
| West India mail steamer, which nearly involved
| them IN a war with this country. They then
| blessed their stars that thry escaped, it were
! cut of the fire. At that time too they hoped that
| thu in n,urrectionary States would succeed in their
| design. They are now disappointed. They see
| tha, the rebellion, foEiented by British gold and
influence will soon be crushed, aud they are he
| coming desperate. Their long cherished purpose
l to divide the country they know viii prove q fail
and hence their rage and their insolence to the
| American Republic.
/
| to say that the English Government will consider
what is the proper course for it to adopt with re-
| gard to the proclamation of Gen. Butler at New
Orleans just as If that were any business Of Lord
| Paimerston or Of the British Government Earl
Russell hopes that Government, for its own
| sake, will repUdiate The act of General Butler
This looks somewhat in the nature of threat as
much as to say: You had better of your own ac-
cord rebuae General Butler, will take you in
hand we did in the case of the Trent" Is Eng-
| land to become censor general Of the manners Of
| they do not square with her ideas of propricty {!
Such impudence and presumption can find no pre-
cedent in the folly of the British monarch who
stood on the shore and ordered the waves to re-
| cede but they flowed in their majesty, and
poor Canute was soon compelled to escape from
| their power
But let England rest assured, that by any Euro
pean coalition she can form she will be .unsuc-
cessful in her designs against the Independence the
| union and integrity Of the American Republic az
| were all her coalitions for the jismemkerment and
| destruction OF the Republic of France. At that
| time France had no naval force with which she
could cope with her rival Yet she held her own.
But the navy of the Republic Of the United States
il more than match for that Of Britannia, which
| SD long ruled the waves; and whereas France wiis
surrounded in close contguity by England and her
allies the field of operations in America would he
| separated from the foe by vast ocean 5000 miles
wide How much less, therefore. is her chance OF
| success against Republic mightier than France.
and tha. has remained uncoAquered ever since she
Let It British stataemen, therefore, beware of what
they do. The cup of their nluity is nearly filled.
| They have come second best out Of two wars with
/ the United States; out Of third, perhaps. they
| would never come at ali. The Southern fleet is
| completely used up. We have powerful naval
force left almost unemployed With this reinforced,
as it will DO next fall, by tremendous addition Of
iro,.-eiad gunboats, we will be in position to ai-
nib.late the n:,vies OF ENGLAND and France aud Of
| all the maritime Powers of Europe. Canada aud
| the British West India islands would fall like ripe
pears, into the lap Of the American Republic, and
Great Britain would cease to foot Of soil in
tho New World, while perhaps Ireland, taking ad
| vantage of her tyrants difficulty. would at last
work out a s;,eeessiul revolution and leave 'tle
| sister isiand alole III It's glory.
GENERAL DuTLER's PROCLAMATION BEFORE THE
| BRITISH PEorLE
In the House Of Commons on ,ho same night Sir
j. Walsh rose to ask the finder Secretary OF State
| for Foreign Affairs whether Her M;estys Govern
ment had received official Information autieniicat
ing proclamation attributed to Ge..eTal Butler. the
| Military Governor Of New Orleans, nienacng the
women OF that city with the flost degrading treat
offered to any officer soldier OF the United States
army, and, If 80, whcsher lscr Najesty's Govern-
ment had deemed il rig5t to x8nos,stsats with tht
American Cos ernsneni agairaW the issue of such IN
| order lle said that when he placed the notice Oh
this satA,ct upon tIe paper he hoped that tho an
swcr he shostd receive would 30 thai the proelama
tion il. question 0aly of those eosssssn fdb
ricns;oss which had been 80 ingeniously circulated
during the American war; for IL appeared 10 him
incredible that military officer bearing a hisl
Il com,aission. and invested with rs~ponsibls conf
nsanA In the ssevies Of great Power, s,ouid hayf
placed his nanse 70 document w:slch must entail
70 much obloquy. (aear. heasl
T. Nut 10 could not fi tv observe froin the journa
Ct that morning, and fron letter written by ti.
generally acrirass How York correspondents o.
the Landoa Isas4s, thai tiis msttef had bsen lent
and say rly caasassett at New York, that It has
excited grssl attshtcAs. and there universally
bslisyad ard q rsgrsttea u adj that there va.