Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-23
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There had been an important debate in the
House of Commons on the American blockade.
Mr.. Gregory denounced 1t, and expressed
strong sympathy for,the south. ,s .,.r-, .. ''
Mr.. w. E Foster denied that the blockade
was inefficient, and stated that the list Of up.
wards of 200 vessels handed in by Mr. Mason
as having broken the blockade, had dwindled
down to 10, and most Of these had escaped on
dark and stormy nights.
Sir Jas. Ferguson called on the government
to interfere in the matter. ea,Wfr0 fcC
Mr.. Milne could not believe in the final dis
solution Of the great American Union, and 80
long as.it existed he deprecated any interference
by England in the struggle. = ,.l 5yi ,5,l i.l
The Solicitor General strongly opposed any
interference. The blockade had been as eff
cient as other blockades in former years.
After further debate, Mr.. Gregory's motion
for the correspondence on the subject, was neg.
atved without division.
The House of Commons passed number Of
important votes on the army estimates. Among
the fortification votes was one of E6. 900 for
the defense of the river Mersey. A vote Of
100000 for the enlargement of the Sandhurst
Military College was rejected by twenty. eight
majority against the Government. a
Sir G. G. Lewis, during the debate, gave q
complete denial to the reports Of the failure Of
the Armstrong gun. He said that twenty -four
hundred guns OF this desert ption had thus far
been manufactured, and with very slight excep-
tions they had answered every expectation en-
tertsined of them. He also showed that the
Government stores of materials, ETC., were
equal to any emergency, st r. .a4I
During the debate on Mr.. Gregory's motion,
Mr.. w. E. Foster denied that the blockade was
Intellectual, and stated that the list OF upwards
OF three hundred vessels which had been hand,
ed in by Mr.. Mason as a list Of vessels which
had broken the blockade, had on examination
dwindled down to nineteen, and most OF these
had escaped on dark and stormy nights, thus
eyincing the striDgency rather than ineficienoy
of the blockade. He also reminded the House
that during the war between Great Britain and
her revolted colonies in America, no less than
FIVE hundred privateers succeeded in getting
out of American ports. He warmly eulogized
the conduct of Her Majesty's government in
reference to America. He trusted that no
temptation, not even the suferings Of portion
of the population, would induce the govern
ment to depart from the strict neutrality hith.
erto observed. eafsEaat tgEaE
The London Times has an editorial showing
that the present phase Of the American war ex,
hibits simply contest for the border States,
and says that the federsls will simply have sue
ceeded In the tenth month of the war, in placing
themselves where everybody expected to see
them at it's very beginning. They will stand on
frontier Of states which rejected dtheir alliance,
and will be called upon to commence the work
of cultivatiDg an enormous territory inhabited by
hostile and exssperated population. It can
hardly even be presumed that they have gained
q secure base for these operations, for Tennes
see, though not purely secessionist In sentiment,
10 certainly not purely Unionist, and the proba-
bility is the Northerners, If they do overrun the
South, will have to hold 1t as they hold Mary
land-by the swohd, at a cost proportionate to
the extent Of territory.
That is the position to which the Northern
ers, on the most favorable suppostion, will
be brought whereas If the reverse should be-
fall their cause, the result may be most serious
70 them. They have undoubtedly asserted
what had been so long and go unaccountably
Observed-their military strength; but in such
| o work as the establishment Of the Union, mere
military superiority will be of very little avail
The Daily News regards the successes in
Tennessee as of immense Importance, and
predicts, now that the North is organized and
on the move, il will continue to show its supe-
rioeity over the South and dispel the illusion
that the Southerners are invincible. IL has moi
the slightest doubt that the next three months
will show many more oapitulations
The Army and Navy Gazette suspects the
strength Of the Southern armies in Virginia
when it finds them 60 easily disposed Of II
/ Tennessee.
The Herald complains of the fate of DR.
Gregory's motion, assbowing that England hal
no rule Of conduct, no principles Of policy be
| yond self-interest.
The Daily News eulogizes Mr.. Fosteri
speech as mastery reply to Dr.. Gregory OIL
the whole question. ,t''s r