Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-07
EXPLOITS or rHE ALABAMA.
LATER PxoM EUROPE.
Liter sdvices from Elropa do not conhtm tn, reports
Of mediation and recognition, previously received.

LATER FR0M EUROPE.
Liter advices from Europa do not conntm tn, reports
Of mediation and recognition, previously received.
TaI AxrIIcLS QUESTION.
Sir g.. @. Lewis, To, British s,,retarT of War, had
made speech, on affairs ia Ansrica, which, it is said.
produced . grss. s~slsItol 10 political circlas. Ths fol-
10 wing Is q report OF bis remarks: O
The var, hs sad, which was now going o. In tho Uni.
ted States, ard the blockade OF the SJuthern States
which prevented the option from coming 70 tia. coua.
try, would b,fore long CONS u an end. That vas .
suhi 20. on which many df ,rent opinions we're and had
been entertained. Tue govern men: OF that coullry was
placed In the position OF having 70 choose between two
opposite cour Ies. VIZ: recognition of the Southern Bates
on the ooe baud, aud sympathy or AlliAnc, VIA .ns
States Of the FEDERAL section Of the Union on the o.her.
Well, the goveram n: avoided both those sIremeA-
TleJ had consistently tn1 st-enuously pursu,d a middle
coarse Of strict neutrality, aud had abItAined RON CIV
ing direc, or indirect eountenA1cs orassistAnes 70 ether
of the b~eligerent pulisS. (Hear. heAf) Il had been
said that great complaints had been made by the gov.
erumen. at Washington thai the government of Eag.
aud had not ms,n'Ained this strict neutrality, bic sasc
i had recognised ie South a. = b~elligeren: power. and
/ bad been sad that by Recognizing the South as 4 bel.
iPeren. poWsr ws had departed from Q strict line OF
neutrality. Nav, he could not bat think that il any
impartial pstson ref ,cted on the courss Of this unhappy
contest he Woull como 10 The conclusion t1si no uoro
OF the E1glsl language would apply with greater APT
uiie to the s lltherd S.stes than the word 'oeligerent."
gere rArties had combined Tor ths purpces CT carrying
on a war. aud whea they loIk d 10 the numbIr Of armed
msa they bal raise3, whoa they looket to the large
armies hay had brought into the b Id, to the ability oil
the Generals By whom those armies we're oonman1ed,
aud to the pertinseiy with which the contest on their
par. had been WLse3, IL could no: surely be denied thai
they deserved the nsmso o. "0elfgsrear, 10 Difference
20 tho manner Ia Wlicl they bai carried on the war
,slias. the Uaiscd sI'es. Everybody who read tbs sc,
o5uu,s IL ths naNsp,psrs Of what was ding In America
could sss ID y, although there WAS q var there between
these two coutsndiny powers, IL Was q war which was
A. yet TN decided war E-ioa was usgsd, on the
oart CT the Northern States, for the puTpeas
% restoring the SAes TO the condition OF u lion
lhey WCre 10 before the war began: aad On the
u,r; Of the Siuthera States, 4. VS. a Va. 10
established their iod p,-dnce. Ba. tbs pIr mus! BE-
adm tied u Be uaiteid.d lie biWle fslds were . i'll
reeli1g wih the bloJd Of THU 1nds OF soldiers killed
On boz sidea, and plal TIE var had b,en d cided on
one sidi or hi other, or En.I Il had been decided 20 far
10 favor Of the SJushern SAFES as @ indu,e tue North
ern States to recognize their Independence, or 10 prove
. foreign States that tbs contts. vas exhausted, ard
,hA; the Norihern States we're incapable Of continuing
the oontest-untl that moment arrived 10 could no. be
slid, Ia accordance wish the csiabi he'd doctrines Of In
,erna,iorl law, thA. the Independence OF tie Eouth. RI
states had been ts.sbhshed. (Hear, hesr) He osiie'si
s was the general opinion OF zoe people OF t1i3 oouutry
hat the coltesl would iSSas In the establishment Of tho
Independence Of the South. Il, himsslf did not express
tia; opipiop; he did no. say tina. he dts,nted from that
opinion, bat thA. was the general op'n.on in ibis counr'.
A. dinner gwen 10 Viscount p lmsrston 10 c stbr te
tie Inauguration OF the Hartley II %s,iIu!on, the Evil OF
dlrdwicke, re urning thank, for the House OF Lo or,
sAid he had been Inuch Interested, as he had no doubt sli
ia ttai room had been, By the llio exhibitions OF Que
(dr. Gtd'tone) OF her Mi lsiy's Ministers in the North.
tHsar) he had read tho speeches delivered by tina!
right honorsbe gentleman with gres. attention AMI he
saw 10 them undoubtedly a very ~ iib'e desire to b,tI-
teemely p)pulAr With the inbabiisn s2pf the tovne. Tasre
Was ole expression used for who'll no thank d thai
r git bon-r bio g~entlemA1. That expression was this;
.ha. NJ J,fsrso1 Dav s had made 4 nAliol. (C5eers)
All no would say with reference 20 that ration w,s, Ged
pied them. (Oh sers) Tn, question AZ issue was not
tas, Of slavery, bus Of the despoLsm OF the North.
The Paris corrsspsndents say that the American qiei.
ton WIS sdd 10 hIve formtd an Important part o, the
discussion ~ the q! Minister al Council at g. Cloud -
4. do Persigny, |! E r ported, pressed the cini3 Ct the
Souhern SAFES to recognit o.; and that the Emperor
oVerruled the portion OF the Ministry iavorAbls to imut-
date reeoyni ion, By expressing bis determination to
await the -; OF J January, and tbs issae of Presiiept Lin
coln's proclamation. N. d. Psriguy 10 tle eafnts; fieDd
Of Mr. Sldfl, who sin continues to r,presant the ilier
ests Of the Confederate States In Paris, and 10 urge their
rsccgritlon as 40 independent nationality By every p,-
she mems.
The L1adon Herald and London Pos, bob organs OF
the extreme aristocfats, still write on the SUI, s,t OF In
terveniion with favor.
The Fru k(ort Journal, q paper usually we'll posted In
diploma 10 sffAirs, asser 6 th It a despatch from Secretary
Sc 1lro (not 10 bs conlOuadcd With tho circular Of the
% plt) has been transmit.ei to the representatives OF
tle United S.a'el in Europe, which they are ins ruc:cd
to communicate 10 the court st which they arc sccred'
lied. l. is said 10 contain no less than thirty closely
written pages, aud commences BY sa'ing that the Pre-
siient has at no tins received direct CT rs Of niedti ton
from any EUROPEAN Government. II such had been
made they wonid have nj viii a Categorical refusal"
The Euopesn papers co IAN a note Of a very 70
m'rksble speech OF eK 9Sverno, horehead, of Ken
tucky, dsllvtrjd TO a Southern secession CUB at LIVER.
pool, England, on the oIusss and ju,tiHc itious OF the
South. Mr.. horenead, IL sppearp, dlring tie list week
or so Of Mr.. Bucaanans q imini trau,n, az a member
Of the Border safes PJ CO eInfers 90 at Washington,
aud with some other Sou bern members Of th body,
had 9 very interesting conference or two with NJ. Ssw-
ard and with Mr.. LiuoolD, cHc,rriny their p opo ed
policy towards the Sou.hern Confedtr. OF, VII CT had
tben already ben sat up Of Montgomery, Ala, under
J.h D wis ss p Fsioual Presids ot. /: further appears,
from Mr.. horshesas disclosures of thsse.confaencss
that Mr.. Seward declared -'It I don's seul, this mat
ter TO Ihs entire satisfaction Of tbs 8 W b 10 sixty days |
meaning after the All of March, 1851 J. I will give
you my head for q football" Mex, IL seems tina. after
Q lorg conversation between Mr.. Moreheld and Mr..
William o. Rivss, of Virginia, with Mr. Lie Din, gar.
nishsd with some Of the Presidents most p,inted aneo.
dotes, he said to the gentleman from the Old Dominion |
Rivss-"hr. Rlves, II Virginia viii stay In / viii
withdraw the troops from Fort Sumter"