Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-29
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It il perfect liz latural that protests Of ruc;ti-
a;i0f. or interference should, frGtn limo 70
time, be brought iorHsrd in Parliament. TIE
wasueful md sanguiparg contest il Auer!-
"a is generally regarded with znc7y iinrG-
rience. Tor the suicidal folly al The Feds.s!ist,
is almost as provoking AZ the ~noton injury
which: their policy inu!cts nTl neutral foreign
ers. The respect which s due t9 Eeraic rssc-
luton .ad TsrliEe aptitude had, by degrees.
induced tbs great majority Of Engllshlrcil IL
witEiraI :Eef acti7s sympathy from thu
baihed invaders, sad al least 10 admire the
indonitable resistance of the South
The descendants apologize for their IA
vorite democracy OF the ground that,
in i;a EXTREMIST mead, it has been unable
t. secure the services Of statesman, &
general, or even If ali ncEsst man but I'M
partial obscSyers cannot but suspect tina!
there 1I:ist BE- something wroDg IN the ccnsti-
tati1Il Vi society which deliberately submits
its?lf g the authority OF srlndlers, OF DULLES,
Ind Of :hariataIs- l. tie beginning, h2:h
partis, had plausible ground 0fquarrel. and
bT b. character and conduct OF; tie disputsntS
than by The merits o;the olis insl CONTROVERSY.
The Federalgt5 i.a"e, IRON the first, hid the
questionable advantage Of telling their own
story, ard OF snrpl easng tie statements and
arguments u their opponsnts. The result is
chat theS nave convinced all Europe OF the
incapacitT Of thei. Government, and OF the
hopelssaIe,;i jttheir enterprise. Is excluding
foreign iE,pnr,s snI b5 pre-, onting ths export Of
cotton they have, 10 :l.r ,LInos: II their pow
rr, identified Il. interests oi Lng|and and
France viii. !i.s fs.abliGhnont II Southern
independence sid IT. tnlerA:!og General
Buffers ex.iaTgyant proceeding; they have
gone far 10 make recognition point Of honor
KS well as 6 rasGsure OF apparent aJredlency.
Nevertheless, AII. Lindsay 8 motioH was pro-
pery rejected BY the HulAe Of Commons as
unsdr;sa 0!u Or prsmaturs. There is no room
for simple mediation ss long SIS the bsllissrsn.s
have n, cornmon Dasi. oIagreement. This South
will only trest N the assumption Of iudepen-
dence, All If Inc FEDERAL Government were
wiii!ns to aurrrds this Indispensable condition,
peace would already 30 Inada. It would be
lille TO propose u the :sceding 5tales mere
revision 81 tie CONSERVATION: and the North,
if Il were prepared 70 .ceept separsticn and the
frontier ii the Chic, Toutd re9uiTa 10 umpire
&c settle the terms OF TIE Unpaiatsbl ar
rangsmen1. The use OF ncdiators is to saTe
the honor OF heisantl who dc5ire an adjust
ment, sad not ~ enforce the abandonment Of
incompatible p7s:en9onF.
The advocates OF mediation .!e indeed per
fsctly aware that theJ mean aometttr: more
than al impartial attempt to tsru.inate the
quarrel. Their proposal involves lmnedls,e
recognition. gto ba5le intervention, AID con-
tineent war The bgre offer ii arbitration
would be summary aud rudely rejected;
single recognition would be barren and in
operative; and the further step OF opening
the cottor; trsd2 ~ force would immediately
lead to hostilites Fen il tina English Cos"
ernment were prepared 10 risk rupture and
its consequences, there srs preliminary diff
culties which require SERIOUS consideration.
The Confedrrates rely, with reason,on the State
organization which distinguishes Them from
mere combinations of!nsrrgenta. South Caro-
lima and Alabama are known TO the United
States and to history, if not 10 foreign diple-
macy, and if they had joined themselves by
a new coIprsct TO the nsighhoriug Gulf
States, they might fairly urge that they en-
loved ell INDEPENDENT existence'holh in Iact
and il law But the border States 0-.5uP? an
entirely different position, DC. 10 It possible
for foreign Government tn decide between
the .ivgi claimants OF their allegiance. Inc
President has iatel5 CAUSED their Governors,
or milisrT rulers, II offer hinl,li the paDe Of
the citizens a. large, their respective Quotas to
the n:w levy CT 10000 recruits. Virginia, Teu-
aesses snd Missouri, Ri veil as Kentucky and
Mar land, are tres:ei rs loyal States il the
official prccis l.ailon, AMI IN sons o: these
States q part of The population still adhsEes
border must he fixed by a compromises; and,
in the meantime, .hs political unity of the
deba:eabic sections is practically suspended.
It would be embarrassing to recognize Coii-
federacr OF an indefinite number Of Sthtzs,
nor could at ackrowleda 1ent ioi,aded Oh
the actual condition Of affairs reasonably eZ-
sand 70 territories iii the military occupation
of tins Federalists. The English OF FrsDch gov
eminent. could scarcely take not,ce- that the
io7sli.t Of Kentucky are likely TO be a!ieRated
BY Gen. Buffers caprices or by Gen. Hun
ter's enlistment Of negro rrgineuIGi and III
Lnusinaa, ~ here tine population is Unanimous
on the aide Of secession, tbs ap.tll IL in the
hands If Federal garrison. II tie State of
Mississippi, the river OF IL: Sams name is
Commanded, except st Vickf!..tFg and at Be-
ton Rouge. by the s1smy'c suDboats, and
the invading force has bit '.tely been CON-
pelled 10 aTecuate Arl:aneHs. q recognition
of emf particular cluster III States or districts
you'd amount 70 81 u1suti yriied adjudlcs-
ton Of the boundary Que5t''u.
rneasurea consists III the ahviors inutility Of
simple recognition. E7e:: Is the Confoderacy
were considered Us inGept INT In iLs sover-
eighty as France Or Russia. the occupation OF
part o; the coast by ttls eneiEy ana the
blockade If the remaining .,orts would still
be confor1nabIe u the usageS OF WAT. no Sc
rous statesman would exercise the ;1ndoubt-
ed right nj admitting the Southern Republic
into the family Of nations until he was pre-
pared to follo.r zip the formal proceeding OF
diplomatic and commercial intercourse. For
the present. the Federal Government, using
or abusing its uncontezted superiority at SEES,
has drawn an impossible circle round the
dominion 81 ita na.i,S. The wanton
disregard of the 'n.~. a;slcb is caused by It's
operation NAV t.. ,.ats hereafter justify forci-
bic irter7ertir. e. but il is not technically
cause of = :, uc7 Can it De di6puted without
3 technical oHeLcc. AS the legal condition
Of heligezeat5 ami neutrais would he uaiected
By the recognition Of the Confederacy it fol-
lows that England and France will allow mat
tiers to remain rs they are, until they are pre-
pared TO insist on the restoration 0: peace, or
at least oc tbs Withdrawal! Of The blockading
souadrons from the aoutheru ports. Unless
Parliament is prepared TO sanction ea ultima
tum With declaration Of "aT behind, it
would be il the highest degree short7aghted
to authorize by any Tota tie commencement
of course in which it would be impossible
20 stop. The time may come "hen mediation
will be practicable, but whenever ths North
ern Government is prepared to ssk for the
good Offices of foreign powers, the indepen-