Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-23

was moi tho slightest desire, o., 1eAieh' y,
right on the part Of those States 'iSh a''pt'
tho now plsE TO Interfere with re STATS ''',
rejected it. Tha, no partial ''':l;nG 90" nee
England at this time III relation 10 I"r ''''e' -
evident frou, the fact the! thc a n,""" va
England and the STATES was allnoS" 'e'''s'''h
toward each other. She had perS's'n''|l IL"
fused to surrn.lrr tho Northern i"r'" """
which she FURNISHED liiC lldlaTS wilh a'H'H !''
our ANNOYANCE. sni y hlG'' "'a u''i ''nt 'r'n-
ouish until the trea'v oflI@3 "chtih'a 'Ne.''
while some uf The States. Wy" me- "%;nne tic
number. prevented ,h. cole ;i'n OF ! US"
drLLS, rhi.h we're r,u:sr"i 10 ic paiu ny tl1
treaty OF 1883. This ihe:l Is the RUE lou'uou
ON 4 Just appreciation of The rights OF sovereign
States to cou.ln:t their affairs, domestic OF
foreign, according to their pleasure, WHICH ~
dcduc,ble from The conduct of great britain
in 1889, anu it is the Gully rule when one
sovereign State can apply to the action OF
another; for at that day it had never eHIcieu
into any sar,e mind, that a State III cnoos,na
or changing its apparatus Tor managing eaa,
small pnrt Of its affairs which is connec'e"
with TO-. eign nations could injnrc or impair III
any respect that sovereign character wh!cn
alone enabled it to provide for and oe,el'' is
interests, whether it WAS alien with others' Ut
stood alone. And at this day, II Austr'a
were to withdraw from the Germailc Con-
federation, no mai in his senses Would sup
pose that she would sink into a state OF pupil-
luge, and DO compcllsd to knock at tho o'or
Of the kingdoms Of Europe with a prayer 10
h.. acknowledged as an independent State
Even should the other members OF thnt Coll
federation make var upon her for withura"-
ing from an alliance with them, the case
wcnId not be altered, except in the ine:eaSeo
sympathy of all sovereign States with her
against eneru,es who a~ssailed, in her person,
one of the unqutstionahle rights OF SOW
ereignty. The same remark will apply
u the Confederate States, and may explain
the almost universal sympathy Of lof-
eign powers, or st least Of the people OF the
States of Europe, with the South ana tnelr
hostility to the North.
# the States of tho South have been
shown to be sovereign by the repeated
acknowledgement Of foreign. powers since
l7S3.' and if in remodciling their federal
alliances from time to time, they excr-
ciscd Il clear and undeninhlu right III 80
Guing--a right not only obvious TO all, bnt
admitted by foreign powers when it was ex-
ercised in ISL and in 1889. There Can cX-
ist no valid reasons for the delay Of foreign
powers to recognise the Southern Conlsuera-
cy, or, in other words, to make commercial
treaties with us. And here | confess | have
seen. with deep modification, such frequent
illusions in the public prints to the acknnw-
lrdscmen. of the 'iudcpendcncc" Of the
South. That Independence was acquired by
our fathers, aud has hecn Acknowledged by
the Nations Of the earth and our statesmen
would forget what was due to their country,
if they allowed the word Independence" to
be introduced in our relations with foreign
powers. All that we ask Of other nations is
To form a treaty with us ~ a sovereign COM
inouwuaith; but our independence we will
not allow them to pass upon. Such was the
course Of our fathers; and in the first treaty
which they formed with France. not The slight
est ~alIu>iun was made TO the former condition
o.! the Colonies as dependencies of Great
britain hnt they were regarded in the light
Of sovereign States only. Such was the con-
dnct Of our fathers in the second year Of their
struggle tor independence and it would he
dsyricriul in tho Confederate States to adopt
a different policy.
The third point mentioned above, that the
of Great Britain in relation to the
recognition Of the South has been incOnsis-
tent, unjust ami iInPolitic, may easily be
proved. lr the states he sovereign and she has
admitted them 10 be such. and if a sovereign
State has the right TO regulate its foreign ar
accord ny TO its pleasure. rs she
has admitted from l1S1 To this day, then. in
the language of "tiistorIous," these admissions
are "suilicicnt in themselves, without my add
to call forth an instantaneous recog-
milton by her and as she has failed to make
It, her c~onlpct is in strong contrast with her
course in l7S9. That it is also unjust, may
be proved by her refusal to do that
which a friendly power, which has been re-
cognizcd by her fnr seventy yesrs, had a
right to ask ut her hands. And her conduct
has been TO the last degree iinpolitiC in respect
Of her own interests; as by her delay she has
compelled the Northern and Southern States
alike to contrae: An enormous debt, the inter
est of which must be paid by duties levied
upon the exports and imports Of this cou'i-
try. These taxes must IA heavily upon the
manufacturing and commercial interests Of
England, by enhancing the price OF the raw
derived i:cm US, by diminishing the
ability Of the States 70 consume her manutac-
lures, and by the encouragement which high
duties incidentally ni'urd TO the establishment
of manufactures among ourselves. 1t also
savours Of inhumauity Tor her TO behold un-
moved the children OF her W. blood engaged
il 4 WAY wiIich may consume the flower ut
heir population, and which would be sooner
terminated by the recognition of the South
by foreign powers than in any other way.
AS to the difficulty about adjusting boun-
daries, and knowing what is the Snuih end
what is not. it is altogether imaginary. One
would suppose that if any th'ng was settled
pcradventurc. it was tho boundaries
%: The several Southern States. The statute
book Of each Stale contains its boundarics.-
Nor is the subject complicated by the war;
1t is true that whom nations fight ono another
land there must he 4 battle ground. and as
the field cannot he y neutral territory, IL must
bo on the soil Of one OF The belligercnts.-
Hence, the borders Of each nation may be 0c-
casionally in Tho possession Of one or the 9TH
or. aud one of The heIligarents may allow
some OF its territory to be held temporarily
by tho other Ior reasons If its own; and it is
evident that, IL such n consideration should
prevent neutral nations from interfering III
the contest. there never could BIO any effort to
iere, which would not be repelled by
suc! reasoning. "tIlsturicus" is familiar with
the process OF destroying tho force of an ar
guinent by showing that it proves two much.
Such is the case Of his argument about the
boundaries. FIRGlHlEEsIs.
sRrance cSnowIc' ged The Stains In IT'S, several
yrars h>fure The II ''Icic- Il Confederation were adopted
which only took effect IN. l7ol