Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-28

into the Prssdsrey, and did not dream, for . moment,
Of anything more than little vaporipg and gasconAde
on the part Of the South, which eounterbIAst Of
threats and hunbVggery from the North would speedily
put down. Just bafOre things came to crisis began
to entertain some apprehension and set to work
to smooth LncelA down. SO as to keep the peace. had
nearly succeeded in ths, when those nine unWashed
cubs Of Governors came here in April, 1861, inflated
With sense Of their importance and having al eye 70
the patronage and plumber which would be secured 10
them by the oubresk Of hOstites. These knaves and
fools got round Lnc0B who satrs HoGs, belongs to the
same be-and, by a,ttery and cjoery, made CON-
pete asa Of him. He msde to believe that he pos
sessed the attributes Of Washington and Jackson com'
bined, and be must put HE foot down firmly. Having
thrown the Lions skn him. they set him to roar st
the South forgetting that the bray and the long would
stick out in spite Of him. This conspiracy brought about
the proclamation which inaugurated the Warl-
YES sOrey opposed to It, bat could not belp myself
Ms everybody the folly of the measure, and Lin
cll and his iAckeyS sick of it as an.
az snow this dreadful war is operating hardly Eng
land and France, AID t s equally Injurious to u.s. Our
manu- cursrs Idle, commerce is gone cue sgr-
ealure Is psrsy zd our revenues exhausted and
are Low living from hand to mouth and on paper MONEY
alone. How long We can carry on these killing opera
IONS & ssven only knows. We have been obliged 10
coCcesl disasters TO magniy advantages aud TO mana
faesGrs victories at the War tes Your L'riship car
not Coz ce.ve the sWkEardness of position. Va
serve generous and intelligent mistress, aided by
enlightened ministry. We serve coarse, conceited,
vulgar representative Of fierce, fAnaticsl mob We
arc obliged to cater to the tastes of that mob. When
the truth will the purpose, We are obliged to
lie Such is the necessity Of our position.
"NOu, VIA, desire TO say is. We want peace! weHe
as anxious fer i, as you srs We wiling to let the
rebels go But We wait peace with England and France
also. A war between our government and yours Weud
b. disastrous to both countries We should coDsCAte
all stocks and bonds held ~ Engiishmen and French.
men, and ycu would destroy our commerce and open
the rebel ports.
"Nou. VIC want to avoid these things. l repeat, we
want peace Bat the diff uly is, how to get it' If
we're to propose peace Gov, would endarg r, not cny
my political position, bu. my reck also. The fAnAca
mob Is not yet ready fer l. Tdey are run mad shout
slavery, and many Of them have fat army aud navy
sbs If we're to propose peace they would string ne
Up to the lamp post The only way to get out of the
srsps, that can see, by appeal to the kind offices
Of your LordsSip. Hilp me, my Lord, or sink 1t
viii not do for me 20 address you on this subject in
black ard white bscsuse would not answer to leave
lay tracks behi d. But, if you Lordship can make
pcstsx. 70 20 to EIglsnd and have coat ientia chat
with YOUR foreign Secretary and Ask him to bring about
hs cor ioat Intervention Of EcgAnd France and Spain
can msks peace in thirty dsys. mus: beg you 10 let
the iuumAou Of your puspcss TO intervene come in as
uut 1ceptonsbe shape may b. II might be sugses
ton Of terms of accommodation, and an 6fsr OF med
ioa This will give us stand point, and by degrees
can work out the desired Tssul: Let it be distinctly un
dersood however that armed intervention is the alter
native Be explicit on this pon; for, while our King
mob IS arrogant boas,iu and dcmineering, he is COW
srdly and sku king when real Danger approaches Bat
need say no more on this point, as your LordshiP
doubtless retains vivid recollection Of the Congresson'
Al resolutions and tie sudden breaking down In the IA
son and sIdel sHir
Nov, If your L9rtsbip viii have the kindness to take
the initiative in this af L you will confer on me an OBJ
gaticn which never torge: We will eagerly jump
It the prof red mediation, and avail ourselves OF IT, TO
get ou Of the awkward scrape in which We have be-
come Involved. II rsproacAed by the faustcll aooi'
ouisis and army and navy joobers, with want Ct
spirit we can sh,er ourselves behind the lion and the
lily, We can say TO thsu we could readily have Uhir
ped the rebels into submission, but we've not yet pr
pared to nee. tic combined powers Of Europe in mar
isl array TEE Western States which grievOusy bur
aened By the var will bail With joy the re.rra of peace
and If New England shoui prove refractory and obs
nate, possibly an opportunity might eventually be at
orded to recty the Southern boundary Of the British
provinces, and TO secure TO her Niesty "Wnter port
on the sntc coast These, however, matters for
future constellation Whsssue nov desire. is loop
hole 70 creep out Of The unfortunate scraPe 10 which We
are entanesd II your Losiship afford it, 70 you
will be awarded the honor of arising the present civil
var and of preventing coyd CT between her siissys
Government spd The United States, which prove
DISASTROUS to toh'
Our informant slyI tbst Seward =ss deeply uoTed
and thEt Lord Lyons af,s5 some IgllnaioDs On psr
tcu-s points readily lsH in with Stewards views and
agreed % 20, sihOu. delay to England to unfold tie
rlsn to the British Cabinet
Sew ard was particularly ayerse to any diplomatic cor
respondenos o. the sa)sc and Insisted that it should
% eo1drcsd orally, 80 that 10 memorial should be ia
Of az tog tia. Lad occurred and that ia The event Of
Az msatysu,ures either party should be left ct liberty
10 deny hat anything OF the kind had ever occurred
IL day or two after tbs irterview Lord Lyons LEFT
To- London, and tas he authentic explanation Of tho
whole ua:;s though the anxious enquirer viii not lie
bic 20 d any record Of it among tho archives Of tie
5Ats DEPARTMENT or the foreign ofice.
Where are TheTI
late number CT toe New Ycfk lribE7s says, YOU'D
not Re trued into 81 attack military magma G.