Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-21

we are correctly informed, is willing that Eng.
land should recognize our independence, and
is ready to second and back up said recogni.
ton by a like act on its own part. Seward
has officially and formally notified the Lincoln
Minister in London that the recognition of the
Confederate States would be considered by his
government as sufficient cause for war
The armies of the Confederacy and of thu
us urper, meanwhile, confront each other
almost within speaking distance, ii, state of
comparative repose.
Though we have the usual stereotyped daily
reports of an early advance by the enemy
| which have been kept up now for months
there appears to be no more real probability
of It at the present moment than there was
three months ago. Our side is steadily pur.
suing the policy that was manifesty long since
marked out by the President and his advisers
that of maintaining stern and unyeldine
defensive attitute. The enemy is waiting
waiting. waiting for-what? He hardly know,
what. He is experimenting now trying this
and now that expedent taking tacitly one
position to-day and repudiating it tomorrow,
His councils are vacillating if not divided al.
ways shortsighted, and though wisked ana
boastfulf puerile and well calculated to defeot
his own plans. Every step he has taken has
in reality been either directly or indirectly
against himself and to some extent and in
! some respects in our favor.
Such is the position to-day. We have said
that our affairs have reached crisis The
doubt always implied by this, refers to time
| ONLY The fact of the success of the Confed.
crate States, though we detest boasting, does
not as we look Att. admit of any reasonable
ground for-tioabt. Ultimate triumph we re-
gard as certain as any events that depend upon
human actions can ever be considered. But
the period Of complete and final victory-the
period of peace, mean-depends largely up
| on the turn which events may soon take, and
upon the action which the Confederate Govern
ment may take in referance to colnplicatng
the affairs of the enemy with those of foreign
nations, and par icuirrly in reference TO com-
merce betw con the Confederate States and Eu-
rope in it's connections with the interests of
trade as they effect England, France, Spain
and the North Our Government has it IN its
power as it seems to US, to draw towards US
the powers named, and proportionaly to drive
them from the enemy. 1t can strengthen
their sympathies for us by making direct
and powerful appeal to their humanity, and
without low wering in the slightest its dignity
The countries named or rather their govern
ments want an increase of motives, We will
not say to induce them to interfere in our be-
half but to do us simple justice. We in
dependent in fact. We have just claim To-
be so considered and treated by the powers of
Europe. We want commercial relations
aOllSneQ between US lot our mutual interests
We want to bring them up to the standard Of
granting us justice, national commercial and
political Justice. They want their motive pow
erS increased II ice nations no more than lnCf-
, viduals can be expected to act without motives
The greater and more absorbing the influence
, of a proposed action, the more weghty ard
: imperlous must be the motives toit ir order that
it should be put forth. Our government and peo-
pie can supply England and France with motives
| str Irh tn them
.. TLere is natural community of interest b. :
!; tween US and them. They are nanufactuI iIg
nations while we are for the most part agricul-
tural They want our raw produce, we their
manufactured goods. On the contrary, be-
, tween the North and them there natural an
tagonsm of interest because all Of them have
t extensive manufac oring interest which are
; nearly identical.
Has our government taken all the advan-
tage of these great facts that they are capable
) of atforning US? Has it given England and
France all the motives in its power to cause
them to break the francis which the enemy
has imposed upon our commerce? Those
coun res desire nothing SO much as an unres-
tricted market for their manufactures. We
have that market. It is now closed to them,
and though suffering from this close
almost as much in some respects as they are,
, yet YES impose restrictions npon it in
add ton to those which the enemy has put
, upon it! We refuse to supply them with the
motives within our control to aid US in res
toring the lade between and them. The
rumor from Richmond is that Committee of
> Congress has reported against the suspension
of the Confederate tariff during the We
t regard this grave mistake, and we hope
Congress will not adopt the report. Of what
e use is tariff without commerce.? Proclaim abb
solute free trade with Europe during the war
and its trading nations will strain every nerve
u and resort to every possible means to thwart
; the efforts of our enemies to keep our trade
paralyzed.
We hold out to governments and people
alike by such measure the strongest induce
! ments TO open communications with nS. to dis
. regard an Intellectual blockade, and to- be ONE
~ our friends III fact if not in name. .on r .ss
r may rest assured that if it resolve to stick to
tariff under the extraordinary circumstances
II in which the Confederacy is plaoe1, it VIII &C
e contrary to the universal public sentiment o.
the people. There is absolutely no difference
:; of opinion among them upon the ONT. Every
- man in the South is in favor of proclalmlug
- immediate and uncond tional free trade with
!, !, Europe during the war. Such q measure
would bc magical in its effects, ard We believe
,t would give business to the British, French and
@ Spanish fleets in the Gulf and elsewhere "Fh
in two months, perhaps within one! Ii the
eyes of Congress are shut, the people should
st open them. A blow may now be struck
t which, if it do not speedily end the war, viii
e infuse such vigor and elasticity into the trade
and commerce of the Conf derate States, ant
y and such buoyaDcy into their people as VII
- divest the war of its principal burdens. The
! Congressman who sticks to old theories de
!. spite the total change of circumstances, doe!
,r not comprehend the emergency and is unfit toi