Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-11
A Canadian 0piBieu of the Retas.
H milton IQupStion.

, The Montreal Advertiser thinks
the intelligence brought by th'
Kangaroo, that Mr.. Gladstone, tht
Imperial Chancellor ofthe Excheq
uer, had in a speech at Newcastle
declared that President Davis had
made the South nation, and that
he considered separation certain,
is significant of the course likely
to be adopted by the British Gov
ernment. 1t tadds-
: Mr.. Gladstone is too careful a
statesman to utter words without
a meaning, or to assert on a great
public question a mere private
opinion. 1t may be considered,
that he spoke at Newcastle i'll this
matter not only the conviction of
tie Ministry as a whole, but a con-
viction which it intends to follow
up to It's ultimate cencluslon.-
Lord Palmerston and other mem
bers of the Government have de-
-clared that when the Confederate
States had established their ability
to maintain the independence they
had asserted, they would be enti-
tied to be recognized by other Pow
ers, and the declaration was accom-
panied by the statement that they
had not done so; or, in other words,
lad not yet become a nation
Now a member Of the same Gov
ernment goes a step further, and
declares that the Confederate States
are a nation; and government
which admits this fact would stul-
tify itself if it neglected or refused
to give it effect by recognition.
We believe there is no doubt
that Great Britain, in conjunction
with France and other Powers, is
about to recognize the Confederate
States, and welcome them into the
family of nations, and that the
chancellor Of the Exchequer
sounded at Newcastle the note Of
preparation. 1t has certainly been
understood SO in England, while
this action has been accepted in
Washington, from the advices re-
ceived from the Federal Ministers
at European Courts. .s..
Mr.. Secretary Seward, Is months
ago, threatened all the Powers of
the world with war if they dared
to recognize the South, or treat
them only as rebels to the just au-
thority of the Federal Government.
He has since moderated his tone,
and the Federal press is instructed
to declare that recognition amounts
to nothing, making the position OF /
the Confederate States no better,
and that of the Federals no worse,
and, therefore, it is not to be made
a casus belli against the nations
that may recognize the Confedera-
cy. Recognition, however, will
not only inspire the South, but it
will depress the North. 1t will
give an entirely new character to
the war, by removing from it the
stigma Of revolt, and by raising
the Confederate States to an equal
ity in all respects with their adver-
saries, and will entitle them to the
good offices of the recognizing
Powers to put an end to. a strife
which, 50 far as the North is con-
cerned, will have no longer an ex-''
ease.
Recognition will not long pre-
cede intervention. A people who
have won the right to a place a.
rrong the nations Of the world;
and had their position admitted,
will not long be suffered to be the
victims of q contest directed a.
gainst them as rebels. .Recogni-
ton will secure the practical indie
pendence of the Confederate States
as certainly as it did that Of the
States. s.. Vl9T LlaI
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gomery Advertiser says that a.
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