, 1862-08-29
NEWS FROM EUROPE,
Secretary Stewards Correspondence
with Earl Russell,

EARL EAR LREssEIL-THE UNITED STATES AND
Ne commend to our readers the following
further corrt sponGcDce relating to the civil
war in the United States of North America,
frhlished as parliamentary paper yesterday.
II Is. We think, one Of the most Interesting
specimens Of official literature it has ever
been our lot to read. The prospect of sue
cess which in May last dawned upon the fed
tral cause Eeems to gid every paragraph of
1celc OF events lends increased causticity to
Lord Russel's Ee15 "dry" reply:
MR- ADAMS TO EARL RUssELL-RECEyED
JCSE q.
LEGATION OF THE United States
LONDON, 5une ~, 1864.
MT LORD: have the honor to transmit
to Jour lozdship copy Of the dispatch from
the secretary Of state to me OF the 18th ut,
which desired to read to you in 1uy inter-
view OF yesterday, but which found / had
accidentally left at home.
Renewing, DC,
CHARLES FRANCIS AnAMs.
Enclosure in No. I.
1iR. SEWARD TO MIR. ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, May 25, 1852.
SIR; Your dispatch OF the sta Of A1sy
has been received
1AElG 10 d EldLEluGuL III puJuG Jour
nails that thirty vessels which left British ports
with common design to run cur blockade,
| have gathered at Nassau. and that they are
LOW remaining there awaiting the relaxation
| Of The blockade at some Of the southern ports
which the president has permitted to take
place on the lat Of June, preterri1g to avail
t1emscive Of ttat lawful privilege ratAe7 than
pe1se1cre in their prohibited operations. I
link, therefore, We may congratulate our
selves upon having advanced to a new stage in
our intercourse with maritime pc aers affecting
the present troubles in thu United States, q
stage at which motives of sympathy ir foreign
| countries with the Insurgents, derived from
| tie PRESSURE Of thu blockade, will disappear,
This stage is also marked by another i:n-
| proEtmen1 Of the case-namcly, the with
| craWM from the ocean Of the pirates who have
| occasionally 6Gugh shelter and protection in
friendly ports willie committing dcpredaticns
| On American commerce.
| Crder the treEident's Instructions I de-
Sire to Improve the position thus obtained,
to con;er, If our representatives. abroad shall
think it discreet with the friendly Ia'ioas up
GU 1he prospects OF the w.lr and their future
| cGursc in regard to it.
! Ey way ct Introduction, l,~g to recall to
your recollection The facts that at The earliest
| proper moment set forth most dis inct:y the
ci,lrions Of this government that The 1au'u.1
interests, present and permanent, OF 81! Ii, ri
TINT nat1o1s, Including This country, reyrsre
| tie preservation Of harmonious relations ne
| twi en thea, and that the sam. intc1t its
demand that. 80 far as possible, peace shall
| prevoii throughout the world, and especially
il the Cnltcd St=1es and upon the american
contin~ Mt.
In .explaCation OF these views, set forth
the opinion that the industrial s;Ete1us pj
Western Europe and the United States: in
cluding tleir agriculture, ulanufac ;urrs and
commerce, are, in some respects, to he re.
garded less as distinct national systems til su
t as 0nP Pttnfr41 c0N1b1uafinn
manufacturing and commercial agencies, in
Which i jar In one country necessarily prolu-
ces disturbance in all others, so tnat Serious
disorganlzation Of the machinery empioy% d il
production here cannot tail to result IL de.
rapgtment, probably in disaster, everywhere
abroad.
There arc now some painful evidences thai
| these tpecnlatiOnS were not unsound. There
| il distress among the peasantry oi Ireland, ii
the manufacturing towns OF Belgium, sud til.
wine-presses and silk looms in sulue p4rts o
France, seeming to be cousingt to dead stand
AL the sut1erers-ard I Will not stop to ip,uir,
how justly-trace their misfortunes to tn.
civil war of the United States. 1t is manifest
that what the European nations waut is al
end Of that war as speedy, and lea7ing the in
organized as possible. 1t would seem iulro5
siblr for any considerate person to doubt TIL l
thls is the very contamination which the gov
ernment Of the United States must want eyt
more tnSn it can be desired BY tile Europ=a
States. This government has expressed Lha
want earnestly, decidedly, sometimes, pei
bape, even impa.ientlE. Nevertheless, til
war has continued whole year, AZ .iuSt tue
, wishes Of Europe as w.H as Of America.
new cAnl:'aign is cven acm!nufng. IN order t.
determine whether 1t is likely 10 rench the d.
, sired cnd, it will not be Improbable to coz
| tider the causes Of its pfol6ngation to til
I present period. This government a. the i,f
, ginning assumed, and ii has constantly insis1
| I'd, that the Union could, must, and shau',
oc preserved. On the utlcr hand. the E.
+ burst upon the country, either doubted, c
actually iishtlicved t:e possibility IF tins
: great salvation. Europe had but 4 su7ord
nate rnd Indirect interest in he crest prol
. lem, and it supposed that il the United Stats
could be only convinced that the Uuio
G co,:11 not in the end be PRESERVED, til,
would at orce fo7ego the contest, and conse,
TO national tisst lu!inn. which it. w,s err
/ .acus]y thought would BE- followed by 1nac
Il Willie We ssrw tia; it w!1sl onS H. t!:p b
ginning ct cndles: war. Tins Enc.,,'can OH
U ion ras practically favored the insnrsrnt
: | and encouraged tt..tn with epleuleral ey,
, | I:tn!:'~ Au0 unreal cXicc:a'inns O: foreign i
= t'Nentlrn, ami b:le thus ir .tiae.cj IL: Nar
u | Tie PRESENT tame.
u Cer::isly this government and the Ame,
ran cul.lt are even tncre confident ot ii
l. preservation If the uioh now th1r they We
year ago, ard sra, Therefore, even i.::,> iike
DOW then rheI we're then to ac:elt p-lc
With the inconcc!yablc pains aud peTlls Of ii
solution. Can i'sste p:r-u',.'1!io1s+, ttseu, f
!e US to 2sk Ear>pr2n statesmen to rtview,
a til, isat Ct the events 81 tla var, liz opinit
N which they formed a. so curly stag. y:
:, that Tie cl'in.cn i:;cl! lui.ht, perhaps, pro
T. ctly bc deemed & rf.judict?
n Uf course, in such review rhe obsery
s. would not overlook the contrast eet xeen t
r.. POSITION which the federal govern a1ent held
| Il fhta mt
IL Ind 1'cru practically expelled, with Ill its q
t. 'hofitits. civil, ril'ary and naval, from ev,
GO Safe south Of the Potomac, 0uio, And II
- fouri Rivers, while it was held in elise sic
- it this cari1a}, crt OF from communicate
T. with even the State: wh::h rad rcnlaiu
IN loyal. Now, it has virtually re:.ken all t
I'D positions it so early lost on tic seaho ar1 :;
POSSESSES the Mississippi, and ali the ott
oe rreat natural high ways, aud has forced t
Il irsureealts 10 ba:tls in the most 5nacc:ssi'
,e- l:rt Of the insurrectionary district. 7
w. f:,rcts aid tho rcsourrcs OF the yoTI7an1t
~ are unexbansted aud increasing. Those
us I tht ia'rrErnts are diminished, and beconl
It. nearly exhausted.
~ Ne one, eith"r here or IN Eurore, rov {,
tests these simple facts. Tue only arsuu.
~ nl'1csed TO Them is that the insursca..e Il:
re- determined not to ackno* I'D ge the author
ire of the Union The evidence Of this Z ri
,,,s 'tso,ute and dv6ant tone maintained oy tt
80 organ.
ut, Certainly, 20 lnre as the Insurgents b:
He any hope of E;til.'at" success tue; could
an bc expected to discourse o'hcrw;.: ta.u
iu-i $icl f. tone, nor will they fait to eher
1a SUI hoI, =, long they fad Hing
to 70 meet it with sympathy in Earo1e.
at.. Ic14 isl alv:ces which caii1e iri ::la u
ttr previous, to th:' Arrival there nj til" us
VII @: the fail rt New Orleans aud Ne-i Xix "
re- | fill OF s}ccula' ions about SONS ueS!, I
cciyel form II intervention.
or+ But il 1uust be remembered thlt the in
Ctlts are men, and ttla: they may rra.o1;
ap- r. expected to epsaR aod act Ike o:c"r
iEl. '..e1:ht factions under similar conti,i;
lss- =, also, being men, and e'lhjtct - the !
,r,a which determine tie economy OF society,
:, s.nst il IL cases conform themselves, .:n &,
Id iui]isrgly, 10 the circumstances BY wi
uuc 1!cy are surrounded. They cannot, n
Of tar o'hrr masses OF men, etcTn'ine for t.
~ -elHcs, n der one estate Of circuu.stau
1E"t they will do undtr 4 different OH =
ro;l ~1lter uItn war advises brave men neye
1lall their colurs to the staff, rt1narking til;
Atf- they shall he able, aud lind it desi-A5Ic,
men malntalu it there without railing, while it
~ bv more conSeEient to lower It if they 6
~ fird themselves un7b!e or no longer desl
GERS to keep it flying. Eut, eIe sking practic
,o7- what has been the result thus fAf in the
led, ILL a u1HrstsS =; neen 11.1ao at
lade ercn this canfta1 and this district at the h.
jrg Of the strife. 1t no longer exists her
ciyided Maryla and provoked conflict Il
'eg- i he Union is nov as Strong in that Sta,
and in INV one Of The always loyal States (
an+ is untrue) It committed Missouri to the
tspdcd new confedcracy- Missouri is
eou' active and earnest among the loyal States
regi- placed Kentucky in an attitude Of n;a'ra
.om- but Kentucky is to-day firm, resolute,