The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-08

and We advise these snthnsiasis TO delibsrats
before they become known a. the abettofs Of
those II Who haze we. dsyis:d the eohmis:ion Of
hs.t ought 70 sink the Northern cause.
Many p.opi. ...m to .nticipas. that sven
snoui1 a. the prsssnt dimcnaty , en- END without
70 infilct upon us some other unendurabls In.
suit This anticipation we do not share; ON
the cor Huary, we are confident that II they
quences ofths outrage. the proof that We
are In earnest will sufice to prevent rope.
tition. Even Mr.. Gideon Welles WILL: we
are persuaded, cor sent to forget the corsair
in the minister. and will appear before Con.
gress in future in q character less roman tic
and picturesque, but more ofacial than that
Of the Bed Rover.
In afguing the question whether or not the
land, 1t has been said that the poiicy 40 often
attributed to tn North, of attem ptfng when
coercion has failed, to unite all conflicting
parties against II foreign foe, cannot avail in
Commissioners will only still more exas
perate the South. But the secession of the
South IL not the only n or the greatest peril
that threatens the Republic. There Is ap Abo.
lition party tbs Is hostile to Union there
is Union party that is hostile to Aboli-
tion and tnoug these discordant elements
have hitherto been held together by the
common tie OF hatred of the So nth, Vet they
threaten speedily to start as sunder. Nor viii
the North be split by party conflicts alone
territorial differences are likely to cause fur.
ther dismem berment. Is It strange, then.
that desperate Cabinet, Possessing 10 in Ia.
eace OF talent or charac ter by which to recon.
cile contending fIctions, and feeling the
pianxs starting under its feet, should seek,
even by such desperate expedient as a war
with powerful enemy, to keep toget ether the
remains Of the RepublIcr Os sach a theory,
the occasion OF provoking the war wouiu
seem well chosen, as England, In protecting
the ooutnera commissioners, may be made
which 1t has been the otject OF the Federal
Uabinet to accuse her of fnvoring throurhou,
the struggle; and the new war may thus be
rendered popular ootn win Aboli itiohists and
Republicans But we do not attribute to the
presumptuous and incapable PnB .ops oi the
north any such deep designs. We rather sup
pose them to be ready, in their extremity, 20
matter how preposterous or fa,al, as the Do.
dant In Hierocles, when the shin was sink.
ing, laid hold Of the anchor
whether war comes or not, we think that
the opportunity should be taken OF our state
OF preparation to adopt policy more suita.
bic to our own position and to the Ia terests 9
Of the world, than that Of bystanders in
this cut.tnroat quarrel; The question of the
recognition OF tneSOuthern Oonfederacy and
the raising Of the Intellectual blockade. in
fconjunction with France, are en- titled to he
Immediately considered. As it is, our nsu
traiisy tells against the South. We do no.
mer6tV
mention it as fact. For every weapon. rife
or cannon, that our foundries have eupplad
10 the South, the North have been enabled
by their possession Of safe means Of water
carriage, 10 get twenty Every intention,
opinion, and desire Of the South comes 20 US
through a distort,ng Northern medium and.
while we continue our commercial relations
with the NORTH, we permit the trade OF the
south TO be extinguished by paying undue
respect GO Gotoriously sham blockade y
Does neutrality mean an over. scrup pulous re-.
gard for the interests of one par.y2 Have
savs me Mottnern tnaa, government or pc pie de-
Of law in their favor' Have they been m ode
rate and courteous - prOsperityf Have
they been reasonable and dignified In adver-
sitya Have they been modest In prof. ssion
and great in action? Have their counci Tors
been respectable for " sdom, their troops for
bravery, or their f1nanciers for prudence .
| Have they dehned, or even snadowed for
| themselves, any line Of policy in the prese n
| crisis that can be accepted as right or prse-
| ticabie by any reasonable EngIishmaug And
it, by any concurrence OF circumstances, four
own IL lterpreIation Of the duties o. neu sra Is
| among the restD they should reduce the
South to submission, is it likely that as VIC
tors, the contrlvers of the stone fleet Will be
more generous than they are as foes = If rness
questions can receive but one answer, wha,
| reason Is there that we should longer sacrifics
our own in terests and the in teresls OF iustica
to al extreme consideration for the morbid
irritabiuty OF IN arrogant people2 Ii We are,
at ally rate, ccItAA VI Luo CtDlOQSU6SS And
hostility OF the North, let us at least do some
thing to secure the friendship Of the Suuth.
And the South as FAR as can be seep de.
Sci YES recognition, independence, and sympa-
thy. Their only crime hos been desire to
| take no further part in a sys tenn to which
not even the letter, tar lees the spirit of the
law can prove that they we're bound by any
principle stronger than con venience, and the
operations OF which they declare to have been
intoierably opp essivs. 1t is natural that
they should objsct to acce pt an Abraham Lin.
coin as their chief man. and 10 have It's dss
tinies influenced by sucn Cabinet and mob
as that Of the North, when, as they have
shown, they can Go much better for them
selves They have chosen as President a man
Of judgment and conduct. who can give t.
their impulses unity of action, and can bot
excite and control their enthusiasm. II the
| messages Of the rival President Is may be con
sidered indicative of the policy of those W nc
| chose the chiefs, or of the causes which they
| respectively advocate. the South are am ply
| justified for regarding with "ths con TEN pt a.
| Gus astooishment" which Jefferson Davis 8
| language attributes to them, the proceed j.
| ings Of the North. Resolution and devo-
| tiOn have been shown not merely by the
| Sou hsrn troops, but by the entire popu-
| alton. They appear to bear their privations
| with uncommon chesrfulness and courage.
They make no querrulous appeals for sym pa
| thy, nor com plants Of neglect. They speak
| of their successes with modesty, prepare tor
| new distresses with fortitnde, and express
| none of the vindictiVeness So prominent In the
l measures OF tDelf enemies. a war between
England and the North will at least have the
| good effects OF shortening the suffsrinss and
| Fastening the Independence 4 a people who
| are proving themselves very capable Of self.
government, who will at once assume d cred
liable position among nations, and who will
| act Us per rmanent check on Northern turbn.
lspce. And it is to be hoped that, il war
| Ii to be, we may put our whole strength and
,ators and writer's Of the North with ali
! their skill and practice in the falsincatt,n Of
history, NO possibility OF turning its incidsn I,
to our disadvantage, and to their on u slOrtf-
/ cation.
EuHoPHAs 1rEAs.-Salicetti, one Of the tri