The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-18
From the Richmond Dispatch, 4th.
The Attitude Of England towards the
COME derate States.

when questioned in the House OF Lords as
to the truth Of the rumor, very current at
the tme--to the effect that q proposition OF
mediation had been made to him by the En-
peror Of the French-denied emphatically
that any such proposition had ever been
made. This. we believe, is true to the let
ter, although we had no recollection Of it at
the time we wrote the article upon that sub.
iect, which appeared on Tuesday. But did
not Seward intimate to Lord Russell that II
he would postpone tho recognition OF the
Confederate States a certain number oil days
he would have subdued the rebellion, and
would send him a plentiful supply OF cot
ton? Did not Russell cause this lntlmatIon
to be communicated to the Emperor, who,
as he believed. was about to make PROPOSE
ton of that'kind to the British Government?
Did it not cause the Emperor to lay aside,
for the time being, the design which he was
believed to entertain? If such were the
facts the answer of Lord Russell was con-
temptible bubble, unworthy of q statesman.
however worthy of him.
Let us suppose it to be true. for the sake
of argument, that Seward m ade the intima-
ton in question. and that he held it out as
an in1ucement to the Emperor to withhold
his intended mediation. Do the annals OF
Tacitus, or the pages of Gibbon. or the his
tory Of Warren Hastings government OF In
dia, or any other record OF cruelty and in
Justice, ancient or modern. reveal a crime so
-blOoded, so atrociouS, so utterly dam
nable, in alli's phases and aspects. either of
Imagination or commission? Did not Lord
Russell know In what manner Seward de-
signed TO obtain that cotton, with which he
proposed to purchase his forbearance, and
the hope of obtaining which he held out rs
bribe to the Emperor of the French? Had
l in
acts of Congress. in speeches upon the hust-
ings. and in newspapers? Had not acts of
confiscation been passed? Had not armies
beer set in motion? II ID not the slaves
been invited to rise and massacre their M as
tiers. through every journal that supported
Seward and Lincoln in their bloody cru
SADIE? Was not Lord Russell well aware
that every pound of cotton which Seward
would send to England would be saturated
with the blood OF men fighting for the dearest
rights of humanity, Of women and children
slaughtered by the ruthless hands of infuri-
ated slaves? Did he not know it could be
procured on 10 other terms, and that no at
tempt to procure it on any other would ever
be made? What was the suggestion OF Sc
ward but a proposal to bribe England with
the spoils OF an empire?
Wa are far from believing that the people
of England would have asse nted to such a
monstrous proposition, had the whole facts
of the case. in all IFS enormity, been known
to them. But the question not put in
such a manner as to defy evasion. Lord
Russell should have been asked whether or
not Seward had ever proposed to him to for
bear for certain period, or Tor any period,
on a pied. to send him much cotton as
/ England required, the condition of for
| bearance. Then would the people Of Great
! Britain have clearly understood how far
/ their Government meant to make them par
take OF the accursed ;h;hg-of the sp0ils of
/ the Coniederacy, wet with the blood of the
bravest race that ever sprang from the lolns
I of Old England. We are bv no means sure
that the people of Z gland would even then
I have insisted upon the recognition of the
/ Confederate States.
/ There are many reasons why they sh onld
! wish TO keep clear Of the war, while wish
ing us every possible degree of success. =
They own nearly a thousand millions OF
stock in the Yankee States. They have mo-
nopolized. or are fast monopolizing the en-
tire trade of the world. They have an err
ormous commerce afoat, which would in
stantly become prey to the Yankee cor
sairs. All these, to say nothing of the pre-
carious tenure by which they would hold
! Canada in the event of war, would be
strong pledges to keep the peace. But they
/ owe il to themselves to clear their skirts Of
4 the damuing suspicion which their Foreign
! Secretary has caused to be attached to til EN-
or at least which he is supposed to have
| caused. Above all, they owe it to them
selves to get rid of the supera nnuated medi-
| ocrities that are rendering them a byword
| and a reproach TO all the nations of the
earth