The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-06
English Opinion OF American Az
fairs.


LtseoLs's scHskE or HhAEcIrATIon.
tEsom ,hs London Hersl1-nrro rositscn organ
II the tone OF the amer!ca. press, in Gis.
cu.strg Pr .siden. III coin's meas1ga, il unde.
c,ded and nsItine, the English puhlic will
readily bs excused for not ia ping at oroe to
a conclusion respecting its merits "s the pro-
gramms OF the policy OF he United States
Government the honesty Of It's p1rpo.c and
tho possibility OF Its reaiE .tiHn The So
cret seems TO have b-en we'll Kept 20 the
last moment, and the s Hect OF its ru aliea,iqn
we oan readily ttn agins, must have been elre.
tric' bn when the h,st surprise was over.
lcok through the imposing grandeur Of
the scheme propcunced, 10 Its practical,
object. many doubts and soma suspicious
IN ust have arisen Hs to tas reality of
It's s!m. Cur Transatlantis cousius nave
tee true nobility of Repu o!lcanism, and
Ihey are not strangers 10 those gr,at In pulses
which sometimes alter the dr..ioy OF nations.
i IL na'ural to expect, therefore, snat glow
OF euthuNasm may have kindied IN the
breas,s OF some millions OF ssoetherners chen
tnis prospect OF concluding tratricidal
STRIFE ~ nobe act OF ssIi-sacrit1Js opened
upon taeIn, aud mat even when the first
blush OF excitement is past toe,e will s:ili
be fonnd men ready to approve and carry ous
the Presidents policy. Bat let us look oalm-
~ a This tremendous Irt Iact 1t Is q Vr,-
position 10 buy up four millions OF slaves,
At cost TO he United States OF soma
500, 900 COO or s'oo 100000 sseriiug; When
'ne P5rhamen: .f this couotry. M the cause
OF humanity, vo.ed f20 000,0t0 - tae nau
ctpattou otths caves III B.Itish colo .,o,, the
world was ss'oaishsd Iaay could not COM
prehend the uuheard of generosity. they
sought fIr some cyrisTs psrsce TO ex oiafn it
away Multiply this so 900 900 by 10, coh-
ceive Govern Id ent utseriy bAnGrup.. afraid
to impose esSvy taxation, and engaged In
the Costliest wa- tnat was yer waged, pro
poetrg this prospective exceadiiaro a
means OF recon ssrucung .as CDion, teriniUn.
iiGg the wsr, ald at hs sa:ne tina abolish
ing slavery an institution The world
NAV stand agIast Ct the very conception of
such a sacrifice, and prudence c0Eipels us to
bs cnary or cur approval, however muoh the
originality OF the design TlIy commaLd Or
admiral
Is the President in earnest, Does he 1eslly
propose this gigantic measure Us Il solution
sll the difficulties which are ROW ovsrwhsim-
ing the Government and the pc ,pi, of the
United States; or does he ptt l. fcr snrd as n
device to detech tins border states from
the southern ana n; .n 10 gi9 for he
node Of Introducing 1t Is eau 'tors in the tx.
trems, 1t, operation is TO 9e sradl&. the
scheme is only ialnstory: .'at 4, spp.,-
South is to bs invited 10 set rid 0: ais
slaves. All the States in common are to c.
operate ami form common innd 80 buy H.;
his "human chattles" at = fair valuation. II
! succses Of the proposition would be its imme
I diste acceptance by the South. This Is oovi.
ously not contemplated 1t Is gradual plo.
cess that Is desired. But waeih r / be eff .ci-
ed In one year or twenty years, the sum
which 1t will cost will not be dimiuishei. II
fact, the longer 1t is delayed the cos;.ier will
be the redemption and, for the sak. Of th re.
constructed Union, II tits to be reso.dered, the
sooG er the purchsse Is completed the better
Where, then, Is the purchase. TO come
from From taxation ? Bat The sources o.
taxation are already dried up North and
South are Impoverished. And IL IequiIss
more faith In human nature, ana especially
Transatlantic human nature, than VS. possess
n believe that, for the sake OF ema. ctpa ing
NJ
Ia tha Southern States on a par WITH the demo
lated plan ia ions OF onr West IL dian colonies
the population CT the North will undergo srch
u burd'l The hope of raising a suf1cisnt
fund ~ taxation is pl' iuly falincious. irmpst
be o btnined by loans Bu: The an er!caus Inv
no money to lend. The Governmen, ha7s no
edeq late security to offer even 10 native ca nj.
tslisls, and the idea Of borrowing anything
ike the sums required from foreign source:
canrot be seriously en- tertaired Bat, srppos
ing tee capitsi to bs for.hcomiI e, e ruid !. ha
So applied with su ,cess, Would ths uirer 20
purchase the sie evss at a fair prics Grtng hack
the south into the UGiopi The wacI.
weight of evidence is against so n q suppos,.
ton. 1t is not in the midst o: T. strife sueh Us
is nov wrac2iEg ths south with nrs "a! d
sword that the vcics of conrfliation will ne
listen ed 70. And, Ws believe. Ii the question
minated fcor1 the problem now presstnS Tor
solution iE America, the S1u.h wouia still
remain Gs Tesoiute in irs hostility to any
reunion With the Northern s.u,es as il
H.
ve-y Nss at the bottom OF tia dsadlv
hate OF these two sections Of :he Amer;csn
people. But 1T is not for their slaves that the
South Is now fighting IL IL fga,ias for inas
tuition elaborated BY tho fathers Of tbs Repa6is con.
ss~dsed to IL, and for honor, ard IL urp0se that
the Union can Do rebuilt over the PROSTATE
necks Of people tracing back to ENG .ish s,res
their hatred OF tyranny, ,cherisbiEg ,he tr4
ut,ions which Englishmeu are proud OF, and
resolutely beut on accom- mclishIng tbetr free.
4 <w1- Aaa tNsua -
N orld can show, 10 10 jsnors history We BE-
lieve, then, that President LincosI e proi.ct
Is not feasible. The Nol tn e;.lrot thu Sou b
will not, accept IL. Both sides will, We be.
lev, reg ard It as a GishoDcrins oomprom,ss
BY the Eorth 1t will be looked upon as hu-
miiiating concession in the honr OF victory;
by the south es 8 russ to detach the border
States, to create disuaicn in its councils and
10 pave tie way :Cr It's subjugatiun.
There ia nc installing the alternative the
President onsrs "War, " he says, has been
and continues to be, an Indispensable means
to the preservation OF the Union. II resist.
anee continues, tho war must also continue.
aud It Is i'm possib to foresse all III I c:dsu t.
which may att nd and ali the ruin which NAV
follow 1t: Such as may seem indisrars 5fe or
may obviously promise great etf1ciency to.
wards ending the struggle mus. ana will come
The words are bold and the U Gaming Is clear
II the South will not Sell ,hs slaves, the North
will free them; & eervile war Is piafnty In Goa.
temptation, and tho rang uinary HI acip pations
of the ADolitionis's may yet bs fu ffflled. The
South, however, 10 not yet cowed 1t has
made great sacrifices /: will MAKE greater
still. The resisting Efforts viii IA have been
iposed to the ooEquering armies 3t the North
in the border Sta es Will De rsdoubled in the
slave States. Flourishins towns may disap.
pear, and the great garden Of the Sodth may
bs devastated. But at the present hour III ere
Is no hinchiIg. What would tbs Union be
woI tn, and how long would it last, II 1: could
be RECONSTRUCTED over the enters Of hatred
50 Intense es that which anImates 'he south
erner In his desperate Struggle against the
over whelming odds brough. agslns: him.