, 1862-03-06
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ATTITUDE or TER BRITISH Go71R1xRST.
: ;. a blockade II Tie Southern potts ms, On
th il ult:, :h1o4sht to tie notice Of the
Hdd9e at Lords :by :ths Earl of Ma1mssbarJ,
wEo expatfateds: s:fon: the. impeusction OF the
Gordon, and demanded to know how long the
Bsitifl 3overnment destgned to submit to
the restriction. IN reply, EarL Russell said:
: . This question of the blockade il, as the
noble Eaf1 says, one Of very great Importance,
and will not presume to enter at this moment
in the contest that Admiral Milne should fur.
nish Her. Majesty Government with every in
fofmatto9 n thff power, and also sent to our
consnls Co 1t tie different ports, ,*ith REV to.ob-
tain every Information from them. When the
b.ocknde WIS first mentioned to me By Mr.
Adams, stated to him the difficulty which the
United States GpYafnment would experience
IN ma1ntafnfEg a blockade over 600 miles OF
coast. Mr.. Adams's reply was that there were
bnt seven ports Which could admit large YES
sells, and that therefore the difficulty WIS not
60 sreat as it at first sight appeared. With rc-
spect TO the allegation, that very large num-
ber Of vessels have e1uded the: blockade, I
aeked Mr. Mason mfself what was the tonnage
OF those vessels to which reference was made,
aEd to that question he vas unable to give me
an answer. But the noble Earl will see that
that is q matter, Of resy great Importance, be-
cause those seven ports are connected by nu-
1nerou= creeks with other and minor ports,
and sssmail yessels run in and ont Of those
creeks, carrying small cargOes. Before the
meeting Of Parliament I desired that various
papers should be collected together. That has
now been done-the papers have been printed
and they VIII very shortly be delivered to
your 1ordships By Her 3ajcsty's command.
without, then, pronouncing any Judgment on
this question, I must repeat that 1t Is one Of
the utmost Importance. Hear, hear] On the
one one 5and, # we said that any thing that was
called blockade, however ineffective, should
be ieid to bea legal blockade or, on the other
Band, We were to incur the danger Of dis
pute with the United States without having
the clearest and strongest ground for tin
either case great evl would be produced. I
therefore trust that your lordships will reserve
Hear, heaFl
CoANENTAKf OF THE rREsE.
from the London Tin,cs.1
If the blockade il ineffective, our merchant
ships will bresk it. Why cannot we be con-
tent to leave any lEsftE that may exist to this
natural corrective, instead of involving the
State IN the fortunes Of the adyentures Nor
Is 1t BY any means certain that, if the blockade
were put an end to Tomorrow, any large
nalc population Of thc Southern States is in
arms: The old men, the women, the children,
and the negroes, are left to guard the planta-
tions. What likelihood is there Of = large cx-
peltation Of cotton under such circumstances ?
The whole soul Of the Southern Confederacy
which everything is staked, and little leisure
or inclination is left for the moving Of
bulky goods in search Of distant market
we may feel quite certain that the block
2:ee IS as stringent as the Federal States
Know how to make it, and il It fails, the defeat
10 mn ~ -r
London at this moment not few gentlemen
whose families and property are In tho South
ern States, aud who would pay almost any
sum to be enabled to return home to look
after thelr families in trouble and their prop
crty going to ruin; but, after considering tic
various alternatives Of going by Canada, By
the Bahamas, or by Mexico, have only come
to tie conclusion that one route IS more dan
gcrGus than another, and that they Wonld be
more likely 10 find themselves occupying a
black hole in Fort Lafayette than q family
mansion in Georgia or Carolina. Nor is it
possible to gainsay the infallible test Of tue
price. OF cotton. II Lord Derby or any mer~
camille gentleman Of his way Of thinking has
mind to make his fortune at once, lie has
only to buy any amount Of cotton at New Or
leans at I'd. a pound, and, running the block
ade, sell it in Liverpool ut I'D pound. But,
II that cannot be done, tile blockade cannot be
SO utterly Intellectual.
A1LNE 1BScS, n. r., ON THE AMERICAN
:. QUESTION.
Rig b, T afilner Gibson, President of
The Boafd56f Trade, addressed his constituents
at Ashton 1-under-Lyne, on tue Goth ult. Re-
ferrlng to the American struggle, he said:
Talk Of breaking the blockade. I am not
about to discuss the principle Of biocIzades-
that is not the question. This country has
recognized the Northern Federal Power and
the Southern Confederates both as belliger-
cuts. This country has said, and continues
to saF, that blockadlng is legitimate bc1lig-
crcnt right, which England would use if she
were bc}ligercnt, and therefore it is impossi.
Bile, Without q violation of the priucip1rs Of
Justice and international law, for this country
! to be contemplating deliberate violation Of
blockade carried on according to the rules
OF international Inv. [Hcar:1 I am, for
one, snd l:tye been from the beginning, for
adheripg to a strict policy OF neutrality
SO far as the acts Of the Government are
concerned. It is impossible but that
men will be sympathising either with one side
OF another side--that their feelings viii be
more Or leSE enlisted with the one party or the
notice in the world. think the less nc cx-
press those feelings and sympothIes in this
case the better; bntI feel so well assured t!1ut
SO great has always bccn the feeling Of Eng.
and in reference to the question OF slavery,
that they cannot feel any interest or desire
that any new government should be construct
cd upon the principle Of rendering permanent
and Of extending negro slavery fChecrs.l ]
hare been told that negro slavery is to be the
chief stone Of the corner in the new edifce
ahont to be erected in Southern America. ]
think. it tho statement we're true, it certainly
would be calculated to alcnatc the feelings o!
great numbers Of persons throughout the
world from the Southern Confederacy. Ihopt
that may not he the intention md future poll
g Of the men who shall guide the councils oI
that new New State, should ii be severed from