The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-03
THE MIAoARA'a MArLs.
The British State Papers on Amert.
can Affairss
LETTER FROM CAPT. SHNNEs. or TIE
SUhTER.
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The New.York papers of Feb. Is, received
At this ONCE ON Friday evsnins last, contsiu
iuii details OF news by the Niasars, which
had already been briefly forwarded by tele-
graph.
We extract portion Of the paDs1s relating
70 the war in America, Published In he Lon
don Post. Of February sth, oaieuns the sar.
lier correspondencs, which daies - lAr back
a november, 1850, and 10 Of no possible in
ter"st or Importance at the present day. With
a avtsw to preserve, as history, the ofhcial 70.
cord Of the mission Of Messrs. Yancey, Rost,
and Mann, we commence with
LOAD RUss1L's IDTERvIIw WITH 1HB soUTHDRN
ooAAlssIoNR9s.
Lord RUSSELL, in dispatch addressed to
Lord Lyons on the nth May, gives an account
OF an interview no had held with Mr.. Yancey
MY LORD: On Saturday last / received at
my house DIR. Yanoey, Mt. Mann, and Judge
kost, the three gentlemen deputed by the
southern Confederacy TO obtain their rec og-
milton as an independent state. Ono of these
gentlemen, speaking for the thers. dilated on
the causes which had induced the Southern
States TO seceds from the Northern. The prin-
cipal OF these causes, he said, was not slave
ry, but the very high price which, for the
sake OF protecting the Northern mannfac.
turers, the South were obliged to pay for the
manufactured goods which they reouired-
One Of the first acts of the Southern Congress
was to reducs these duties, and, to prove tn cir
sincerity, he gave a. an instance that Lou.
lsiana had given up altogether that protec-
ton on her sugar which she enjoy ed by the
lsgislation Of tho United Safes.
A. proof of the riches Of the South he
stated that OF $3.50, 600 GOO OF exports Of pro.
ducs to foreign COT ntries. S270, 100000 were
furnished by the Southern States.
I said that could b old no Official commu
nfcatton with the delegates of the Southern
States. That, however, when the question of
recognition came to be formally discussed,
must be made: nrst. whether the body seek.
ing recognition could maintain its posi- tion as
an independent State; secondly, in what
manner It was proposed to maintain relations
With foreign States. ....
After speaking at some length on the fl rst of
thsee points, aud alluding to the news of tn
secession Of Virginia, and other intelligence
favorable to their cause, these gentlemen
called my attention to the article in their
Uon stitution prohibiting the slave trade.
said that it was alleged very currently
that II the slave States found that they could
not compete succ cessfully with the cotton of
trade TOR the purpots of eliminating the cost
Of production. They said tn 10 was q suspi.
cion unsupported by any proof The fact
was, that they had prohibited the slave trade,
to the new tariff Of the United States as q
proof that British manufac lures would be
nearly excluded from the North, and freely
admitted in the South. -.
Other observations were m ade, but not of
very great Importance. The delegates cor.
cluded by stating that they should rem ain
in London for the present, IN the hope that
the recognition Of the Southern Coufederacv
weuld not be long delayed.
THE LErT1H OF hsssRs. YAHolY, Ros7 AND
Following the above, II a letter addressed
by the Commissioners to Earl Russell
datsd London, August Il. It begins with an
alluslon to the purposes OF the Southern
people In throwing on their allegiance to the
Federal Government, and argues the question
Of the right Of secession with ability and
dignity. It then reviews the previous efor ts
OF the Commissioners to impress the British
Government with sense Of the rights Justly
belonging to the Oonfederacy, and proceeds
as follows:
u in one Of a similar character held 5etusen
your l0rdshtp and the uadersi4ned at a later date
the underslGned were fully aware Of the reisl-
tionsof amt,y existing between her Britannia
Majesty's Government and that OF Washing.
ton, and Of the peculiar difdcultiss int which
those relations might be thrown if ner Ma
jesty should choose to recognize the nation
allty OF the Conisdsrats St.tss Of America,
The part OF the Government of these States
TO maintltn itself had been shown There
fore they did not deem 1t Advisable to urge her
Majesty'S Government to an tmme ate deci :.
sion upon 50 grave question, but contented
themselves with a presen tation Of the cause
OF their Government. and have quietly waited
upon events to justify all that they had said,
with the hope that her Msjssty's Govern.
msnt would soon come to the conclusio that
the same sense Of justice, the same view OF
duty under the law OF nations. which caused
i to recognise the de }acto Government OF
Texas while yet q superior Mexican army vas
contending for supremacy upon its soil, the
de facto Governments of the South American
republics while Spain still persisted in claim
Ing 10 be their SOVEREIGN, and the de tacto
Italy, would induce it to recognize the Gov.
srnment OF the Confederate States Of Ameri.
ca upon tho happening Of events exhibiting
a deep-seated asd abiding confidence that
success Will attend their forts At all events,
reconstruction Of the Union is an i'm 20 ssi
bility. The brief history Of the past confirms
them In this belief.
Since the orkanisation Of the 4overnmen,
of the Confederate States In February last
and since Mr. Lincoln assumed the reins O1
Government in the United States, and com
menced preparing his aggressive policy
against the Confederate States, the moral
weight Of their position and cause, aided by
the constitutional action and policy of the
new President and his Cabinet, have caused
tour other great States. viz: Virginia, North
| Ing about 4, 800 600 inhabitants, and covering
an extent Of valuable territory equal to thai
i Of France and Spain, to seeed0 from the Late
Union and join the CoBfederate States; while
viz: Maryland, Kentucky. and Missouri, ar.
now agitated By the throes OF revolution, anC
| e large part OF them are rising In arms 20 re
sist the military dsspotism which, in the
II -
1 lessiy, and In such utter perversion Of tn'
provisions Of that instrument, imposed upoI
| them. The undersigned have also sufncien
/ ressons for the belief that even In thi
psr IN. Se a: STAT sa1s Of
| claimed open opposition to Mr.. Lin
| c0in's' une0nstitutionaf apd despotic Go
\ vernment, while several other public a.
| demnsd The war a. subversivs of the Oonstf
tuition. In addition 70 these striking ovi
| dences Of tks Increased strength Of the Con
I federate States, Of great internal weakneS
1 the undersigned can proudly and confidently
| point to the unity which exists among thl
] people Of the eleven Oonfedsrats States, with
I the solitary and uDimportant exception o
win. bsswssn OHIO ana Pennsylvania aDs
sstfied slmoet excludvely BY Northern emit
-rrnN %hatover di1bre1cos Of opinicI
z AZ h tve bec0 entertained among the peO
PIE of thS gnitsd et,sss = e the po!icy, ,"
An ~ 10 tne unconstisntioual causes which
led 70 il, and often. By . fair decision at tn
polls. by the majority in favor OF secession
! n tAc means of sxprsssing their liberties. IN
great mass Of the people at once yieioea ~
ohieetions, and are now engaged with thst1
i wealth ana their p0rSons In the most patri
otic exeruons so uphold theif 0overnnsnti II
6: eosiae . e ladsp'adssee a which On had s'''
ocG1"eu SgoLs ..,A -. 80 ,a~s1s.<,n~ NAV HI
Welded for the present 70 the people VIII
submit. to M. Lipcolp's ueurptng Govern
msnt, @oF snSrgy digplayst q raising and o.
/ fxniSfhe ID immsnse array Tor the paReoe'
mon PEOPLE who are strtggliIhG for .the IN