The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-15

kook - Yourselves.
We are prepared 70 learn that England and
France. aftsr hearing the result of the late
battles will b less inclined than ever TO In.
,erfers in the West It viii be easy for the
smart Yankee agents In London and Paris to
convince them that the South 10 already sub.
iuxatsA. Their hest informed men know little
of America. Those who sympsthixe with ~
will regret eur imagined downfall those who
do not, win point 70 the rssult - dsmonstra.
ton Of their sagAcisy and prudence in not per-
mittng tAsmsslvss TO b involved In the
American quarrel. Louis Napoleon, the only
statesman in Europe worthy Of the name, will
silently shrng his shoulders, and sxclaim
"Nexs uer1snA' but Palmerston's thin Lips
will Be- wreathed with an exulting smile
end Russell will chuskls with ssnile laughter
Still the South will have friends and sympa-
thiasrs among the better classes, who -
more clearly their eountry's true interests, and
who appreciate ksenly the heroic struggle OF
our people. They are powsrless, however,
and while ws are grateful for their good
wishes, We have hsnesforth No friendship fol
their Government. We look TO no power now
bat that Of Heaven. and it 10 perhaps because
We have looked away from that 70 earthly
powers, and failed to improve the advantages
which Divine providence had placed at our dis
posal, that our fortunes have undergone q
change, not fatal but injurious and Notifying
There can be but one result of the present
contest, II the Southern people are true to
themselves but suppose it should terminate
% the Palmsrston ADMINISTRATION has been 90
betoolsd BY Yankee emissaries a. to believe
in the universal defeat of Southern arms
what thsn7 What great good does England
expect from our misfostunes Those rsversea
cannot procure her the great staples of South
ern cotton and tobacco. On the contrary
they will be the very means Of snsuring theil
destruction. wherever those productions are
In danger Of falling into the ensmys hands, the
Confederate Generals are under rigid orders
to give them to the flames. Nor need they
expect another crop in 1862. The planters o,
the Sonth intend to cultivate this year wheat
corn, and vegetablss England will have to
get her cotton from some of those numerous
countries in which she has been making costly
experiments in the cotton culture grsai
many years without the slightest success
Moreover. even upon the superstition that the
old Union could be restored, consolidated
and grow into the gigantic proportions and
strength of a united empire, it would be the
most unfortunate event that could happen te
Great Britain. That Government would have
no friends whatever in any section of the
country. The North will never forgive it fol-
the "aid and comfort it has already given ths
rebels, nor the South feel under any obliga
tons to it for deserving US at the only periot
when it, cooperation could have been o.
benefit With Russia on one side and Americs
On the other, both Great Britain and France
would one day be crushed az between the
upper. and neither millstones But the Soutt
will save herself, and, in saving herself, will
preserve the Western powers of Europe from
their otherwise inevitable doom. She will
achieve her own independence and be under
no obligations to any but herself, and be free
in al respects to form such alliances, and
grant such commercial privileges to any
nation Is shall seem best to her sovereign
good will and pleasure.