The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-09
FROM HURoP1.


The mails by the steam ship MOI tn American
bring EngIish papers 10 he l7ta ul'. The
news 10 not 90 IA.a as that u the America,
nor Is 1t very important; though In the ek.
tas,s VII ieh vse append We have some fur.
ther revelations OF Er giisA sen .imsnt In re.
spect to aHairs on .hts continent.
A deputation Of the British and Foreign
Anti Slavery S,cisty wal ted upon the United
States Minister, Charles francis Adams, on
the 1eth alt. and eAsred him an address, aig.
ni.ying their pleasure at welcoming An Am.
oassaso or who held principles In accordance
with their own. Ear. Adams made q reply,
sunctently abolition in tone to satisfy the
neWbers Of the depu tation, who. after some
further ceremony, withdrew.
COMM asrs OF ZEE LONDON 7Inn.
The answer Of Mr. I'd ans is form al enough,
IS s, II - the represen tative Of a country which
knows seriously and prastisally the ques lions
which these KogiishneA only study ns anna.
tears. Nr. LinooiE's representative IL, 10
coabt. attached 10 h's principles aad his par
ty- These "rsEg bin very near 10 The cpia.
tons cf ou- iAAti Slavery soc.e.y, aad his
views N ay h0 generally tsaea IT, % he .ne
as those OF the deputation which sd1 1-sssad
him. Bu: tae mos, rsckless assertion OF sea.
er.l principles might be sebsrsd by the events
which have taken place since the Repu ubiicans
galned their srea. victory over ths Souih.-
Tke management of the slavery question IN
Enerei reg aires hardly less sktll and aCnr-
age than ias management OF the war. Tns
ELECTION g! Mr. Lins9iu sansed l. tAira Of The
states OF the Union to seSede, aud several
more to halt irrosoluteIy between secession
and their old Allegiance Such had been the
eject OF in attempt 70 unsettia the relations
Of master ana slave, tha: millions OF neu
have reEonueea their ua tion ally and taken
up arms to break in sundsr ths coun.
sry OF which they uaed to be eontinu.
ally boas;ing. Even she states Which have
not s3esdsd sho " their jealousy OF the Abou
ZIONIST party by the votes of their reprssen.
tattves. The proposition 70 assist the Border
states in their voluntary a:ten pts 20 aoclist
slavery met :ttn ssropg opposition FROM
that sec lon OF members who are retErned by
taoss States. TIE difficulties and dangers
of ths time mads even the President a ocnser-
vative. Mr. Lincoln takes his stand On tbs
Constitution, and would doubtless be as will
leg rs any one to make th 9 laI gest con :essiOns
10 the SOutcerners If they would r3turn to
the Union. what the statesmen OF Washing
ton dread most is that the con sinued obsunacy
OF the Coniedsrases and the enforced nsS.
tivity CT the Federal armies through sho dlg.
6culties OF the country, MY cause such an
query q. the r'orth cs wi.i obiiSe tse Hovern.
msut to Use strong measures toward these
portions OF the slave terrilocy which a,s in
It's poN 10 have fail liberty TO deal ac.
oording to circumstances wish The siav.
cry question; to be abie either to receive tbs
Con federates with Opan arms is pent.ents, or
to punish them with severity rs rebels, ae-
eording to the tsmper which they may dis
play, Is the desire OF the or thero po ticians,
ana Mr.. Adams indicates Is clearly enough -
Hut such Is not the &c tion Of the British and
Foreign anu- Slavery Society. To these phi
iantn ~ pists tho negro is everything. Whelh
er the - ,OOa, 900 of Americans remain one ua-
ION or split into two, is only interesting to
them 50 far IS IL s fleets the fcr.uaes OF the
race they protect. For the e&orts Of Er. Liz
coin In favor of the blacks, the Sce!ety ap-
plaud his Government; bat they hardly O. re
to think that the nrst object be has in view Is
the greatness rf country OF white citisens,
and that even shositlou ls wilG hlm leSs iN-
poriant question than national sxistenes.-
There may be q general agreement be .ween
The Repu bsicaE Government ana oar iS;ciety,
out 1t is one which the politiCui requirement Is
OF the time might so M 20 destroy.
HsLATloss OF fHs UNITED STAT Tss WITH RI stAzD.
[Froc, The London Time.l
Hon Mr.. Phelps, when the bill for the for.
ti1atlon OF the frontiers WAS introduced, al.
not calculated to latter the prejudicss OF hit
bearers, ought certainly to have approved
itself 70 their reason. He drst ARGUED agains,
the propriety Of substituting q race of ex:rava.
ganCe for the present economical inantion. II
America armed, England would arm. II the
New York shore OF the Lakes were to brist:e
with cannon, the Canadian shore would soor
f,sss,t t ,, similar aspse, sesss:oRoi a
sopol on tbs opposite border; and. as ths
longest purse would win, it was prob.
sble that Great Britain might carry The
day. But after this practical piece OF rsa.
soni,S 6, Mr.. Phelps proo< <edsd to toach ou
a far more coInprehel sive and controver..
ibls topic. He not only deprecated the
angry spirit snd abusive language IN
which 1t was Customary With Amer,c .ns
to speak Of Us and our institutiors, but h
vent step further, and declared, with 6
0anoor and bJldnsss almost une xampled In
such Assem- Dlies that We did not deserve such
treatment, tnasmu uch as IL any iEteruatioua a.
differences we for the most part had beer
clearly in the right and America In the wrong
He said that in the Trent a0.ir we were
proved to be In the right by 'hs cOncurren,
decisions of all European Governments, in :
c!u ting those most cordially disposed toward
America. Of our atitIca 6oiing the civil
war, be observed that II was certainly A.
friendly as that CT France, 10 which no *.
cept1on was taken, Wni!c OF our Eenera! poi
icy he spoke in terms OF unrsserved commends.
tion. He remarked that in all recent treaties
We had permitted America 20 gain the al.
vantage that we had overlooked in tbs San
juan afAtr piece of conduct on the part o;
the Americans which ;hey, If he decision
hed been theirs, would probably have 70.
sented o. sGetan: Waf that We had endured
their protective and injartous tarL3S without
retaiia.ing; and that IL oil such matters We
had shown superior aud %niigh tened llbe-
rality. For hu these reasons, he thought /,
insxpedient TO express any d!siruss OF GfsG'
IIiIdiE, ci AZ 0LCOaIdSe oAy l-ctlS Ct nos
tiiity or war by the erection oI tae defoIcss
proposed.
l. Will os thought UD this sl&e 0f the a tilQ q.
tic tia: tn spesch We have thus suia IN az liz ss
Was but Il Ia udeTa:e ana imp.rt!Rl sxposition
of ,he truth. Soea, indseS, is the tact; bu!
1t IL very remarkable speoaa, never tfteieA,
Thsee mon hs ;Hyo is conld, perhaps, hardly
have tsen delivered or published with safety,
aad y len we flGd ths. on the present occn.
sion II was listened to, II not with assent, q,
any rets with patience aud atten lion, we are
Justified In concluding that the tide Of Ame-
rioaG opinion os this subject must Be upon
tse turn. W. sre COL a len. enough that as
passion passes way and reason prevails ths
Americans will see that they have 10 IsasoI
TO coA plain OF US. lone OF the rancOr gene
rated by fo mer soDd c;s may stiil survive
Ghd the vitality, iIda. d, OF these aiischieVOus
sentiments ous ht 20 sugets; 20 tia Amer;osni
some NiSgivlEsS sa u the coRseQ OF
their oTn oivii WAT. Ii thay eanuo: yet iOr-
Ees 1878 and 1872, how long will North and
houtt &C iu fOrg, ting 1854 ana lS6lY Bat oi
anything hks evil purpose 20 them q. thii
ori.is CT their national deS Inles we are
ser.nibIy innocent The war WAS none OF our
making, nor connected In any way with our
Iolisy. We ie ploreA Its Occurrence, ana al
first W. blamed he se0eaers for the division
they were creating hen, when we saw
more clearly into the case. and discerned that
the Daclaration Of Independence WAS bat the
expression OF u settled and Il OF unnatu al an
tag0Eisin, We II garded the II isch ef as irTens
| ediab!e but We steadily persisted. agaL 81
our own apparent IN :srests, In s.andirg a!oOi
from the STRIFE. We could not treat nine m IL
lions of Americans as ebais 0Bd pira ss but
we did not recog n!ze them as tn iadepsnden
| n.tion. Tha practical operation OF our nsa.
trality has, OF the two, been rather iav u abl.
TO the EederaIs than . herwtse, AAd the dis
| appoin m eats of he Sou. IA, In this respect
b. " certain ~ been more serious than those