American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-17
TALK ABOUT RECOGNIZING the SOUTH.


There can be but little doubt that.
sooner or later. the Southern Confeder
acy viii be admitted into The family Of
nations. After q fediously protracted
war Of eighteen months. tie Federal
Government have failed in making the
slightest impression on their resolute op-
ponents. II is not unreasonable to pre-
sumo that even should the var be pro-
ceeded with another year and half. the
result at the end Of that time could no,
be different. We have nov had lair
opportunity Of estimating the qualities
and the calibre of both belIigersnts.-
Those who derive their ideas of strength.
from magnitude were not slow to co.,
tlude that the North NEST Of necessity
prove victorious. And. in truth. the sd
vantages possessed by the established
government at the commencement o. the
contest were to all appearances over
power.pg.
The Federal States entered upon the
war entirely free from. debt. and rith re-
sources at their command Tor the prodxr-
lion Of wealth " hich we're really stipend
oas. They possessed a porerfui navy.
and though not having at their disposal
a standing army. had. at al eveuts. @
abundance. the.materials out Of which il
could be speedily created They en-
Joyed the exclusive command Of the
ocean. and saw not the slightest danger
to apprehend in the Prosecution Of their
trade. With The whole world open to
them. they found themselves speedily
Supplied with every engine Of modern
warfare which science has of. late called
into existence. Besides all this. they
embarked IA their enterprise With all
that prestige which invariably attaches
itself to the established order of things.
Such were the circumstances under which
the North addressed itself to the task Of
crushing the so,called rebe HionS; nor is II
possible to.lose sight of them in estimat.
ing the probabilities of carrying. to q.
successful issue war which. in its pres
ent stage. exhibits the coEbatants stand
ing towards each other in relations as
different from those which they occupied
when the war began.
1t would have been impossible Tor arr
nation to be compelled to struggle for its
under circumstances more
disadvantageous than those under which
the States which seeded from the Union
endeavored to establish their claim to .
separate form of government Nameri-
cally. the population Of the South stood
10 that OF the North in the relations as
one to five OF the material of war.
the Sontherners we're entirely destitute.
No sooner had the standard Of independ-
ence been raised. than every port in a
large seaboard bad been sealed. With
such munitions Of war as they then pos
sessed, they found themselves obliged
not only to commence. but to susta;a
what they we'll knew wonld be . pro-
tracted conflict. Of. ships Of war with
one- or two exceptions, they possessed
none. Their trade was entirely annihila-
ted. Instead Of the prestige with which
their northern opponents entered on the
war, they found themselves held up 10
the execration of the civilized world
To foreign States they were represented
by the Federal Government as rebels.
fanaticism stigmalized them as slave
owners. Numbering in all little more
than eight millions. they found them
selves at the same time Obliged to cope
with the Northern States. and TO retain
in subsection. within their own territory.
population half rs numerous as their
own. Under disadvantages so great as
these. did the Southern Confederacy fight
the battle of independence.
1t is impossible q compare the present
position of the Federal States, with that
held by them at the biginning of the>war.
without being irresistibly impressed with
the utter hopelessness of their attempt TO
subjugate the South. The South has
suffered much il has also collected
debt ; but as nothing by it can be regard
ed as worse than defeat. it viii be ena-
bled ultimately, should il succeed "a es-
tablishing its independents. 70 regard
with greater aequanimity the burdens
which this war may impose TO as Il
seems impossible that the North. ii its
present crippled state, can effect an OBJ
iect which it has hitherto shown itself un-
able to accomplish.
The question when the South ought TO
be regarded as having established right
to demand recognition still remains open
for consideration. Until the close Of the
present campaign. it had certainly failed
to satisfy The world Of its ability to main
tain its independence. Had the result Of
the recent engagements in the vicinity of
Richmond proved different, the Confed-
crate capital would. ID all probability.
have fallen. Now, however. when. 20
all appearances. the North Is compelled
10 desist from active Operations for some
months, il would certainly seem that the
claims of the South to recognition de-
serve the serious considerations Of foreign
Governments. Another signal victory on
the part Of the Confederates may pos<i-
bly, decide the Cabinets Of England and
France on the course they uili adopt.
Lendon Posi-.
AsrrrArHY or LIKE FOR LIKE.-Wh her.