, 1862-09-08

a Remarkable Article.
From the Richmond Dispatch, 26th.1

L. AOAA 1AS AaSA444oA0 o4EPo-I4l5 -O%A'l
Anything less than armed Intervention by
several OF she leading powers Of Europe will
do our cause more hsrm than good. The re-
cognl1Ion OF our Independence. the raising OF
the blockade, ard alliance, offensive aud de-
:ensire, with France and England, would but
eEaepefate and unite the North, and thus
strengthen her and induce us to relax our ex-
ertiots, and thereby weaken us. No one power
in Europe can successfully invade the North.
II her seacoaet be bloekaded and her seaport
cities captured, she will have mere soldiers for
her armies and fever idlers TO support. Tue
necessarfe6 of life and the munitions Of war
are, or readily can be produced in the Interior.
So far as these articles are concerned, the sea
board cities are non-proaucers and most ex-
peneiye consumers. Three centuries and =
ha]f ago, every patton OF Europe lived within
itsul(, il dependent Of foTej gn trade. No sec
tlon Of the globe produces with SO little labor
and in such abuudance, The necessaries OF life
as the Northwest. Diyested Of her seaboard
towns and Of the artificial and acquired wants
Which those towns engendsr and maintain and
and DO country can sustain herself with so lit
tie labor as the North, and therefore, no coun-
try can spare SO large proportion OF her
population for military purposes. Sue rAises
an immense surplus of meat and bread. aud
can dispense With tea. cOtftr and sugar, a3 dit
the nobility even Of Europe three centuries
ago. For clothing, she can use wool, and hemp
snd flax, as did orr ancestors. In tine, she
can be just as comfortable and far more inde-
pendent without foreign trade thln with it.
Her int ense hatred to the South, her pride, her
evaporation, would induce her, in case Of
farefgn Intervention, to readily sacrifice al AZ
| 1i1ieial and acquired wants, and live within
| herself. Without 8 navy and without mer-
camille marine, for European powers might di.
| vest her OF them, several hundred Thousand
| men would be dleengBged from their accus,
| toned pursuits, be Witnont employing and
burning with Indignation aad thirst Of ven
II.
them helpless upon the world. From chofct
as well as necessity they would join the inra
ding armies Of the North, and constitute tht
most efficient soldiery ia those armies. HI
foreign trade enfeeb1ts the North; our wan
want of such trade and want Of a navy ena
b1es US to concentrate all our forces and thu
strengthens us,
The currency question Eow disturbs tn
North because her foreign trade brings he
paper currency in contact with metallic cur
rency. Blockade her ports, cut her off from
all connection with Europe, and her pape
: be as good as gold. The whole Of her indu:
: try and the whole of her power would be eS
erted for war purposes, If she were Dlockaded
Now, one-haK Of that industry. aud one-ha]
J Of Eer effective force is occupied in producin
| needless Injuries for the rich, or in suppfyin
the artificial wants of all classes. .. A success
full blockade would double the military po ne
T Of the North in conducting the war agains
8 US. She might then as readily put tWo me
in the field rs she can now put one million
8 No one foreign enemy could capture her rive
4 marine, and with that she can reach the heal
: Of cur d0miniops.
1t is chiefly because We have been blockade
Il that we have exhibited such wonderful poWt
2 in this struggle It has enabled us to conce'
! trate our forces aud our energies, to dspenf
d With foreign Injuries, and to produce more
/ the necesEafies Of life and the munitions {
0 var; aud it has moreover saved us from a
= difficulty and yexation on the currency sui
= itet. Our cotton and tobacco, 1n5old, repr
q sent their value in gold aud sllv5r, aud ser!
rs basis for our present and future credt
it cur peopls would have been employed in sen
= ing these articles to market, selling them, ar
S | m selling the useless Injuries for which tbs
Is bad been exchanged. Our foreign expor
bring us in little that is useful, and scar
1t any thing that is necessary, or Il necessar
IS not better produce at home. Foreign iute
veptien that shall merely rise the biocEa
10 from CUR cities, capture the northern seaboa
al Towns, and blockade her cost, would be rul
1t ous to US; and If ne were relieved from Il
r blockade We should expend nfne-teRths OF t
Il PROCEEDS Of our cotton and tobacco In usele
It. 1uxuries, destroy the basis Of our credit a
Giyert large portion, probably one-ha!f
| population, from Ear, ur from industrial pt
1e euits necessary to the successful conduct
"a the war, and set them TO tfaQlng aAu iAou
g. q. makirg: Let us have no recognition Of
ae Independence, 10 raising Of the blockade,
u mediation, no Intervention unless it be e
a5 cient interrentfon-a an Intervention found
co uptp Just, humane, and sensible reasons.
y etaly be lett alone to achieve our Independent
lG and after it is achieved, the peoples OF Euro
81 will greedily seek to participate Ia its adv:
Ga tsges, by entering into favorable commerc
y. treaties with U.s. We shall owe them neltF
" q debt Of gratitude nor debt Of hi
IL ey. and it will be our right and {
duty so to COT duct our foreign trade and
zee lations rs will most rebound to the profit 9
r. advantage Of our own citizens, regardless
3e- The coGse quences to other nations.
M Mle- cotton, tobacco, and other agricultural P
IN ducts, are cur oxu. We can burn them,
ot charge what prices we please, aud none
~ have right to complain, for none have All
5ts Ms in our hour of need. Independence.
e. ta1aI, not nominal, We must have; and, 1t
'nr order to eeeure 1t, We have to trammel or
g 70 cIude foreign trade, We shall not hesitate
"a, do So. Money making, selling in the dear
r. markets and buying in the cheapest, IS
al always the wists st, the safest, or the
49, policy Of States. Let the nations Of Eur
rs look to it, that they do not, by their ung
~ erous and selfish course, compel ns to pur
IT. an exclusive policy, in order to confirm
:, l. dependence, however great may be our ps
o. niary sacrifice, or their loss Of q profits