Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-03
For In. .EHguirer.

:.,e sovereignty Of lHa SiatGs could he proved,
! ''5@rt Wa sufficient o.! itself, without any Cd
iTnct, !" ensure recognition. To my pre-
! y,ons ie:'arS have cndeavored to establish
;ho fact ot tacjr sovereignty oN the authority
! 81 the repeated AMI cIrtlnuous acknowledge
merits oi ;h' leading rowerR CT Europe from
: MS, tho data Of our two first treaties with
Frnncc, and irCE 1883 by ENGLAND herself, TO
tha r.cY.,t snpatation CT tho States from the
late Federal unici.; and If have succeeded
III so doing, thoTe js al end Of tho discussion
on tn, GiiE EiSGion of "lIistoricus," and Great
6titsin is bound to recognize the SOulharn
m:ederacy forthwith,
/. 10 etvinuG that The argument Of this
numaer If "lIiatoricuH" IN relation to llnl-
land and belgium, aud 10 Greece cannot havo
Iny arplicnticn to us for it wal not doniel
~ tho parties themselves TINT they had
b.okei off from an iategral State, and that
lh2ir rn7cr1igDty could be concedei by for
Glgn pnvcra oply On the ground of humanity,
NJ nf their ability L. ln?Iuta;n their !ndepea-
deuce. No SOE;h.Tm sLaiesman would con-
i DESCEND. to- Fizno tho snvereiga St.tsa OF tho
South Oh such n fco!:ns; not even if our
Will conatry ~nic nvoIrun with tho enemy,
alrt ou. mr.nrvs hhi hien defeated in every
battle, ii;sisai Of The r4ysrse, would no listen
to a comparison whi2!! ignores tho fkctl Of
hia case.
Toward thu c}.,sy 4 i,:a art;cla IliStoricu j
.iScu3ecG r"o pGl!cy CT Intervention By Eng
srd in the present ~ar hCtween the North.
sfn GI,i Southern States; but as this wkGls
bjcc: il in the hands OF our Government
xh,ch will brirg tn tho discussion know
ledge OF alfiirn that no outsider cau well
possess, il does not become mo to express an
opinion on the suhicct; but, waving the cx-
peLencY or inexpodioncy VI any measure of
mcda!iru in our behalf ~ EasLand o. any
o;her power, ruay be permitted 10 l""k ut
acmo CT the reasons ALLEGED by Histo!cus ~
lnsrparablo ia tho case cf the action OF ti:'!so
powers in rclstiua to ;hs southern rcnl ,1c
racy.
The .;rl: iaTi: i ~, =, which, no ssys,
'ipr,cen..s .ilicul,iea ;:!.:ct: Iiv Intervention
has had 10 cEcouurcI; ani ytt tn intervene
and Lava his question "rra, ia TO do Moth
ing. Ii Is to sanction la wa do NOS rapt0-
h-.c, adj /" rals';ua" wn.L VIC do not
abolish" 10 1uYrbG- aids: 10 my mind
W the cnn w4T>: .;eY"rY' Ii rs;mprekei.!s'i
| peTp0tu-! L:- {" 'i'n r.;.oa Ct Enclsh me-
!.tnu---a h:T T. a'!.,cai':n !os;isit,n, becaGee
il w.n'H 81. i:'iia 20 :H:eihio Intervention,
h,r.u - t: ;'o;.!I be iIniuorGl." He concludes
=: '.a.!.,:u% .ny administration which
,lG,:u cc"r:r .T:.::..e lie charGc!er Of England
III :hu .'4i:'a ~ '.;cT-:..
Tbs ava a,;i A,tHH:an.e Of &aeso objections
a,c :ha. !; faclcrd vets II mediate in tho
present cTu.$, put at emu Ia the etlusnn Of
10: kindred hin'l. Gitn ia" Southern ports
~ ti:r C0IGnlrTC. .; H.. world, ard 0ir9t a!l
.I..rtuya Ia The Satisfaction af The parlcs--yct
i.,l t. provide Ter or actually effect the ex-
tinctio,, o! slar'ryIy tho Southern Statsa-
~ich dcG;siun would atIiS HI odihul stain on
ner cscujciieoa. Il is visin that oar writer
! Lnuii ti:a. ~, pCSSlbie connection IS his
s,nIntry 49,! .:'!yo.y involves deep and IT.
.i3:;nln rt"in. Tr;v. hold that nc ,n,l:I
:il:i, :!nr short IL Chs :V9iicstHn Of hi4 ar
guinoat, o. Ia, unlsr cacry j: out 20 its i,giti-
:r,nto results. If io st7ns 9i,@rt, he nufssn-
iers it altogether c@G if ho caTI ;aa 1t out to
| III pslpabie res;i!:F what follows: Taas Eng
;Ehd canao: have .:y treaty with the Southsm
! STATES as a GiH,i0Ct CoaicdcracY, nor with Any
new o. cli Union Of which those States rnn1.
pnce pari; that ahc cannnt trade with rhn.e
S..:r.: even without The fjrTnality Of at eail !;
;h,,t no production If thcGc States, no cOrl',
! no rice. TO tobacco, no cotton cnl cror enter
BRITISH, port again and that the immense
commerce bctwrcn her and the Sonth, which
uo.,!i hcyr a;vcr rulrT tho new order ct
| !hicea an in.i .i':.:1 - ..:r industry it n0ver
received h.infc. n,r:. holly cease nov and
! forever. O.. &; tr.f: I"nfc as Elf.Yary exists
! n tho i',u,n Ei;:,ni ;; 'ir:! Bull, w},a thova
- Tie lip, - Nia."r;t!is that lie wants i
n.It,, nns. ;rG:sv c".i"n, or he mus; can
L.6ly confcaH t.at j: Is 0nly whom Groasc,i la
:hr robes oi ,iirclna"y lie has II conscie'co o
ia'Xis hrcn?; y: l,.9 any respect Tor clean fin'
c"ra- Al argument whiat. leads TO such con-
GGqrecce5 may ssi=ly ne lefl without iITthar
comment.
Tha tiu'i g, that fia;rry is not involved in
,ha ;nc-e'.L way al al. Virginia woud hsvc
GccaIec; Grnu, the lac Gh,nn if there hHi not
noan :. solitary savD il hc: dominiGna, Or ou
rlic isca cC tho earn. 1t lIag i.een conceded.
ti1lc iuncmOTiA. hy :t:a greatest chaIp-
ca; Of the North, "ondHr October sun9' and
in presidential inaT%uTals. that slsvcry is q
subject wholly with'n :ho Jurisdiction oi the
several States. aad thar the general gorerE-
nent has nothing ~ 40 with Il. And in the
c.ss rl mediation. IL would no mnrr coma un-
dor -evrw t:.au tho laws 0f real property. OF
divorce, Of pylygamy. or CT thai institution 40
LARGELY recruited by Engiish votarica, the re-
i;ginn Of Mornn. Fen the late prccIaIna tion
oF .ha Prs;iHen. # tio Northern States
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