Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
GSrAr BRITAIN AND RECOGNITION.

GSfAN BRITAIN AND RECOGNITION.
The great error of The Southern people
during ;he present struggle for Independence
| has been tho confident hope Of recognition
III thu part of Great Brian. Again nave
they been disappointed, snd again will they
be deceived, unless they divest themselves
of 'he delus'on tho; the British government
hsse any sympathy for their cause. Even
clasioa that pese' allie secession was impossi-
bic, British statesmen we're convinced of it.
Nothing moro cdiuus to British pride ever
existed t!,an :he Government of the United
States. and it was With feelings of unmiugled
ssts faeti III thai tbey beheld the destruction
af the American Union. The arrogance dis
played so cf,en by the old government TO-
wards England had produced q chronic irri-
t:'ion, which now found relief; and the
British ststes m en- determined at once to sd-
vsnce the intarests Of their own country at
the expense of our misfortunes. No one ut
all f.rnilis. with the state Of things in Eng
land can have failed TO be struck with the
depl rable ignorance CT the English people
as regards America and Americans. A
nation OF shorksepers, with but few redeem.
ing qualities not possessed by the Yankees,
they hsd never taken the trouble to inform
themselves shout America. Whatever was
,lisgrscefIl in the United Ststes wss conceded
u beloI :. to the Yankees, with the sole OK
ception Of slavery; " lille ell tho intelligence
and refinement, Of hich this country could
boast, was thought to be conferred in Boston.
Not ono vocs hss ever been raised by those
who have visited the South, to deny the vile
aspsrsions OF tie Yankees, for no man has
the hardihoni to speak word there, which
might b. construed into an extenuator OF the
"alcursed" Institution whereas the svowsd
enemies OF the South, the long faced, straight
laced, purltanicsl adherep,s of Exeter Hall,
hsvu spsred no effort 70 disseminate elsnders
VI hicl. their leaders knew to be such. To
the radicals Of he Bright school alone did
tie destruction Of the Union portend evil; for
with i: they Apprehended the failure Of their
socialistc aud red republican schemes. On
the other hand, tse ignorance of tho Fedei al
system Of sovereign States induced the Con-
serva.iyes " regard secession 81 rebellion, .
circumstance o. which the Yankees most
successfully avsied themselves by dencunc-
ing tho Southesnors rs rebels.
Two prominent errors, committed by our
sslvea, have Gone much indirectly to delay
reccsniti, n. at one tiude the notion was al
mcst universal that COTTON was king: and
.asre mas general disposition to prohibit
tho expectation of our chiel product. We
loudly p. oclain.ed our belief that Great Brit
sin would be compelled to recognize GUS, in
order to save her industrial interests from de-
stluc;inn; while isnorancs, on our part, Of
the cotton trade and of the policy Of the
British Government with respect to the cotton
culture led us to rely too much upon the
external aid OF recognition. 1t 81 emed to have
been forgotten that the markets Of tho world
were slu!ted with manufactured cotton goods
ard tbs: suspension of the supply OF the
r.% material was the only means wEi2h
could rescue the Eogiish manufacturers from
ruin Now, indeed, it is well known bat the
entire Gotten manufacturing interests of Eng
snd wers ccmmittcd to a policy Of inaction /;
while the manufacturers, inste,d of being
ruined by the want Of cotton, have re lizsd
pr!ncsly fortunes from III. advance in prices,
caused by he deu and for manufactured
goods. In fact, tho present war and blockade
have or ught millions into the pokects Of Eng
lishmen md the only class that have suffered
arc tao npsrs.ives. The greatest danger to
England is the destruction Of her skilled ls-
bcr; but now tho manufacturers have COM
Iusnc.d working sgaiu, it is true, only two or
three days in tie woeb. The demand for
goods justities the manufacture Of cotton,
even at the present prices; At the same tins
the American STAPLE mist be mixed with the
Indian, aud tbs, while supplying immediate
demand, prevents the disorgsnizstion OF la
Der. We're il necessary, however, the man
ufac:,re:s wonid contribues means sufficient
10 Ttsin this skilled labor st home; for the
| fortunes recen i acquired will enable them
20 DO for considerable time, and the impor-
lance of this skill is we'll known to them-
ee,vee. Tn tie meantime, it ia the cherished
idea Of British s:atrsm'n 'tnake their coun-
try independent of the world in tho produc-
ton Of cotton. With conviction as errone-
Gus as 1t is firm, that India can supplsnt the
South in the production of cotton, Palmer
| 1T IN ia resolved that it shall not be the fault
OF the British Government, that the organized
system OF labor in the South is not destroy
cd. A man devoted to his order, with su-
prone contempt for the working classes, q
skiliful AMI experienced party leader, md
withsl q de,nsgogue of q superior type, Lord
Paln,vrston is thoroughly English, and ar,
IDENTIFY attached to his country. He will
make any sacrifice st HescDt for the sake o.
future advantages; aud, believing conscieI-
| tiously that tho destruction OF Southern slave
| labor will make India tina cotton producing
,untry IF The world. he will 90 to greater
extremes, perhaps, than any man in England:
to secure that result What matters it that
millions ARC now =tarvingf British charity
and the interests of the rich manufactured
can render the suffering less intense, till the
time shall GENE, as he hopes, when 1t will be
impossible for the South to maintain hex
place az tho llnrivslled producer of cotton for
British manufacturers. To us of the South
the sllscY Of III Sc theories il evident, but
not so to EDglishmen.
Nor should We forget that the 4" trsdi6onsl
horror" Of Englishmen for slavery arises