Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-22
coRRRsRosDEacE OF TaE LONDON -aERA1D.'

CORRESPONDENCE OF TAb L0hDUn "hE6ALD.
Ths "Hersld" is known ss the most oon-
stsnt aud thorough-going champion cf the
Confedsrscy at the Londoa Press, Distinctly
and powerfully urging recognition hy France
aud England On general Questions tho
"Hsrald" IS q supporter of tho Engish Oan-
servative or Tory psrty. and sort Of organ
II Lord Derby and his friends. On this
American affair, however, it would be unsafe
TO to. the Herald a. organ Of any party
whatsoever; snd is has emphatically con-
dtmoed tho policy Of "sssnd still and wait, "
persisted iu by the pTesent goverumsnt, aud
expressly approved by Lord Darby ana
Malmesbusy Iheu4selIes.
Tee "He,sld" hiss lately provided itself
with highly intelligent correspondent In
the Oonfedoracy; that lis readers may know
something Of passing e7snts from our point
OF view. We hsvs beforr u; several Of bis
lettsrs in the "Herald,' dated from Baiti-
more, ss he VAS on his way tc this coun-
try through tho 'ensmy's Lies They are
fuu, especially sinca the strong revival Of tho
var spirit at the No,th-which the corre-
spon1 :nt, at that iine. thcoshs he saw good
reason to hope vss ssasihly abassd. Subsee
qusnt eveuta, .recislly the less Of thu O,n.
nscticut election by tho "Dsmoorsta," The
supsidsnce of North western peace move
msnts, aud the arrest of Fsilandigham, hsvo,
in some measure, changed tbs scene; but ws
give an extract or two Io show the epnit IN
which the 'Hssald's" correspondent regards
the struggle:
Th,ee hundred miles shove Vicksburg ths
Unionlsts have pc; pet'ated grave injury 60
the people of ibe south. The Yszoo Pass
lsd from The Mississippi into the rivos Y.z1o,
Four Iniilion5 OF aries Of the best cotton
lands an Garth iis bstTsssn thoss t~a streams
sakjsct naturally 1n iauRis,iaii Embauk
nleLis sioEg tie Mississilri SScl"1sd lie
hoEis, 4ai ,tGs s,vst f.r ale world 'Es p7o-
dur.s 1f t6at r'ah tSg;uh. fha Ghitf link in
th', chain Of dis,Iasa Wss high "isVoI' or
emhsnkmost across The Yaz"a P1ss. Sotae
zeal ". pretended necessity si ths Fsders's
to cat through ,his great wc7k, and, 10 that
way, 10 fe0d the whole country Ct the
Yazuo TO al sxtOot OF eight CT teu thousand
square m lea. The unfortunate inh abitants
OF that region nrs therefore driven in exits
and fist hJats from their hoInss, and tha
world ID deprived, fa,, al all sventi, tbs pre-
sent, sfs q I'D that contributed sGnuslly {"
ts cotton supplies twice as much as the
whole of Egypt. The evil spirit that unasp
PLY seems to sctu.ts tho invading srmies OF
tbs North, flnas no rebuke from, shcir aretli-
rem st home, If one may judge by the tso;s
that General Batter hes Just received distjit
guiahed hnnors from the corporation, eec,sd.
under 0 voto by ballot, of this city; and
General Mcheill hes not only been sust,insd
By his fsllow citiZ.ns af missouri, Eu. nss
been even recommended By Them f.r sGme
emphatic mark Of M LiRceln's high coI,-id.
GRAFTON.
Tho politicsl movement against tbs L n
coin Government "a taking shape. A rent
negtns to show itself it the pxrty in power.
Ons of iis fsctions hclds the constitution TO
bs "lesgue with death and . covenant with
hell!" MIR. Wendell Philips and The amia
BILE men sho hold th.s opini"n--tha ploua
and benevolent soulJ that seek to disuhsrgs
tho functions cf Providence to tho nesro-
propose to snDitilste tho SoutGsrn paople
and make their homes a desolahon. Oihets
Ct the Republicans arc commercial moDcpo-
lists. These part company with. thsir pious
associates At the point where the war loses
its rStionsl ss struggle fer great trsds.-
Emancipation makes the South . poor cus-
toner; and her retention as such unworthy
the slcriiGsa of war. TLsse Republicans
claim to bs Conservatives sLd iagafd the
AbolitioDtsls "a Radicals.
Tue Democrats show snns sigls Of division
in thsir raaha, Tuey al mean peace. ID
the North wsss thsY look beyond peace to
now partition of tbs UniOn; whilst 10 the
North central and North eastern Ssates they
do not choose to look to the future, beyond
4 suspension Of hossDities. A secret society
ia said to exit within tho Democratic party.