Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
GSYAr BRITAIN AND REeoGN111oY.

| On thr part nf tirtat Britain. Again nave
they been disappointed, snd agsin will they
be deceived, unless they divest themselves
ct the delus'on that the British government
have Any sympathy for their cause. Even
btf9ie we at Enue had arrived at tho con-
cias'or that peao' able secession was impossi-
bic, British statesmen were convinced of it,.
Nothing moro cdiuus to British pride ever
existed than :he Government of the United
States. and It was with feelings of unmingled
sstis facti III thai tbeY beheld the destruction
:f the American Union. The arrogance dis
played Say cften by the old government to-
wards England had produced chronic ir.i-
ts'ion, which now found relief; and the
British states N en- determined at once to ad-
vance the intarests Of their own country at
the expense of our misfortunes. No one At
all f.Inilis. with the state Of things in Eng
land can have failed to be struck with the
depl, rsb!e ignorance Of the English people
as regards America and Americans. A
nation Of shopkeepers, with but few redeem.
ing qualities not possessed by the Yankees,
they hsd nevcr taken the trouble to inform
themselves about America. Whatever was
,lisgrscefll in the United Ststes was conceded
u h-loIs. to the Yankees, with tho sole ax-
ception of slavery while ell tho intelligence
and refinement, Of hich this country could
boast, was thought to be centered in Boston.
Not ona Soios hiss ever been raised by those
| who have visited the South, to deny the vile
aspsrsions of tie Yankees, for no man has
the hardhoad TO speak a word there, which
night bs construed into an extenuaiion of the
"Aecursed' institution whereas the syowsd
enemies OF the South, the long -fsced, straight
laced, purltanicsl adhersp,s Of Exeter Hall,
hsvo spared no effort 70 disseminate ISLANDERS
" hi:h their leaders knew to be such. To
the radicals CT he Bright school alone did
tie destruction Of the Union portend evil; for
with i: they apprehsnded the failure Of their
socialst:c sud red republican schemes. On
the ether hand, the ignorance of tho Fsdei al
system Of so sereign States induced the CON-
serya.iyes " regard secession ss rebellion, .
circumstance o. which the Yankees most
successfully avsied themselves by denounc-
ing the Southsfnors rs rebels.
Two prominent errors, committed by our
selvea, have Gone much indirectly to delay
reccgnitii n. At one ttts tho notion was al
most universal that "co:ton was king - and
there wss a gens,si disposition to prohibit
tho expectation of our chiel product. We
loudly o. oclain.ed our belief that Great Brit
ain would ho compelled to recognize sus, in
order to savo Der industrial interests from de-
stiuc'ion; while ignorance, on our part, Of
the cotton trade and Of the policy ui the
British Government with respect to the cotton
culture led ia to rely too much upon the
external aid of recognition. 1t se eued to have
been forgotten that the markets of tho world
were gu!ted with manufactured cotton goods
AID ihs: suspension Of the supply Of the
rs~ material was the only means wEich
could rescue the Eoglioh manufacturers from
ruin Now, indeed, it is well known that the
entire Gotten manufacturing interests Of Eng
and were committed to policy Of inaction;
while the manufacturers, instesd of being
ruined by the want Of cotton, have re hzed
pr!ncely fortunes from the advance in prices,
caused by he dsu aud for manufactured
goods. In fact, the present war and blockade
have or ught millions into the pokects of Eng
lishmen ard the only class that have suffered
are tao opers,ives. The greatest danger to
ENGLAND is the destruction of her skilled Ia
bcr; but now tho manufacturers have COM
nsnc-d working again, it is true, only two or
three days in tie woeb. The demand for
goods justfiss the manufacture of cotton,
even at the present prices; at the same time
ths American staple mist be mixed with the
Indian, and tbs, while supplying immediate
demand, prevents the disorgsnizstion of Ia
| Dor. We're il necessary, however, the man.
nfacuuers w3uid contributs means sufficient
20 retain this skilled labor at home; for the
fortunes receu II acquired will enable them
20 do for considerable time, and tho impor-
ts,ce Of this skill is we'll known to them-
se,vee. In tie meantime, 1t ia tho cherished
idea nf British s:ateam' n ,mske their coun-
try independent of the world in the produc-
ton OF cotton. With conviction as errone-
GUS ag 1t is firm, that India can supplsnt the
South in the production OF cotton, Palmer
ut 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-
prcme contempt TOR the working classes, q
skiliiul AMI experienced party leader, and
withsi dernsgogue Of . superior type, Lord
Palmcrston is thoroughly English, and ar
IDENTIFY attached to his country. lie will
make any sacrifice st present for the sake o.
future advantages; aud, believing conscien-
tiou sly that tho destruction al Southern slave
labor will make India the cotton producing
c,un,ry Of 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 starving British chsrity
and the interests Of the rich manufacturers
can reader the suffering less intense, till the
time shall cams, as he hofes, when It will be
impossible for tho South to maintain hex
place as tho unrivalled producer Of cotton for
British manufacturers. 10 US Of the South
the allscy OF III SO theories il evident, but
not go to EDglishmeh.
Nor should we forget that the I" traditional
horror" Of Englishmen for slavery arises
chiefly from their dependence upon cotton
produced BY slave labor. Were 1t possible
for the s nth to protu :e cotton hy free ia,
Dor, tie hat. ed of Eagllshnen for slavery
HnulG then be transferred 70 the free labor