Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-31
The question Of Recognition.

|
ton for the recognition of the Southern Con-
federacy. The speech was strong one,
and however little it mag effect the object
for which it Was made, is worthy Of preser-
tation in the history Of this war. We give
somc extracts from it:
| rHF PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF RECOGNITION.
From the Northern mind it would take
| away the the hope of Southern subiugation;
from the Government of Washington it
would taxa away the power Of describing
eleven communities contending for their lib
erty as rebels The people of America are
Influenced BY phrases. and will not come to
terms with what they have been bounded
on to look at as rebellion. But they can
see fact when Europe blazons it before
them, and they will be awakened by her
judgement to the nature Of the foreign war
on which their treasure and their happiness
are wasted. When Europe has acknowl-
edged it, the independence Of the South may
/ be debated 10 the Senate and the House.
where no one now can venture to advert to
i it. A probable result of such measure.
if pursued BY France, Great Britain, and
other neutral States together. is, that it
would weaken in the Executive at Wash
iugtoD its borrowing ability, because their
leans are founded on the chances of recon
1 quest; and reconquest would then appear
what it is. a vision and a mockcry And
it would do SO with good reason. Victori-
GUS already, animated then, the Southern
armies would be doubly irresistible.
/ Another practical effect Of recognition
would be that the belligerents might then
cndeayour to negotiate, which it is clear
they cannot do at present A separate re-
suit would be to put an end to all the idle
dreams of reconstruction and Of union which
are floating in America, and which serve to
prolong the war, because they disincline the
North to the only basis upon which the close
OF it is possible.
is TUE ISSUE DOUBTFUL?
And is the issue doubtful? The capital
lists of London, Frankfort, Paris, Amster-
dam, are not of that opinion. Within the
last few days the Southern loan has reached
the highest place in our market G3 ,000,-
600 were required f9,0o0.000 were sub
scribed for. The loan is based upon the
security Of cotton, and it has been we'll
known for twelvemonth that as the inva-
ders march that security must perish. But
what is the opinion Of military men upon
the issue? The Emperor of the French hav-
| ing been brought up as a soldier-haying
given long life to military science, and
having recently commanded the greatest ar
mics Of the day at Solterino and Magenta
in the dispatch of November last did not
conceal from the Government of Washing
ton that subjugation was impossible. The
Princes Of the House Of Orleans, who scrv-
ed with Gen Mcclellan, are thoughtt to have
inspired the excellent account of the CAM
paign which appeared on October 18th, in
the Reoeu DIES Decnc Mondes, and which
has also tended to dispense the vision OF re-
conquest. To the same scale of judgment
Gen. Scott appears, by recent revelation,
to contribute. And this, too, is remarka-
BILE Not one military man in the North j,
known to view reconquest a. attaiDable.--
Neither Gen. Mcclellan. Burnside, Ros,n.
Grams. Mcdowell, Halleck, or Buell., have
ever publicly declared, so far as it has reach
ed us, that the object of the Government
they served under is feasible.
The cheap. ignominious task Of prohecy-
ing triumph has been wisely left to,the vol
whatever be his virtues or accomplishments,
is no more qualified to judge the issue OIL
campaigns than he is to guide the move
ments of battles. 1t is, therefore, necessa-
ny to inquire what proof, then, Of its ability
has this aggressive Cabinet developed? Is
it in appointing, superceding, or replacing
the commanders it must lean on?. Is it in
their firm adherence to principles? At one
time they were opposed to the invasion they
have plunged into. Is it in their conduct
about slavery? At one time they boasted
of their disposition to maintain it Soon af-
ter they desired the border States to be de-
! iyered from it. After that emancipation
was declared, but on y in the States which
we're resisting them.
Are these the movements Of Govern
mont by which the broken fragments of the
Union can be welded. mighty continent
subdued, eight million freemen braced into
unit, robbed Of home, o1honor. aud Of free
dom? But who are they arrayed against
The House ought not, indeed, to join in the
encomiums on the Southern President,
which heat and sympathy have prompted. -
AS no one as deemed happy by the an
clients until his life had closed, no one will
be stamped as great by US until his enter
prise has triumphed. But SO much may be
hazarded of this extraordinary man that,
gifted amply by nature, he has made the
union Of political snd military excellence
his object, and that as far as Europe has OBJ
served, in the midst Of danger and care,
such as few men have the power to imagine,
| fewer to sustain, he has exhibited the pa
thence and the enterprise, the ardor and the
GOODNESS, the heroism and urbanity, for
which 1t generally happens that nations draw
their birth and civil wars accept their dcsti-
nation. And this is most important to re-
member-if we look back to such coDjec-
lures we do not find an instance in which
mind, character, capacity have yielded to
the want Of all, no matter how we'll sustain.
ed the latter as regards forces, number. and
4 revenue.
GREAT BRITAIN BOUND TO RECOGNIZE BY
/ HONOR.
J. If noble lcrtsse gree, therefore. With tue
financial world, Nth military melr rand with
1.-THE Government.ok W ashington itself, that
the issue is rot doubtful, and if. therefore.