Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
tPIkIT OF TdE coaFEuskark rke,s.


Whatever may hs thought cf tno f,S.,n;,
Entertained t"~stds The reor'a al the uon-
fldo'ncy, by tira msesgs If T. Isl4nd, lhare
csn TO 'ougur ramain dnrht nf the i.ct that
tho yiIws Of the = lush G.rs.aIut:t MS do
cidcdly uEfriendY H0i unfiiaadIy - sach
III OK eT' 81 to induce II to lXeft its pow er
TO sid lhs Yankees iu accomplishing cur
suEjug,t;un, irr that you'd Interfere With
its pisna ami hnres for tie fntnre, but still
far "nCnsh /. ptcv,n; IT trrm c;fsrinl, u L"
South snyhicE hr. iii. wiahss and uni:dic-
tiuns. al Tho sa.nu Lime the British Guy
erEn"n: while ucminslly friendly towards
ihe Yankees. bsars the no good wall ard
does not trouble Itself to Itj !co with them
10 their sicIorios or sympath 2, III their do
ieate. It wishes 10 sc, the North as well os
tho South crippled, snd it has adopicd its
pc ent policy in the belief thst tho resnlt
u! lhc struggle il An e.ica will be such as it
desl.eg.
The O5hf,derate Government msy have
wcisaty reasons for continuing Commits
hiCnr at tho Court Of S. JaIuts, but We ara
at l. 81 tn snUw what those reaaohs aro.---
UnracogDizpd, trepted with Hcant courtesy,
amounting almost to insult, his communics-
,ioni nLwetsd in the curtest manner p; ssi-
tis, aid no himaslf denied tAa honor oEa pri.
Ye!e m,clvie1 with the Minister !or Foreign
Affairs, it is hard to imagine why NJ. Msscn
aheul1 logger dance Attendance on a govern
msnt waose lnadDg statesmen have declared
agails: according to US even t"u simple JUS
t,cn OF a rscoguiii'n. If they had placed
their refusal to reccgnizs the Onnfrdcracy on
the ground thai thers VAS sill probability
ta- YsGksca woud overrnn the country and
CGmpnl 1s..ura ian of the Union trey light
h:: excused pc: :ps en- the pie, If heir ig
noreuco uf tHe situation, tn. this tannrt hu
urged III tLri. behs f. ~ 81; IL them ssaumA
thht tn 6ri arati' n !. complete ana iine!, sri
iha. tho TprnantIn,. nf GU Independence by
The North ,;stlf il orlJ aquestion of tins.
In r"c, n, ola c in the British H5use Of
Lords, Eu Easssll male ls5ured tf1rt to
show + hat ought To he the COURSE Of tho
u2yefam' nj He. hcwevsr, either intention.
ally or otherwise, coniuurdsh the two qucs-
.irus # recognition and Intervention, AMI
proceeded to argus against both ss though
Is" Lerus wsrs anonymous. Ho did MT
deny ti:at n. tGse might come when it would
bs thr ddty of E g'and TO reccgriz, the
South, hui a: pTs:eit ha thought it was the
uuLS - tue "'NclHiurbt 40 LLsId Stlll tI'u ubl
proc et 10 an rcL .ti.ndy 10 the Unit Il
5ts:s7 ia: OF the locogaition Of the South.
Tho old hypucrts sss very particular to iu'-
press upTI the uirds If hs audience the be-
lief tt st ~tIsn.Vsr England in;eifersd it wss
alwnrs 'n behalf of f5esdpm, Independence
and wolfsro Of mankind" clesrly in,iu sting,
though he was too diplomatic to say go, that
interference in favor oi the South would Lc
reversal of EagIand's policy. Hs racodntrd
the instances where tho British Government
had i7terferrd, and said ''uheth.! carried on
by our sncestu,s or in our own ;irirs, there
was hing OF which an Englsnb,an heed be
ashamed" His hearers wore to understand
that recognition anG inier vsntion in tbs c7ho
Of PJr usal, Greece, Holland and Eelsinm,
wers In tho interest uf freed.n ami humabi
ty, brt that recognition OF the South would
DO Iepughsnt to every honest hentiInen', sid
would be An act of which an EngiishnAn
should feel ashamed.
Ths Brltsh Government Las legal right
to refuse to r,cngnz, tho Uonfederacy-its
intervention we do not want--bnt itG states.
Mol iii Never bo able to convince sn Inpor-
tial world that its policy in tegsrd to Ar.c-
rics has not been dictated by the most ma
lgnart and sordii calculations of solf-nle1-
est. Ulonk all its designs ,s it may, under
the garh If neutrality, "r that Of desire TO
do d,tbing repugnant To the interests of hu
msLiiy and freedom, tic fact stands promi-
nsutiy OUT, that England Is our eno,Gy, and
that We can look ior no fAvors from her
Government. uctil the p-Ccees of exhaustion
has been sufficiently carried cut. Eysn then
We shrll not be recognized because sucn re-
c,ghitlon ia an act Of fjustics towsrd the Oon
fsderacJ, but for the leason that it hsst a.,
colds with Elgland'u interest to do 81. Erg
lands neutrality and Englsnd's humanity is
a shsu, employed 20 cover up other designs,
ani we would be glad to see our Government
adopt IacssurLs ne csssary to show the stsies
men Of that country tat their actnGs aid
motives were properly understood and Spprc-
GIFTED.
[Rr N the Savannah Vep1bncan.1
We hav. no Of jscliJn to urge ag linst block
ade running in lis general foatures, but there
nrC two r. inLs about it that nerd reformation.
/! il arpa:Gnt to the most casual obseryc. that
large proportion Of the goods that sre
brought into the country, is tho product ci
Y.nk,o handi:raft. The soaps, tho shreLngs,
tho cal,coes, &C., bear the Impress Of Ysnkee
makers, with here and there a sprinkiirs of
English made goods. This ia not light. Par
tiss engaged in the business Of blockade run
ming. snoulo steadily ignore, in their purchase,
every, hing of Yankee production: and if it
be, ts suggested By some OF Cur cotsmbofs- b.
rss, that tho lucrative trade now carried on
by the Yankees with NHsau, induces the
blockadlrg feat to discriminate in favor Of
vessels freighted with Northern goods against
British vessels, which latter are almost always
uvsrhaulcd or wrecked in trying to Sst into
port, then the traie in Yankee goods Secom: S
cri,nna! and should he stopEel at once
The high prices paid ior Northern gouds in
Nassau by blockade Tunners, must be tie
n,sans Of kcspilS up lively lrsde-,narket in
Now York, and 10 long as their trade is un-
interrupted with the 'u'h, 80 long will they
carry Oh ths war against ua. LIST thrs, eli
gagged III tho trsdo eschew ali Yankee pro-
ducts, aud freight their vessels exclusively
WI.h Bri!ish snd French, or other European
goods. LIT us soc what ths eff.ct os that
course will be, and whether the vessels will
be aba to run tho blockade 30 freqneutIy or
no.