Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-06
English Policy.

English Policy,
The London Times comes to the rescue Of poor old
Lord Russell against the Of the French press
md the grows Of the Yankees We subOin its article
on the subject England has had difficult part to play
Whether it has performed its part wisely and manfuy
nav be left to the award Of history According TO the
Tss, il has displessed its French ally has failed TO
satisfy ts Yankee friends and judging from many ind
eatous the policy OF tie Government has not been in
accordance Win the sentiments OF us people In
respect 20 tie Confederate States il hAs ignored its e1
is,eace and had aot the least regard its opinions
feelings or interests Governments it Is said are not
privezed to .1iulgs human sympathies; cold, sel6s
cal5ulsug principles Of interest alone must govern tn II
ccaiuct We do not know how this is; and incline to
th, oyin.cn that Governments who sacrifice humanity
% sell are smena5e to the laws of retributon
which individuals are subject under similar ercum
stances Without mputing Engand's policy to the dia-
boIcaI desire OF seeing both the beligerents this
continent anuibiA,ed it is quite manifest she is nder
snt to their fate aud has regulated her conduct wholly
by selfish considerations. In view of the suFerings OF
large portion Of her own people she has calculated
the relative cost Of pauperzng i've six millions of her
population and feeding them from the public treasury,
and the cost Of war with cowardly coa BY disregard
q
national Ia pronounces null and of no effect In the mat
Ter Of pound, and pence she may perhaps be gamer.
But in degrading such Of her people TO the con-
dit.on Of paupers evil not to be estimated in money
will be entailed upon the country For no man, once
demOrazed and polluted by public charity emergcs
from the degradation. Once pauPer always pauper
in purse and spirit
In another respect she may have pushed the selfish
principle beyond the point Of profit. She has had
consideration whatever for the Confederate States She
has paid 10 regard to their good will She has forgot
zen if she ever knew that all the sympathy eltfor
her on this side Of the Atlantic in her With Russia
was felt in the Southern States Public sentiment here
had no part in the dismissal of her minister and her cor
suls. Her present policy eHtnguishes all that kindly
Feeling She forgets the Importance Of Southern pro-
ducts 70 her manufacturing industry ard the value of
Southern trade TO her merchants
The Times, in con'snding that an armstce would not
operate fairly TO the North it would enable the South
% supply itself With arms and munitions from Europe
in effect comedies that the North enjoying undue
advantages and that on equal terms the South is in
vncble Il forgets what has been stated in its own
columns that the Yankees have agents FORMULATING
Ireland and openly recruiting men for their armies
var was arrested BY the Yankees as violation of neu
traity But John Bull tOlerates against US while pro
Tossing the most rigid neutrality
Whether the present ministry he displaced and
whether in that event, different and more friendly
conduct towards Us be adopted which we are admon-
ished not TO expect England while satisfying either
her French or Yankee friends is certainly alternating
the feelings all the Southern people dustying them
IN seeking close commercial relations TO her dsadvan-
tage with other nations. An agricultural people rails
ine peculiar products which essential to the pros
perty Of al the maritime Powers Of Europe it is in our
power to bestov those advantages to operate to
the detrimen Of England for ages If Government
il wise and if il heeds the feeling Of just resentment
which anmates our people il viii neglect proper Op
portuuiiy Of reWarding friends and furnishing
. enemies
WHAT NAPOLEON INTENDED BY HIS OFFER
From the London Times, Dec. 10.
live had been guided 10 resolution to refuse to
co-ou e 10 the preferred mediation Of France and
Russia By the hope Of securing ourselves the applause
OF mankind We should have much reason TO be disap-
pointed the result The French press has exhausted
its ingenuity 10 attrbutng to very plain and simple
act founded reasons very clearly stated and very
Obvious In themselves every base motive and every self
h snd unworthy aim which has ever eutesed the MUD
of rer or of nations This might ne. ulreasonaby be
expected from the press Of oasOu Inc over res Of
which We bad rejected ANXIOUS no dou5;, 20 indemnify
itself for enforced silence domestic topcN By the free
dom Of It's comments on the policy OF neigAboang
.on But from the people Of the Cnited StalSs migh.
have seemed that deserved better treatment and
more exact appreciation than 20 have received.
We have forborns from adding our help toward !
rcicy Whish Weul6 have efeGsuAly secured the indie
psndencs Of the South The proposition Of the French
Emperor WA an arnistiSe By land and b. sea for six
noEhs and requires argument 70 prove that after
saeh an Armistce aad the supplies which Il would have
suabled she S0alh 70 obtain in men, money, clothes
pro-sions and materials Of war the subugatOn Of the
South would have become more than ever impossible
Had We advocated this proposal what chorus Of
abuse would have been Waed 70 Us from the other side
Of The Atlantic. Democrats and Republicans would have
agresd In CondenRing us-the FIRST for lending
i've aid in breaking up the Union the second for rys
ipg forever the letters Of the negro We have taken
the opposite course have declared the present time
A our opriou not suitable for mediArOD but have
gained sse favor By quiescence IS we should have
done by our interference.
Ths prouoston Of France By no means hAiE, to-
FsSds the S0rtb, however bsnsael h might have pssn