Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-03

! in the cs.e nf Francs her well known jispn-
hliI6u to extend tn us those cuurttsie7 ThI2h
we have right in exact, rsliaseh fer, in dhSia
! usasure, fr0In tho censnIe which justly at
tachea to England, As far the othrr powers,
their only defence IS that ihoy iSaoIiinicui
| ly abide tho back nf Englan:l.
Great Britain, at. tho beginning Of the
war, committed great bmndcr. 1t was To
hcr interest that the lats Unnn ahould be rent
in twain. So great power az tho United
States were becoming, might prove formida-
| ble TO her For tevtral years she has held
her Canadian possassnns by suffer .ncs.--
Those posGossCn, could have been tslle,i
frora her i'll single campaign. Ant, from
her open and wahton disregard of the stipn
lations OF the treaty Of 1888, and by her Rg-
grceaions on our commerce from 1850 to The
peaca of Ghert, peIihd Of quarter of a
century, sho had kept open the wounds III.
ficted by Tho Revolution Of l71G; and tLs
| aympathies Of that great party which con-
troled the Federal Government f.om its
! origin almost to ths present day, leaned to
the side Of Franco. Her Obvious policy tliasi
was at least pLrict neutrality based TN her
own iinp:egGaGlo precedentH Of 1859. That
sho would at all events ne iiassive, Wa hail a
right to expect; but gho tecAIne rgg1easd7t,
! and IN tl,st ;nnae, hostile ~ us in Cur hanr
Of trial. t3i,o could not know tina. the North
wnuld not succeed in Gubduing the South -
| Tho vaat military and naval resOurceH Of our
enemy, who kept possession CT tho old govern
Inent and the old name, might naturally lead
foTeign paweia to hsli5yo that the North
would ultimately triumph while she could
not know that tho Rkill end resources Of the
South would ho more than eluiyren. to
thuse OF the North md that thu,s Resources
would increase in such q ratio " ith the pro.
gres5 Of the war that, shouid the struggle last
soren yea:s, VIZ would be hettsr prepared at
the la year tLnn We we're at tho first. She
dis, eca.tlrd the fact thrt thrra was Rrow.
ing attachment to her on the part oi tho
rtalscnan anil tiia people Of the South,
produced by c3ngeniality tf blood, nHd BY
| the CONSERVATIVE temper - lha southern
mind, whllo tho North, which, ~ ihs c:.Tmol
sewer of all nations, had no humogeureus
character, was her rival in Tho iActory snd On
The SEQ. She ought to lave foressen that hes
tihty which exists in the North against her,
and which is 40 intense that nothing but the
pressure OF tho Ltmes prevents declaration
of war, The insult of the TI&:t wilt naTcr
| Dc laTSDttCE- 1LVciB III hlhhu cSINGt n hkh
II away. The Sardnnic grin wt.;ci. ,iisfo.tci
/ the fealnte:l of Seward, ,hou liz iEsi"rionsly
bsnt tue kncn 10 Tho R,tisiI Lion, il as oil E1
| tho days Uf llnIie!; hnd medical men tell us
thsi. liko the HIpporratic face, il nuver lea'cd
| tho features OH which it once has fhstenei..,
81 it is with hia people. Shoul;! Tho !'."ssrt
Contest turn a;aiHgt nG, aud rtatoIatdn oi
the old Unnn .a effected by tho force 81
Northern a',n:. Il uIay br safely predicted
that in leas than seven ycars evOry rehtise 0i
British authority will ba sweps from the
American continent a. well a7 cYcfy reg-
meht Of Ftcach su!d.eis from the ,iGIra, II
Mexico. Lat E,giautl he wiao cru il ~ loo
late. Hes delay has already inflicted upon
her Commerce. aud manufactures L DioS'
which will bu foit for half u century to curne.
Her nano ia held III utter detcglsliun north
of the Potomac; and although We would Re
the last to hng threat at any brave psopis,
and especially people whoas history, iar
more than o thousand years, is our OWE, 90
may remind her that prudence in v,rtne
quite rs potent with tho strong NJ tbe fss"le
and cntrest he. to bewaro lest, inpnlrd py
crooked cnunsels, sh- pile. the, P"iinn. f,,i
Southern scotn Oh the Olympus Of Norths5i
| helr. tIEClHlETsIs.
CHARLOTTE, Va, Jan. 26, 1868.