The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-04-23
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
THE QUESTION or RECOGNITION.

connection with other neutral States. Rec
! ognit on. he contended, would take awav
/ The last hope of the North of subjugating
the South. and would materially influence
the Federal Government iu coming to an
arrangement nth iheir opponents if these
opponents were once looked on as an indie
/ pendent power by foreign nations. He
quoted several precedents for this view,
and said that the opinions Of this country
and of France and Holland had been sufi
cienily manifested by the recent loan rais-
ed for the Coriedcrates, while military
men had also expressed their conviction
that the conquest of the South was impos-
sible. lie concluded By saying that if in-
teryentiou was withheld the war would
never be brought to an end.
EARL RUssRLL-"My Lords, l suppose
there il no member OF either House OF Par
! liament who does not wish for termina-
ticn Of the civil war in America. Il dis
tubs commerce, it interferes with the
peace Of the world, and it aiiicts America
herself, and # anything could be usefully
and may add, justly done, to bring thai
war % close, repeat there il no member
i OF either House of Parliament, there is no
person in the country who would not gee
such contamination with pleasure. But
after having listened 10 my noble friend. |
musl confess remain u ths same persua-
sion rs before, that there is nothing this
country could do usefaily and wisely, at
present, which wou,G tend to the telmi:a
lion of The hosjilities on the other slue OF
the Atlantic. Ny noble friend has some
what mixed different topics, and he has al
luded 10 three different modes of intcryen-
ton in .hs affairs of other countries. One,
which is the minimum Of interference,
dat Of advice. good Offices anl mediation;
another. the mode proposes by my noble
friend, that of recognition; and the third,
one which we have s,melimes resorted TO,
, and which other nations have more fire.
quenlly had recourse to--that Of forcib!e
Intervention. My noble friend says, and
says truly. that since had the honor Of
addressing the House last Summer there
has heer somc divergence bssween the
views Of this Government and those of the
Emperor OF France. The Government Of
the Emperor Of the French conceived that
it nil ht tend to the .crmnali IN of the
war if three Powers-Frauce, G. eat Brit
ain ami Hus,ia-were To propose u suspen-
,i1H ol hostliiies with q view Of negolii-
ton between the two b,lliserents. Her
Ma je,tys Governm at. after carefully cx-
amiuillg that proposition. came 10 tie con
ciu,ion that its adoption by US would not
be likely to lead 10 its acceptance by the
Government of the United States Of Amer
ga: while, by causing irritation, it would
~, increase but diminish the chances oi
our seeing termination of the contest
The French Government has proceeded In
accordance with its views, and has actual
/, lv proposed to the Government of the
United Safes to negotiate with the South.
ern Statos. The proposition has not been
adopted; and think your Lordships will
Judge from What has happened with ref
eIence to suggestions thrown out in other
countries, that any Interference on the
the part of this country would only have
ent lameniahle state Of affairs in America
Hear. hear. II does not appear at tia
present moment that this contest would be
J likely te be terminated by an Offer Of cur
good offices. | say at the present moment
because it Is impossible 10 say that, in the
cou. 80 oi human events, time may not
come ~h,n both con,ending parties would
be de-irpus Of the god eff IS or wis
connsels Of friendly Powers. do not see
any probability of that at this moment. but
! wish to guard myself against being sup
, posed to speak positively OF the future
Hear, hear. We come, than. To the
course proposed by my noble friend, name
y. that of recognition. My noble fliend
alluded to several cases-not very happy
illustrations Of his argument, think-in
which the United States Of America have
recognized lnsurgent countries which they
believed likely TO b. able to m,iutain their
Independence. One was the Ievolted
States of Hungary, whose independence
k had sunk like the island in the Meditrrra.
mean. 1t had disappeared before the DIS
patch reached Vienna BY which the Uni
ted States recognized it, Another instance
referred to by my noble friend scarcely
GENES within the catagore though it has
been quoted by gentleman who has wri,
ten some very sb!e letters under the it'll,
of "IIisloricus"--I mean the recognition
of the (Iuifpd Stataa fhemaalvae t,~ -