Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-30
RECOGNITION.

To the Editor of the Rhig:
When We are struggling as We are for liberty, prop
ery independenoe-fOr national existence--for every
thing dear to us-even the slightest rumor Of rseogHi
ton Jv En0laad or France is heard with disposition
to RELY on it cas- true" 'nOt without foundation or
as coming through source entitled to credit" These
rumors ike hope deferred sieken the heart, and We
trust that no more of them will be given to the public
BY the general newspaper press until officially AL
nounced as true.
Strange it is to us however, and 50 it has been for
the last two years. while Government has been seek
ing through MsssIs Mason and Sidel, simple token
Of their knowledge Of srstsaeS people from the
Courts Of the Queen of England and the Emperor Ma.
poeop that President Davis and his advisers have not
turned their attention also to the American Govern
mentS south of US. We will say nothing of Mexico,
our nearest neghbOr, for the present. but the great
empire of Brazil Is certainly not unworthy Of our at
ention at this time. We occupy portions Of the same
great half of the globe; comparatively near each
other and our institutions OF domestic character are
the same. Slavery exists in all the provinces Of the
Rmpire as it does here in all the States of the
Oopfederacy The ruler of that immense country,
with It's s5s 500 square miles, and with its population
of l5O 900, can more maintain the nationality OF
his people than we maintain that Of our oonfede
racy if the Crusaders of the North shall be able to
ulaut their standards firmly this side Of the POo
mac With their faces still to the SOUTH and with their
hearts vet thirsting for the blood of the middle deter
mined to deliver the saered places from the hands OF
the Mahommedans. Their lOSs Of the OdOF Of the Hn
fortunate African race, waited like that Of the spices
Of Ceylon will ncreats till it shall become the music
of the spheres ADD pent up plan Of operations shall
eopfae their powers til slavery shall be eXtermnated
from the face Of the whole earth. For this now s the
desRnAths the fject Of All the secret diplomacy be-
tween Seward and the prsgmatic, Intrusive Lord John
Ru,selL The instrument, for the time, will be the
armies of Lincoln but the real power snear the throne
Of Victoria, where WlbefOrce Is still remembered
vbore Harriet BseCher Stowe has been feted-where
Fred Douglas is not stranger, and where 6eorge NJ
Dallas few years ago, had heaped upon him load Of
iodRptes because be Was the representative Of cOun
trv tolerating saVery-Where Jamaica Is not lost
example, and where it has been repeatedly said ENG
land viii make good the record Of that example
throu1Aou, the world" The pirate Of the people oil
Great Britain We are sure does not respond to the
objects Of her men In power and q change Of Ministry
nav alter the programme. II NOT the famous Monroe
doctrine will be made subserVient to the viest purpo-
ses by the common consent OF Its pretended friends
and former enemies. Mr.. Seward Is TO have he way
he il 70 be the master Of his own movements on has
o,On continent south Of the 81. Lawrence and
election of Lincoln is part Of his plan for the subu
cation of all America whore slavery now exists; then
mia own election is to follow. For all which the Eng
sh Secretary Is to have accorded to bis Canadian Colo
MES the boon Of being the last TO be doomec-or white
slavery Il il even now commended exists In that North.
srn Latitude Let Brazil then, be appealed to In time,
and lot Ms send out Commissioners both to that Empire
and TO Spain, whose "gom Of the Antilles" may be
soon oovesdAt least as soon as the Capes Of Florida
shall have been safely passed by the leves Of Lincoln
with no enemy In arms behind them.
Our trade with Brazil in imports Of coffee, sugar,
bidea 10 for our exports Of -four and cotton goods
with other manufactures amounting in the whole TO
millions Of dollars, renders IL matter Of some mo-
ment 10 Us 70 know at least whether We to
have the token Of recognition from such . Gov
ernment So it might be well to direct our attention
IN Chill also with It's revenues 90 prosperous
Al to exhibit for series Of years surplus Of receipts
over all expenditures One peculiar advantage which
would nure 70 our benefit with respect 70 that coun
try from an early recognition as likely to hasten our
Independence is the cotton coal iron, stesL and G0ri
cultural TOOLS are now admitted there free Of duty
In return for these We should receive the precious
metals-zoid and silver, OF all things thOse most
likely to be needed when our commerce shall be IN les
infancy and our exchCquer in want of solid basis for
operation And how Is it with respect 10 PERU EX-
bsusted, 10 some extent soils at the South,
nv the long continuance of the War-depriVsd Of the
aSvanaQss of our accustomed system Of coYerng and
Dsserng the guAnOs Of Peru, the richest In the world
nav vet be- destined - erlze our Soils and 70 give
sDeedy impulse to agricultural productions when
he Vandas shall be driven from the South, they
suredy viii be without even the sympathy eo-ope-
ration of any foreign power. For the homes Of our
Invaders shall never be in mid unless they ete
built upon our graves; and unaided, SHALL In time,
send them back TO their own Wld waists in the hills Of
Maine and New Hampshire. Our trade with Peru |
has been very great heretofore, and il Is said |
said that the deposes of guAno the Ohneha Isands
belonging to that Government, alone are worth $500.
600 600 The exports Of this article to the o. States
In 1852 amounted to thirtytWO Ousand tons-nearly
all Of which found lie way to the States now consttu
ing the Southern Oonfederacy-for which was ex-
changed 90 ton gOOds timber, 40 Il Is unnecessary
to refer 10 the Argentine Confederation or its principal
province, BuenOs AyrsS, where "beggars ride on
horseback But its importance to rs as friendly
power nov that We are no longer the mere dependen
css Of the North, viii be readily admitted By all who
know the value Of our imports from that country in
the form Of hides &e., for which exchange un-
bleached OottOns, tobacco, &C. So we might refer to
Paraguay the finest country in the world has been
said to be- whose plains hled with cattle, andwhose
coll abounds in al the natural elements Of agricultural
wealth. but which hitherto has been shut ont from the
world By despoism only surpassed By that TO which
We should be doomed II once subjected again TO the