Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
Russell and Recognition.

Those who have accused Russell of pol.
troonry in his correspondence with Seward,
are now constrained to acknowledge that
they were guilty Of great injustice. II
turns out, as ourreaders are aware, that the
noble Lord never had any official knowledge
of that celebrated despatch, in which the
Yankee Premier threatened to pursue Con.
federate cruisers Into British ports. He
was, indeed, fully informed that such des.
patch had been written, and that lit was at
the. option Of Mr.: Adams 70 deliver it to
him at any moment, but as it was not form
ally presented, there was no necessity that
be should notice the insult, or allow it to
influence, in any way, the deferential and
conciliatory attitude which he has always
preserved towards the Government of the
United States. He. stood exactly in the
position Of q Mr.. Smith, to whom . M.
Jones has intimated that he had been en-
powered by Mr.. Brown to kick the afore.
said Mr.. Smith. Jones, however, in the
exercise of wise discretion, having with
held the actual application Of the boot, Mr..
Smith takes no offence at the unexecuted
menace, and replies to the harmless insinu-
alton by expressing his unaltered belief in
the peaceful intentions, and valuable friend.
ship Of Mr.: Brown. By the light of this
illustration, it will be seen that Earl Russell
could not have acted otherwise than he did,
and that, in fact, England, if insulted at
all, has been insulted in . strictly Pickwick.
ian sense alepe. -.
Itis possible, nevertheless, that the Eng.
lish people may be disposed to take another
view of the matter. Though not quite so
sensitive. on the point ofhonor as the French,
they are;not wont, either as individuals,or
as nation, to submit tamely. to the lam
guage Of bluster, We would not be at all
surprised. if the affair should end by unseat-
ing Russell, or, at least, by compelling him
to take into consideration that proposition
for the acknowledgment Of our independence
which, it is sraported, Napoleon is again a.
bon: 70 make.
With regard to the rumored intention Of
the French Emperor, we have already said
in these columns almost as much as we care
to give to the subject. The news may, or
may not, be true but, as the Eraminer
remarks, it is bound to prove true one of
these days, and, at the present moment, we
have better grounds to bbelieve it true than
we ever had before. The EupeIor's en-
peror being now On his way to assume the
throne of Mexico, the alliance of the Con.
federate, States, therefore, become more i'm.
mediately necessary to his Imperial Majesty,
and, for this reason, tits by no means i'm
probable that Napoleon may. conclude to do
at once what there is no doubt he has hith-
erto only reluctantly deferred. Farther than
this; we do not wish to discuss the chances.
Recognition does not imply the conclusion
Of the war, for recognition will not drive
Meade from Virginia, or free Tennessee
from Grant. That will still remain to be
achieved by ourselves: Meanwhile, dis.
play of too much interest in the truth or
falsehood of the report, might cause us to
appear somewhat in tbs. light Of half:
beaten pugilist praying Justify for a third
party to come and take: his antagonist off.
South Carolintan.