M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-12-08

other, asserting its Independence, ha'
been the first to concele the existence
1 Of such independence No casa eau
be called to my mind in which nen.
Itra! Powers have failed to set the ex
ample ofrecoguizing the indepen lence
tof a nation, when satisfied of the ina.
bility of its enemy to subvert its Gov
ernment and this, too. in cases wherc
the previous relation between the con
tending parties had been confesSelly
that Of mother country and dependent
colony mot as in our caso, that OF CO
equal States united by Federal com
Inact. 1t has ever been considered tue
proper function and duty OF neutral
Powers to periotm tho office Of juig-
ing whether in point of Tact the nation
asserting dominion is able to make
Igood its pretensions by force OF arms,
and, it not, by recognition Of the re-
si5tirg party, to diseountenanco the
IcDntinnancs Of the contest. And the
reason why this duty is incumbent on
neutral Powers is plainly apparent,
when we rea3ct that the pride and
passion which blind the Judgment of
the parties to the conflict cause the
continuance OF active warfare, and
consequent useless slaughter, long at
ter the inevitable result has become
apparent to AL not engaged in the
struggle. So long, therefore, as neu-
tra nations fail by recognition Of our
Independence to snnounce that, in
their judgment. the United State, are
unable to reduce tho OuniederGcy t.
supmissioo, their clndIst will be &C
ceptUd hv our enemies 10 4 taci' en-
conragem9nt to continue their cffJrts
AMI rs an implied assurances that bo-
lief is entertained by neutral nations
10 tho success OF their designs. A
direct stimulus whether Intentional
or not, Is thus applied to securing II
continuance Of the carnage and devas
taion which desolate this continent,
AMI which they professed deeply to de-
plore.
The disregard of this just, humane,
and Christian public duty by the ma
tons oi Europe is the more r5marka
bic from the fact that authentic ex-
preston has long since been given by
tho governments Of both France an!
England to th9 conviction that the
United States are unable.to conquer
the Ovutoderacy. Q 1t is now moro than
two years since tho Government Of
Francs announced officially to the
Ctbinasof London aud st. PeteIsburg
its own conclusion that the United
States were unable to achieve any de-
cisive Military success. In those an
sWers by those Power4 no intimatiOn
Of a contrary opinion was conveyed ;
and it is notorious that in speeches,
both iu and out of Parliament, tho
lnem5ars other Britanic Majesty 8 Gov
ernment have rot he8tated 20 express
this conviction in unquIIii9l term'.
Tho denial Of our right under these
circumstances is 50 obviously unjust,
and discriminrtes ~ unfairly in favor
ofthe United States, that neujralS
have sought to pal.iate the wong oi
which they are conscious by profess
ing to consider, in opposition to noto.
rous truth and to the known belief OF
both beiligeren's, that the recognition
ofOur independence would be value
less without their further intervention
iG the struggle !: an Intervention oil
which We disclaim the desire and mis-
trust th. advantage. We seek no ia.
vor, we wish no Intervention, We
know ourselves tuliy competent to
mailtain our rights aud iudepen.
denco a5ainst the invaders of our
country, and we ieol Justified in assbr.
ting that, without tho aid derived
from recruiting their armies from for
eign countries, the invaders would,
ere this, have been driven from our
soil. When the recognition OF the
G oniederacy was refused by Great
Britain in tue tall OF 1862, the refusal
was excused on the grOuni that any
action by Her MAjesiy's Government
would have the effect OF inHImiug
the passions OF belligerents, and Of
preventing the return peace. 1t is
assumed tnat this opinion was sin.
cerey entertained; but the expert
ence Of two years OF nnequaled carn-
ago shows that it was erroneous, anl
that the result was the reverse OF what
the British minister humanely deslr.
I'd. A contrary policy, a policy just to
us-a policy dlverging from an unva.
rying course OF concession to all the
demands OF our enemies-is still with
in the power OF Her Majesty's Gvv
ernmcnt, and would, it is fair to pre-.
sumo, be productive Of consequences
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