, 1864-07-17

1t Ia the moat thorough and manly; and it Ii
plso the nloat rapid way to recover our pros
iii an6 Be- oieeted that France and Eng
land might, IN retaliation for non-lntescourse,
ri rtcpgn|1e, the Copfedcfacy aud raise tho
blockade. 1t 10 not unlikely that they would;
but does any one believe In the face of the
experiences Of The Tsf, taat ,t tnS rebels m would
have already been sufficiently open to ena.
BILE them. 10 obtain ali the material of war
the1 want; and they have put more cruiseis
on The sea than We have had commerce TO
ia tssE 1Sis ss.Rss'g Raag oo oaS S esst tse,e.
blockade, wou1d be to dehanch the rebels
with an enervating luxury, and depriye then
of that vigorous simplicity which has made
every man q soldier. IEs hare Ia u1,r porfs
open ,.and 10! the vita1.d1iin, the false bros
perity and eoftened virtue Of the North,
Does any one dispute, we. would not have
the rebellion ii our ports had been closed,
and we were stesnly depending on ourselves!
&As to any war which might fesnit from
declaration Of Non-1ntercunrse, We eau at
ford 10 treat The prospect With contempt.
.Thefe are alwaya TOO sides to war, and tho
ilret qntstion Of eaeh party ~. is-Mhat DO we
make up uur minds to feliDqutsh commerce,
France and England arc practically Mt our
mercy. Well, our commerce ie already gone,
Ypd It cannpt be restored until France and
England, and all the other European Powers,
which Anadvisi1ly' follow in thele wake, re
fuse to give shelter to the poft!ess 2 pirates ,
the ocean. If less than half dozen conftde-
rate corsalrs have done this to our enormous
trade, let Us asR ourselves what would be the
fate Of French and Englisl commerce before
the eeaselets rarages Of our tnnumer able pri-
vateers? 1t is .Ttlt- -to-Iemcmber, also. that
while commerce is vital interest With west
ern Europe, It Is to us q matter Of secondary
moment With England especially, It Is the
very hresth OF Life, and no British Adninis-
tratfon could remain in power three months,
which cansed Its loss, through war with
e1eat maritime porer Ike the United
States. The Br1tleh Ministry have always
I evipced consciousness Of this; and at the
/! ter to their Stare Dlliea. and threatening war
| for the seizure Of the Trent, they were shak-
| ing with secret dread that the United States
would make wnr on them. Had our Govern.
nent. on these occasions, threatened nou.1n.
tcrcourse as an alternative for piracy, aud
1 quoted British practice in reply to British
blustes, thu country would have been out oi
Its troubles loLg and long ago.
AEstD, as to foreign var, let us Imagine
! France and England In record, and endsaV or.
ing to attack Us with an army Of three hun
dred thousand men. To land that number
! VI EuECl4fE AIVOpb NOulQ IE4QllE Lie Gl0uAl-
katioD from Europe, IN the Way of sailors
tcamsteIs,. nayrles, sRppers and miners, o.
some sir hundred thousand men. The ex-
tent of their line Of communication with
Europe-whtch would be their base Of sup,
plfes-Would be at least three Thousand
miles, and be liable always to the assanlts
and Interruptions of our i1ects. Dnt admt
such m army to be landed, whit would be
come oft before the hosts which thorough
1y Inspired people would array against 1t
Opposed BY the new science Of Garth 6ork'
Ii defence, we have not Jet made our na1cl
to Richmond. How many miles, then
could this invnding force hope TO penetrat
this lapd against the resistance Of q unite,
NorthY
As to the danger Of our eea.coast citie
thot makes the highest call Of all, on On
concern. Our floating batteries and harbo
Iams would have an immense advantage owe
any iron.clads built light enough to cruss th
ocean; and We have but to remind ourselve
slso, that agnipEt the new methods of ha1
bor ahd maritime defense, We hare not re
succeeded In burning or capturing the third
rate sea:coast cities Of Wilmington, Charles
ton and Mobile. Small fear, therefore, 70
Boston, Portland or New York, OF even 10
| tie feeblest hafbor On our coast.
Thus we have in our hands all the adrar
tagea Of aggression, all the superlofities q
defence; and Jet NC sit tanely down, eudul
ing the most atroc1ous wrongs, without an
J resolute effort ut retaliation. We nelley'
therefore, that fosbearance has reached II
utmost limit; and, believing, moreover, tts
, the operations Of our interior trade, and IL
army purchases Of the Government, canne
be continued under the bltghtlng machin
tions Of The gold eonspiratorB, we propose
. adopt the only remedy that IL really equal
their tull correction. We insist upon it th'
I lees than this We cannot do.
We haze not been In fayor Of the toEeie
. policy Of the Administration; hut We Vi
Be glad to support Mr. Lincoln, II be ri
! promptly demand from foreign powers t!
recall OF belligerent rights from our rerolts
: citizens, or IT he will declnrc ttc alternate
: ofuon-intercourse in case II be refused. If II
Llncolnl will not thus yiadicatc the nltio
and exhibit d,gnlued resentment, We ore T
any Union candidate who will. The NATL
Is in fighting trim; an1 should war resu
So we arr sure 1t will not, from our Just i
mand, VIC could call our frigates home, III
through an n1liance offensive and defensi
a with the Dominican aud Mexican Republic
cxpel monarchy from this continent, 9
sweep the British ard Spanish West Ind
! into our fold where they belong