The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-03

EUROPE AND THE CONFEnERACY - THE
QUESTION OF RECOGNITION WITH TIE
ABOLITION or SLAVERY
The London Times discusses a belief.
which it has seen recently expressed in
Southern journals, that slavery is the
only existing obstacle to the recognition
of the Confederacy by European Powers.
1t says:
That sacrifice is contemplated a; pos
sib,e. and proposed as polite measure.
Tue Southerners have carried long sttp
forward the idea which the employment
of negroes in their armies seems to.haye
originated. The plan Of arming negroe.
as n measure of defence has made it still
more familiar The arguments for and
against such a measure, the necessity fer
it, and the value the negro would attach
to freedom as the rcward-of miitary
service. must be perfectly we'll knownto
the white population of the Southern
States. On these points they cannot
easily be deceived, but us to the efect
Of "n ofer to oban1on siateyy IN rs
present firm IN rropitiati"g tire Go-
nernments cf EHrepe, tie Ccnlfierates
moy easily dcceire themselves. To any
scheme Of emancipation effected blythe
South itself, England, as nation, would
certainly offer no word Of opposition; on
the contrary, we should rejoice in the
change, and wish it every success. But
VIC know well that slavery is not the
only cause Of the secession Of the South
ern States; nor is emancipation the real
object of the North in carrying on the
war so persistently. The negro and MS
condition were only ono among many
causes of the rupture. The tendency Of
the republic 10 separate existed from the
day it was constituted, was seen, dreaded,
and, under certain conditions, predicted
by its first founders. Those conditions
have been brought about, and fierce
civil war is the consequences. The negro
was introduced into the quarrel by an
aftcrthought. Let tho Southcrncrs offer
to emancipatc their slaves Immediately,
and propose it to tie North as Tic sacr-
flee by which they arc ready to purchase
its recognition of Southern independence.
The offer would be rejected as vaueleSS,
and submission and return to the Union
would be insif ed on rs the only conditions
Of peace. Every State Of Europe &C
knowledged the republic when it was
governed by a Constitution permitting
slavery as fully as the Southern States
permit it now. Why should its aban
donment by the Confcdcracy buy a re
cognition th0t Is ~ithheM Jor m'%
other reasons? Dwelling on this them,
the Southcrners have INDUCED in speco'
| latiOns which induce doubt whether
they do not dream dreams and see VI
sions That they would prefer, in case
Of the wcrst, to submit to any govern
mcnt than that Of the North, we can
we'll understand but a "prosectora1c
Of England, France or Spain can be on!
strong mode Of expressing hatred OF
"thc Yankees" We knon 81 no Euro
pean Pooer likely to accept saeh d"
improbable oter England would Ger
tainly refuse the gift. France, with 10
recent Mexican experience, would W.
think, "dcclinc, with thanks" And 'h'
idea Of propiiiating Spain. the most 90
stinate siavcry-supporting govefn,i'e"'
in the world, by proposal to abolish ".
system, is SO eccentric az to throw doa''
ON the reality Of the whole discussion
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