Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-04

80 HREE OF oar contemporaries seem 70 oe ehgaseN
4 ia q controversy as 10 whether II would OF
,voull not be better 20 return az coonts 10 Gleat
Rritiin th,u 10 submit 10 the Yankees. We have
moi Maid 10 this controversy the attention which We
7ispaly accord 10 the suggestions Of our neghbois,
Tor the simple reason that NC conceive 90! pothms
moro uulroHt,Llc at this moment, and IA our en-
.ura,tauoes. England cannot recolouIse Us, IL she
would aud We think il pretty certain that she would
moi if she could In the beginning OF this war, II
she had recognized u.s. as she should have done and
declared her determination 10 compel a strict Or
seryluce OF the rules of blockade laid down 10y he'll
self Al Paris aud subscribed boy all the Marltme
Powers OF Euopt, she Iught easily have put 'h emu
q, the struggle before Il had been Sax months old
The Yankee, al thar time held her IN mortar
terror. They were ignorant OF their own
strength, and held that ct England IN an awe
spproacEp.g superstition. She might have dc-
t,ted her own terms, and they would have SUB
s,ribed 10 them without hesitation. But Yankee
dom has now a. most undue opinion OF is own
strength, aud a contempt Tor the strength OF Eng
land, warranted only by the cowardly policy her
cabinet has though NJ 70 pursue ANY interference
- England would be resented as an insult, aud She
Icy she may adopt. She has allowed the Yankees
70 put their own coasts into such state OF defence
a. 60 render them uiassailablc by her fleets. She
ha, no ship, that could encounter the Yankee Noui
tors with any prospect OF success and although Is
easy enough tor her 20 build such Vet the urobabi
tyis thar tGey would not be able 60 cross TIE ocean
Monitors are made f5r coast defence, aud not Tor
ocean navigation She could not, then in all proba-
ti.uy even break up the blockade OF our ports far
les, send an army and ieet here 70 assist in drv-
ing away the Yankees preparatory TO returning TO
colonial ra,,al,ge We think it,, therefore, hardly
worth while % inquire into the exRedency ore
turning TO the arms of Oh England, seeing Old
England could not receive Us if she would. We must
fight ii out with the Yanlces. The alternative pre-
scented is death or slavery. We hope our people
have not yet come 20 that point that they hesitate in
their choice.
Great Britain mas been guilty OF great bluuder in
overlooking the claims Of the CoHi-ieyacy 10 her
notice and in trucking she has done TO the Yam
KEGS. She hes neglected an opportunity of certainly
hlmtlitS tie most formidable rival that she has III
the world. ana has thrown upon the entire burden
OF a war; N which she is quite as much interested
We. the Yankees could succeed in subjuga,iug US
the doom Of Great Britain would he sealed. Before
the year 1900 she would have lost all her ships and al
her colonies. ireland would lie torn from her grasp
aui she might reuie for her rsIaacy even in Eug
Lamb itself She cannot avo.itLe wax which Yankee
dom is determined 60 force upon her by yielding and
sGccumbus. That is not the say 10 preserve peace
That is not the way that Napoleon III. prevents al
Europe, in a body. tom falling upon him. Hcis al
ways ready to strike aud it is Tor that reason that he
seldom Us occasion 10 do IT, So tar from taking as
b1eS coiouists with the eucuuJ erluce OF such
war as we should bring along Win us England ii the
CoSUjly couu. ei OF the London Times Uc worthy Of
notice is ready 10 give up Canada as soon as the
Yankee, make a formal demand The Confederate
States alone have liz COURAGE TO face the whole
power OF llus,edam. IL seems more rs though
England should day become our colony, than that
We should ever become hers.