The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-20
BULUER on ENGLAND's DUTY.

BULUER ON ENGLAND's DUTY.
Sir Henry Bulwer has once more written to
the London Times on the subject of mediation.
Following are salient points of bis letter:
ENGLAND's POSITION.
1t may be that England has, within the last
few years, fallen 30 low IN International es-
TEEN. that any opinion she may express may
he as Indifferent to Europe as that of the Bey
of Tunis, This conclusion is possible, but I
disnute its accuracy. What grant Is that the
people who think they will not succeed in any
thing, will not succeed; that q government
which thinks 1t has no influence. Will have no
influence: that 1t Is the soul which animates q
statesman. or State that makes or mars his
or its mower. whether in council or in action.
But. inst as I believe that Prussia owes her
present proud position to the conviction in
her minister that he could give 1t to her, 80 I
believe that the lust, wellconsidered opinion
of ENGLAND. delivered In quiet, dlgnifed and
Impartial manner, by Cabinet that was Itself
conscious OF the immense moral power which
weigh with an Irresistible pressure on
the public conscience, which sooner or
later guides human affairs, and would
exercise that authority on any present
project of peace which must arise from the
persuasion that no permanent peace would be
possible that was not In conformity with It..
Nay, allow me to 60 turtner. Lei, me avoW
of Hohenzollern withdrew, had then expressed
her opinion in that tone and with that manner
which now wish her to assume, we should
never have had the disastrous war which has
disturbed. perhaps for many years to come, all
the peaceiul relations of civilized lie. In say
ing this do not Imply censure on her Ma
jesty's advisers. 1t is true that government
can form In no small degree, as | nave said,
the mind of people, but 1t Is true, also, that
# cannot do this il week; and the minds of
Establishment at the time of which lam speak
inG we're so dimmed and daunted by a tinld,
mistrustful, and miscalculatlng egotism that
donbt whether minister who felt that appa-
rent holiness was real prudence would have
been understood. Such warrant OF earnest
ness, indeed, was there about US that we could
not even adopt neutrality earnestly, 0ut did 30
in that halfand-halt, unsatisiac tory, snopkeep.
ing manner that we are at this very moment
despIsed as a friend by one power, and accused
as an enemy By the other.
FAULTS OF FRANCE.
To the fault OF an unjusti6able war, to which
;t "a absurd to deny that the French nation
cheered on the chief whom it had just re-elect-
ed by almost universal acclamation, has been
added almost every fault which could render
reasouable peace difficult, though it is but just
10 acknowI edge that generous sentiments, re:
volt against despotism, and patriotic spirit OF
independence may have dictated some OF the
late errors deplore. Still, II shouto nay
overthrow of an established government
without the immediate creation OF another
with come legitimate ori rim and sanction,
must be in come degree an lmpeaiment
in the way Of negotiation with any 1olelgn
power; that the armament OF an Insubordi-
nate population was not the way TO preserve
order or promote internal confidence IN
beIeseuered city; and that such language
as that of which II. Hugo has furnished the
most notable example is rather calculal led to
incite q mob against it's leaders if they do not
peI form lmpossibiiities, than to nerve nation
ia its duty to defend itself as long as defence
can be prolonged without rum and destruc-
ton. But with these difficulties we have to
deal, and we Just learn that negotiations Tor
an ar1nlstlce and peace have failed. You have
stated IN powerful and simple language the
alternative millions Of people are to be
starved ur bombarded; and the works which
it has required the art, the wit, the genius ano
gradual civilization Of centuries TO produce
may be lost to mankind; And f5r WHAT 10
whose authority to give is dIsputaDle, 10 the
cessiou OF some distant territory and fortresses
which have been taken, or are beng taken, or
will probably be taken without this dreadful
tragedy to desecrate the deed.
THE STU ALTON.
The situation is one which. for the interest
NJ ali parties directly and indirectly concerned,
requires the interposition OF Europe; It ls one,
also, in which all parties may accept her as
mediator, for their interests and hers are ln-
separably combined l confess nave clearly
in INV own mind the form which that media
tion should take, but am 10th to state it, be.
cause no one is more convinced than myself
that you often mar O negotiation by stating
crudciy and broadly in the first instance the
result you desire 10 arrive at; still, DO tnlnk
that I see position IN Whlcn tne neulral
powers might place themselyesIa poJltlon
sufficiently advautae eous to both the belii-
oerents to obtain from each some not unwil-
ling surrender of conflicting pretenslons.
THE ALTERNATIVE.
do not nov presume to prescribe any par
ticular course concerning them to the able men
to whose judgment We have, in certain de-
criss. IF they think, on their terrible respon-
sIbillty, that peace can be attained without
our iuterrerence; il they think that it can be
arrived at by our interference exercised IN the
most mild. invisible manner; If they think that
The prese It moment is not the best to speak,
and see through the gloom which obscures the
public view-the moment when our voice may
be more simultaneously raised, though every
minute that is lost with the dreadful prospect
before our eyes seems to me an eternity-stlll
even even up to this point l will defer to their au-
thority. But if, on the verge OF horrors at the
mere thought Of which Christianity and civil,
zation sbudder, it is deliberately determined
that the morality Of Great Britain is to be that
OF a man who will see q feow-creature
drown rather than run the risk Of wetting his
feet t. save him-if. standing ID view Of an
immeasurable calamity about to infiict the
world, we are wrapped up IN an unchangeable
resolve to remain mute and motlonless, with
out making an effort, without saying word
to avert ltcthen, indeed, cannot refrain from
expressing my mournful approhe3sions that
dra ~ from us power we have not known how to
use TeT worthliy, E and that policy so calculated
to excite disgust by its selashness. and con-
temnt by ITS cowardice, will be as fatal to our
future interests as to our past renoWo.