The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
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ou8t,,c issue Tho London Times earnest
Nv supported the Tories and the South
YAt Liverpool, Manchester and IN London
voluntary associations of tho hlg her ola SIS
cs were formed 10 express IN J. :. a
methods their sSinpht lly Nit the: South
Rich men. offered none to arm l,ospi-
tails Of tho Confcd era or1,petent writ writ
crs published pnfagra pflss and autho y!
wrote bound volumes farEuing Tor tlle
south, members OF arliamer mt from 8tieir
seats proddcd the ministry for. Its! sllirK-
ing policy toward the South. he Tories
were as much our friends MS or they
had been of us. OF tho land. E "
While tho Southern sy1npatfizers IN
England we're thus busy In pract ical ways
at home, they did not fail TO approneh
NAPOLEON III. Iii their urgency OF the
Southern cause. The Emperor OF Franco
was n willing listener. IIo took up the
cause Of tho South through, formal chan.
$nels OF diplomacy With I'm gland. III helu
interviews with English members o. l q r.
lament, committing himself to the most eN
advanced suggestions Or 8 coso r'eri'l'tlol y
nitinn and support Of 4 the Ind pendencee',,
sof tho ConfederacH. lie urged them to
force Inc British ministry \ to favorable
action. 2. b q. "a !, -, .,
smith Carolina had given 4 Il e6slloj ct. OF
government for the South the study q q
in acute and philosoplic mind for more
than the life Of genera tloil. u e TOOK y.
his scat at Montgomery well prepared
with an outline OF foreign polio yftor inc
Young Republic. which he had done SO
much TO mako possible. ~ It's su g.
restion was founded upon cert iii &C ON 4
fnlished facts Of daily exp erl eliceS II. the
relations Of tho commerce Of The slave y 5st
States to European trade .@$si The gsexport
commerce Of tho slave States In ra W ma =
3terial was the richest in the world. gs The
sofIical report Of tho fiscal yea r8 ending
juno 30, 1850, gave the exports initi az ting
In the slave States mt 69s' 49o 81 nd q e
}oxports Initiating In the FREQ 4 states at
s5ss1oo1, England was ii both: tho chief
ocean carrier and the Chief Esinanu "a cturerl
OF the main subject Of Southern COM;
f1neroe. cotton. The industries of France
were also largely involved In tho CARRYING
trade and the manufacture OF Southern
raw material ts343 + 80. III
Upon tho demonstrated Nalu of South
crl,s commensurate the 5histoT record OF
Southern civilSand military Eh al act ef,
5Rhett's project of + a forel Ign a 81 plomacy
rested. The Rhett scheme waste pro ),
coed without n moments delay to assail
tho well known anti-slaycry prelude and
5fanatlcisnlsof the Palmerston ministry on
the moral aspect Of Southern slavery VI. p
an irresistible temptation OF treaty "! p
%uluton In the interest OF English cont.
3merce and manufactures Il known n to be
generally controlled by Wings and "a boil!
$tionists. The Rhett9 scheme would pleoge3
tho trade Of England md France special
ADVANTAGES and pr!Nilcges.in sSo II ;
ports, for exa mplcs 4 tariff rate for I Wen
Is years not to exceed 90 per CENT %
valorcm and certain iXed port Z churses
not TO exceed the cost of maintenance
1t was not pretended that tho digestion
of special and compensa tory terms OF
treaty In the premises was
original. On the contrary the 81 terms
were recommended us proven by the
treaties Of the United States with France
ana England in the Revolution. y Il
rho policy Of $Rhett was Il practical
confronting of an emergency; the re-
8fustl% Of Ills policy without o. substitute
In any dtgrec was II sentiment without3a
apology sss5A 81 t 3s "a . J.
Did tho rejection OF Rhett's scheme Of
foreign alliance give promise OF any lill-.
common excrt!on or Nigor IN the Confed.
cratic Government within the limits Of Its
own resources? Tho inexpllcablc situa-
ton was laid open BY the act OF rejection.
the dlverting Sof the Federal Government
OF seeded States from control of tho poll
teal school that had .contrivcd TO the
school that had long resisted the invcn.
ton. Sccession!sts had called tho Gov
eminent into eXIstenc upon#an arEument
all their own; Unionists 5immed!atclyar rose
to the administrations and held IT firmly
until the3cnd, Perhaps an intrepid spirit
for hazards revealed itsnlf IN tho con-
duct of the men who had been 10th to
tho last moment to enter upon so daring
al. enterprise as the erection of the
new Republic. is enough to say tho
leading sccessicnists OF 1S60-61 lost con-
| troll Sof$ the Confederate Government ut
| the. outset. ] r discernnent was IA TO be
used If opportunity3was to be seized, II
Influence a wa /: to stte rccls0ncdi on tho
founders q the Confaderncy5 had no voice
! IN the situation. W,hetherft he road to the
Confederary was straight tor leYl Gus, thu
| one Significant thing was. III led Ito thu
goal whicliSthe road builders were denied
In tho last months Of his llfc,.HJ Ohm G
| Calhoun, seeing the end Of his own avail
libiity approaching, prophcscd that the
| young scnat tor from mississippi, thenGoi
\ 'crutches from the field of Buerai v ista
| would be the master spirit In thci opening
| movement to confederate under ono gov,
l ernment the slave States. Calhoun dlet
bin the belief that thelyoung Senator In
i tended his eloquent defense of the .rlgh
OF secession and Ills eloquent portrayal
OF tho perils which bcset the slave State.
should lead To- tho remedy of secession
| But the President ofgthe Southern Con
federacy never apprDYed tho secession
4 movement !, MI, Davis WAS perllapsgncyc
lau!ta understood. az l
4 Tho hand OF tho Conf dern 10 Govern
ment denied tliegprcdicate of preference tc
Z tho men from whose brains and heart
4 tho Southern movement had been nour
4 l2ished into complete system. In3the year
of opportunity from foreign diplomacy
II tho Secretary of State was Judah p. Ben
jamin, a NYhlg and Unionist in the per!o'
when tariffs and free trade We're contend
Ing American theories: tho Secretary o
War, w;ls lanes a. Seldom by whose or
der General Johnston was retired from
II command the second army In strengtl
Il then destroyed. and Seldom had beer
earnestly opposed to the formation OF tn
i Gonfederpry long after President Davi
{ took theloath AZ montgomery; the Secre
ltary Of tho Treasury. Christopher G
, Mamingcr. was d life longsand active on
), ponent or the Calhoun doctrine and h
was MI In office against tho declare
I Judgment of the President that Rober
2 roombs, secessionist,S was the ablest 4
( nanc!er among all American pubic mer
$ II Is not worth, while to say these officer
! were alltfaitiiful;Sthey wcrcEflll failures
=. The axiom remains uniinpeached, tn;