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The naval expedition.
It Lincoln's ships should happen to get caught off Hatteras during the prevalence of the equine gale, there might he a straining and cracking of timbers that would furnish work for the navy-yards of the North.
The Daily Dispatch: September 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Atrocities of the Neapolitan Brigades . (search)
Recognition by foreign powers.
--We are heartily sick and tired of the weakness and want of self-reliance and self- respect evinced in the disposition to lean upon the recognition of foreign powers.
What is the practical value of such recognition?
It does not amount to taking sides with us against the North; it will not provoke the United States into a war with those powers, for such recognition would be no casus belli, and, if it were, the LincolnGovernment, despite the blustering talk of the New York Herald, could not be kicked into a war at this time with France or England.
We ought to be content that the foreign powers have declared strict neutrality between the two sections. --As to their active aid, we either need it or we do not. If we do, then of course we are unable to achieve our own independence, and even supposing any European power willing to take up our quarrel, we must expect to pay a price for such assistance, which will simply amount to transferring us from t