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The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], English opinion on the mediation question. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Times special in Richmond --first letter. (search)
A short-sighted policy.
The reason offered by Lord John Russell for declining to unite with France in proposing an armistice to the two American belligerents, that it would be declined by the United States, and the prospect of successful mediation be still further postponed, is on its face a miserable pretext, only worthy the calibre of a mousing politician.
The very moderate measure of humanity proposed by the Emperor of the French, backed by three such Powers as France, England, and Russia, could have given no offence to the United States, which has already shown that it cannot afford to be offended by any European Power, even when there is real cause of offence.
What is there in the proposition of an armistice to wound the sensibilities of any one? --The truth is, England desires the war to be waged to its bitter end, hoping to build up her own interests upon the ruin of both parties.
A more short-sighted policy it is impossible to conceive.
The course of England will