The blockade.
--The
Concord (New Hampshire) Standard is still endeavoring to open the eyes of the deluded
Yankees of
New England, though its task is probably hopeless.--In its issue of June 15, the Standard speaks out as follows:
‘
The blockade bids fair to work a greater injury to the
North than to the
South.
In the first place, it has put an embargo on the importation of raw cotton from the
South.--The result will be the stoppage of every cotton spindle in
New England in less than six months. In the next place, it will destroy every vestige of the great coasting trade with the
South, enjoyed only by the navigation interests of the
North.
This will inflict immense injury upon the
Northern shipping interests Next, it will operate as a stimulant to home manufactures and industry at the
South, thus rendering that section of the
Union practically independent of the
North.
And, finally, it exposes our Government to a war with
England and
France.
England must have cotton and tobacco.
So must
France.
Our ships will arrest their merchantmen for breaking the blockade.
That will lead to interference on the part of the fleets of those powers; difficulties and disputes will arise, and in the end open rupture and hostilities.
Such seem to be the necessary results of the present blockade.
We suppose our terribly patriotic Black Republican friends will regard it as treasonable to refer to the probable troubles in which the country may be involved, by the measures adopted by the Administration.--Reasonably patriotic men will regard it as an act of prudence to point out all possible dangers, in order that they may be avoided.
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