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Editorial April 13, 1864

The Daily Dispatch

Richmond, Virginia

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Editorial criticizes British government's hypocritical neutrality in the American Civil War, accusing it of allowing Irish emigration to bolster Union forces in hopes of future rebellion against England, warning of future military losses for Britain.

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The best commentary upon the professed neutrality of the British Government in this war is its patient connivance in the large emigration from Ireland to America for the sole purpose of swelling the Federal ranks. It is perfectly understood that Ireland should send of its best blood to fight the battles of Lincoln and Seward in the hope of liberating her from the hated connexion with England. So intent is she upon her selfish object that she pockets the insults of Lincoln and Seward to the labor of the Confederacy. So intent is she upon her selfish object that she pockets the gold of every Federal recruiting agent into Irish hearts—that, after the battles of the United States, the Irish will help them to fight the English, and Ireland England pockets this with impunity, knowing well in that it is an empty threat, and that it is dangerous to her to threaten them across three thousand miles of ocean, when the wide ocean between them is bent on destroying American liberty, Southern States. She is too busy to leave her quiet to be used in violating any neutrality between the two belligerents. Under the hypocrisy of this Government, her friends, but their Government enemies. All the policy of England will prove disastrous; it will prove to her cost when another continental war arises, and the stalwart Irish who have so often saved her national honor are sleeping their last sleep in the arid soils of the South.

will cultivate cotton: for, no matter what the Yankees pretend, slavery will not be abolished, but the proprietorship changed to Yankee hands, and the slaves made to work harder and produce more cotton than they ever did before. In the meantime, England will lose the best fighting material she has ever had in her armies, as she will find to her cost when another continental war arises, and the stalwart Irish who have so often saved her national honor are sleeping their last sleep in the arid soils of the South.

What sub-type of article is it?

Foreign Affairs War Or Peace

What keywords are associated?

British Neutrality Irish Emigration American Civil War Union Army Confederacy Slavery Cotton Production Future War

What entities or persons were involved?

British Government Ireland Lincoln Seward Confederacy Federal Ranks Yankees Irish

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

British Neutrality And Irish Emigration In American Civil War

Stance / Tone

Critical Of British Hypocrisy, Pro Confederate

Key Figures

British Government Ireland Lincoln Seward Confederacy Federal Ranks Yankees Irish

Key Arguments

British Connivance In Irish Emigration To Swell Union Army Ireland Hopes To Use Irish Fighters Against England Later Britain Ignores Insults To Confederacy For Selfish Gains Britain Pockets Federal Recruiting In Ireland Irish Threats Against England Are Empty Due To Distance Britain Violates Neutrality By Aiding Union Indirectly England Will Lose Valuable Irish Soldiers In Future Wars Slavery Will Persist Under Yankee Control, Increasing Cotton Production

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