The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-25 00:00:00

MR. BAXTER. M.P. ON THE AMERICAN
QUIPATION.

Mr. Baxter_
_ M.P. for Montrose, in the course
el • speech mistimed at the Grocers' Benevolent Society
In Dandle as Noimoday Let, thee adverted ki the
Animiciaa mmestim m—m It is all wry well and
.vep true
to tell us that the quietism el free trade swim • high pen-
tane. Miff is, sad nee away' bees, a - boss of costes-
tioa betweelethe INN* awl the North. No doubt that sad
other mem 01 diem.s have helped to bring matters to
their prises dl pill 11111 very is the real calpit, the root
of bitterest We* leauldse them, the fame at oriel mall.
(Applome.) Aid I weed not have the people of thin
roualey—limmeamrempented by the laingonge- of New York
aluoin.zadtbrit Lhotwizerthiencl.tig:r out of tofeeling
wever
d Wl* On soldiership of the Federal army, or the
mama eit jar Ifedocal politicians—l world not have
them ~We Moms be considerations weal!, amid the
exalting lasidealsei reallict, are apt to be forgotten. The
.111 opt 119 my mind the foremost—is that this
eimibilitany is the child of tromps—that
the wee !hied by men who, at the time of
deb." were heblagolem under, and were to the pay of,
the limited States seeerameek and who made use of their
posiNgs and ialsorre took to betray their trust. There
amp he • dittos's* el spieled as to their rigtt to drape
6 laheßdiassis ii If"., r&
teesbe" fairly boa' tPtritiyin air"
&1" is
reimilea ; there cm be acne among well-agn-
niedennefikeir anima in aserialy Lotting taunt
Efirailmilt lira 471= is more Melly to"rEn;
Om the North. Nigmeemal empilimoe is that the re..
von *Amon the Ora*. The Ganes and Irish mobs in
the North laquestionably are hostile to na, and the politi-
cians aka I. with them too often, to gain popularity and
votes ; bat Ido sot believe that the peat 1011111 of the
industrious pcpciation, the native Amerman, the men
who take too NSW part in politics, but who again and
migiaa have - some the' oommonwealitt—chm.ish any
each sentiment. (Great applause.) On the contrary, my
grin conviction is that they entertain towards us the same
Wag of amity which we entertain towards them, mixed,
perhaps, with a little lass ounsideration for our feelings,
bat • little more respect for our character. In °alias},
times these people are too busy to attend to public affair.—
in tame of m,, last month, for example, their iufluenoe
has never been wasting. I should like to know who are the
representatives of this clam down South? It may suit the
purpose of the Confaieratta to use honeyed phrases fur the
present. Toll no, do you think that there ere many in
the Congress of slaveowners who do not bate in their
heart that England whose name is • pleasant sound
to the black ma all over the word? (Tremendous
applause.) Boa" I am not are that there exist
I. the South the elements which go to form a alien.
I kaow not which d the peculiar customs, either of life iu
the drawing-roam of New Orisons or life on the plautations
of Carolina, deserve • partials ci our sympathy. Has not
slavery blighted society la attire States, stunted the intel-
lectual growth, amid debased the mum of the white man,
whilst it heulaileat the negro? There are sights and sound;
there to be sees and heard which I cannot think of still—
though it is several years since I was in these States—with-
out • shudder • and sorry indeed should I be were Great
Britain to step foot out of her way to assist, or prema-
turely to reeognles, such a confederacy. It is reported that
pressure is being brought to bear upon us by France to resist
the blockade of the Southern porta, on the ground that it
is ineffective. Bat are we to jump to the conclusion that,
because some vessels have run it, it should not be ?
Have not all blockades been °maniacally rim dar-
ing skippers? The quango is whether this blockade is as
complete, or nearly so, as ia usually the ca.; and I submit
that there is no evidence to the contrary. Then, with re-
gard to forcing • supply of cotton, surely for us to advocate
tits opening of Charleston or Savannah for this purpose
would be very short-sighted policy. if we are ever to be
independent of these States, now is the time for us to try
the experimeot ; and better for us to be a little short of our
grad staple for six months longer' that its growth in
India, Africa, and the West Indies may be encouraged,
and so, at • little temporary incouventence, the cotton
manufacture benefited in all time coming, whilst a blow
is dealt at American slavery which it never can recover.
The only other matter to which 1 shall refer is
that strange announcement in the °lamer newspaper,
that England and Franco, acting cm the precedent of Greece,
are about to interpose fur the pacification of America., it
cannot be that • statement so ill timed—not to say offen-
nee in its terms—has the sanction of her Majeety's govern-
meot. We are always too apt to iotermeddle in the con-
cerns of foreign nations. At present, in all conscience,
we have enough business of this sort on our hands already.
It will be time enough for a to step in between the two
conteoding armies ou the Potomac when asked to do so by
the parties themselves, and I hope that our rulers know too
well the sentiments of the middle classes of this country,
and their representatives in the House of Commas, to
embark to a policy which can only end in endorrasaineut
and humiliatioo. (Applause.) I do not venture to
touch upon topics so delicate and difficult as the pro-
bable termination mind result of the civil war the
effect of the tioaucial difficulties in the North upon the con-
test, and the present remarkable attitude of political parties
at Waainvton ; but I should be ashamed of. myself were I
either to feel or express auy satisfaction at the probable die-
r option of a republic in which there are at least as many
things to admire as to censure, and which, but fir causes
totally unoonneeted with the working of free institutioa,
might have gone on prospering for a great while to come.
(Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, I owe you an apology
for occupying so much of your time with this political talk •
but " out of the fulness of the heart the mouth spoaketh,
and surely it k not unprofitable for us, met to promote •
work of quiet beeeficence, to think for • moment on the
condition of our brethren less happily circumstanced in Eu-
rope and America, and to wish them out of all their troubles
a happy issue. (Great applause.)