The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

LANCAMILIS BELIE) FUND.

A meeting of the Central Relief Committee was
held at Manchester yesterday. Present : The Earl of Derby
in the chair ; Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, deeedminnan
Lord Rorke of Taken, Lord Ildward Howerei, Osionel
Wilson Patten, M.P., Major Egerton Leigh, Messrs. Robert
Hutchins:a (Mayor of Liverpool), Robert Okelatoos, Hugh
HAMS, Edward Ashworth, Malcolm Hoes, James Worrell
(Mayor of Salford), Neat. Eckenley, Wm. Rethboaea H. B.
Parnell, John Ooodair, B. H. Hutchinson (Mayor d Black-
bare), Thomas Ashton, G. L. Ashworth, Robert Madura
(Mayor of Stockport). Mayor of Meadaester, and J. W.
Ysc]ur

The How. SICINTAZT reported the arrangeinerats which
bad been made as to the distribatice of the seal presetted
by Mr. H. B. H. Blundell.
On the motion of Mr. Maccout Rom, ..waded by Mr.
11041111 XAIIOII, the scheme was referred back to the com-
mittee with Mr. daktoe's name added, to report again.
The following letter was than read from the Mayor of
Liverpool:
" Liol, Oa. 3,
" Dear Bir —I have been directedv bippoy the LiverpoollBB2.
Com-
mittee for the Relief of Diatoms in the Cotton Districts to
ropiest that you lOU forward to Mimi for distribotioo m
this town and neighbourhood 500 amiss of the report of the
executive committee presented on Monday last.
"I take advsptege of this opportunity to bring espe-
cially wader the mottos of your committee • plan that has
Pierelevigtilndto
this
townrirsou
lowed. The worirple in the tarries of many of
employers of labour ars individually contributing from
their own *intim • small sum weekly towards the aliens-
, tion of the existing distress, which in the aggregete will
eventually reach • very large amount.
" The workmen in the employ of the Mersey Dock and
Harbour Board, both at Liverpool and Birkenhead, and
those in the employ of Medan. Laird Brothers, may be
hooourably mentiimed u having commenced sending in to
this committee weekly contributions for the relief of their
LIM fortunate brethren.

" The recoatromidatiou of snob • plan, emanating from
and endorsed by your committee, would, it is thought, hare
• powerful influence in inducing the large employers of
labour in other nudes than the cotton manufacture (and
which it is generally believed are suffering very little, if at
all) to concourses the operatives in their employ to aeasily
be,dopt it.
if extensively followed up. which it might it
would undoubtedly yield • very large sum for the object
we all have in view.-1 remain, dear sir, very faithfully
yours, " Hoar. ifcrcingnion, Mayor.
' J. W. Machin, Hon. See., Soi."
Oa the motion of Lord BOX/LION, seconded by Lord
EDNA= HOWAIJ), if was resolved :—" That this com-
mittee dukes to express, through his worship the Mayor of
Liverpool, its gratification with the self-denying and sympa-
thising- efforts of the working classes which have been
broagbt under their notice is the letter just read."
Read, • letter from the Liverpool relief committee. stet-
Mg that they would remit 4,0004 for Ave mouths in aid of
the fund.

Oa the motion of Lord EGERTON, seconded by Colonel
Wltaoa PArtzs, it was resolved :—" That the beet thanks
of this committee be conveyed to the Liverpool relief
committee for the extended grant to the fund."
Moved by Major MINTON Linea, seconded by the
Mayor of LIyZILPOOL That ha seeding the acknowledg-
ment of this committee, as directed last week, the boo.
asergary be vespmeted to express the thanks of the com-
mitteees to Sir Daniel Cooper for his own hberality."
to.
retioe. Secretary repoeted that the helium in the
bask was 46,2271. 15L 10d.
Oa the motion of Sir J. IL ftwornewomm sad Colonel
WILION PAITES, is was remised :—" That the honorary
secretary, in announcing each of the grants this thy, de-
clare that one-third of seek grant is derived from the fund
ecadded to the Central Executive Committee by the Bridg-
water House Committee."
Bir J. E. Bourrthworia laid on the table an M.S. _ _

eintaier V fowl rad eosuatalm as to the attribution of
the special graat at 5500Ui. boos New South Wake. Ite-
solved—" That this circular be printed and circulated, and
takao late comideration by the committee at thew meeting
next week.'

The foil Owing grants were made by the committee :—To
Oldham. 4004 ; Blackburu, 2,000/. • Wigan. 8001. ; Roch-
dale, 1.0001. ; Manchester and Stained, 2,5001. • Mocenkle,
401. These grants are for tits month unless eis'esimelmoces
should arise calling for further aid. The committee request
;hat graota out of thee. sums shall be made to the local
lowing classes. The aplmagone from Poynter' and Nat-
, nu=were poetpood.
MIXT, in reply to the Mayor of Liverpool,
said it wee thought deeirable that dopagose or
grants should be made to a special loud, to b. appropriated
to the !Ascetics of children attending schools, and youths
Wending mechanics' igetitatioes classes, where such &S-
-tiles sad youths wore competed with the families of coetaa
operatives It was determined that a Vocal fund should
be opened for this purpose as smelted.
Mr. J. W. 3ILLCIA7IZ, His. Secretory to tie Fend for
the lielief of the Distress is the Manufactaring Districts,
bop to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the fol-
lowing sums, paid either through him or the bankers,
Maws Heywood, Brogues, and Co.:-I'. Ziegler aad
Co. (ascend demagog), 201. ; Thomas Teel, 5/. • esheorip-
, thou from Dfnicerolts, 391. 15e ; ditto Branipa, 51. • Dia-
-1 maption of T. O. DA Lyman:4h, 41. sa. ; at
Waarley Church, pee Rov. O. Hallam, W. to ; D.
Robinson and Co., 10/. ; Geo. Smith, U. ; Ales. Smith,
1/. • per Alderman Neo4 Gresford aura, weekly ease-
giU, W. es. ; Gregaholme Mill Merced week), lg. ls. hd.;
oollectios at a rand feast, Rualiock, Droitwick par Ilev.
P. R. Watts, 17s. 11d.; collection at Chepstow Church,
pee Rev. Out Jaws, W. h. ; Bird sad Hull (1 lth sad
12th week), 11. • mitotic° at Rostherne Chu* 9SI. Ib. ;
offertory at Wed Hallam, per Rev.C.J. Rowdiest*, 31.14.4;
Wailers at Hope Mill, Ty Morley, 3d. fortaightl subscrip-
tions, 11.5.. ; Society of legal Paper Makers,
501. ; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, 601. ; collection at I
Church, Banbary, per. Rev. A. J. Empson, 51. •rt
Hama 51. ; promote of as ram& at arms given at:Wied-
sag, the patronage of Lis-at-Colonel the lima. Q. D.
F. de Has, sad orlon of the Ist Life Guards, by acme of
the mosariemealsiomed ollterws, 491. Sa. 9d. ; nos-commile-
timed ofilesm and troopers of let Life Ogordsi
17a. 4d,; gift cif the parish of Prestos Deariery,_ lg. ;
Hatay Lees, IW. ; per the Mayor of Manchester, L.
; celleselem at Shiagdos Church, W. ; Maxwell
Aukatell. 11. 3.. ; collection at liallgale Inclopsoderat
Chapel, Domaister, 51. 15s.

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very impressive. True, it neared no mOO%
ragement from anything that was said and schall
by the leaders of the Coraidentoy—trip, fliat
Mr. YexcEir soon after wrote to us fiat the
people of the Confederate States would de-
cline to apologise to English public opinion for
slavery—true, that the present Vice-President of
the Confederation has declared that " Negro
" slavery is but in its infancy," and dilated on the
prospect of a glorious extension of its political
power by the settlement of new territory with
imported

that the Generals of
the Confederacy have very recently sent south-
ward all the free negroes who have fallen into
their hands during the war, to be sold into slavery.
But it might be that these are only informal and
incidental occurrences, which ought not to preju-
dice our opinion of the Confederate government.
What, however, we should like to know is,
whether those Englishmen who are day
by day recommending the cause of that
government to Europe, can give us any reason to
expect that for the sake of peace it would be pre-
pared to make concessions to the moral
judgment of the world. Promises relating to
tLe internal legislation of the settled Southern
States it may be unreasonable to expect; perhaps
the government of the Confederacy is not in a con-
dition to give them ; perhaps it is not desirable to
seek them. But there is one thing which the Con-
federacy might do, and which it will do if it has
the least desire to move in the direction of modern
civilization. If it cannot imitate the Dutch, who
are at this moment emancipating their slaves in the
West Indies, it may at least undertake not to ex-
tend its system into territories where slavery has
at present no vested interests too large for it to deal
with. There is Texas, for instance, with an area
much larger than that of France, and a free popu-
lation smaller than that of the Duchy of Nassau,
and one hundred and eighty thousand slaves ;
there are New Mexico and Arizona, with a still
wider area, and a population inferior to that of the
canton of Lucerne. Slavery at present has got no
great hold upon their territories; their destiny is un-
decided ; they may become a dozen Slave States,
the seat of a population impoverished in order
that a small number may live in luxury and idle-
ness ; or they may become the homes of millions of
freemen, consumers of foreign manufactures,

whose large earnings may stimulate the markets of
Europe. If the Confederate Government is pre-
pared to undertake that its present barbarous
system shall be restricted to the area over which
it now extends, we believe it would more effec-
tually promote the interests of peace by an
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announcement to that effect than it could do by
any other measure. But if those Englishmen who
advocate its cause have no expectation of this
kind, they must be prepared to bear the infamy of
advocating the propagation of slavery. We think
some of our contemporaries owe the public some
explanation on this point. Do they wish success
to the Confederacy as the great Slave Power it
has hitherto shown itself I Or have they any grounds
for expecting an improvement of its character ?
English honour is concerned in the answer to this
question.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S Proclamation on slave
emancipation has not, as far as at present
appears, the importance which some persons in
England are disposed to attach to it. Like moat
of the acts of the Executive of the United States,
it is feeble and halting. If it was right and wise
to declare free the slaves of rebels, it should
have been done outright and not as a conditional
threat, to take effect three months after date.
HaA it been issued • year ago, or when the
Federal armies advanced on leaving winter
quarters, it would have saved the Government of
the Union much discussion, and would in all pro-
bability have seriously crippled the enemy. Now
it cannot take effect before the Federal armies are
ready to advance and execute the projected move-
ment upon the Slave States. Had it been issued
when President LINCOLN had the support of an
united and enthusiastic public, its effect in
imprinting a policy on the war would have been
incalculable. Issued now, when the pro-slavery
party in the North is taking courage, it may prove
but one more element of weakness. Mr. LlN-
coues great mistake from the first has been not to
perceive that revolution could only be met by re-
volution. No doubt it ESA the mistake also of a
majority in the North ; but a year ago the people
would have followed a leader who knew his own mind.
The issuing of the Proclamation will prove a wise or
a vain act, according as it is backed with more or
less energy in the field. There is, however, one kind
of praise which, although not vety complimentau,
may be given to it. The Proclamation cannot
make matters worse. It cannot aggravate the
condition of the negroes. At the South the black
man will still be valued, as he always has been, for
use as long as he remains in his master's power.
As to those who have escaped or may escape, the
Confederate Government cannot use them worse
than they do now. At Harper's Ferry there were
a mixed multitude of free negroes and escaped
!slaves when the place was taken. JACKSON—
" the Puritan JACKSON," as we have seen him
styled—swept the whole lot off and sent them
into slavery. After the last of Porz's battles, a
party of negroes went out under the protection of
a flag of truce to bury the dead. When they had
performed their work a corps of Confederate
infantry advanced upon them and made
them all prisoners and slaves, and a shout of
exultation burst up from the whole South, the
chivalrous South, at this treacherous violation of
the laws of war. This truculence must be pro-
vided against in future. If Mr. LINCOLN affects
to give liberty to men, he must give them arms
with which to defend that possession, and give
them officers. To make soldiers of all the blacks
who show their courage and energy by escaping is
the surest, perhaps the only way, to prevent ser-
vile war.