The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-17 00:00:00

THE EMANCIPATION OP THE SLATES.

At the meeting held in Cleticenwell on Monday
evening, the Hon. and Rev. Barrier Nom. moved,
" That, in the judgment of the meeting, the govern-
ment and people of the United States having freed them-
selves from the guilt of complicity with slavery,
and being enpged in a deadly struggle with the
rebellious upholders of the atrocious system, are entitled
to the warmest sympathy of the British peoples" The
in which the North was engsged was extremely
deadly, and it was the more to be deplored because the
fora, of the South very much rested on tyranny over the
labouring elms. The Southerners were apparently
'in numbers, because the white men could be :=
to fight, inasmuch as the labour was ooaducted by
Mayes. He believed that many of the white population
had been forted into the army, and that even Unionists
had been compelled to enter the Southern army. But
this system was as exhausting as it was for the time
effectual, and be thought the end might come sooner
than some of the friends of liberty imagined. The rebellion
had been of the most flagrant character, and every English-
man who supported it supported a most causeless and crimi-
nal proceeding. (Approbation.) It had been almost un-
paralleled, because rebellious had been raised to secure
liberty, whereas the rebellion of the South had been got
up to uphold tyranny. The rebellion was, therefor*,
most atrocious. He thought the Northern side had now
cleared itself from the guilt of complicity with
slavery and that on this amount it deserved lEnglish
sympathy. (Applause.) No ditch there were ember-
reams complications connected with the question, but
still be thought they might be unravelled. The government
of America had heartily crushed theelave trade, and they
had, as justice required, executed the captain of a slave ship.
That government bad recognised the republics of Hayti and
and had admitted their coloured representatives to
attend on en equality with the smbamadon of other na-
time on official occasion* The government had done more
than this: it had declared that the territorial should be
free of the stain and guilt of slavery. Slavery had also
been abolished in Columbia. Mr. Lincoln had proposed
his scheme of compensated emancipation, and it had at
the time been laughed at. But he had persevered in a
policy which ha ( r. Noel) thought was worthy of com-
mendation. Than the preelamabon of freeing the slaves
in the rebel States bad bean Issued. But it was said that
this proclamation was founded on the confiscation of pro!
perky. The proclamation, however, could not be called
lawless, because Compass had commiesioned Mr. Lincoln
to amp to the traitors the punishment to which they
had laid themselves open. The set of Mr. Lincoln would
set four millions of slaves free. He (Hr. Noel) believed
that the President's motives were per., but that was not
a question which the meeting had tedecida If they wished
to see freedom triumph, and not to see the lave-holden
have al the freedom for themselves, they would cordially
support the efforts which the North was making for emianci-
Fitton. (Loud cheers.)
• The resolution, on being put, was canted all but wield-
, snoody, thus being col, or anendent.