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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1864.

Mr. LINDSAY'S remarks on the American war
are always worth attending to. The honourable
member has proved himself a true prophet in all
he has said on the subject, and though it may suit
some captious listeners to decry all statements that
do not immediately meet their views, the test of
time has shown how valid were the opinions ex-
, pressed by Mr. LINDSAY, and corroborated by all
who took a comprehensive view of the great Ame-
rican question. Mr. LINDSAY predicted that the
Union would never be restored, and in this ha was
borne cut by the most astute of American politi-
cians, and the sequel will most assuredly verify the
prediction. The honourable member, in his clear
and comprehensive address, showed to his hearers
the fallacy of the notions entertained by the North
from the outset of the affeir. He believed that the
" rebellion," as they emphatically termed it, would
be soon put down, and with this conviction went
to war, and with what results all know. This is
certainly an instance of the mistakes which men
make who ere blinded by their own perversity, and
so self-opinionated that they will not see the reason
of unpalatable truths. Doubtless the Northern
part of the combatants really felt convinced that
they would soon put down and crush out the revolt, j
and that in less than a year they would have suc-
cessfully disposed of all inimical proceedings. They
had not the foresight to take note of the height
and depth of the resolve which animated and ac-
tuated their opponents, the deeply rocted con-
viction—which was firmly filed is their
minds—that the time had come for them
to be free from the gallieg bondage they
had so long borne. A want of extensive know-
ledge of this sort is fatal to those who would
grapple with difficult and dangerous tasks, and the
Washington Government have made a lamentable
failure in their attempt to rush at conclusions, and
believe that they lelve power to pat down all oppo-
laeat3l without listening to the dictates of right or
the voice of reason. Mr. LINDSAY forcibly showed
that the North are not really in earnest in their
condemnation of Slavery. Had they really and
truly desired its extinction as an Institution from
their soil, thBy would have taken matters up very
d fferwitly, and adopted very contrary measures to
those which they have employed. He explained
that if the North wished
to put a period to the
of Slavery theypractise would have ended the
Fugitive Slave Law, and then the " oppressed
slave would have found hie Way
across the frontier
to the land of freedom."
Such a test as this is the
only way to judge rightly of the purity of men's
their
motives, and to discover the real nature of
assertions, This cry of Slavery has been a grand
catch for the supporters of the North, but its
efficacy is now pretty well departed, and it will
soon be of no use to attempt trying i:s powers to the
most unenlightened and inexperienced assembly.
Experience has taught, with its unerring wisdom,
that no remote idea of such a thing ever actuated
the Federals in the prosecution of the war. The