The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

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individuals laboured lathe preceding A a -
many high in office were conspiring to 4 joe'lf.=f3 era
States Government, to undermine the cre tirtVll
4a,
that it was with very great difficulty some
men could.ba persuaded to come forward e • ee**744
vernment at a high rate of interest but asn tt! ,
able it to go on until the time of his taking h.
probably was never a time in its whole histor ea' S
deuce in the national credit had been so mucl tshaken by
the machinations of those who had been once itt tsecret ene-
mies. The President had to re-organise credit bo
re-estab-
-li-171—e the foendet;ene of it in the integrity of the 34:hninig'
tration of the Treasury. He did so. What has L een the
result ? From that degree of feebleness, when confi 'de lice in
a Government, promise seemed to be shaken almost bt Tend
repair, the people • have gradually increased their faith t mtil
they daily rush in swarms voluntarily to offer money to the
Government in exchange for the "obligations" o•hich th eY
are anxious to obtain. (Cheers.) Is not that something tot
thankful for ? Let nee go a step further. When this war broke'
out the President looked around to see where was his mili-
tary organisation upon which he had to rely for the sill sport
of his eerereive measures. He found here, too, that so vi gor-
oasJy hag treason worked itself through all the thane Is of
military oreoo nisatiou that there was not one man out of th rea
who could be' .fousted. Ile found one set of men who we, -C.,
and who ultienctely declared themselves " traitors."
found another KA of men who were not traitors, but they
timid and hileveearta, and did not know whether they
would or would not oue:oort the Government; and he found. •
still another set who had .been in service se long, and who
had arrived at such an ag,e that, however excellent their
disposition was, they could ne F wolf be relied upon in the
field on account of physical debility. And that %veto the state
of the organisation of the army with which the ?resident
re
had to begin a gigantic war. I do not believe that: in the,
whole history of the world a greater undertaking wasp ever
kn:tf h a e
million
Pslde
asetuued by an individual who had no experience in such.
matters. He had to organise an army of
o ha
of
men npou the little basis which was thus left for him f-o
operate upon) At the outset, as youall know,
met with diffileulties of all kinds. But look at the organisa-
tion as it exists now, and compare it with what it was in the
beginning, and you )bill see that by patiesce and perseverance
and fidelity to his (Wiz he has got you an army now that
will carry you through, There are now no men in the army'
that you are obliged to mistrust. (Cheers.) There is no
man whom you suspect will betray ail your movements to
the rebels. Is not that a result for wieich we have cause to
be thankful ? (Cheers.) And let us tut', for a moment to
the condition of the navy. At the beginninj of the Admi-
nistration the President, when he looked after his navy
vessels, found that some ships had to be burnt tAI save theta
from treacherous surrender, and the rest had been sent
away.. as far over the globe as they could go. lit' had to
restore they/hole system from its formation, He hoed to
ga through the same process as that which he had applied
to deo army—he had to build ships, to re-organise the i,,u-
reaux.—he had. in short, to place the navy on a footing that
it had newer occupied before. It has taken two short yearok
and a little en're to do all this, and we have now a navy'
both in numbers •and power which will make the United.'
States respected ou every sea, and in every part of the •
world. (Cheers.) And is not this something to be thank-
ful for ? (Cheers.) Thus, on t review of all the different
departments of the Executive 61)VerliMellt; you will seer
the destiny of its President, who had no experience when he
began, was to reorganise, rebuild, and restore the whole
system from its foundation. (Cheers.) But tiais is not all.
There was one question which had baffled all attelmpts ever
to reach a solution, and which I for one will franki.V admit I
looked upon as one almost imposssible to dispose ,of with
success. I need not say that I 'allude to the great que'stion
of the condition of the slaves, Much as we all had -dis-
cussed it for years, we had never had presented to us fro:a
any source a practicable mode of dealing with it. When it.
came simply to emancipation, the people throughout thee
United States were utterly incredulous that there could be
devised any plan of effecting :it which would rot lead to..
bloodshed and ruin thraughout the whole country which..
they occup•ed. It was the great argument against doing
anything. It was said to be imoossible to hope for any
issue that would not involve the destruction of all classes of
society within its reach. Now, the great and crowning act
of the Administration of President Lincoln is, that in two
distinct measures he has opened a way- for a practical result
which we , had always supposed could not be found.
(Cheers.) The proclamation and the enlistment of the
negroes as soldiers, are two great instruments by which
emancipation without revolution will be carried out. 6
(Cheers.) And here we are now, at the end of two and a
half years, having made slow but regular progress in thi's
movement, until it has taken shape distinctly before use
so that we can foresee the ultimate issue. Have we not
in all this something to be thankful for? (Cheers.)
Nave we not a right to meet together, under the call
of our President, and, /coking back at our difficulties,.
to L'ess God that they aro diminished to the extent we
now see them ? (Chesrs.) You are all aware that whoa
the Prestient first announced this proposition it,
was regarded with great aversion, and it was announce&
at once as the weakest and wickedest of measures, and
there were also indications at the time that the oppo-
sition to that measure would go so far as seriously to :Ate
pair the energies of the Government in executing it. List
year at this time there was a great expression of populter
sentiment against the proclamation. Bat another year has`
gone by. The system has in the interval had a chance of
being carried out to itsepracticel developeaent ; and the great
bulk of the people having seen the result, that part have
joined together, as with one voice, almost from one end of
the country to the other, in favour of sustaining the Govern-
ment in executing that policy. (Cheers.) And is not Ibis
something to be. thankful for? (Cheers.) Let us then recto..
pitulate what is our present position, and what it was wheto
this inexperienced President first took office. Then the Go-
vernment was almost disintegrated, now it is solid and firmo
able to act through honest agents and faithful men—able to
act with vigour and effect whenever and however itpleasese
(Cheers.) Then the people were staggered in their corefi-
deuce in the country and in the President; now the Presi-
dent has all the departments of 'the Government faithful to
him and to the Constitution. The peoplohave rallied round=
the Government, and have maintained the policy o z the
President. They have money, they have men, and they
have ideas which they mean to establish as the only true
Is not
and successful conclusion of the struggle- (Cheers.)
this something to be thankful for ? (Cheers.) 7e now stand
firmly, and we have every reliance thatG the overnment is
to go throug2l the trial
effected—all these results have been produced—through the
ntroiuwmapbhleanatnlyd. the people
wiAlnidinagll this change ,has been
agency of' a President who came into power with less practi-
cal)
rAon politicalrd genius
w h experienceoans
tthhos hpartee
been
than
fonn thea anyoneap President
iiptdr
been
donen
lghoti mbayt.
a(
anyCl 21. e ipsbn.
e
President has shown ability and capacity, but not abo\7o
that of most of his predecessors, What is the reason, then r
iSira reason. -to has succeeded hyhash e sticceededinceaedea becauselltheseresu hltse? [
has
fromginning to the end impressed upon the peoplew th
ell
hconvic-
tion of his' honesty and of his fidelity s to one great purpooe.
h(GerNevaast cthheanerinkfugl.
)forlhan eveinnegleheaieduthe opportunity of express-
ing these sentiments, as.an echoi to theE
of the honoured President
~l ho txocaseltle:fetyhesttHedteaLitati
drunk in a very hearty and e
cordialQ ueemn
the United States." (Cheers.)
,a"nnwahr.oseThh
The'next toast was
ing toasts and sentiments eeelrthemawines-
were :—" The Day—devoted ter
thanking God for our Victories
in the cause of Liberty and
Union," by Mr. George Thompson. "The Union—from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf, from
the source to the mouth of the Mississippi,
for ever one and
inseparable," by
Judge J. G. Winter. " The Emancipao
don Proclamation—Slavery's Epitaph ; written by the
finger of God on the heart of the American President," by
the lion. Freeman H. Morse. "The Army and Navy--
immortal champions of freedom, who bled that our country
may live," by Captain Mayne Reid. " Washington—the
man without a peer ; we follow his farewell advice—never
to surrender the Union," by Capt. J. C. lloadley. " The
Presi—the tyrant's foe, the people's friend; where it is free
cl,otism must perish." " The Ladies—our sweethearts,
wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, friends; their holy in-
fluence will break all chains but those which bind our hearts
to them."

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ENGLAND'S DOG-IN-THE-MANGER PoLICYre;
France will not, fight for Poland herself andthael
policy on which they can combine is the a/Art.l.lg
all
in.
England.will not, and cannot, help her; therefore the
of tripping up Napoleon in his first move, and a
which both re.*
We should be
their power to keep things as they
betrayed into this
heartily ashamed if England weroefahrebeers-
favourite dog-in-the-manger policy
i oop notionuohtdlbpi
Ton,
idrteroesonnu:dbieylreLa
8,
aid
ea nhr
ashamed
n which
Rtodies.it.
Under a Government *lthalt
fusee to do anything itself for
the only Power at all disposed
excites her jealous fears.in:p't
England were betrayed
the English fleet to the Baltic,
calls itself Liberal.
ARTISTIC SENSIBILITY IN
to send
Raskin shivers,. and loses his healthy appe-
titesell declines
therefore 31r.
tom„uunicating information on the subject of pre-
for
Raffttelito art to mankind. Let us hope that so healthy an
organ will revive. Otherwise, if this contagion of political
801,8ibility spreads, the spirits of every profession in the
kirk-
,dorn will fluctuate with the funds, and all trade will
atop every time an unfortunate measure is taken by her
Majesty's Cabinet, Professor Kingsley will decline io lee •
turn on God in History at Cambridge until Lord Palmer-
ston brings in a new Reform Bill, giving ipso facto the
franchise to all muscular Christians. The curates in the
country parishes will hero and there refuse to road the
Litany, or to baptise any children of tender years, in den-
sequence of the detention of the steam races." J. 0." must
for conscience sake go into a moral quarantine, and abstain
from all communication with his fellow-creatures so long as
Colonel Crawley is =hung; and Mr. Thomas Hughes will
be compelled to retire into private life until slavery is ex-
tinguished in the Confederate States of North America,
and greenbacks reign triumphant from Washington to New
Orleans.--London Review.

II 17U., 17
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on SACK, /864. Ono Pen± ay.
on Thursday.

ROYAL ENGLIS LL OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Ender the !larta.c.-emeu HarrisonMLouisa Pyne and
Mr. SW.
TIIIS EVENING, for the Gth time, Balfe's new Opera,
BLANCH b Dr; *NEVE : I%ltss Louisa Tyne, Miss Anna
lilies, Miss Emma. Heywood; Messrs.W. 11. Weiss, H. Cord,
A. Cook, A. at. ALoyn, C. Ly,ill, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with THN 4iAII.RIAGE OF GEORGETTE.
Miss Thirlwall an d 31r. CorrL
Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open. at half-past Six—,:ommenee at Seven.

THE A.TRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE.
Manr gers, :Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
Tins E VENING,, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of 8EA.1.) PI Oft THE BEAST. Principal cha-
racters by -Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, spencer,
and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss li. Leelerq.
Ater which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
ikiessrs. helpa,. Rye er, Rayner, M -agreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Ebiirne...ausii A. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. vocalists-Miss Poole, Miss isitter, Miss Cicely
-Nut: , Mass Heywood. and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with an Original Farce, by W Brougla and A.
Italliday, entitled MY Zi KART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
ct. :traders by Mr. .i. NeQille, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
J. Marcia ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss ilarfleur.

REATRE ROYAL HAY ‘IARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTE ttS : Messrs. Chas.
Mathews, Chippendale, W. If arren, Howe, &c ; Mesdames
C. Mathews aua M. Harris.
Followed by THE GOL t)EN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathew,, Compt on,Weathersby,,t3.; Mesdames C. Mxthews,
L Keeley Griffith, Sze.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Ir. C. Mathews.
And LITTLE DAISY.