The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

Tilt SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863.

boundary line. (Hear.) Where would they make it ?
It was not a question of State lines at all—(hear, hear)—it
was a question simply of highlands end lowlands ; a ques-
tion of the planting interest against the farming interest.
It would be easy to prove that Secession had been
entirely in proportion to the prevalence of slavery, and that
being so, how could they draw a boundary line ? (Hear,
hear.) They might think him a rash prophet ; but peace
was spreading over the continent of America, and on that
bow of promise sat a glorified angel of God—universal
liberty. (Loud cheering.)

The proposition was carried amid great cheering.
Alderman CARTER moved the second resolution, as fol-
lows :—" That this meeting most strongly condemns the
building and equipment of ships of war in British ports, to
be employed against a nation with which this country is at
peace, and especially if employed in support of a Slave-
holding Confederacy, as calculated to embroil Great Britain
in war with a friendly Power—and as strongly approves of
the action of the British Government in detaining such
vessels from their mischievous destination, and declares its
determination to support the Government in the neutral
policy it has hitherto pursued in relation to this war
amongst our American kinsmen."
Councillor TATHAM seconded the proposition, and it was
carried.
It was reeved by Councillor NICHOLS, seconded by tho
Rev. JOHN ADCOCK and carried, that the foregoing resolu-
tions should be signed by the chairman, and forwarded to
Earl Russell on behalf of the meeting. On the motion of
Mr. J. LUPTON, seconded by Councillor THOMPSON, a cor-
dial vote of thanks was carried to the Rev. W. IL Chan-
ning for his eloquent and instructive address. In re-
ponding,

The Rev. Mr. CHANNING said that a strange delusion
had taken possession of the minds of the people in this
country in reference to President Lincoln's right hand
man—Mr. Seward. It was said that Mr. Seward was
wishing to create a war with England ; but that was not the
ease. (Hear.) Mr. Seward had himself said—" The policy of
the American people is the policy of peace at home, peace
abroad, peace with all nations; the policy of freedom for
ourselves, and in extending the empire in a manner to be
conducive to the ultimate freedom of all classes and condi-
tions of men. (Hear, hear.) Whoever shall wage war
against the American people will find themselves obliged
not only to commit the first wrong, hut to become when
they enter the contest, the enemies not only of order, peace,
and progress on the continent, but of human nature itself."
(Applause.) Before sitting down he had great pleasure in
proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman. (Cheers.) He
(the chairman) had once more been a peace maker, and a
peace-keeper between two great peoples. (Hear, hear.) Mr.
Forster was the first, as far as he was aware, to lift up his
voice in Parliament against the recognition of the slave oli-
garchy, and his name was cherished in America with the
dearest affection and respect. (Cheers.) He assured Mr.
Forster that if he would, when the war was over, go to
America, and take with him John Bright on his sight
hand and Richard Cobden on his left, he would receive a
most determined and earnest welcome. (Cheer.F.)
The proposition was seconded by Mr. ANDREWS, and
carried amid reiterated cheers.

The CHAIRMAN, in responding, said thst while he was
obliged to them for the kind manner in which they had re-
ceived him, which after all was no new thing—(laughter)
—he was still more obliged to them for having gone to
that meeting, and for having enabled it to be such a suc-
cess. That meeting had been a greater success than most
anti-slavery meetings, for it had been just such a meeting
as was likely to create a good feeling between this country
and America. (Applause.) Although upon questions
like that some of them might have rather up-hill work
sometimes in the House of Commons, yet he should always
feel that they had something behind them. (Cheers.) He
should feel that he had only to come back to Yorkshire in
order to obtain that support which would make even his
poor words of some weight in the House of Commons.
(Cheers.)