The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-26 00:00:00

The Demonstration at Brussels,

Mr. Sanford, the United States Minister at Brus-
sels, replied as follows to the address presented to
him during the demonstration at Brussels on Satur-
day last, as announced by telegraph :—" Gentle-
men,—l thank you for this act of sympathy for the
American Union, and for the congratulations ad-
dressed to the people of the United States by Your
fellow-citizens, without distinction of party, on occa-
sion of the victories which assure the end of the re-
bellion. I imagine that the friends of civilisation,
of humanity, and of progress in all countries
will look upon it as an event of great
importance for the affairs of the world.
The triumph of this formidable rebellion, now at its
last gasp, would have been a retrograde movement
in the annals of the world and a perpetual menace
for public peace. It was, in fact, the work of a class
who, for their selfish and criminal profit, not only
sought to overthrow the Republic, but, by destroy-
ing universal suffrage, to constitute itself an oli-
garchy of slaveholders and filibusters, and who, with
the monopoly of cotton, believed it had power to
impose conditions on the entire universe. Our vic-
tories are not only the defeat of this class of slave"
holders ; they complete emancipation, they draw
closer the union, they raise the nation, they abase
its enemies, and they consolidate American liberty
The rebel chiefs will seek by flight to escape from
the vengeance of their fellow-citizens whom they
have betrayed, and from the penalties of the laws
which they have violated ; and the world will see
how a great people, who to crush out the rebellion
and to defend its cherished institutions has imposed
on itself unheard-of sacrifices, will be generous and
magnanimous towards its brethren momentarily led
away. Those who believe that the Union will not
emerge intact from this last and supreme trial which
it has passed through deceive themselves. There
will be, it is true, a change in our constitution ; the
blot of slavery will disappear from its pages ; but
with the respect for the law which is one of the most
striking characteristics of our people, and which has
never failed them in this crisis of civil war, all will
be conducted in a legal manner and in accordance
with the prescriptions of their venerated chart. We
shall soon, I hope, enter on an era of peace. Cer-
tainly it will not be the people of the United States
who will desire to see it troubled. They compre-
hend, and they hope that other people will also com-
prehend, that each State has the right to discuss, to
vote, and, if necessary, to decide by arms its own
interior questions, without intervention on its pal
against others, or on the part of others against them.'

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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BRISTOL-TUESDAY.

At our market to-day wheat was ls to 2s dearer; barleit
6d dearer ; oats, beans, and peas firm. English, secolldSl
flour worth 28s per 2861 b.

LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY.

At to-day's market there was a good inquiry for wheat'
but the high prices demanded by holders checked busi-
ness, and we have only to report a moderate trade at 2d t°
3d over the rates current on Tuesday last. Flour must be
quoted 6d per sack and barrel dearer, with more doing.
Oats and oatmeal dearer. Beans and peas is per qr. highest
and barley improved 2d to 3d per 601 b. Indian corn Ins
a fair sale at 30s for prime Danubian, being an advance o'
about is per qr. on the week.