The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1881.

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An interesting letter, which we have reprinted
from a contemporary, gives a view of American
affairs very similar in many respects to that which
we have presented to our readers, and we, of course,
can but assent to his views. The South has
nothing to complain of. The North has done
everything it could ask in behalf of its hated
institution ; indeed, we should say, done far too
much. The South has been in fact petted, and has
seceded because it was once crossed. Nor can it
justify its course by any political reason ; for Mr.
T. L. MOTLEY has proved, conclusively, that in the
constitution, the reverse of secession is its entire
basis. Its whole object was an indissoluble union,
to prevent the wretched consequences of a number
of separate sovereignties, by welding the whole
into one nation.

According to " Americus," also, the South had a
majority in Congress. In the Senate it certainly
had at the time of the break-up ; and in the Lower
House Mr. LINCOLN would have had but a waver-
ing majority. Indeed., we fear, had the South used
its Congressional power discreetly it might have
held Mr. LINCOLN in great embarrassment. It
would have left him, of course, a good deal of
administrative power ; but even in all his higher
appointments the Senate had a concurrent voice.
The South had in their hands an opposition just
like that-which faces Lord PALMERSTON—amajority
in the Upper House, and nearly balancing the
majority in the Lower House.
There is probably truth in his description of the
effect of Northern arms predominating in the
border States. Ali the facts favour the antecedent
probability, that States in which the slaves
were but few must have a majority in
favour of the Union, and as soon as
it felt itself freed from the domination of the half-
frantic slaveholders, it would be sure to accept the
Union. Maryland, Missouri, and a large part of
have already shown that such is their
feeling. The notion of natural boundaries must
pass for what it is worth—some may think it is
kindred with that cf " manifest destiny." The mili-
tary position is that which we have repeatedly de-
scribed to our readers. Whether our Man-
chester friends will put much faith in
the idea of humane vengeance ascribed
to the negroes, we cannot tell. We hope
it is true that they will not be provoked to rise on
their masters, little pity as they deserve at their
hands; but we also hope it is false, that they will
have the folly to burn the cotton crop, as they
could gain nothing by it. The flax story is an old
one. We know here that flax cannot be made to
do duty for cotton. Whatever the issue be, we
chiefly are interested in the effects of the struggle
on Slavery. We have no fear that Manchester
will soon find cotton for itself by free labour when
it becomes hopeless to rely on Slavery.

Nothing could well be more reasonable, more
temperate, or, for that matter, more perfectly justi-
fiable than the manner in which Lord PALMERSTON
deprecated last evening the waste of time (quite un •
necessarily and quite uselessly) by private members,
to the great detriment of the national, and to the
really grievous retarding of public, business. The
noble lord prefaced his remarks upon this matter of
vital interest, both to the House of Commons itself
and to the entire community, by calling attention to
the fact that while we are now at the close cf
lune there are still actually somewhere about 200
votes Of supply yet remaining to be disposed of !
Ana—said Lord
PALMERSTON, drily enough—" I
would reeak d the house that the last two votes
of supply which were obtained from the house, each
of them I think occupied the greater part of one
evening, and if it should be deemed necessary to
give the same discussion to those 200 votes, it is ob-
vious that a considerable time will be required.'
Whereat—of course there was " laughtei ." But
then followed—close upon the heels of the laugh-
PREMIER'S
suggestion. " The only conclusion," he says, " that
I should wish to draw from that statement is, that
on the motionfor y.oiar leaving the chair, sir, to go

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