The southern press., 1852-01-10

And II ycs knew. esu&isnaa, wi1phpf shsss
the people o< EneIand apd the pne{ gratifying
TO met It vas that IN which heard your
Washington praissd. and sorrow expressed that
it was England which opposed that glorious
cause upon which Is founded the noble fame OF
that great man; and it wa- the addresscs--anh
numerous they were, indeed-in which hope aud
resolution were expressed; and that Englaad
and the United States, forgetting the sorrows
Of the past, will, indeed, In brotherly love 90
hand in hand to support the eternal principles Of
international law and freedom on earth.
Yes, indeed, sir, you were right to say that
the justice Of your struggle, which took out IT
England's hand mighty continent is openly
acknowledged even by ths English people itself
The memory OF the glorious day Of New Orleans
must Of course recall TO your mind the memory
Of wrongs against which you no gloriously
fought. Oh, let me intreat YOU bury the hatred
Of past ages in the grave where all the crimes Of
the past lie buried with the mouldering ashes
Of those who sinned, and take the glorious
opportunity 10 benefit the great eause of hu.
manity.
One thing let me tell you. gentlemen Peo.
pie and governments are different things ia such
n country as Great Britain s It is sorrowful
enough that the people have often to pay for
what the government sinned. Let it not be said
in history that even the people Of the United
States made kindred people pay for what its
government sinned And, remember that YOU
can nightly react upon the public opinion of
Britannia, and that the people of Britannia can
react upon the course of its own government
1t were, indeed, great misfortune to see the
government of Great Britain pushed by irritation
to side with absolutcal powers against the op-
pressed nations about to struggle for independ-
ence and liberty. Even Ireland could only lose
by this. Ard, besides ito own loss, this could,
perhaps, be just the decisive blow against liber-
ty; whereas the government of England, let it
be as it is, uniting in the direction not to allow
foreign interference with our struggles on the
continent,wouli become almost sure guarantee
of the victory of those struggles; and, accord
ing as circumstances stand. this would be indeed
the most practical benefit to the noble people of
Ireland also, because freedom, independence, and
the principles of natures law could not fail TO
benefit their own cause, which so well merit,
the sympathy of every jnst man; ard they have
also the sympathy-l know it--of the better
half of England itself.
Hatred is no good counsellor, gentlemen
The wisdom of love is better one. What peo.
Pile has suffered more than my poor Hungary has
from Russia? Shall hate the people of Rus
sia for it? Oh, never! have but pity and
Christian brotherly love for it. II is the govern
ment, it is the principle Of the government
which makes everv drop of my blood boil, and
which must fall if humanity shall i've We
We're for centur in war againt the Turks, and
God knows what we have suffered by i'll But
past is past. Now we have common enemy,
and thus we have common interest, mutual
esteem, and love rules where our fathers have
fought.
Gentlemen, how far this supreme duty for
your own interest will allow you to 90 in giving
life and effect to the principle which yon 40 gen.
orously proclaim, and your party, as have m
derstood, have generously proclaimed in differ
ent parts--that you will in your wisdom decide,
remaining always the masters Of your action and
Of your fate. But that principle will rest; that
principle is true; that principle is just; and you
are just, because you are free. hope, there.
fore, to see you cordially unite with me once
more in the sentiment
Intervention for non-ntervention.