The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-21
a aensah,e e,oncluslon.

Most OF the Eng1ish papers aud speakers Wina
mp their discoarscs on the REIMBURSEMENT OF vi'i-
tation and search, With the consoiatory remark
that IL tho result be an Increase Of the slave trade,
England has part In the crime, and 10 free from
eli moral responsibility for the consequences.
Thi. conclusion is undoubtedly just, aud ought
O be satisfactory 70 the most rcrnpalous con
science. II 10 difficult to conceive how nation,
any more than an individual, can be responsible for
shs conduct Of another II orr English kinsmen
can iiberate their minds from the modest assump-
tion that Great Britain has been appointed the mo-
raj censor and conscience keeper OF the Universe
they need ret s.pect 70 be condemned on account
Sf the rcccadilioes of Spain or Americs. What "a
sea Of troutles' ustioD may escape BY minding
Its own business, and not going on Q1ixotie ex'
petition for the deiiveranee Of the world There
were people who declared that England ought to
have assisted, Instead Of opposing Russia, In STOP
ping the Circassian slave trade, trade IN beaa'r
f9i white females, for Turkish harems! Rnssis'
In tho late war, cut OF that horrid traffie' and
Brgiand and France, those highly Christian aud
phiianthropic nations, deliberately re-opened II.
and gave over the flower of their own race to the
,aost Infamous bondage OF body and soul, that was
over visited upon mankind. After such an EXHIBIT
tion. we cannot bnt admire the virtuous dignity
srsnsbility for the African slave trade, and con-
s.gas the res, of the human race TO the perdition
which their ioiquity deserves.
This is = young country, but il 10 not young
enough to be imposed upon by Pecksnifian assump-
tions of superior humanity or morality on the part
OF any Of the powers of the Old World England
ffves mp the visitation and search question. be
canse her interests will not permit war with
hfnht ha ctsa NJ rrafa
would render Inevitable She is quite as humane,
rs vir.uous, as brave other nations; she is the
frees. aud most powerful empire of Europe; COM
mon laws, liberty snd language have begotien
common sympathies between her people and those
Of America; but, like our own and every other ma
ton, her interests the law Of her action, and
Exeter Hall ought not to il,ter itself with any
other notion.
The Working Men OF Birmingh a m
The recent visit OF Qaeen Victoria to Birming
ham, tho first time that place was ever visited by
British sovereign, has ELECTED some interesting
"reminiscences aud facts More than two HUNDRED
years ago, Charles 1st, thea at war with the Par
lament, was in the sighborhood of Birmingham,
At Aston Hail. the beautiful seat of the IIotp and
from that hospitable mansion, went forth to fight
the battle of Edgs-Hili. The men Of Birmingham
afterwards beseg0d Aston Hall, but it seems they
have since beleagacred 1t to more advantage, aud
the magnificent ball and park are their own
property. 1t appears that the rapid encroachu,ent
of the housos and manufactures on the surround
Jug green fields. suggested the propriety of pur
chasing this noble park for physical recreation,
whilst the grand mansoa affor led spacious hall
for the mental culture OF the workmen. The Cor
poratiop Of birmingham was not rich enough to
pay the heavy sum of thirty.ive thousand pounds
demanded for the estate, aud it was accom- plshed
by private enterprise, by fhs exertions of work
men aud employers themselves. In their address
10 her Majesty, the Committee informed her
"that Aston Hall and Park have been acquired for
the most part by the industry and economy of the
people themselves, and of the money required for
this purpose very large proportion has been sub
scribed By the working classes" In other parts
of the Kingdom, public parks have been provided
by wealthy corporations or the muninoence of in
disiduals, but the workingmen Of Birmingham
have purchased this noble establishment, by their
own savings. The Hall will be employed for the
instruction Of mechanics and rs a museum for the
exhibition Of Birmingham manufactures. La her
reply to the Corporation address, the Queen ex-
pressed her good wishes to the employers and
workmen Of Birmingham, AID said: Il trus, u
may long remain in The full enjoyment Of that no
erty and security, without which even industry it,
self mnst fail to reap its appropriate reward
Our own mechanics will see by this example
what their brethren 10 England are doing and our
own men of wealth may take lesson from the it, |
teeest which the wise government of England |
ma ufests in every thing that develops the indus.
try of its people.