Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-21

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The lon:,, have row reached a siidy height.
from which 4 fill, when it co,ncS, may prove
sudden ani disastrous.
The mails received by the Jura and .smerica
gave some additional details regarding passing
events abroad. II is difficult to decide which
demonstration in England displayed the most
nationality, the an:i-slavcry people, at a public
meeting at Leeds, in Yorkshire, or the spiritual
monomaniacs. at 4 Methodist chapel. near Man
chester. The masses probably differed little
in comprehensive intelligence ut either place.
The chief characteristic feature Of the Leeds
snti-siavcry meeting. was the address delivered
before i, ny the Earl Of CARLYLE. late Lord Nor
pcth. in which he uahurihcncd himself Of unit
snal hate and vitapcra;ion Of the Southern
States Of the Union, and Of expressions Of
sympathy for the abolitionists of the North.
lie visited the United States in 1916, being then
known rs Lord Morpcth, and VA, everywhere
well received. AMI hid 4 public dinner given
him in this city. He visited Washington and
the principal cities Of the South. and every
where received the respect and hospitality of
our citizens; and expressed himself a. favora-
bly, impressed with our country and its institu-
tons. Being of the Wing or PalmcrSton
school OF politics, and liberal in his views, con-
tributrd to make him popular.
His sister is the we'll known UHtchC~s or
.SdiherkUnd, who has acted rs 4 sort Of foster
mother to Harriet licechcr Stowe, and to every
stray 'darliic' that happened to visit England,
not forgetting Fred Douglas and the Black
Swan. The object and end Of the ariStocrat!c
abolitioai>m in England * well understood. -
They have ever favored and cherished il in the
United States, as they believed and hoped that
it would prove IN entering wedge to the lisSo-
luton of or Union. by which means our
growth, as Il rival 70 England, would be forever
checked. His L.ordship bctrays this desire in
this respect; and in certain parts of his speeches
speaks confidently Of the triumph Of diSsolu-
ton, based upon the a>ccndancy Of rampant ab-
olitionisin in or political councils. He told
his hearers that in the United States the cause
of the .AholitioniSts was making real, palpahIc
and daily progress. II entered now into every
phase of private. social anil domestic life; every
decision Of the courts Of Law tccmcd with it,
II was a matter Of comment, either as being
advertcd IL. or admitted in the teachings of
the pulpit; it entered into almost every cleo,
ton; it effected the election Of members Of Con-
gross, Of Senators. Of Governors Of States, and
might, Jsi3re long, erfn influence tie selection
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One would think, that from the similarity Of
views, that Senator Seward ani his LordSliip
must haze carried on 4 correspondence with
each other. He invoked the sympathy Of
Yorkshire and Of England, in behalf Of the
.Abolition;1is OF the United States. While thus
bc;raying his political hatred Of this country.
through aboli,ionism, he was mum rs to the
cxistcnce ii slavery and the slave trade in
Cuba. Of the English Cuolic trade, and Of the
compulsory employment Of rccaptIrcl Africans
un the British West India Islands.
His lordShip knew perfectly well, while speak
ing to the Yorkshire men. that England could no
more do without slaves and the cotton they pro-
ducc in the Southern States. than they could 10
without Manchester and Liverpool. Probably
both his Lordsliip and his Lordship's hearers
were 1T this time, clothed in cotton shirts made
from slave grown cotton.
And, the large w%oo!lcn, lax ami cotton mills
Of Leeds, near where he stood, draw their chief
support from the United States, and for which
cotton supplied the chief basis Of exchange.
Suppose the Union once dissolved, rs dcsir-
cd BY the English aristocracr of The Morpeth
stripe. the North. once separated. wuald be left
to its fate, while England would be forced to
sustain the South, and is cotton culture. or see
millions of her manufacturing and sea Earring
people perish. through the want of employ
and food. With the more rabid abolit;onisr.
this would be considered perhaps of no consc-
quelcc. ihc;' would likely, calmly sec ten
white men perish for one negro.
His L.ordShip. who l:idtd Wilbcriorrc. who
had represented Yorkshire, including Leeds.
when aide! by the fanatics Of the time. he drove
forward emancipation in the West India Islands.
failed to tell his hearers the rcsul; brought
upon thc:a iy that nc; of madness.
By Parliamentary papers presented within
the past year. ii appears that, in The island Of
Jamaica, since the emancipation Of the slaves.
more than 600 estates had been abandoned,
which formerly gave employment To about
10000 labcrcrs. The estates abandoned. or par.
TALLY abandoned from January. lS52. to JanIa-
rs, lS5@. were rs follows: