Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-22
From the London Times, october 4. !

lFrom the LONDON Times OCtoDer ~
Mr.. LindsaJ's Speech ON the War in
America EnaIIsh diplomacy and the
shipping Interest.
Mr.. w. S. Lindsay, according to annual
custom, addressed the electors ofSunderland,
his constituents, this (3d) evening, in the
Atheneum. Mr.. Alderman Wilson occupied
the chair.
Mr.. Lindsay, on coming forward, was re-
ceived with loud applause. He felt, he began
by saying, very much obliged TO the chair
man for the compliment he had been pleased
to pay him, and 10 the audience for the kind
reception they had given him that evening.
II was not for him to speak about himself
he had done his best to represent them faith
fully in accordance with those principles
which he ventured to lay down before they
returned him as their member. After allud-
ing to some matters connected with the home
shipping interest employed in peaceful pur-
suits, Mr.. Lindsay said; But it was most
lamsntable fact that as wespent France spent;
as France spent we spent; and when we,
perhaps, had got one hundred warriors,
France might have got seventy-6ve, and the
relative position of the country would be
exactly the same then as it was now. What
was the value of our Foreign Office or our
ambassadors abroad if they did not endeavor
to come to some understanding, and put a
stop to that tomfoolery7 ["Hear, hear" and
cheers
But was it the case that France was march
ing onward at such rstes-thst France had
intentions of invading England4 Why, it
was an idle dream. 1t was a cry got up to
| tax them for the benefit of others. From an
analysis the honorable gentleman showed
that while we were spending Ella, ,000,0 600 on
our army and navy, the expenditure OF
| France upon her army and navy, in all its
branches, did not exceed f5,0Oo0OO. How,
then, he asked, could France be marching
| ahead of us in maritime superiority, If we
were spending more than double what she
| was doingP Mr.. Lindsay went on to refer to
the navigation laws, remsrking that, beyond
| the repeal of the diferential dues, nothing
! had been done on that question. He COM
| planned of similarly unsatisfactory result
| with respect to the reciprocity duties and
belligerent rights Nothing, continued the
1 honorable gentleman, had been done in ref
| erence to the liability of shipowners' ques-
| tion, light dues, compulsory pilOtage, &c.
which, in justice to the shipping interest
| ought to have been dealt with by the present
| Government. Hear. AS to international
| questions no government had given the re-
| quired amount of attention. Hear, hear.
| The terrible civil war in America had de-
layed the settlement of maritime affairs be-
tween our country and the States, but he
had no doubt that when order was restored
| t1e UaJUerS uisCubseu uuTluB HlS NlSlI W
America would be satisfactorily dealt with
The honorable member then referred to the
cotton difficulty, and said that if cotton could
not be got down from the plantations to thu
depots before the rainy season came on, they
would not get it in England next seas n
and until the blockade was removed cottoI
certainly could not leave the plantations.
Now, as it would be some time before cot
ton was received from India, Jamaica anC
elsewhere, he considered it the duty of ou
Government to endeavor to induce the Fed
eral Government, in the cause of humanity
to remove the blockade. [Oheers] Consid
ering the bold stand made by the Confed
crates, and the strength of the South, b
thought it almost time that the Government
of Eogland and France thought of recogniz
ing the independence Of SO numerous bod
of people. (Cbeers and some hisses 1t wa
evident that the North was not sincerel
anxious to abolish slavery, which woul
never be removed by servile war. The ser
aration of North and South was much NOR
likely to accomplish the object. [Hear, hear
In conclusion, the honorable gentleman sal
he would endeavor to do his duty, and carr
out the principles upon which he was electe
two years ago. Loud cheers
MIR, g G. Robson moved q vote of conf
dence in Mr.. Lindsay in humorous speecl