The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-07
ENGLISH OPINION OF AmERI
CAN AFFAIRS.

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From the London Weekly Dispatch, fux. III
truth, justice, reason, IL ever homcseneou.
and consistent. The attributes Of (}od do mo-
circumserios, they corroborate andiiilustrat,
each other. Disinterested sincerftv clear
simple anpredjudiced candor, like the wisdom
nV ., ABOVE, 70 nrst pure. then peaceable-
q, "0st Partially and without hypocrisy
aye the sams,
True ~ the dial to the sun,
although 1t be net shone upon.
what an eager outcry Mr.. Bright mad,
AGAINST the fneq uah ties Of our represen tatlon
Yet when he was taken at his word, and the
ssab Ior Sudbury were transferred to tbs
West Ridiog Of Yorkshire how Transparent,
became the source Of his olamor, 1t was no,
to tqualizs represen tation that he demanded
an 60 uitable distribu ton Of seats, bat simply
20 take SEATS from those whose politics were
.Greed with him. We thought he wa. 70,
peac3 1T any price. Perish Nice. rather tina,
90 to war about ~" "Let Savoy go-bus saw,
your money" All because the Emperor OF
II his political ethics'-move two thousand
miles away-make the esper sent,ps in cor.
psrs not monarchy which is worth no Man.
chester mans regard, bat a model Republic
mat infall.ble pope of constituti tons, and we
md the member for Birmingham roaring tor !,
war-a civil war--denouncing the assertion OF
the title TO self govstnment-isnor tn,
ciearest rights OF subj.c 70 choose their owl
ra'ers-exh uming Cannlna's pointed fallsc,
about the heptarchy-Anh calling upon ali th.
world to help Abb aham Lincoln to extiLu n 81
the Independence Of twelve millions CT people,
and OF many Sovereign States, who never, fol
one hour, abdicated their prerOgaIive of terri.
torisl supremacy. Orthodoxy in politics a.
IN religion is Mr.. Bright's doxy, and hetero
dcxy is the doAy Of all who presume to have
an opinion Of their own.
For our poor part. although our material
senses be double, our moral sense happens
only to. be single. We hava not two con-
sciences divaricating like the cJmpass whel
we cross the limo. Ours is ono and indivisi.
ble-a ling on tho one side OF the Atlantic
exactly as it docs on the other-applying the
rule and plumb line Of even handed Justice
to all men-and thinking a human being has
human right Is, even although he should hap
pen To be plsnter of cotton. Within the
memory OF man, America, by cong uest, pUr.
chase, and settlement, belonged to England
/ is colonists were English by birth, subjects
of our OIown, dsnizans OF cur county, own
ing feaity tc the Grown, bouLd by the Cbiiga
tions OF PATRIOTISM to their Iel,ow.country
men, sworn, all the chiefs Of them, TO th.it
allegiance to this our State. We put a tax
upon their tea and a stamp upon their legal
Instruments not to half the amount of the
money the mother country had TO pay Tor th.
government and protection of the colonies,
and lar more Than replaced by the exclusive
monopoly OF our home markets. Il majority
OF them, not extremely decided, took II in 10
their heads to stand upon q colstitu ional
punctiIliO, at tina. tine ig Ecred in the practice
even of the mother cCuntry, tho Dassea OF
whose peopls had NO voice in tho com position
OF the Legislature, and, aided by the blunaers
OF our Generals, wTested from our nost
precious outlying empire without even the
pretexs OF any substantial grievance or real
plea OF oppression. Independence Day Is to
This hour their highest festival. Or real Sc,
cesaionists there were not more than TWO mil
lions and a half Is there a man in all Anne
RIGA who does not glory in the declaration OF
Iv,Ia a A.ok
ward or downward On what principle oi
morality or common sense, then, can any one
CT them deny tho rfcat Of the SoutAsrners TO
proct1tm their Independence woDf
There ara twelve millions OF SeCessicnists.
Uin you bring an Indictment against Who'll.
nation and half q CONTINENT Slavery has in
ali ages, and il ono form or other, been the
normal condition of every civilized, even
walls in large portion Of the world. The
planters did not make, but found it a domestic
Institution on which are based the very struc.
ture and existence OF society. Disguise it rs
we may, Abolitlonism, the general policy of
declaring slavery illegal bay ond certain sec
tons Of the territory CT tie United States, is
a virtual manifesto CT eme nci patton, lee Gs di-
rect;y up to it. DO not let us bs misunderstood.
history has imposed it are deeply 20 be pitied
The South ought long since to have raised the
slaves gradually to human Yigh rs. for the in
terest both CT the owner and his chattel. Blu,
judge OF others as, in their circumstances, We
would nave done ourselves.
What, II you, and l, and we, h.d been
plantsrs-dependent entirely OF slaves fol orr
very existence-if our States drew their very
lie and being from slave-owning - W hat
should we do, if we found that a combination
of other States where there were no slaves,
employed mere counting Of noses ultimate
ly TO wrest what We regardsd our whole pro.
party from Us! Why, secsde and fight for Il.
to 20 sure. Bat Is this ALI If tax upof
tea and deeds. not one-four,h part so heavy
On Ihe American. colonies as the very same
daty imposed by the mother country On
i.sef, justin I'd rebellion, what is to be sail of
monopolies and protec tive and differential
duties imposed the South equal to 3 tax
hy the North of forty millions s,s1liDgl The
New England States produce nothing, export
nothing, cannot even feed or ciot the tkem.
selves.
The slave States not only maintain them
selves, but export seventy millions worth an.
nually of agricultural produce; and yet by
tho craft Of nEcaI legislation are drowned in
debt, while the North is wallcwing in wealth.
The poor debtor awakens TO his danger, and
struggles to shake himself free Of the usurer
and his per cents. The case is as plain as the
nose on Jour face. Every colony we have is
self COVER ed, SELF xed entirely independent
upon Us or upon each other. We cannot even
send convicts to our own property because
the settlers object. We cannot Interfere with
their iand tenure; their chief domestic tusti-
tuition. We have allowed the United States
to 60 from US, and find both countries TO be
the bsttsr for it. On what pretence can we
of ah nations deny the right of twelve mil
lions Of people TO government and to se-
cede from a community that virtually conf1s-
Gates their property, and oppres ses taem with
unequal taxation?
But is this all, The thirteen States which
formed the original Ucion were each separate
ana independent colonies. On the Fl July,
1915, they declared that "they were, and of
right ought to be-, free apc independent States.
and the coanec tiou between them the plural y
and the STATE Of Great Britain ought to be
dissolved e" The dsclarants voted by States,
not by popuia ~ions. BY the Confederation OF
Hts, Article II. declares that "each State re.
tains its sovereignty, freedom and incepeu-
depce, and every power, juIisdict iion, and
right which is no. by this Ccntederation ex-
prsssly delegated to the United States"
Tue Confederation Of 1850 was Instituted
BY voting by Statss; the Presidency OF Lin
coin is that Of tbs majority of States, not o.
the ms iority of population. Can II bs for one
moment conteudsd that there is any power
delegated by the several States 10 the Union
of compelling them to remain in 1t after they
choose to declare dissolution Of the CO. part
neryf What Is the Union but the common
foreign agent Of ali the Statesf Do they ema-
nate from, it, or does its power emcnate from
them Has II any POWER or position OF i.s
o,oe. any bat that which each delegated TO w
Is it any thing but the creature Of the States'
Has it any separate existence9
We are told about the heptarchy. about the
cases of Ireland ard of Scotland Weli--even
these cases are very open t, argument; and
1t Is very certain that If the I'm perial Legisia-
ture violated any of the articles of either
Union, or by partial laws conf,scated the
property Of one nation, the right of secession
would lawfully and constitu tionally revive
But Ireland and Scotland have no legislatures
of their own; are not sovereign States; did not
retain by articles of nnion any separate sov-
ereignIy. Life and property are secured In
the several American States BY the separate
Government and Legislature of each, not by
the Union. A citz. N Of one State Is mo- that
of another, cannot vote in anot Their. Every
separate StaH has Its own code of laws its
own revenues, its own debts, is own
property. No two States have the same