The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-11-14
An English M. ?. on the Present
War.


War.
AT the annual dinner Of the Col
chester England) Conservative
Association, held on the 10th uIt.,
the American question excited con-
siderable discussion. Capt. Jcryis,
NJ. p, spoke as follows:
With regard to the present state
Of affairs in America, having been
intimately acquainted with that
part Of the world, and having only
last week returned from Il visit to
the manufacturing districts, he did
not hesitate to say that every day
during which the war was allowed
to go on was destructive to our in-
tercsts, not only in Lancashire, but
in every other part Of the country.
American affairs were at present
so little understood that any min
istry taking q step in advance in
England would be Immediately
checked by the opposite party !;
therefore, it was necessary that the
Government should know distinctly
what the feelings Of the country
were on the subject, in order that
they might act in accordance with
them. We, on the eastern side of
the country, had had q bountitul
harvest, and we thought very little
just now Of the misery of our
ncighbors, but when it was remcm-
bercd that the imports Of cotton
from America alone amounted to
E35, 100000 (3175, 100000 a year,
while the value Of the cotton man
utacturod was $50, 100000, it would
be impossible that the profit in this
sum should be lost to the country
without being very seriously felt;
for Manchester could not suffer
without the rest Of the country
suffering also.
1t was getting late, and many Oh
those present might be thinking
Of a pipe, [iaughtcr] but here again
q difficulty presented itself, Last
year 2G,000,00O pounds Of tobacco
were imported into this country
from America, but now not a single
pound would be derived Themes.
and by prices being thus raised,
the working classes throughout the
country must be seriously incon-
vcnicnced.
1t was said tLat We could not in
terFere in the quarrel, that if we
interfered with the North we should
90 against our cotton interest, and
that we could not take the part
of the South, because they were
Shareholders. Language such as
this reminded him very much Of
the conduct of an old lady who
might have been rather loose in
her early years, but who made up
for it by an extra amount of godli-
ness as she got older; for twenty
years ago the English were slave
holders themselves. 1t was not
until 1884 that slavery was abol-
ished in our own colonies, and six
years having been allowed for its
gradual annihilation, it could not
be said to have finally ceased till
1910. Again, we voted 2O,0OO,OO0
by way Of compensation, and yet
we asked and expected the Ameri-
cans to emancipate all at once
4, 200, 900 slaves, worth $500, 100000
and then to begin in the dark and
make q living. These theories
were all very well to talk about,
but in the meantime we wanted
supply Of cotton to enable US to
feed our working population. We
lad heard a great deal said about
ooking to India as q substitute
)ut it must be remembered that
We should have first of all to make
'oads in India, and that we should
Ilso have to teach the people Of
ndia to grow our cotton, while
otton coming from India was on
is arrival only worth about half as
much as American. We were look
ng forward to month after month
# misery in this country. We
lad had u bountiful harvest in the
Eastern District, but in Ireland
here were prospects Of famine
or that part Of the empire having
'een visited by severe rains, the
20 alto crop was in great danger,
nd the hay, straw, and wheat
rops had also suffered from the
vet. Yet we were cut OF from
he great Western corn markets.
md were entirely thrown for our
unnIics on -hn Blocl- Sno Di,t-;.t !