The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-12-06
American Affairs in England.

Mr.. ADAMS lately attended the Lord
Mayors banquet and made speech that
attracted considerable attention. He Vas
silent as to the war but very pacific tow
ards England.
The Daily News says il was frank, manly,
sensible and seasOnable, and must be cor
daily welcomed by England at large, as a
small but active faction is doing its utmost
to misrepresent American diplomacy and
create bad feeling.
The Morning Post says the speech was
marked by the most friendly statements re-
specting the good feelings of the American
Government and people towards England,
and hopes that no occurrences viii! happen
to belle these statements.
The Times is Enthusiastically sarcastic,
but at the same time complimentary TO
MIR. Adams.
Mr.. ADAMS speech was quite long, and
as the ABOVE notices give its substance, we
refrain from copying it into our columns.
Mr. VIM. l. YANCEY and DUDLEY MANN,
two OF the Southern Commissioners now in
England, attended the dinner of the Fish
monger's Society, which took place on the
same day as the Mayors banquet. 4
toast was offered expressing a wish for the
restoration OF peace in America, and in re-
spouse MIR. YANCEY said:
Upon the part of Americans l sincerely
respond to th5 sentimeu, Just expressed by
Al. fno 10 r
peace 10 America. Such wish proclaim
ed by company OF intelligent Englishmen
must k,ndle corresponding spirit in the DO
som OF every enlightened and impartial
American. The name American no longer
represents united people. There exist
now two American nationalities-the Con-
tolerate and the Federal Americans. |, as
you may perhaps be aware, an Confede-
rate, or, as the Federal American, unmind-
ful of the character of our common torefa.
Tiers, disdalDtuy terms me-a rebel. But
the justice ana lhe sense OF right of this
great government, promptly coincided in
by France ana spain, speedily wiped out
that stigma yom our brows, and nv cOun-
trymen are acknowledged here, at least, to
be heligereuts. (Cheers) Though Ii
debted to an enlarged and enlightened view
OF public aw and not 10 the mere grace CT
favor OF England Tor this acknowledgement
OF our uDques;ion4bia rights and locus Si0ndj
anus r-eiy express here to night that
deep sense OF taaokiulness which am sure
al my country men feel ior It's early public
avowal- BIS dat quj cif0 dot prolonged
| cheers) From no otner Power could IT
have come SO gracefully. In this-tne Old
Countrywide pIincipie OF sell government is
recognized ana practised however blended
with the e-ogatives of the Grown and the
privileges of the ariStocracy. To your in
situations Americans are indebted for the
chief of those vital principles which have
caused them to style the republic
The land Of the free
And the home OF the oppressed.
Such Invaluable rights as the old English
writ of habeas corpus, OF speedy trial by
Jury, of freedom of speech and freedom of
the press, are the main pillars of American
constitutional liberty, and l am happy and
proud to say are observed at least through
out the Confederate American States as vi
tai and practical rights, even during their
stern struggles to preserve their "nationa
life." (Hear, hear, and cheers.) feel
bow unbecoming it would be in me to in
trude upon such an occasion as the present
any merely partisan views of the causes
which have broken up the late federal I'm.
ion. No matter what they may have been,
the thing is clear, and that is that the con
test mow going. on is upon the part of the
people Of the Confederate States for The right
TO 0Opern themselves. and TO resist SUbiuoG
ton by the North. (Hear, hear.) They
occupy territory as large as England,
France, Spain, and Austria together they
are 100000 in number-they are chiefly
producers of important raw materials and