Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-12-12
INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. Speech of Hon. W. L. Yancey-Another
 Letter From Mr Russell.

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 Letter From Mir Russell.
 Latest advices from Europe bring us ome interesting news. Hon. William l.. Ipcey, one of the southern commissioners no@in England, in answer to a compliment tary Aast, had made an able and well con- ceived s3dress, which was reproduced in all the kglish papers. We also have another lnerestins letter from Mr. Russell to the LonNn Tim,s, from which few passages aN taken:
 sPEECAoF HON ". l.. YAECEY.
 From he London Giobe Nov 12.l
 Mir DudleyWann and w. l.. Tancey, two of the souAern commissioners now in England, attened the dinner of the Fish monger's combny on Saturday. Mir. Yancey, in anSer to complimentary toast, made the pllowing speech. which derives interest m the fact that the min ister from the Vnsed States, Mr. Adams, was at the same tine speaking in Guild- hall.
 Mr. Yancey sad:
 Upon the partof Americans, l sincerely respond to the SC etiment just expressed by the prince warde for the restoration ot peace in America. Such wish, proclaim ed by companyof intelligent English men, must kindle acorresponding spirit in the bosom of every,nlig ghtened and impar- tial American. Th' name American no longer represents 8 Iited people. There exists now two Ameican nationalities the Confederate and Fedral Americans. l, as you may perhaps btaware, am Con feterate, or, as the Ederal Americans, unmindfliI of the characer of our forefath- ers disdainfulIy term ma rebel. But the justice and the sense of rght of this gov ernment, promptly coincaed in by France and Spain, speedily wipeoout that stigma from your brows, and myrountrymen are here, at least, to be bellig ,rents Cheers. Thongh indebted to n enlarged anl enlightened 1ew of public aw, and not to the mere grace or favor of England, for this acknowledgnent of our lnquestionable rights and loc,s standi l must freely express here to nightthat deep ense of thanklulness which an sure all ny countrymen feel for its early public ,vowal-Bjs dot qui cito dot. Prolonged heers From no other power could it ome so gracefully. In this-the old :ountry-the principle of selfgovernment $ recognized and practiced, however blend .d with the prerogatives of the crown and he privileges of the aristocracy. To your Americans are indebted for the thief of those vital principles which have :aused them to style the republic
 The land fthe froe
 And the home of the oppressed,
 Such invaluable rights as the old En, dish writ of hGJeas corpus, of speedy rial by jury, of freedom of speech, and reedom of the press, are the main pillars )f American constitutional liberty, and 1 m happy and proul to say are observed t least throughout the Confederate Amer can States as vital and practical rights, ven during their stern. struggles to pre- ervc their national fife" Hear, hear, nd cheers feel how un6ecom:ng it .a',,! he in me to intrude upon such an isan views Of the cafirs-- - '. ,ii9'0' '"' ten un thc Federal Union. No maItei rhat they have been, one thing is clear, sgd that is that the contest now going on is upon the part of the people of the Con r'derate States for the right to govern themselves, and resist subiugation by the North. Hear, hear They occupy 2 territory as large as England, Frame Spain and Austria togother-they are jJ'- 000, ,000 in number-thev are chiefly pro ducers of important raw materials and buyers of all kinds Of manufactured goods.
 Their pursuits, soil, climate ana produc. ion are totally different from those of the North. They think it their interest to buy where they can buy cheapest and sell where they can sell dearest. IL all this the North differs, to,o cooIo, from them, and now makes War upon LIS to enforcsthe suprem- acy of their mistaken ideas ani selfish in- teres,. Hear, hear, and cheers, IT, de- Iense of their liberties and sovereign inde- pendcnce, the Confederate States and peo- .plo are united and resoute. They are in vaded by g power numbering 20,000. 900, yet for eight months has the Confederate government successfully resisted-aye, re- pdled that invasion along a military hon tiei of one thousand miles. Though cut of Ay blockade from all i4regn trade, their internal resources have been adequate to the equipment and maintenance in tho field of an army of over 250. .0b0 troops Can all this be. and yet these 6,00), 900 Q
 whites 5e divided? The idea is pfoposte rous. So much has been said about oul efforts to obtain foreign intervention that may be allowed to declare emphatically y that the Confederate States have neither sought nor desired it. They can maintain their independence intact by their own strength.
 As to their recognition by the powers ot the world, that of course they desire.- They are a people, a nation, exhibiting elements of power which few St +s3 of tho world pos7oos. Rnt they have n, req son to complain, nor do they feel aggrieved be. cause these great powers see ft for season to deny their formal recognition ind reception into the family oI nations However they nay differ from them as t' he period when their recognition shall tak' ,lace. they fully understand that such ac ion is purely question to be determine, :, nv those countries, each for itself, ana wit' -cforcnce to it's own interests anu views 5ublic policy. Other nations having tra I;ng relations with us have quite as mnci .ta7ns+ to send ministers and consuls t.