The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-02
THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

oE the 10Th October, Capt JERvIs mem
Der OF the House OF Commons for the bor-
oush OF Earwich, Essex, EugIand, delivered
iecture'to large audience ~ Harwich, on
American affairs. The fac. has been already
aoticfd in this paper. through a brief item
from a Northern Journal. A friend having
favored us with n copy of the Londo1 Time,
OF the 2eth October, we find Captain ] :
speech reported III that pa ser, and COPY il
below. ii is evidently not very fully report.
ed. 1t certainly does not 10 the speaker Jus.
dee. 1t Is plain, fTom tho points touched
upon, that there 10 much of lis animadyer-
sion omitted in the Times. 1t is gratifying 10
sse this one Of the many proofs of the manner
the English mind is being educs ted on the
subject OF our national diaiculties.
BY sp cial req rest, Cant. Jervis r. A one
OF The members for the borough OF Harwick.
delivered lecture at the Town Hall yester-
day evening, On American affairs to a mn.
nierous audience, comprising many OF the in.
Bnen,faI in habit;tiiis Of the borough
1he Mayor, (Mrj. Browness, } presided. and
having briefly introduced the sn nbjecs-
Captain Jervis, VI. F., who, np rising. me,
with cordial reception, said-Mr. Chairman
iha gentlemen, have been REQUESTED ;,uu
have fhCnght IL right, that l should appear
before you an5 ADJ. ess 10 yoG a few words
with reference 10 a question which think al
the present day, is likely TO become one of
the prominent questions OF this country and
having devoted some time to that Question
and being in the habit of giving an Inde,,en
dent vote when 1t Is necessary, have deemed
AZ 6XpeJlent that should tell You the basis
upon which ! have come 20 the conclusion
which l entertain upon the subject. We in
the eastern counties having had one of the
| most boGntifui haryests which hive beer
AhoWn for many years, and looking forward
10 another year Of plenty tor every man TO de-
pend upon il is bn right th;it we shou Id con.
slider what is the condition ofour fellowship.
lects in different parts of Eugiani Yn,.
must remember that some years go there was
a very extensive famine Ire.and wb,,-u
caused not only great distress in that. hut in
the other provinces OF this empire for il is
Impossible that any humber Of our fellow
country men should feel distress without
it being fd!iy participated in through,
out the length aud breadth of the land
We may not perhaps be called upon TO ex
pect Il deficiency of wheat or any other oe
scfip'ion OF agricultural produce; but there
Is another crop upon which it is estimated
five millions OF people depend, which is lika
ly 10 fall theIn'in the ensuing winter and l
know no time more opporlune to think what
Will occur III the ensuing season and To CON
slider this question tadn while the weather j.
-riil warm aud the sun shining EI4pv n,
you must know rs well a NY self that the
bread or lie cannot be taken from the large
population of the manufacturing ,iistrirts
vi hout causing some of The most distress
ing scenes that human nature can witness
and when we come to consider that through
out Lancashire the people are working half
ume-thitis, three days instead of siX-and
II thai is the case il Septe III Der, what are
they likely To do in Lecem ber We can ina
gine what is likely TO be the distress in that
part OF the counry. 1t may be asked as l
have seen il in some newspapers of The dav
What has that 10 do with E.-saA? Now say
the people cannot sutfar in Lancashire with.
out you feeling it IN Essex and will en-
deavor by a few figures to show YOU yhvI
say so. The tTsffc between this country AND
the United States. where the COTTON is nro
of
so large class is fed, amounted during the
past year IL t6I 63I ,ys3, ina is TO say that
there E5S over I'll ,eu0 OF imports from
America and over t22 en1,0on IN ex ports; and
you cannot suddenly put in end 20 such a
portion 3s f67 ,ooo, 900 Ring worth OF com
merce without deeply affecting this country
" hen tel you, too, that out of that portion
there Is in th- shape OF ccIton alone some.
thing Ike $50 900, 900 worth of raw natertaI
10 be ln"nuttcturrd-that out OF the vast
quantity OF cotton produce which comes from
the manuta" turing districts, besides what is
purchased in this country, there are f52 ocn oD0
worth exported, mating difference between
the raw material exported and imported
without caicula ing what we consume our,
selves, OF over +22 000,000, You will be
able TO form an i lea of the amount lost to
the man nfacturing opuiation of this cCun-
try. (Hear, hear.) l visa TO re clear on the
pO nt OF ngurtS, because there have been
some doubt thrown upon them, but thry
b ave beea collected from the re urns of the
Board OF Trade 1t will give you perhaps
clearer Idea Gf the vast amount of the pro-
ance exported when tell you that sim ply as
regards plain calico, f23 900 worth alone
is ported. and OF plain sewing co tton e760-
oO0; aprodGce at -cting not only Lane ashire
but other districts, such : i.anarkshire. 1t
has been said by people holding strong no.
tions, that our operatives ought to starye all
the " inter, rather than III It We should in.
terfere in the quarrel that is now taking
place. l am the last person to ask this coun-
Try to eifere in any quarrel in which the
United States are engaged; but l cannot
view it Ia that light--I merely look to what
III be the sutfrIines of the man featuring
population, and ask you to give your c,nf.
d-nce to that Government which will,
mi tigate the evil arising from it, l. as
"a mum BILE member OF the House of Com
mons am not going to place my opinion
against that o Earl Russell, whose iudg-
ment is much thought of by ali En-
ropa; but l must say that, if il Is neces-
s-ry for the Cove nment to interfere in the
quarrel for the Ike of alleviatlns the distress
of the p ,pula1ion at home, l shall certainly
give Them my best support. II is also said
we should not in terfere because The Northern
: afes are against slavery but that is ques.
ton imported into the matter by interested
parti s, which shall be able to show you is
not only gross error, but that they ought
t. know that ii is SO. l. is very true that
slavery exists only in the southern States
but the North has ever fully recognized it as
al institution, and has never an ntertainsd any
idea OF putting An end to 1t The question Of
slayery Ia the United States 10 one Of labor
and. though having great horror Of slavery
myself must admit that 1t is backed up by
msn OF tie Northern States, because il il
waYa abolished sasy conld not profit by It.
yHs aass tian Gf slavery vas srrGabt psoyai.
gsutly forward Ia iEa Congress Of America
e rae 'es os ,ha 'a ers
aid will fesd yOa resolution passad by
that body, which was, first OF all, submitted
TO A committee OF seven, sit OF whom were
Northernsrs, and only rne OF them a was
'Quentiy passed unanimously by the Whole
Congress. II was thus:
That Congre IS have authority to interfere
in the enanc alton OF saves ia the treatment
Of them IN any Of toe States it remaining WITH
the AGnfra States aone to prov de rules and reeu-
Jatiyly ytherein which humanity aud true pocy
may req ire
Ii is true that ii was after that date that
we in England lock so prominent part in
the emancipation OF slavery; but after the
whole matter had been almost accom pills shed
by Us, what WIS the feeling OF North American
Why, i find that that most distinguished
man. Daniel Webster, who repre- sem ted Mas.
sachusetts as e Senator. said in 1880, with re-
gard to this very resolution which have
quoted:
"The House agreed TO Insert these resolutions In
it's ,urnai, and from th. day TO this II has never
been maintained or contsrd.d hat Congress bad
su'ho.ity TO orsguiats or interfere wi the cor
dtion ef slaves In tkes versl Ssssss'
feeling which the South expressed, that they
thought there was wish on the part OF the
Northern States 70 abolish slavery, and he, ~
the leading man Of the Northern States, and
spsakinx In their name. 20 far from con-
asmping slavery. denied that there was
any wish on their part TO aboltsh It.. II
was not till ths year 1854 that slavery wax
abolished In cur colonies, and some might
fancy that the North hsd followed our az
ample. Bat most important question arose.
About eight or nine yeays ago the English