Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-06-13
oAssIus "a. CLAY AND rHE LON.
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DON TIMEs.
4 The London Times thus comments on let
ter which it publishes from the Hon. Csssius
n. Clay:
This lively lelter-wTiteF proposes six ques-
I1ions--ihree relating to his own country, three
/ relating to England The fret question be is
more successful in asking than answering
! "What are we fighting for 20 eve are Gght-
ing,u saws Air. Clay, ssfor nationality and lib
er.Yo We can understand a Ezht tor nation
slltg between different races, but fight FOR na-
( tionality between men oi be same nationality is
TO US, we candidiv confess Il, an ineNpiicabie
sHigm8 nor can We better understand how
7sople fighting to put down rebellion, TO force
their fsllow-eitizens TO remain il confede-
racy which they detest and to submit % insti-
tuiions which they repuaiate, csn be called the
champions cf liberty. lf the South seriously
threatened to conquer the NORTH, 70 Pot down
trial BY jury, freedom Of the FresE and repre-
sentative government, the contest might be for
liberty; bat, as ibis Is not so, he Introduction
% suca topics is mere rhetorical smplihcadon-
"tan you subdue The revoitsd Ststes!" COZ
coHrse we can, 2 says Mr.. Clay. So on thai poiut
tteFe Is 10 muFeto be said. Can yea reconstruct
tia Chion when one half Of it bas conquered
The other?n "Nothing easier" says Mr.. Clay
Tue victim Of to-day viii become the eonfeaer-
ate o. tomorrow; the traitors viii be cast out,
and The Union frmer than eFar-witneas The
happy results Of the conques. of Ireland BY
England, repeated over ami over again and al
WAYS repeated in vain.
Having answered the questions which be
supposes 90 be addressed 90 him BY England
Dir. Clay becomes the qucstoner, and asks rs
where our honor wcuid rlacs us iB this con-
test. ClesriV bv ths side oi the Union, be-
cause, be SAYS, il slavery Be extended in Amer
lea 4 must be restored 10 tie West Indies, II
anv one doubts the force Of this demonstration
we are sorry for it, for Mr. Cay has no other.
Our eEsmiuer next asks us 60 eonsider our in
terssf. Clearly, be says, It is to stand By the
Union, because they are our best customers,
and heeauss, though they have done all they
can, since the separation Of the South gave
them The power, ts ruin their trade with as
they wiz, in spite Of their own hostile tariff,
remain our best customers.
Lastly c=mss TIE moment0us question. "C5n
England afford TO ofsnd the United states Z"
"Certsiniy rot, I" says Mr. Clay, "for 10 half a
century they viii amount 70 a hundred mil-
lions 5f people, and viii have railways four
Thousand miles long" But is Mr. Clay quite
sure that, even il it should offend them now,
the people OF America will bear malice for
half a century; and, il they do, is be quite
certain that his hundred millions will be all
members Of one c0afsderscy, and that we may
not then as We might nov, secure either hat
Of the Union as our ally in war against the
other?
Mr.. Clay must really allow us to give our
own version Of the honor and interest Of En-
gland. Our honor and interest is to stand
aloof from contests which in no way concern
us, to be coatent with our own laws and ii5er-
ties, without seeking to impose them upon
olhsr-. so seek peace and insure it," and 10
leave those who take TO the sword to fall by
the sword IL war We win be strictly neutral;
in paace we wll be tue friends Of whatever
power may emerge out OF the frightfal chaos
through which Air. Clay sees bis way so clear
w. And that neutrality which is recommended
alike by our interest and our honor we viii
not violate through lear-no, not Of hundred
millions Of unborn men. Let Mr.. Cay and
MS couutrvmen look well 70 tie present, and
they will fud enough 10 occupy their attention
without troubling themselvs with long visions
og humiliation and rstrIbuli1n, which no man
now alive viii ever see accomplished.