Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-19
EAGERICaN EFFAIRs m EUROPE.
hereford Hope, M. r., on the Hnaepend
ence Of the Suuth,

From TIE Loodon chronies, November goth.
A lee ture vas delivered byA. J. B. Beresford Hope
Esq member Of Parliament to the members Of the
kilndown Library, on the subject of the civil war
in America
After reviewing the history of the struggle Mr..
Hope said Three hundred years ago Holland
achieved its independence of Spain against even
greater odds than the South has to contend with ;
and though there are twenty millions in the North
against ten millions in the South yet the singeness
OF purpose with which the latter to act gives
them great advantage over opponents whose coun>
sells are divided. IL At onS time fancisd thAt
slavery would be an element Of weakness to the
o0uth out 80 tar from the EleFR rising into aerVlle
! Instruction, they actually = right arm Of
strength to their owners, and much as we may
wonder at It they seem 10 be working hard for the
very men RgRinst whom it was supposed they would
be the firsttO turn their hands For the snubbiDg
which the President gave Fremont in the matter Of
his proclamation declaring the emancipation Of
ElaEes, l praise Lincoln, for the horrors Of war
would be increased thousand fold were . serVile
rebellion fOsterod, But what win be The end Of the
struggle
| One thing appears perfectly certain-ths North
cannot conquer the South. They may deVAstate IT,
| they may sacrifice millions of treasure and boat
oil men, but they will never permanently subjugate
the South against its Will The struggle, in fact, at
present IS to decide whether Border States shall
hereafter belong to the North the South. II you
look at the map 1t appears to be the inevitable de-
sign Of Providence that the country should be d.
vided into the Eve great divisions which mentioned
before. And this division would be well for North
America itself. At present it is conscious not Of
/ strength but of numbers and the United States
hectOred and bullied other powers because it had
nobody to keep it in order. Its only nelghbOrs
| Canada in the North, and the weak Republic Of
Mexico IN the South. Once divided into number,
of States, each would be check upon the other
and each would fall into the position Of an Euro
pean nation. Each would have to maintain its
frontiers to keep up s standing array, to have
| watchful Foreign Office. Well and good. Would
| that be any great hardship? Every other country
in the world does the ike and it Is time that our
| bumptious cousins, now that they have become
men and acquired bone and sineW should assume
the responsibilities Of life, and longer display
that childish petulsnes which may have been ex>
cusahle in the young days OF the Republic.
Such division would be good, too, for the blacks
themselves because the slaYeowners, unfettered by
the intrigues Of large party playing fast and loose
with this question, and another smaller party
preaching Immediate emancipation, another name
for immediate starvation, would for their own self
interest, make such arrangements az would lead 20
the gradual abolition of slavery. We cannot help
seeing that the North with all its civilization, is the
no bed of anarchy and that the South, IN spite OF
the dark blot which sta ms its escutcheon il fighting
with one heart and mind for its independence from
g hateful tlraldom. We cannot help seeing that,
while Abraham Lincoln is an incapable pretender,
Jefferson Davis is bold daring set polite states
man, We may wish to see the American Stat
peacefully separated into the great divisions mark
ed out by nature we may wish to see bloodshed
Geese and peace restored but / contend and
know the majority Of thinking men IN this country
agree with me- though they are too meRly- meuthed
to say so-that the best and readiest method to-
wards that end would be the establishment as soon
as possible, of the complete independence Of the
| Confederate States. Loud cheers.
The lecture was listened to with the greatest ins
terest, and the audience expressed their approval
Of the sentiments expressed by frequent applause.