Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-13

the right to interfere 10 these domestic ques-
tions which concern Americans alone and
which they should be LETT free to settle among
themselves. I cannot admit a foreign tribunal
to 10 lnge between Us, any more ihah would
claim for America the right OF interference,
under similar circumstances in the internal az
fairs OF England Bat, my lord, you have IN
vited comparison BY which am Wiling tnat
nv country shall be tested. You have, BY the
ensrsy ss your assaults upon the Institution
Of African slavery IN America, indirectly
challenged an examination into the manner in
which subiugated races have been ruled BY
your own country, and you seem 20 invite
scrutiny into your own connection, as a na-
tiou, with the institution OF African slavery IN
the past as well as In the present era.
I IN turn challenge an investigation and .
comparisoa, and am willing to aecept al
frienda Of the human race'' as our umpires
am willing thas both shall be tried "by the
laws Of God aud humanity" and that the in
qulrv shall have FOR Its object the determination
Of the questl0n--Which has so governed az to
achieve the greatest good With the least evil to
these over whom providence or eupidieY have
called them, respectively, TO bear sway Every
friend Of the southern States OF America is
willing TO stand or fall upon theresult Of such
an investigation and comparison.
have a high respect, my lord, for great
nation in which you hold so distinguished
rank.
am satisfied that many, very many, OF It's
noblest citizens Of all classes depreeate the
ofhcious Interference Of British politicians in
the contest Of political parties In America.
But nv friendly regard Tor Individual citizens
OF your coantrT does not blind me to the fact
that English influences has been a principal
element in the sectional troubles which
now distract my country. Chief among the
leading journals Of England is one which, by
the common consent Of all Europe, is The great
exponent Of English sentiments and English
ideas. In America, it is equally recognized
as the unrivsied European eefamsr OF the
Southern States aud their inhabitants. While
you, nav lord, In conjunction with your 1850
ciates OF the sane school, stand at tbe bead
Of the pseudo religious section OF the political
anti American slavery movement, OF England,
the Times leads that other branch OF this
formidable politco religious Organization
whose moral principle can only be sheetuAlly
aroused to & healthy action by means Of a
Thorough perception OF certain eoncomitant
temporal advantages.
To show to you, my lord, that do not over
estimate the influence which directly and indi-
reetly you have exercised In producing the
present political troubles in America, and
that have not miscsnceived the nature and
motive Of your action in regard thereto, ! beg
to submit to you the following brief bat pointed
extract of leading editorial article from the
London Times
Will any one, however, say that it is not
mainly to the eeaseless exertiOns, to the phi
lsnthropic energy, to the enHeaties, to the per-
suAsion Of this country, that the antl-slGVerY
party 10 the States owes Its strength Blot
out England and English sympathies from the
map Of the world, and the battle between the
North and the South would be fought on,the
other side Of the Atlantic on very different
terms. So far, then. as this, Englishmen are
as one with each other on this question. Slav-
cry shall not be in our own dominions-eould
we have gone one step farther and annihilated
the peculiar Institution, in all other countries
as well as in our own, the problem would in the
main have speedily received 4 satisfactory so
luton. This, however, was beyond our power,
and consequently we find ourselves in this an
omsly, that we, without a slave population,
must compete in the markets OF the world
with other countries which have slave populA-
tions, and that with respect to tropical Produe-
tion.o
To these few bluff words, the purport Of the
last four lines Of which is a key to Anglo
American, anti-slavery philanthropy, | may
add that the persistent misTeprese
against the southern American States, which
have emsnated from this british party, have
excited unjust and wholly unfoundsd preju-
dices against my countrymen throughout Eu-
rope. cannot hope that in a day, or 4 year,
these prejudces can be removed by any expo
sure OF that narrow and thoroughly selfish pol
Icy which, decked in the garb Of humanity,
has given tone to the sentiment Of Europe upon
American affairs. But in the confidence that
returning sense Of justice will induce your
lordship to listen to the defense made BY one
whom you have accused as an enemy to his
country and to the human race, propose, after
the lapse Of few weeks, which will be nee
sssarily occupied by other engagements, to do
myself the honor Of again addressing you.
! may not hope that the Judge who has
already pronounced against me, in terms so
emphatic, will ever be induced to reverse bis
predetermined judgment; but / will not de-
spair OF obtaining a reversal Of your sentence
before tribunal composed OF the f'friends Of
the human race" until longer to hope would
be fanaticism. q
The small grain Of mustard seed, which I
throw upon the ground, may be choked by the
foul weeds among which it is cast, and never
see the SUI; but it may be that from this little
seed may grow and wax q great tree" and
that the fowls Of the air msy lodge in the
branches Of lt,n and that beneath its shade a
few at least, OF the noxious plants from the
midst Of which it grew may withsr and perish.