St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-11

with our terrible hurt. Indeed, one of
his terriers Of disunion il, that It will
give room for . ..European, : that IL am
uneomprosnising hostility to slavery.
Such hostility, the ''irrepressiblc con-
6ict" between right ond wrong. William
Seward. in 1861. propsuuces fear
full ..
Dir. Phllips alda: -....
Before the Union existed. Washing
ton and jefferson uttered the sboldest
anti slavery opinions, but their sentiments
would have BEEN mebbed this very day
ia every city of the North.
I advocate, lastly. the recognition Of the
S,uthern Confederscy. becsuse l believe
in their right to assert their independence.
In spite of the letters Of your able and
most respected correspondence, Mr.. Mot
ley. should have shown that from the
earliest days Of American independence
down to the present time. the doctrine of
State sovereignty has been held by some
eminent Americans, aud that. though it
ha. been chiefly Southern doctrine, yet
that it was endeavored by the North to
put il into execution seventeen years before
South Carolina, in 1882. attempted to fol-
low the example. Mr.. Motley has for
gotten apparently the Hartford convention
in 1915, when State right resolutions were
passed and secession fully ,neditated he
has f"rgotten what occurred II, the State
Legislature Of Massachusetts,. when one
branch Of that Legislature declared Mas
sachusA IT, to be out Of the Uuiou should
Texas BE- admitted into it.
Then, as to Commercial considerations
The Morrill, tariff is an announcement of
the break up Of comnercial intercourse be-
tween the United States aud Europe. 1t
IL the successful issue Of Northern policy,
against which the South has invariably,
but in vain protested. The. separation
nullifi.s that selfish. short sighted retro
gade policy. and the Western States ought
to bc thankful for AN event likely to break
down system SO utterly opposed to their
interests. When the commercial treaty
with France was discussed last year. Que Of
the points mainly insisted ON BY Mr. Brigh:
and the advocates cf that measure was
this--ihat every order for French goods
was an additional liilk in that chain in
which commerce was to bind the two cOun-
tries In oes,sisnt auaity, and entirely and
cordially concur with Mr.. Bright in that
opinioa. There are but two countries like
to come into collision with England
France and the United States. With France
we have done our best. by means of increas-
ed commercial intercourse, to promote and
estxbli.h peace. Hitherto the vast mcr-
camille transactions between England and
the United States. have. in spite Of pcrpct-
ual subjects Of dispute between us. render
ed war impossible. but the Morrill, tariff
will soon change this state of things.
have here sndeavored TO give sketch of
the objects had ia view in urging the re-
c"gni,ion of the Southern Confederacy.
should have done this with perfect goo.l
feeling towards the North, and with the
most hearty desire for its prosperity.
should not have recommended isolated ac-
tion on the part of England. but that what
ever step we take should be, rs far as pos
sible, in conjunction with the other great
Powers of Europe.
The misery Of Coventry last winter, ow-
ing to the change Of fashion, must warn
us OF what may happen il i've millions Of
our fellow countrymen are thrown out Of
employment BY the short supply Of the
raw material for our cotton manufactures.
The revenue from tJtacso is very large !;
the supply may be stopped, and we may
then regret the loss Of the paper daties.-
Thers are held BY our countrymen sixty
millions sterling Of American securities IL
this war be. protracted. can they expect to
receive either principal or interest I And
if in this particular instance We depart from
our usual practice Of recognizing as indie
pendent = State possessing do facto gov
ernn,ent and al the elements Of peru,ancn-
cy and progress. can We suppose that France
will follow our example aud become de-
pendent ON England-for such would be
the casc--for every pound ofcotton she re-
quires? I cannot but believe the interests
Ut France and England to be identical in
this Amsrican question, and that the re-
cognition BY these two great Powers Of the
Southern Confcderacy would cause the war
party in the North to pause before plung-
lug their countrymen deeper into the sad
struggle. l am confident, however, that
when cslner re6ecrion shall have succeed
I'd to that storm Of passion now sweeping
over the North, the citizens Of the United
States will see that those. who. like my
self. advocate the recognition Of the new
republic. do % not from any hostility to-
wards them. nor from any advocacy of rla-
x,op,, ks~t fr<,.a love rs a .u1 am
ed commerce, from herror Of civil war and
future years Of deadly hatred and what
eser hard words may be used towards US
at present / am convinced hereafter that
We shall be considered their sinc.rest
friends.
W. II. GREGORY.
June 10. 1861.
Tom. Moore compared love to potato.
because il shoots from the eyes 'Or.
rather, exclaimed Byron, beCause it be-