Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-16
Our War IN Rngland.
raocrrDrnos IN PARLIAMrEr.

In the House Of Lords, on the 29lh ult the
Earl Of Malmesbury addressed the House as
follows; Ny lords, In accordance with pri.
vate notice which have given 70 my noble
friend, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
bog leave to ask him O question upon sub
ject which am certain will be interesting, not
only 10 this country, but, may say, to the
whole of Europe. Your lordships have all of
you, no doubt, read the account which has ar
rived this morning from America. and must
have seen with equal pain and some astonsh.
ment that civil war has at length broken out be.
tween the secessionlsts and the other States OF
Americs. Fortunately, up to this moment,
no blood. or hardly any blood, has been shed,
and / think too much praise cannot be be-
slowed on the commander Of the feet, who ab-
stained from entering into useless contest.
which could only envenom the hostile spirit Of
both parties. My lords, IL is impossible that o
contest such as is now threatened-so unnatur.
al as Il is and 90 fatal to the parties themselves
should not have its reverberation through the
rest of the world; and no country, perhaps,
more than this 10 likely to suffer from that civil
war. Apart from those feelings which we all
must naturally have of seeing with the deepest
regret deDlorable contest between persons OF
the same family, Of the same blood, and of the
same language, our political and our material
interests are deeply involved in the question Of
this unfortunate schism. Now, my lords, can
not but believe that her Msjesty's government,
feeling as all other Of her Msjesty's subjects
must do on this matter, must have already done
their utmost to bring about by official means
some arrangement which may avert so terrible a
calamity. ! therefore wish to ask what her
Majesty's government have done with regard to
this subject; whether they have attempted yet to
prevent the quarrel between the different parts
Of that country from coming to bloody issue;
what hopes they entertain of success in 30 laud.
able proceeding, and whether they have in.
vited or are in correspondence with any other
European government for thel purpose OF at.
tempting to stop, at the commencement, OWL
war, the end Of which, If 1t Is once begun, 1t
will be impossibleI to foreseei
Lord Wodehouse--My lords, need scarcely
say 70 my noble friend that in common with
him, and ! may say with every one Of her Maj
esty's subjects, we have seen with the deepest
regret and concern the dissensons which have
taken place In the United States; and we have
received with equal concern the intelligence
which my noble friend has seen, thar these dis
sensions have brought that country already to
the brink of civil war-that civil war may now
be said to have already broken out. And, my
lords, as to the question whether any steps have
been taken by her Majesty's government to
arrest the spread Of that great calamity-ior
great calamity no doubt it Is, not only 10 the
Americans themselves, but also to others who
are connected with them, as we are, by ties Of
kindred-her Msjesty's government have anxi.
ously considered whether there were any steps
by which they might arrest 30 great q calamityj
but on mature consideration they have been
of opinion that Il would not be desirable that
this country should intrude It's advice and coun-
sci upon the government Of the United States
Hear, hear.) However great may be the
interest which we feel, and however anxious
We may be to avert this misfortune i'm
pending over the United States, we yet
feel that q free and independent nation
might not welcome advice In its internal
affairs, ifthat advice should be proffered with.
out being asked for. .-
The instructions, therefore, which were given
TO Lord Lyons were that upon every fitting oc.
casion he should express the earnest desire of
her Majesty's government that the differences
which prevailed between the Northern and
Southern States should be arranged, but he has
not been instructed to give either officially or
oficiously any counsel or advice, unless that
counsel or advice should be asked for by the
contending parties themselves. That is the an
swer which I have to give to the question Of my
noble friend, and it naturally follows that her
Majesty's government are not, and have not
been, in correspondence with any foreign gov
eminent as to the steps to be taken to prevent
the outbreak Of civil war in the United States