The sun., 1861-11-26
War Intelligence.


mont, who had become cramorcd of tho ire,
trade principles Of the South, and sustained tn,
rebels on the ground that they were unneccs.a
rily hampcrcd and highly taxed on account o
the necessities of the North The reply aflei
justify ing the North for passing such a tariff a.
ts citizens think best calculated to bring in tn,
largest revenue, includes the following interest.
ing and jua remarks, written from Point OF
Rocks, 0li., oct. 2Sth--
Mr.. Lind ~ says what Is not true, whom ho
,ays that th, object OF the rebels t. uo. to cx.
,cnd ana T. rpctuatl the curse OF slavery They
nave 10 other motive aud no u,hcr motto uppn
ihur iri,orou, btuAcr. Sir Ike Mr. Lindsay
am uliisGuin, | love WN native Land d,y1.
HlIN; l'v, the ,LAsc Oi ju. ,rc und Humanity
n'pic. Unlike Mr. Lindsay ! know what ar,
TIC objects AID d,iFus Of the rc. r's. / saw
the cummcuc,mcnt Oi tho armed t.,a,lu whom
ihe American iJs W.. struck ~ p.attud Il hand.
itum the turryts ol Tort SJmt,r. Il was m,
misyiy to lave for some time anon ,,t thr
men who "bv,t' that Ilyufy /, 4 me- .y,i,
adJuhrt of a high civil ,jiln, no. III, cul
.omphllc ciNili~,t0n which lrcd prc.s lkc
| Inntlcllpw Whittier, and Lowell or .I.l..mr,
like lanky Chase aud Scwaid. or ,cLlllr liz,
| Theodore Parker, Emcrson ami Everett. or ora.
| tors like Summer, BycChyr AMI Hhilus, or his.
| torinn, like Irving and Bancroft, bat d, "hish o.
| Civilizations such a ciNili.l, ion 70. nllnHs nom
| without let or hinlrrlcc 10 lrc.l slay,s from
| Their own domC-tiCs Hlrr tha ,,r, rNr- of th,ir
own wives and daughters anil ih,n IN chem h,ly
| aud soul, at the nearest shinhlc.. These mon
| these very men, now iu oti,,At Richmoul, have
stated to INC over and tult their OBJECT
waste extend tn slave So .oin hy nuucNius M,N.
| lco AMI Cuba, and introducing slave labor into
| thc lOrncr places into the new tcrriiu.ie. uuN
| bclonringtO the United States. .an1 l., c,mpclln,
the United States government to protect slave
property, oven in the Tree states. "EXtrusinn
and pcrpciua'ion'- Lindsay b own words
extension and IorpctydtUu arc tho shibhulclh
| ~ the men whom mCuh,y of tho British
House Of Commons ha, thl aulL,ity 10 defend
before an audience of trccMyu. L\.r.,'D. AMI
pctpoiuatiun Of slavery arc by the al s.iuu of
the rebel leaders themselves, the sole cause, OF
thi, rebellion. ! speak knowing what | ,ty.
when state that excessive ta,t'iuu WI, a
thing never known in the r.bcl states; ,h,
yearly taV bill Of any one oC them was nr,,r So
high - their monthly Whi,koy bill, or their til
monthly toAurco h.ll. ! went South with my ears
and eyes open, not like pr. Russell, oi Sir
dalucs j, gu sun AMI Mt EIulic, to be fIt-
t"d ami icaat. 81 upon the p,u. Gods of lloniou,
labor, not tu hc iIwncl upon aud hsolwinkcI
at the Chir'o'ton or Maryland club', not to he
talked over by pretty but very lazy women. but
Ike an honest man in s1ltch ct the truth, Ia,
whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 80 hclp
me God. ] want to speak now of the policy of
these men in regard to the slave trade, tor that
@" supp.,ss iii wi,hrdly iuhuman AMI pir,i-
cal tialc, and have, Therefore. Alright t. invcs.i-
,Itc. tell Mr. Lindsay, In rcply To hi. state
mruts thli whatever exists in tho shan, oft
constitution in the seeded states il the pr,,i-
lo"' document, framed at Montgomery, in the
state OF Alabama. | wu- present in Muntgom.
gtN at the limr 1t was adopted. Mr.. Barnw,ll
Rhctt, of Suitl tltulinl, was ono of tho franz
,rs; he has always been an ultta-liyc code,
slave extension, slave trade advocate. lie ,aid
IN my hearing, anl within a hunlrcd Yards Of
the Convention Chamber, in Viii % the docu-
mcnt was drafted that their fret stroke Of
policy must b" to secure iorcign TcCit.
milton, and that, with this object in vicw,
they had constructed provisional con-
stilution. In the futurc-thcsc are his wurls---
" Free trade with the Confederate St,tse
relax her ar,lOr in SLAYER catching.'" Mr..
Lindsay goes on TO say that the lotl convene
tious Of the different rrhulliOus states enacted
clauses pr0hihitOry Of this ''abominahlc trI.lic.'
Why, -ir, II any member in either Of those con-
ycntious had dared to stiGultizc the slave trade
as AN "aloniinal lr traffic, lao wOull have been
tarrcd and ica.hurgl, or hung upon tho nearest
trco. tell You, sir, that not ono Of those
" sovereign states, as they term them In their
conventions, passed laws prohibiting the Slave
trade and when the mild protest, which was
included in the Montgomery provisional con-
sttution came before them for ItiticatiOn il was
adopted by small majoritics, and then only with
distinct understanding fits objects aud a till
palmer guarantee that state rights should in
no way bo mtchcrcd with. | was present. sir,
when this document was ratified by the South
Carolina delegate In the city Of Charleston.
Mr.. l.. w. Sputt, a prominent member, who
has spoken and written in favor of ro-opcning
the slave trade, hal a distinct understanding
WITH the aforesaid Mr. Rhett and with Mr..
Rcitt who was their other commissioner 10
Montgomery, rs 20 what were the purposes Of
the provisional government on this subject, be-
la Ia tt lao A
| may add that il one mau OF all others may be
called representative Southern man, l.. w.
Spritt ia the man. Mr.. Spratt would tell Mr..
Lindsay frankly, were he to question him, that
any such interference with estate rights as
| punishment for traffic in slaves by this rebel
| government would be- considered by the
| great majority Of the rebels as more
| than a sufficient cause for 'scccding' from
the "sccedcd' states. II Mr. Lindsay knows
anything about those men ho knows this
il true; ii he does no, know II, | shOul b. glad
to furnish him with the name Of one Of his col
| leagues, who will, | think, vouch for my yorle.
| ity. There are, however, plenty Of hiSh-mind.
cd and intelligent Eugllshmen Who know all
about this question and will leave them to
point out still further 10 Mr.. Lindsay the gross
| errors into which he has fillcn.
This treason was iomcnted to extend slavery
| at any rsk; and the election Of a nO;Oriously
| honest man al President, who, whilst he was
| pledged TO administer faithfully the laws in all
the states, was yet CuiSClcntlOusly ana nfeNO-
| cably opposed TO the extension of slavery, with
| its blightng and dcmoralizing influences, into
| virgin lands; the election Of Abraham Lincoln,
affirm, was pretcXt for the roacculion Of their
| piratical and nciarOus schemes. But, sir, it
| Sill not succeed, aud | honestly believe and
.arncstly hope, It viii meet with no sympathy
from free aud happy England. Brclcss bar
! ristcrs may make merchandise Of principle IN
the columns Of London newspapers, but they
fail 10 represent the feelings Of the people Of
| England, just ~ cOn,omptlbly fail ~ does that
two cent advertising sheet the New York he.
| rlM, flil 20 represent the intelligent masses Of
| the United States. III prosecuting This war, the
United States government arc sustaining the
| principles Of free government, Ot Law, order
| civilization, and ireelom' they are entitled to
the sympathy and good wishes of the civilized
world and especially Of England, but they want
no help Half million Of men have left the
comfortable AMI well paid pursuits Of ho-
nest industry 10 sustain the government
and al hough, 81 was PERFECTLY natural Tor
- volunteer troops in the first enSasonent-
| 900 were lost in Killed, WOUNDED, aud prisoners
not II 900 as Mr. Lindsay ridiculously states
their dry bones bleaching upon tho fields Of
| Virginia will be- glorious incentive to their
fellows to do brave deeds in their countTy's
cause, and achieve mighty victories over the
| cucmie, Of freedom. | have lately seen large
numbers oi the Union army their new and
brave commandcr, General BlcClellln, aided by
such men as Major General Banks-whO seems
10 be at once soldier aud statesman have
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