Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-05
Mr.. Gregory, M. P, on the Recognition OF
the Southern ConfederacY.

Mr.. W. II. GRGOEY, Member of Parliament from
Galway, Ireland who has steadily labored to pro-
cure recognition Of the Southern Confederacy,
has written letter to the London Times giving his
reasons for urging the recognition. We copy the
following extract
1t is said the invasion of the South will be the
Of restoring freedom of speech and action to
the Union party in the seeding States Your faith
full and clear sighted correspondent, Mr.. Russell,
has not discovered as yet even the existence of such
party and have reason to believe that the Brit
ish Consuls in the Southern cities would cOrrobo-
rate the statements of Mr.. Russell. On the other
hand, this can affrm-thst not post arrives from
the United States that does not bring letter upon
letter from persons in the Orth requesting me to per-
severe IN my motion, and 10 urge the prompt recog
milton of the Southern COnfederacy, as the writers
consider that such an event would be the greatest
blessing that could happen to the North, by cOntr-
buting to peaceful solution Of the quarrel They
add that TO express such opinion in the present
state Of excitement would be dangerous, and that
they look, therefore, to the dispassonate Judgment
OF foreign countries, which may he heard at home
You may be assured that there is peaceful sepa-
ration party inrhe North far larger extent though
as yet unhesrd, than the restoration party in the
South.
advocate the recognition of the Southern Con-
federacy because believe ~ the separation of the
North from the SODth we may deal an effeetual
blow at that accursed traffic, the slave trade Hith-
erto we have received obstruction rather than CO.
operation from the United States in our endeavors
to put down that traffic The Nertherners have al
ways commended that Southern prejudices have been
q bar TO their hearty cooperation with US. They
have now got rid Of these prejudices and. as the
Cuban slave trade is mainly carried ON by ships
sailing from Northern ports and hoated by North.
ern capital look forward with confidence TO the
future action of the United States Government to
restrain their citizens at least from this odiOus en-
terprise. As for the South the slave trade has been
formally and strictly forbidden by the Constitutions
that Constitution has been ratified by the several
Confederate States; and / should, had my motion
come on. been in position to prove, from various
reasons. to the House of Commons the sincerity of
the Southern President and Congress on this point
l advocate the recognition of the Southern States,
because am of opinion that by this separation the
area of slave occupied territory will be circum-
scribed instead OF increased Moreover, all who
are opposed to slavery but in favor of the recon.
structon of the Union, must bear in mind the offers
lately made by the North to the South and re-
jectei. These offers were TO recognize slavery by
name. to do away with Personal Liberry Bills, and
thereby to remove every obstruction in the way of
the slave owners to recover fugitives; and last,
but not least to surrender the chief principle of
the Chicago Convention namely, that slavery should
not be permitted in the territories. This, the main
test of Northern principle they offered to give up
and to hand to slavery all territories South of
Sc 80, if the South would only come back submit
to Morrill, Tariffs and navigation laws, and be
ground down by import duties to protect the Penn
sylyania iron master and the New England cotton
spinner.
advocate lastly, the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, because believe in their right to as
sert their Independence 10 spite of the letters Of
your able and most respected correspondent, Mr.
Motley should have shown that from the earliest
days of the American independence, down TO the
present time the doctrine OF State sovereignty has
been held by some of the most eminent Americans,
and that, it had been chiefly a Southern doctrine,
yet it was endeavored by the North TO put it into ex
scution seventeen years before South Carolina, IN
1882, attempted TO follow the example. Mr.. Motley
has forgotten, Apparently, the Hartford Convention
n 1915, when State Right resolutions passed,
md secession fully medtated he has also forget |
EN- what occurred in the State Legislature of Mas
lchusetts when one branch of that Legislature de- |
,lared Massachusetts, to be out Of the Union should
Texas be admitted into it.
Then, SIS TO commercial considerations. The Nor |
ill Tariff is an announcement Of the break up OF |
intercourse between the United States
md Europe. It is the successful issue Of Northern
,olcy, against which the South has invariably, but
n vain, protested. The separation utilities that