New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-24

st no logger exist 1t IL sad business aud may God oe
You It nste known these sentiments &C. Se
loors &c,
REPLY OF TIE NETWORK MERCHANT
NEw-YoRK, May 81. 1851.
Mr.. --, Lverpool-De0r SUs | have re-
ceived your letter of the 4th Of May, and am muoh
obliged by your adyices respecting cotton, tie true
position of which at the present moment 20 Juuee
from the course Of your markell Liverpool, evidently
but impeIfeclly conprehends You do not Heem 10
appreciate The fact that Government does not exist
by suerance of either alien domestic enemies, hDo,
therefore YOU appear 10 think you will get hereafter
your usual supply of cotton from THE side You seem
to regard the constituted authorities at Washington rs
enacting grand farce for the dlyersemeut oil lhoceht
spectators not directly interested, and that hey would
not have the heart to inconvenience any one lou 90
not seem 10 understand that our Government hns
ordered the closing of the Southern orls ana thai the
export of cotton may bs M eectuay Stopped as If the
ports were hermeiicaly sealed. You do not seem 70
understand that from tins dates the seconG epoch
Of constitutional liberty for which the present struggle
is life or DEATH These and various Other reasons do
not seem apparent ~ YOU and II may take some time
for you TO realize, what you must In tue future, know.
woald he content to confne 1y remarks to cotton,
aud Ould extend them further that enhlcct; but bs
your letter II principally made mp If your views OF
the present troubles ~ hicl this country IS involved,
should fear let mit ht be con dered ns holding Tie
zane oIuiOns you express If Cii not definitely eiaie
q en- ana SAY TO you, III the most emphatic manner,
YOU have mistaken your uan.
You say you rynipAthize with Southern men and
the S,uitI:' 10 do tls IN your position pgs.iye
sympathizer can do no ham; but IL may be well for
Won not TO let sympates ~ lead you into errur
az t. force you TO conclude that tie North viii he
beaten actual war, and the south Will become Ia
iiOu free liberal, autl-monO oily, and srtl-ialn hnd
malt luk tied attI Ell ID
what delusiun can you rest when You cNpiers tucn
hO es Of nu'ionlhty founded M even on ~ batiH
az would be The sO-colled Southern COniedeney In
the place Of youf word ifee' you mutt substitute
sIgp, for "hD-rhl 20 tHs0lcaf, for ahtimOLOpoly,'
States DcODlcd ~ mfiOHs j si0r' oirHed 10 me ana
deafh ~ u ia, and for I" Autriarh' / viii not al
tempt substitute, % II is IN that view aud tue Pr"s-
peC Of short supplies OF cotton lhI your tyuphlhe'
aud those Of some OF your couutymen, clearly lndi-
Gated by the cOurre OF PARTON OF our press, may De
csyi,altd aud you chow our Will gns-r 70 sacih'e
Oh your part thoe high principles under Which alone
nations cau eAist.
some OF the people Of your nation not yet 10
have learned that the eApresslon OF Ill opinion ~
uOrant q III subject not yet current every where, or
am satisfied We should have been spared The lnsult,
inc nd Vice ~ freely given let country BE- divided
and our liberties STOLEN co tend that Ignorance alDte
can excuse such Jresuml non. WAT would yOu nave
thought Of NE IT, IN 1851 rLoud have WIZ Ell ~ you
strongly sympathiz-d with the SeIoys Of India Aoi
And in hat respect have their atrocities against Your
Government been exceeoed 10y the traitors against thlri
Az rather 10 Ia The Scpoy-n fAYOr, iuI ttey were
fighting 10 recover their country, tier hheriy, and
their frl ion while our rebel are attsmpus 10 &c
atioy all--couutry liberty, religion, nna justice ana
seek to up TIE lace OF tie trrsi Government On
earth dig rci al slaveoeracy, ionhded on 'he may
III ude of IL inlu-iice and the fenOfteierslese O s
crt.l y Yet YOU In usiceOvlng Enl land 20 ~ uPa-
tlize; AID wherefore Couonl II cotton Is to over
tide every ri ciIe # justice aud truth, would not
hive been well your people, before setlhg uP ar
exemIr for the resi Of The world to have considered
more fully the value Of the staple.
You say tint the "buuoi. OF sucks - sepaTntedi
Tint NAV IN your Gaze, be with father to The
thought" but yOu forget that the withes that bind
HEM are heifloolne Of oreia err cOn-esTaied 10y
their II od-tlnt the Tier that have led ms country
together have been mad, from tie eternal principles vi
LIBERTY aud JusIc., d., Oted love toward and "ohlrs-
lion for our country and deep reverence and hbdiDg
o., lance or our God. Sueh the peol j. wDO are to
uphold our Constitution and Laws, and a. l. suoh
taoIl- Won exGed TO see abandon TIER all at the com
mtid OF tie lord OF cotton. Ills bundle Of Ell be,
III Won ave ChUseu 10 NJ ny my country the "Ofld
- III ere lon. know are bound gether by iternen
" M and ireenen's might, both OIL which are -dged
10 The mst to uphold ConstituuOnhly -inhiAed au-
tLoftie- IL defending our whole country rom either
Internal or eXte nal euenlte, aud that those IN nrs
alan,t these authorities must either conquer uS o.
sucCuub $500,
pr,v YOU nv friend consider if there be mo-, hige
urinciles md more vital or nation TO regard ih'n
lie pii,e Of cotton. DO you think tnht Tie itthcFn
Rebellion would ever have raised lls serent bead 80
LIB bad not tie aetute MINDS OF tLelf ltapeir Ia
have counted l4lil Hpbh tht Nai"' W" w"
stable and upon forcing even England Into supporting
their beloved iuelitut:on (>lH,ery)i Aye, D'0ad E'
gland uphold Slavery, and force ler to give ih. IL
to all her professions ana Gcts FOR the last 40 yea
forcing her advocate the siles form OF deroisn,
md Tor cotton No Sir; hsye often been s'Jourer
i'm yOuf fair hand know we'll the sentiments there,
and have suffered many taunt, even la Manchester,
Tor coming nom country where the poor BLACK mah
was hound IN chains; have often questioned the tin-
cetify Of thuee mort csed on The rubeci bLl t!
have seeu enough TO know It will he an imPo-sb'li
for England u take any part lot III our strhgs 10
The ueOpe Of the country viii not permli II. We do
not lear the resu; We have perfect coIboehc. ia our
cause; know strengthi we believe IN our iight,
and will defend II With our hNes No interference
Of Auy kind will be tolerated. AID Oh tins YOU may
RELY we stand or fall Il great ana undivided nation.
The lime Of patching and compromising II past The
Slave Power IL this country, has rled to snatch away
our liberties; they have corrupted our people, they
have proved tbemseyes incapable oil understanding or
tOeniing cODsti MOI al merry therefore tha' power
un.t be cnrthied; yes broken, If not altogether ami
bilated. We can 10 longer look upon the South as
teureeenng a slave interest, as bar heretofore been
the care in our naon, councils that idea can never
again be tolerated; they may retain ihef RI esi o1t
the poltcal element OF slavery, IL dOOned aud dead
and n i NV opinion that Slavery itself haH heard its
death kne and then, ray you, what Is TO become oil
The uoor slave That may be answered by referring
YOU TO fate OF the captive wien cOntenoed ior by
rival superi 7 forcof / hope for them better iale
but STILL thirty millions OF "he leope cannot oe con
IiuGally cutting each others throatr out four NH
ous OF blacks; the latter must be got nd Of ana may
the bumaDe means practicable be adopted 10 th'i'
end ls earnest wish.
On whatever occasion heretofore i have exercised
nv right of Franchise or attempted political influence,
il has been upon he ride OF the South Tor that rea-
SON you will see | philanthrollc Abolitioilsti
but now wish ~ my country freed from Slavery
on the ground that my liberties are IN danger
have had full opportunity TO see and understand some