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



ON June 7th. cut Of respect to the House.
refrsined. as already stated. from pressing
bis motion for the recognition Of the South
ern ConfeJerncy. He then said -
He would moi put himself in oppo-ition
to the wisaes "f the House. 50 generally
expressed. and therefore he would post
pone the motion sine die. with the hope
that be should have some opportunity be-
fore the close of the session Of bringing
forward the subject, because he must say
thst Il wxs most unfair and most unjust
that publications should be circulated
throughout England in whirh the South
cru Cona.deracy were accused Of unwar-
rantable session, and its members were
called traitors and perjurors Con-" and
snd hear. hear. and that he should
have no opportunity whatever Of putting
forward their case in manner in which il
could be dispassionatcly considered (Hear,
hear.)
THE London Times having commented
upon the action Of the H"use on this oc-
casion rsf~rring particularly tu Mr. Greg
ory. Mr.. Gregory addressed the Editors q
hiser. from which We make the following
extract: Is ,s ss.5F T..
] Sdvocate the recognition of ihc'Souih-
ern -Cea(edsraeJ. because I believe by
the separaaioa az the North from the
South. ve n,ay deal an eiiectual blow
AT thsk aecursed trsGc. the atsre trade -
Hitherto wshave received obstruction rather
than. co-opssssion from the limited States
in esr endesyors to put down that traf-
&c. The Northerners have always con-
tended that Southern psejudices have
been q bsr TO their hearty co-opcrati"n
with ps. They have new got rid Of
these prejadices and. ~ the Cuban
slave trade is mainly carried on by ships
railing from Northern ports aud Aoated
by Northern capital. look forward with
confidence 10 the future actiol of the
United States government to restrain their
eitisens. At least. from this odious en-
serprise. A. for the South. the slave
trade has .been formally and strictly for
hidden BY tho Constitution; that Con-
stitption has been ratified BY the several
Coa6ederats States aud should. had
my motion come on, been IN . position
10 prove from various reasons to
the Hopes of Commons the sincerity of
ahs Soatkern President and ,Coagress on
this point.
I advocate the recoguition of the
Soutbern States. because ann OF fopinion that
by tiis separation the .srea Of slaye-oc-
enpied. terriaesy Rill be ciros,nscribed, in-
stead ef iacrsasad. Msrrever. an -who
are oppcesd 70 .slavsry.s bpt, in favor Of
the r=seonstruction Of the Union. must
besr IN s1ipds thc odIers l.tely made By
lhssN NkG4h " The s6oath, sspd esrxicctsi
Theee A0ep NHe--t0 sseeoeaise sslsvery
by.Rape; 10 do away With pessonal lib
srty bills. and thereby to remove every
phetssctioa is. TIE nay .pf .shs. .slays own
ess 70 recover fugitive aad Last. but
not;least, - s9rrender the chief -princi-
PIE nf the Ckicsgo. Convept;eu u-,psusly,
that slsEeey sshoald not Be permitted in
the territories This. the main test of
Naztbera principlss. they offered to give
mp. and to hand over to slavery all ter
riteEisss sonths sef sc, 30, il the south would
aalys cqBses bsek, = submit 20 Morrill, tar
ias.ana nevigssion laws. and be ground
degn .inpaFt duties to protect the
Pennsylyapia iGQnrM,sssr and the New
EnglApd ooftenrspinper.
lAnqke enc authority ON. tbis subject. an
AmeEicaq gentleman. well known in Eng
Lend hy his Constant and sprepiising ex-
ertiops IN faxor OF negro emancipztion.
/ mean Mr.. Wendell Phillips. he. says
in 4 ,ypsech upde . the Music Hall at
Boston. January 9Oth 1861:
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