Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-30

advice. They would have said the great
Republic is failure, and Democrilcy has
murdered patriotlsm; that history affords
no exanpleof such meanness, and of. such
cowafdice, and they would have heaped
sunmeasured oblnquy and contempt upor
l.the people and Government who had Ia
ken that course
.DlsUNtoN NO ADVANTAGE To ENGLAND.
| sThere is one more point II has been
said, mHow much better il would be"-nOt
for the United States, bnt-"for us that
these States should be diVided.n lirecol-
lect meeting gentleman in Bond street
one day before the Session was overt
rich man, and one whose voice is very
much heard In the House of Commons !;
but his voice is not heard there when he is
on his legs, but when he is cheering other
speakers (laughter); and he said to me,
5stAfter all, this is sad business about the
United States; hut still l think it Is very
much better that they should be spit up.
In 20years" Tor in 90 years forget which
it wAs) "they will be SO powerful that they
will+bnlly ali Europe" (Langhter,) And
a. distinguished member Of the House of
gdished there his elo
quence, distinguished more by bis mtny
writings, / mean Sir Edward Bulwer Lyt-
ton-he did not exactly express hope,
but he veutured on something like !. pre-
diction, that the time would come vixen
there would be, 4 don't know how many
Republics or States in America as you
can count upon your fingers.
There cannot be n meaner motive than
this that L am spenking of in forming n
Judgment on this question-that it is
.'better for us ~ for whom 2 the people of
England, or the Government of England?
that the United States should be sever
led, and that that continent should be as
the continent Of Europe is, in many States,
and subject to the contentious and dis0s
tiers which have accompanied the history of
the States of Europe [Applause L
should say that If II man had great heart
within him he would rather look forward
to the day when from that point OE lsnilI
which is hnhitahle nearest to the Pole to
the shores of the Great Gulf, the whole of
that vast continent might become one great
federation of States-that without II great
army and without a great navy, not mix
ing itself up with the eDtanglements of
European politics-without a Custom
house inside through the whole length and
breadth of its territory, bat with freedom
everywhere, peace eyerywhere-would af-
ford at last SONS hope that mtn isnot for
saken2 of Heaven, aud that the future of our
race might be better than the past. Pro-
longed cheering. Faa 'l,la
THE AFFAIR OF THE TRENT. H
I III bad been addressing this audience
ten DAYS ago so far as know, l shonld
have said Just what | have said now, and,
although by an untoward event circum
stAuces are somewhat, even considerably
altered, yet thought it desirable To make
this, statement, with view, so far AS am
able 10 do il, TO improve the Opit.!On in
England, nnd to assuage. is there be,stny,
the feelings otirritntion in America, so that
no further difficulties may arise itl the prog
5ress of this unhappy strife. Hear he"r)
But there has occurred an event which
was announced to uS 0nly week ago.
which Is one of great Importance Hu'l il
may be one of some peril. tHear, hear -
The act which has been committed by the
American steamer, in my opinion. whether
it WAS illegal or not. was bOth impoiitG
and bad! That is my opinion. think 1t
may turn out, and tits almost certain that.
SO far AS the taking those men from that
ship was concerned, it was wholly unknown
to and unauthorized by the American gov
ernment. And it the American govern
mentqheIieve, on the opinion of their law
officers, that the act is illegal, l have no
doustt that they will make fitting rephr'l-
ton; for there is no Government iu ;he
world that has SO <trennOusly insisted upon
moIiticuIiOns of 0finternRrional law, and been
so, anxious to be guided always bythemost
moderate and peaceful interpretation OF
that law. III
AN ELOQUENT ExHoRTATIoE.
Before I sit down, let me ask what is
this people, about wi ich so many men in
England at this moment are writing, and
and thinking, with harshness,
with Injustice, if not with great bitter
ness There may be men who dislike
democracy, and who hate a republic;
theFei eimay be even those whose sympalhies
warm towards the slave ollgaFchy Of the
South But of. this am certain, that only
MISREPRESENTATION the most gross. or cal
Gmny the most wicked, can sever the tie
which unites the great mass oftthe people
OF the Atlantic: Loud cneers Wheth.
er the Union will be restored or moi, or the
SOuth will achieve an unhonOred indepen-
deuce, or not, know not, aud l predict
not, But this think | know-thAt ina
few wears, very few years, the twenty mill
lions of free men in the North will be thir-
ty millions or even fifty millions-a pOpU-
ation equal to or exceeding that of this
kingdom. y, Hear, hear. When that time
comes pray that i: may not be said among
them that in the darkest hour of their
country's trials England, the land of their
fathers, looked on with icy GOODNESS, and
saw we'd the perils and the ellamities
of her children. [Chsers. As for me,
have butthts to say,-1 am one in this au-
dience, aud but one in the citizenship os
this county; but If all Other tongues are
silent, mine shall speak for tiat policy
which gives hope to the bonilsmen Of tile
South, and tends to generous thoughtr,
aud generous words, and generous deeds,
between the two great nations that speak
the English language, and frotn their orr
gin5 are alike entitled to the English name
TCireat cheering Il ,l.5s Z So
ssi{' ;15gay E,5iisl .!iil1 {Hzs Ept q
Way is 1t that all self-made men are rep
resented by their biographers as originally
barefooted boys7 The lastcuse is thatOf
Simon Cameron, who, in addition to he