The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-29
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From TO London oiobe, Nov. IL. I


Mr.. Dudley Mann, and VIM. L. Yanc4y.
| '"o OF the southern Comm ssioneTs, now
IN IN gland, attended the dinner OF the
fishInonesrs' Company on Saturday. Mr.
iancey, in answsr 10 complimentary toast,
inHde the foliowirg peech, which derives iu-
| 1eEest from lhe tact that The Minis ter from
| the UEned States, MI Adams was ct the
same 4me speaking IN Guiidhau.
Ar. Iancey said
Upon the part of Americans. | sincerely
RESPOND 10 Lac sentiment just expr. ssed by
| Ine Prince Warden, Tor the restora ton OF
peace IN q meTica. Such wish proclaimed
oJ company OF intelligent Euslishmen
must Aihdte corresponding spirit in the
| BOSOM OF every enlightened aud impartial
american. Tne name American no longer
| represents una ed people. There exists now
Two american ndtloGaIl ties-tn he nfede ra e
q the ederal Americans. las you may
perhaps, be aware-am a Con Moderate. or as
the FeueTal Americans, unmindtui of the
Chifdcler OF oar common 10 cts theirs dis
DANNY terms me Il rebel, but the Justice and
Tue sense OF risnt of this great Government
promptly conceded In by France and Span,
speedily wiped out that stigma from our
nio"s, and my country men are ackno '. iedgeo
| mere, al least, - base UiS erenls (CheeIs)
though inuebted 10 enlarged and en-
tikh view Of public law, and not 10 The
mere grace or favor OF England, for thls ;,c-
AuoW leugmeAt OF our uuqueStloudble rights
and t"Has saudi, l must freely express here TO-
iisht that de"p sense OF thanKiulntss which
1 ain sure all my country men feel for early
cheers FROM no other power could 1t come
50 gracefully. In this-the old Countrywide
Principle OF self government is recognized
ana p-acuced, however blended with the pre-
negatives OF the crown snd the privileges OF
Tie arIstocracy. To your institutions Aineri.
| cans are Indebted tog The chief OF those vital
prin pies which have caused them 10 style the
nepu bIlg--
TIE lsnd of the free,
AAd tAe home OF The oppressed.
Such invaluable rights as the old English
WITH OF hdteds corpus, OF speedy triai b.
jury, OF freedom OF speech, and freedom OF
III c press, are the mann pillars of American
tGnStItu tIonal Liberty, and L am happy and
proud 10 say are observed Il least Throughout
The Confederate American States vital and
practical nights, even during their stern
struggles - reserve their "natIonai life.
| Hear, hear, aud cheers feel how unbe-
coming = would De Ia me to intruQe upon
| such n occasion rs the present any merely
| PARTISAN views of the Gauss which have
broken up tho late Federal Union. No mat.
Ter what they may have BEEN one thing Is
clear, and tnat is mat the contest now going
on Is upon the part Of the people of the Con-
IederaLe States for the right 10 govern them
selves, and resisG subjugaliou by the North.
Ee1r, hear ] i6ey occupy q territory as
large as England, France, Spain and Austria
to2etAeT-Ihey, are 10000, 600 IN number-lhey
ara caihy producers If important raw mate
rials. and buyers OF all kinds of manutac.
tured goods.
Their pursuits, soil climate, and produc-
tiJEs, are totally different from hose OF the
North. They mink it their interest 10 buy
where they can buy cheapest and sell where
they can sell dearest. In all this the North
differs toio cGi0 from them, and now makes
war upon as 10 enforce the supremacy OF their
mistaken ideas and selfish interest (He1r
hear, and cheers In defence of their Ii Der.
lies and sovereign independence the Con-
1ederate States and people united and
rtsoiuie. They are invaded by a Power num-
boring &c, U0o, oU0, yet for eight tbs has the
| Confederate Government successfully resist.
| ed-aye, repealed that invasion along a mil
| itaTy frontier Of 900 miles.
| Though cut of by blockade from all foreign
| trade, their Internal resources have been ade-
| quase to the equipment and main tenance in
| the field of an army of over 100000 troops.
Can al this be, and yet these G,o0o.ooo of
| whites be divided The idea is preposte
! Gus, Sc much has been said about our efforts
TO obtain foreign in .eryention that may be
| allowed 10 declare emphatiaally that the
| Confederate States have neither sought nor
| desired II. They can maintain their indie
perdeace intact By their own strength
As 10 their recognition by the powers of the
Torid, tnht Of course they desire They are a
| people, nation, exhibiting elements of power
winch lew sta ties OF the wor Id possess. But
| they nave no reason rs complain, nor do they
| feel ae grieved because these great powers see
! AZ Icr - season 10 deny their formal recogni-
tion and reception into he fimiIy of u aticus
| However they may differ from them as to
| the period when their recognition shall Ia Ike
place, they fully understand that such action
- purely question TO be de Lermlneo by those
countries each for itseif and with reference to
| IFS own Interests and views of public policy.
other nations having trading relations
with US have quite as much interest to sem
minis ere and corsuis to us we have to
| send such represen tatives to them. Hear,
near why, then, shall there not be peace :?
| simply because the North, in Its pride, will
not admit that 10 be fact--a fait accompH -
| which old England, followed by the first
powers OF Europe, has recog, ised and which
the Confederate Government and armies
have repeat diy demonstrated to be a stern
and bloody fact--the fact that we are bell
ligereat Eower.
There can be no basis for negotiations or
for peace proposals or consultations, so long
rs the Confederates are doomed to be and are
treated as rebels {Haar.) But our ad-
versary shall become sufficient thy calm TO
treat us as a beiligerent Power, the morning
OF peace will dawn in the horizon. When
that hour shall arrive, l think may say the
Confederate Government will be infiexibl-
upon one point oply--its homer and its indie
pendeace. For the great interests OF peace
and humanity il will yield much that is
| merely material or of secondary Importance.
DIR Yancey sat down amid loud and contin :
ned cheering)