The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-12

SIR g. c. LEWIS MAKEs 4 spEecH-rHr
SOUTH AxD THE POWERS AND lpREsss or
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The Richmond whig Of the 9Th published
an abstract sf the recent speech Of Sir @. c.
Lewis, British Secretary of war. The whis
says, that it has made great sensation in pO-
htical circles. b that ss it nay, the speech
Is not very favorable to our much discussed
r.coznitiOn- The following is the report
The war. he said which xas now going on
IN the United States. and the blockade Of the
Southern States which prevented the coiton
IRON coming to that country. would before
long come 70 an end. That was SUBJECT on
which many different opinions were and had
been entertained The government Of that
country was placed in the position Of having
to choose belween two opposits courses VIZ.
recognition 81 the Souil.ern States an the one
hand, and sympathy or alliance With the States
Of the Federal section OF the Union on lie
otheF-- ~ ell. the government avoided both
these extrenies- They had consistently and
stre1uously pnrsued middle course Of strict
peuiFailty, and had abstainsd from giving d.
rect or indirect countenance OF assistancs .
either Of the belligerent parties fiisar.
he.r) il had been said that great complaints
had been made by The government at Wash
ingtpn that the government OF England had
not MAINTAINED this strict neutrality. because
Il had recegrized the the South as a beli-er-
ant power, and il had been said that by re-
eogqizing the Soulh as beliigsront power
1 We had Departed from strict line Of nsu rail-
,ty New. he could not but think hat 4 any
impartial person reflected on the cohrre Of Il, 4
/ unhappy contest he would come 10 the concla
sor that No VoTd ol The Engiiss lai..us- ,.
would apply with greater aptitude 10 Ii,
foifiern States than the word abt.liEerent
Here parties had combined for the purpose o.
carrying wsr. and when they looked I,
the number Of armed men they had rassed
when ilioy looked % the large atniss the
had btonght into the field, 70 the ability .
The Generals BY whom those armies we're con-
manded. and 10, the peFiIRacity with which ii,
conlsst ontheir part lad been wastd, il cou.s
notsnrey be denied that they deserved thl
naaie oi -belligerenfF. in defertnce - th
manner in which they had carried on The Va
against. the United States. Ever3 body WI
read the accounts in the nesxspap4rs OF VIA
waa dong IN America could sec that althou.l
thefs WAS war there between these Two COZ
tending pore .. II was which was =
}, 70. nnd ciilec. war which was q !. on In
part OF tic \ortasrh States. FOR the rnrp5s
of factoring Tic Stfes 10 the cons,iii,n r
. urek'n they we're IA briors the wzr began. an
on lie part of Tie |Sauthcrn Sizrss. i Vas
war to establish their independents Sui II
iwat mast &c admitted TO be un,.bi d,d. /.
bstts fciss We're stil reskinS viii ito bloc
OF ;liousanl< Of Lib killed IA b.-th aide
and until the was llsil beSn aseiFcd on o..
SIDE or Inc other, or iinlil Il hal zen decide
40 iir Ia iasof OF theS luthern >tales "a 10 d
I DUDE the Northern States 10 rec.l-n.z- lie
qePendenee, OF 70 prove To ioie;gn State
tn2ktne contest s<s exhausted. AID That ri
Notthern States we're incapable oi continnin
4 the contest until that moment arrived II conl
8 noq be sad IN acc9reapce with tho est4blishs
J. doctrines OF International law, that t1e inle
h pefasnco { the Spnlhern States bad been e.
4 tiblshed. (fIezr. lhsar1 lie behersd Il wa
{ the general oplnlen df the people pi this coui
r. try that the contest would issae u tic ssisl
q hs9insnt ei ihs inafPendencs oi the Soni'
pc himself did not express that opinion;
did no, say that he disscnted frshi that OH
. ION but that was the general opifiou in ihi