Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-03-29
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from hisansiccsssfuf mission abroad made stoft
speech last Thursday night at the St Charles hotei
New Orleans. We copy from the Delta the folloW' \
ing sketch of his remarks:
II was year, lacking two days, since he had
quit our shores and be Was glad TO. stand among
bis couAtrvmen again. He came back conVinceu
that he had friends in Europe, that we must ngnF
the hattie alone, and rely only on our firm heaT'
IApplause They looked colby OF the South be-
of its slavery institutions. There was nota
country in Europe who sympathzed with u.s. Even
the great PRINCIPLES of our revelation were not I'M
derstood by them, any more than by the Northern
ers, who haveypcysr been able 70 seize the true
spirit of institutions With the North, Europe
believed IN the unqualified supremacy of govern
ment, not understanding that government is made
for the peope. They have therefore, no friendship
for nor sympathy with-us; neither have they, how
ever, for the North. They regard the North as a
people mendacious, uni ust, aHd-hyPoerltical They
do not believe A word said by the people, the press,
the Cabinet or the President Europeans are pre-
JUDGED against slavery, but they dorot wish to de-
prive men of their property without honestly pay
ing for It. they have idea OF cutting the chains
of bondage with lawcss sword They have dis
covered the Northern motive in this war to be po-
litical, not social; not strong principle against
wrong but determination to rule. Having, there
fore no sympathy for US, and turning with honest
contempt from the hypocritical Yankee, they would
look with positive indifference on the contest but for
their own interests involved They desire to cripple
q dangerous rival. This country was getting too
vigorous and they arc determined that it shall for
ever remain separated. They would never allow
the South be sbjugaed dwoud interfere to pre-
vent such result but they feel certain it cannot be
accomplished. They know and say the South will
be free. In the meantime they wish to see the war
drag on until each side is thoroughly exhausted and
Overwhelmed with debt which shall crush its en-
erges for years. if possible, ages to come. To
further this policy they ignore the well established
fact that the blockade has been run at least thou
sand times They set aside, practically as against
us, the plaincSt behests of the European treaty
which fixes the law Of blockade. They are'deter-
mined. in the face of all law, Of all equity, Of all
humanity, not to recognize until the last possible
moment, and iaaI Rerer do 50 until they see our
6loodreeking srord stretched Orer conquered and
prustrGte North. - .-..-.-.-r .----.-
As to the blockade said Mr.. Yancey, don't think
should want it raised. IL it continued six
months longer, he would not, on any consideration
wish such misfortune as that it should be raised
BY that time our internal energies will have been
developed, manufactures established, ard he had
such confidence in the ingenuity and enterprise OF
OSr people as to believe them capable Of attaining
within themselves all necessary ends. As to luxu-
ries, Indulgence in them not becoming to peO-
pie a5oring in the very hroes Of heroic struggle
emphatic applause.) Various causes had hitherto
prevented the forcible raising of the blockade. In
the first place, when the blockade commenced to
take effect, immense stocks of cotton Were in the
hands Of the wealthieSt manufacturers. Those men
had the Of Government, and 1t was decidedly to
their interest that the blockade should continue
Il: their stock hand sold at eXorbtant prices.
Government, too. the more willing 10 listen to
them, because it DESTROYS OF fostering the pro-
ducton Of cotton outside Of the Southern States,
even at the expense Of heavy temporary suffering
at home.
Our principal ground of miscalculaton here as TO
the blockade had been the idea that cotton is king
h,rg a. TODD cntIn is
falscy. American cotton certainly plays mighty
part in the commerce Of the world, but it has not
absolute sway, because the staple is raised too
abundantly elsewhere. For hundreds OF years In
dia has raised much cotton as the South now
does. There is probably no one thing in the world
which grows so universally as cotton. Europe,
therefore, was willing to take advantage of the
crisis to enfranchise herself from sway at al
most any cost, but she has found the ordeal too
India cotton is too dear, and the whole ma
chilery of their immense manufactures would have
TO bc changed to suit the staple. Orleans mddling
has been found by experience to be the only thing
that will exactly do and the supply of that will be
exhausted by the LIST Of April Then when starv-
ing population rises around their thrones, with
tae words cotton OF blood" the blockade will be
raised.
Here Mr.. Yancey was asked by a gentleman,
whether Mr.. Stewards promise to open a cotton port
had not great weight? Mr.. Yancey replied emphat-
ically, no. They did not believe word be said.
They believed the Yankees to be a nation Of men,
daciouS liars. applause and laughter) 1t was
impossible now in Europe, to get at the truth Of
things over here. Facts got there liltraed through
the medium of'Northern papers, and the strength
was all gone. No Southern journal was allowed tc
reach them and that indeed it had been so to
great extent before the war People there got their
ideas of the South from New York papers and Bos-
ton literatcurs. They gave credit for being a
brave people, determined to be free, but reckless of
life, some what mhuman to slaves, and at best,
semi civilized; and that sense Of individuality
went so far that each man considered his will as
paramount to the law. We cannot look for any
sympathy or help from abroad. We must rely up
ourselves alone.