The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-07-19
Letter from Dr.. McCiiutOck to The
Methodist.
EOREIGN INTERVENTION.
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PARIS, June Is, 1862.
The French journals of to-day con-
tain statement, apparently authorized
9y the Government, that active ncgotia-
tons are going on between England and
! France, with view to a joint mediation
! in order to Il set lemcnt OF the American
civil war. This statement has often
been made before but it has more like
/ lihood of truth now than a any former
/ time The check received by General
Banks has been made the mos. of by the
journals in London and Paris General
Buffers proclamations ia proclamation
falsely ascribed to him) have been made
the text of violent diatribes to excl C
public feeling; General lIun.cr's abor-
tive proclamation, and the ouarrcls
about fugi i've slaves IN Washington,
have been gravcly set forth in labered
articles as ample proof that Mr.. Lincoln
is the real bulwark of slavery, rather
than the Southern Confcdcracy: and
thus every s.ring is pulled that can pre-
pare the people of England and France
to submit to an intervention, on the part
of their Governments, in behalf of the
slaycholding rebels. The Seccssionists
, here arc in high slec over what they
call the "rcvival of the Democratic
party" in the Nor,h, and declare tina,
in few months all the old Democrats
Of the North will be on the side of
slavery and the Southern Confcleracy.
How bitterly they are dcccivng them
selves, We all know; but they succeed,
meanwhile, IN deceiving the people here,
aud even, to a certain extent, in dccciv-
ing the Governments. The ignorance of
British and French public men as to
even the tacfs Of American progress,
commerce, etc, is absolutely astounding:
and il is the interest of the aristocratic
party, especially in England, to keep up
his Ignorance, and to mislcad the pub
lie mind as far as possible.
ct the instincts of the masses have
thus far been proof against all the
attempts, msidiously or straightforward,
OF the aristocratic leaders to corrupt
their moral sense. The Post, Times
and H,raid contain almost daily lauda-
lions Of the operatives of Lancashire for
The forttude with whicl; they bear the
msfortunes of tie cot;on-faminc, and
for their manly refusal to clanor for
Intervention in America. But these
journals forgot to say tha the operatives
of Lancashire believe in Bright, Golden,
Foster, and Aur,her, rather than in the
arlstocratc leaders of the old Wing or
Tory parties and that it is for THAT
reason alone that they have borne and
forborne as they have done. Had the
aristocra ic leaders and presses been
influential in Lancashire, we should have
had monster meetings long ago calling
in ervcntion in America, and for war, if
necessary, in hope of getting cotton. |
join heartily in prise of the noble con-
duct of the operatives but | know, at
the same time, that this noble conduc.
has maintained in spite of the aris;oc
cy, and not in consequence Of their
teachings.
NJ. CARRIER Pages has just delivered
noble speech at the Social Science
| Congress in London-anothcr noble
French voice uttering itself on the side
of truth and freedom. Hear him
"Tho Sou hern people, driven by pas
sion inc madness, burns its cotton
rather than allow it to be sent to
Europe. What do the Southerners
hope from this insensate policy! TO
force the governments of Europe to
recognize them, aud sustain them in
their Struggle! DO they not see that
they only force energetic England to
make tenfold efforts for the produc ion of
cotton in India and in her colonies, and
France to seek it in the fertile soil OF
her Algerian possession! But do the
| Southerners not sec that an insurmount-
able obstacle separates them from Eu-
rope Slavery is sacrilege. DO they
not see that while they are striving to
burst assunLcr the bonds of which they
complain, they are themselves holding
in chains and bondage an entire race
The Souh presents herself to Europe
with a stain upon her brow. Let her
ell,acc the mark of Cain let her deliver
if she would herself be delivered Bet
Ter still, the day on which she wipes
away that hidcous stain, she will no
longer seek to be divided from the great
people of which she was so long one OF
the most active members. Until she
makes that sacrifice she can have nc
peace. Her sulfcrings arc but an ex-
pia'ion. Never can Europe become the
accomplicc of her crime"
There is no part of De Gasparin's
new book more acute, and at the same
time more candid and just, than the
chapter on =" England." He begins
with the statement that European opin-
ion naturally looked to England, at the
beginning OF the American troubles, for
direction and guidance. England is
bound to America by closer commercial
ties than any country in Europe, and
hence, in a material point of view, it is
for England, first of all European coun-
tries, to judge of. American events
Again, England has profcsscd, before all
the world, and beyond all the world, to
be the opponent OF negro slavery aud
on all questions of negro slavery the
world expects her to be well informed, and
TO act up TO her professions and her ira
ditions. How, then, asks NJ. De Gaspa-
rim, is the present attitude of England
toward America TO be explained "Why
has England been so cold ! Why has she
trootnd Mr. inocln'S Envnrnn,ont Wi h