Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-19

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he an extraordinary contest The government
viii pretend mat il does not wish 10 break the
blockade, and is In ne haste 10 recognize the
Contedaracy Can yen doubt that it is only
waiting 70 be compelled to DO both The
ybigs, It must be remembered, only hold power
Inv ,ifferance. They are not strong enough for
iT1eperdent ac ion. The conservatives, undor
Lord Derby and D'iTseti, hold them ia peTpst-
uaI check, which is nearly as bad a. clechma;e.
Go ahead, my lively friend says Derby to
Palmerst6n-" but if you don't 90 as we Ike
YOU 20 over" So the administration Is waiting
for a pressure from both parties which viii force
them 10 do what they are quite ready for
And YOU may suppose that your recent veto
rfes. and tine prospect hey give TO yusT ability
TO overcome the rebellion VIII be check upon
tn 3 action Be uCt too sure Of that. bnusn
governmental policy Ia both ile almost equally
matched and balancing parties Is based now
rDon The theory Of the future disruption OF the
American Union. On this ground ret0im IS kicked
ont of Parliament. While America was united,
prosperous and powerful, the people Of England
could not demand 10 be heard IN Parliament
The example of America was the stronghold OF
En7lish Ieformers. IN the secession OF the
South in the civil war now raging, with all Its
calamities. the aristUcTscy OF England finds
new lease of powe, They have favored the re-
bellion fr N the beginning because they hate de-
r,o.racv. and dread It's influence and example.
Il il likely they viii see America again reunited,
prosperous and happy, if they can help
No. sir, the despots Of Europe wiD plant
themselves upon the declaration Of independ
euce, and tell you that as you baye once said
that government depends upon toe consent OF
the governed, you must be held to your prnci-
p'es. And they will never permit The several
States 10 Ieuui.e, OF 10 be reunited, II they can
find the means to prevent It, Persons with
whom talk, have no hesitation in declaring
the animus Of their southern pToctITitleS. ' Oi
course" they say, " we are GLAD to have de-
nQcracv a failure abroad, because ne fear It at
bor1e We know il would never do IN Eugl land,
and we are glad to see 1t coming to uOught ia
America. We are opposed to slavery; but there
is no reason why we should not recognize the
South with its slavery now, as well as these
eighty wears past Why make any difficulty
about the Southern ConteieTacy any more than
Snain, Brazil, or Turkey IL is none Of our
business. But the success and progress OF de
nOcIzcy Is another affair and II We can ind
any excuse to help .Le South, it IS our interest
to DO it,
And here IS the real reason for the sympathy
with the South which prevails in England,
Canada and the colonies everywhere. iusre
are iEdidual exceptions; but 1t is best that the
American people should know what is the actual
feeling. and understand It's causes.
1 hear, every few days. upon very reliable su-
thorily, that the Emperor of the French has de-
tsrmiued to intervene and break tAe blockade,
in the interest Of the manufactures II is true,
| believe, that he has had a private interview
with M. SideI ! smnever troubled by reports
of what the Emperor viii do; because be mas
the virtue Of kerPing his owa counsel, and am
very sure that he has not told any one his deter
mInatiOH.
When the financial question is settled--when
the Roman question ceases TO disturb me Pu0lc
miud-yEhen some real emergency requires 1t, he
win act But he will not be made tho cats psw
of England be sure OF tEst. And he is not
troubled about democracy OF extension Of sur
trags He may have cotton gyOwingIu Algeria
who knows NO-the great interest opposed
70 the continuance Of the war commercial snd
political. is here in England, and ! believe that
nothing viii be done until April, provided there
be no very important movement iu the cUnduct
of the war These might Precpitate action.
When the time comes, tue uTe viii open on the
blockade, the destruction Of hsrOors, the lmPrls-
oumeut of British subjects, the recognition OF a
dc fqct0 government, the principles OF the inter
national Law, and all .he questions involved IN
tle contest
Now, the battle is fought in the newspapers,
ana Ia books and pamphlets. A Col. Sh2tnrr
mas Just brought out an octave iu fhe southern
interest following in the wake oi Ms. Spence
Peumsy ivaui2u mas jusJ issued pamphlet 70
show that it is ior tLe interest OF PcaLsy yivania
TO become one of the Confederate States, and
map is attached to the pamphlet 10 illustrate the
extraordinary advantages she would nave oy
such a combination. ] judge -daJ l0ur-h.i ms or
the work.doae here 10 layoT Of the Sausn is done
BY northern men. Some who narrow. y escaped
nfshiug information to the press, and writing
articles It's TO be presumed thai the Pennsyl-
vaniau who wishes his State 70 JOIN the Cunted-
eyacy has objections 20 returning home so long
as she remains in the Union
There is one other battlefield where the Amer
lean question is IOuzAt 04ers mere important,
perhaps, IN England taau tEs prass-I megu the
dinner table. l. is a great institution in Eng
land-one of the greatest. Every man who
wishes to have influence here must give dinners.
A minister must give dinners O. his adherents,
the lawyer 10 bis clients, the clergyman to his
parishOueTs. There are ClyIgymen in London
who are obliged every year to give a succession
Of dinner parties to Ave or Six hundred guests,
inviting forty or fifty day until sil have had
their legs under his mahogany. You may
reck n, If you will, tha cost Of these entertain
m6nts, with the richest visnds and the choicest
wines. But it is az those dinners that social and
political questions are discussed and settled and
more votes in Parliament are influenced in this
way than by leading articles or eloquent speeches,
The influence Of the clergy OF politics is pro
badly greater here than IN any country IN the
world Politics are not often discussed in the
English pulpit at this day, but the church is
part OF the government, and every clergyman
is bound to sustain what be considers tho British
Constitution. Bshops sis ana vote IN the House
Of Lords and the whole body Of the clergy give
their support 10 the government | mean, Of
course, the clergy Of the Establishments, who look
upon dissentars and democrats with about equal
horror Even moderately High CburchIleu
prefer Roman Catholics 90 Protestant dssenters
and Puseyites see their friends 90 over to Rome
with scarcely a sigu Of dissatisfaction.
] do not undervalus the moral and religions
influence Of the dissenting c.er-ymeu OF the
country bat their political influence must be
very moderate. II It were nos 50, the neutrality
If England in the American contest would be
much more a reality than at present, while the
North would have more powerful, if not a
larger, sympathy.
THE Confederate Bead.
The rites Tor the dead wIll be sulemuized to-
day, over the remains of Albert Sydney John
ston, the lost hero of the battlefield Of Shiloh
What man can 40 10 pay-houof 10 the insensible
clay, which was bur lately the living temple of
a great soul, viii be Teversntly performed. The
| body viii be deposited with the dust iuto which
it must soon be resolved, and wait there for the
| tiras when Kentucky, redeemed from the Pollu
ting presence Of his desuoyerB, shall reclaim his
remains as her own, and his glory as an iualien-
able part of her inheritance bis name is fixed
forever on the scrolls of fame, as great soldier
and true patriot, sanctiied in the love of peo.
! Die whom he died for, as Of martyr who not
r,,T rars 1,y, sratiou fortrrrn and since his ifs