Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-17
miscellaneous items.
NJ MANUFACTURING PUBLIC OPINION |
In FAVOR OLE THE SOUTH.

NJ MANUFACTURING PUBLIC OPINION |
IN FAVOR OF THE SOUTH.
The Shareholders Of the Southern States
have one Characteristic Of the children of this
world in a very high degree. They are wise
in their generation. They have been prepar-
ing for their great secession for years with all
the subtlety Of the serpent and they have,
as one means Of securing aid and comfort for
their cause, sought aud obtained a strong
feeling in their favor in Britain and her de-
Tendencies. BY artful representations that
the secession movement was for liberty and
free trade, when it was really for slavery,
they have secured many powerful advocates
and they have been, it is believed, skilllul in
the use of still more direct inducements to
manufacture public opinion in favor of their
cause.
The results Of this engineering are obvious.
Ia the West Indies, for instance, British
neutrality is very one sided Everything
that can be done without transgressing the
law Of nations. is done for Southern belliger-
ents and everything. within the same limits,
against Northern belligerenis. This is not
very extraordinary, seeing the frequent inter
course between the West Indies and the
Southern States, and the aristocratio pro-
slavery feeling which almost everywhere pre-
walls among ofnClals ana oUccrs.
The leading paper Of Britain, and perhaps
Of the world, followed by host of satellites,
has gone thoroughly for the South and against
the North, in way that is a perfect disgrace
to British fairness. Everything that tells in
favor Of one side is magni6ed and set in the
most favorable light, whilst everything iniur-
ious to the other lis set in note book, learn
ed and conned BY rote, to cast into her teeth. "
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sacrifice Of the Northern States are sneered
at and misrepresented in manner worthy OF
Mephistophiies HIMSELF whilst their every
error, weakness and fault, is made the most
Of it, 1t is not however, surprising that the
Times should take the pro-slayery side Sit
always has done so. in all questions respect
ing West India slavery, it has been on the
side of the planters, merchants and capital
lists and when their views conhcted with
humanity and justice, the Times was always
in antagonism with both The unscrupulous
character of the " leading journal in this
respect, has been the subject of remark foI
many years and it is one Of the reproache'
of England that such wrong-principled
paper should be its most prominent organ
The Times, we believe, cannot be bribeC
with Secession gold but its instincts are OF
the side Of aristocracy, slavery and cotton
versus human rights and human freedom
and those instincts are shown in the presen
struggle, in the most malignant manner. Il
is doing its very best to incite the British ma
tion to war with the United States at thi
time, as the best opportunity for overthrow
ing what it calls "unbrided democracy" -
aiding slavery and other aristocratic institu
tions, aud obtaining cotton to promote com
meTce aud manufactures.
II is ia Canada, however, that the creates
triumphs Of Secession intrigue may be seer
The West lndies--on account of near neigl
bofhood, long mutual acquaintance and lrc
quent intercourse was, doubtless. predis
posed to favor The South England has III
powerful inducements Of free-trade and cotto
10 draw her sympaibies in that direction; br
the intercourse ard interests OF Canada wen
all with The North. and TO have secured
much az they have dune OF public opinio
here, 10 favor Of Dixie. shows no little abilit
in manufacturing public opinion on the pa
81 ,ho knot Of clever Secessionists who haN
been residing for some months In Canada
Moaben Waaess,