Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-30
T>r For the GaIlipOlrs Journal
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.
CR1cH, DERBTsnIRr. EEGp
SEPT. 9Th, 1869. J

as YOU wish me to note down to you
the views OF the English people respect
ing the deplorsble civil war that is no,
desolatipg the States of America, an
the reason why they are entertained
will endesvor to give you as fair sn'
impartial.s q view as / can:
/ think / may safely say that three
fourtbs of the English people in thi
part of the country, sympsthize will
tbe South. / fear the same may b,
said of the Nobility and Statesmen
But this sympathy arises from ditieren
motives. The aristocracy hating Re
publics, regard ours as an experiment
and rejoice at the prospect of its failure
and would be glad TO see it broken uI
by internal dissentions. When tht
South seeded, the bilarity of thest
people broke out in such expressions al
S'I do like that" DC. A scisn of no
bility. with jubilant air. in the House
of Commons, said, "the bubble has
burst" and although taken to task BY
Lord Russel, he only indiscreetly ut.
tered what the others thought. The
rapid growth of our American Nation
has been watched with fearful appre-
hension, lest she should become more
powerful than their own. The prospect
of her being weakened by division. is
hailed with delight. In hotels. on rail-
ways, you frequently hear such. state
ments as these :: 4" she is becoming TOO
powerful she must be divided. -
Roebuck said at meeting where Lord
Palmerston was present: United
America can bully the world America
divided cannot" There is also an i'm
preston in this country that the South
are purely an English race, and conse-
quently, have greater claim upon
their sympathy than the North. who are
held up BY some Of the Noble-fOols l"
to be a mongrel people and the scum
of Europe. However, when Roebuck
uttered this last sentiment it did not
meet with response. The mayor Of
Manchester was present and said /:
"Dont say that" and 1 am glad to
say that a deputation from Sheffield
waited upon him, thanking him for
his disapproval.
But the most numerous class OF South
ern sympathizers are those who look
only TO motives OF interest. The South
being almost entirely an agricultural
people, by the removal of restrictive
duties, hold out the hope to them that
a trade with her is sufficient to make
any nation rich. The immediate sup
ply OF cotton, market for the products
of their manufactures, with a prospect
of labor for their operatives, whose dis
tress is pressing heavily upon the pub
lie mind, enlist their sympathies, how
ever real or uncertain they may be-
While on the other hand, the new Fed
eral tariff has excited the bitteTest hos
tility throughout England. Both in
and out of Parliament, it is alluded to
as clear evidence of the antagonism
Of the Northern States to British inter-
ests, and seems to tend not little TO
the ultimatum which would recognize
the Southern Confederscy. They speak
Of it with as much seriousness ss though
it had piled barrier more insurmount-
able than a Chinese wall, or isolated her
for trade and commerce as mnch as
Madagascar orJapan. Still | think that
the sympathy Of the laboring class is but
outward andephemersl. While tbe3vol-
untary labor Of the North has advanced
so much, the tide Of civilization must
win their admiration in preference to
the degrading bondage of the South
With many. it is useless to urge the
true cause of the war; If you do, you
will he listened to, but not believed
To this day, they are unable to compre-
hend the truth that the United States
are contending for great principle. for
the maintenance of their Government
in its integrity and vigor. their Consti-
tuition and the Union OF the States, and
for the suppression Of the basest trea-
son. and the most unnecessary. wicked
and causeless rebellion the world has
ever seen. They affect to think that
the contest is about Territorial do
minion war of the majority against
the miHority Of the strong against the
weak. Just as il there can be no such
thing as an honest and patriotic desire
and determination to hold the nation to.
gether and maintain the right Of gov
ernment over all sections of the coun-
try. They ask with simplicity which
is absolutely inimitable and almost in
fantile, why the United States govern
nnent and people do not let the rebel
lious States and people go? Had any
American or other foreigner used such
language to England when she was en-
gagged in -suppressing rebellion in Ire
land sixty years ago, and often since,
and when she was engaged in suppress
ing the Sepoy rebellion in India four or
FIVE years ago, he would have been con-
sidered down right fool. EG
Notwithstanding all this, few are
even foolish enough to hold out the idea
that we ought TO follow the precedent
which the English Nation established in
permitting the American Colonies to
become independent, which they claim
they did as soon as they found that the
majority Of the American people were
desirous of breaking of their allegiance
to their :" mother ." country. I tell
them they did when they found out that
they could not help themselves; and il
the North ever permits the South TO se-
cede, 1t will be for the same good res-
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