Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-04
TgE AYRalCAs QUESTION IN EUROPE.

PROCLAMATION, Rfc-GnTioE, &C.
Mr.. G. W. Bsntinck, In the course Of . speech atKinu
Lynn, on the S0.h, expressed hinsslf q, follows;
Icontsnd that the question Of slavsry has netting What
ever 70 do either with the fsud which 70 nov going on be.
tween tho Northern and Southern States, nor has Is, nor
ought Il to have, anything 10 do with the light In which
that feud ought to be regarded BY the people Of thh
country.
Tnere Ia 4 very Distinguished statesman who now hold
the portfolio for for, Ign ID .irs, who, on . luna cecsien,
la taking OF the feud between the Northern and Sou.h
ern States, described their position 10 thess words: 'tbst
the Nor.h was hzhting for empire and the South for In.
dependence" I quite aoOep. the latter ~assssion, bu. /
deoy that tho Ntrtb 10 hgbunE for empire.
The men Of tho North srb fighting Tor what most men
aght, and for what, unfortunately, most men hsht With
the utmost zsAl-lhey are fighting for dollars (Heat)
Their position nov Is eIiOly the converse, In ny hum
BILE opinion, Of What their position vas In ne Gays of
What uaJ called the American rebellion, when hey we're
themselves hyhtinE to svade the t'Is imposed BY the
mother county. They we're described In thoe dtyd BY
one OF the greatest poea in this co1ntry-A man 'Qally
remarkable for his talents as . pos, and Tor the eIuene
libsrlity Of hs opinions. he vent over 70 AmereA,
fully impressed, As many Others have been, VIII tns Psf-
lection Of American institutions. He remained ihsrs Q
few months, and he described them In thsss four snort
lines:
"Tnoss Wanting demsgogues, Who noely foe
]. ON EnglAnds debtors 70 be Eaglsnas foss,
Wao cou 4 their monarch in their purse forget,
And break allegiance bu. 70 cancel debt"
u,,usb,,, and cheers.) That was the opinion Of IN
ultra Liberal poet many y,as sgc; and therefore you
vii not wonder, perhaps, that people len liberal may
not think very highly OF their pcs ton at present. bu!
what il tbs relative posidol Of tn, North and South p
Why, the Eortherners oss their very tKssnos 70 sue
e,s.u rebellion, thsy would have been, lie any Other
colony of this country, sui %. 70 tbs g%osernmsns Of
E,alsud. subject to the tiI,ion OF Eaglsnd and virtu-
sly sui -c1 OF ElglaId, - ] an happy 70 think - al
are. / don'S snVJ their separation; bus II TIE Norh-if
,hs United States Of America we're juAhhsd, a. doubt
lees they conceive tat they we're, IN the ACT OF fenelion
vhich necessarily separated them from the dominion Of
thi. c,un.ry, ! would Q :. in the nans Of conn1n sense
and reason, upon wat GroaDd can the Northern States
OF %, to the Southerns iolosiDg precisely the example
vhioh thsy Themselves sst not 10 years sgf
Why 10 Is InAs wherever one goes, IN AL pAfs OF Egg
land. one always fads, thoroughly as ] bslisve the in,ti.
tuiou oil slavery 10 dstssted in this sIuntry, every man
A. mp,thjxiur strongly With the SoushernerI, ana vish.
ipr ,hsm all ~ cessf tOhees / do no. beg the qpss'
pon, bu. oil | eau say s that 20 iI o. my experience
ross, throughout the length and breadth Of the lini,
shsrsysr nave unveiled, I have never ne. the nan
,bo hs. 10. q, ohAe rad. my vishes are With the
southsrnen." Why isitf ! think there 10 m ,re than
one than one reason for it. la the hrst place, the good
sense Of E. glishmen has lhosn them that the QUESTION
Of slavery mutt be entirely elininaa9 from ins az
Gus, ZION that Il 10 altogether Q thirg apart and that IL
1, mere hyposrisy and fraud 10 Try TO introduce IT,
ra.re il no rsferencs to the questioI shItsvsr 10 cen.
sidsrinx the relative position Of the North and the South,
or the rslslive position Of this s'unuy with reference ~
those tso bell gsrtna. .
Tnep. vhy Ia /. that Ss sympabiss wth the Soush,
a, venture 20 think frem the gay in which You have
,en,,isd, YOU ,gres with me that &c oil df We do 90
for thee rcasots-aI', they have fought, to DO them
iustice, With . 6:greo Of CALAMITY Almos! unsK.mplsd,
und.r a rcums;Auces Of the utmost difficulty, under eve
~ description Of ~priYstiop; ,hsy have fougatIfs heroes
for their homes, their wives and their children. lOassrt)
That alore b enou; % to enlist the ympAthiss Of Fog
T.hmep. and | tIust In God tho time viii never come
.b.n IL viIl not enlist their ,ynpathiH. But there is
all A strot ger feeling. The turn oil events have reeolV'
ed into ihisoE glshmsn love liberty, and the Sou.hsrt-
ar ia not only fgatny for lie, bat tha; which 10 deArer
than I!o-his loerty. tUesr, hear Hs Ia lighting toy
nj. home, for bis libsrti be Is 6sdlins against one oil
the most grinding, one of the most galing, one Of the
most irriLti7g attempts TO tstAoish tyrann,e Il govern
meut that ever disgr1c ID the history OF the world
(Cheers) e.,
venture to think tha. in its,l Is srfl cieut ground
for what ] believe il the universal sympathy, With one
or two Esep iols, which is felt Q tue present &c nicn
toward lhs iseu OF tho sogth. Tbs itghaaI s'ruggi
has been g ,ng on for nearly two y,ass. aud ] would AK
whether iI is possible in history to fad REQ pId' OF sucn
attempts al the establishment Of an iniiVidual tyia1ny
Al Is 70 be found in the history Of the list tSo months
of thu Northern States. There Is no Tub: that the
| great nas Of Elgishmen losthes tyranny In all liz
shapes. ku! taay los.he moro especially In the dseorp'
| tioo of tyranny which has been ~pracac.d on the inhab.
itau,s OF the n rtkern States during tie nat two years
by what is called 4 publican government And !
| that alone we're not satii,nt 70 eIp.Ain tho sroog ietf
ing In favor OF the South Wh9l exists IN this c6untry,
there Is a tenfold s ringer reason for u, and that 10 10
the downright barbirism and b-u'alty-l use strong
xords. bu, | contend that they are justiasd b. the cir
cums.sLc,s, ard | am prepared 10 abide by thtm-uhich
has chlrac Q isel thoss who b We had tbs conduc. OF al
fairs 10 the Northern s ates.
haze alrssdy ady,rted to the proclamation which
was lately issusj 81 a tsr3y acd lame attempt 70 indu.e
| the people tf this county TO ss!ieFe ,ha! this ~ on
" Abolition" war, because, after all, all their Legislation
| and all their ac,s have reference to % and cur opinion
| of them. They thiak OF nothing else. The only ides
| they have "a what Is said OF them In England, and they
| have No. heard much that viii plea . ,sem' l snoulo
49, u.s. Iii, 80. pf @ of clsptrap ia toe hrst place &c
st,eh the people Of England. Look at Iva real meaning
| aad its real bearing. Tho otj ct OF 1t was 10 e @ 'ursge
AID arm the blacks, 70 in'u i.t' unfortunate a d mis-
guided people, 10 pa. arms into their hands, and 10 GET
crate, merely for purposes OF Aggression up1n men
wlom they cAnuo. def at in iaT tsht, one OF the most
horrible massicres Of old men, and women ard childr Il
trait ever disgrace. d the ann Ia Of the world. Thi, is It
proclamation which has made Gujh q sensation during
| he las. few week; aud that Is eaough in ITSELF 70 dis
gu [ evtrS hoLoN Il4n With the author CT such q dtcl
mont. But there Il worse than that
ask you, ia there anything upon record that can he
compared TO the brbarities pFtc iced By . ceIhin Gen.
eral Blu Ter (hesr) upon ths deience.ess inhsbhsnis oil
Nav OrlsAusf Rscollec; that the inhabitants OF -thsi
uufortuua's tosn uero reduced 10 tho Old me1, the vo'
men and children. Surely II the nineteenth century
aud 10 q country that claims the slightfst right to cal
I,self q civiliI d nation, the position OF cid men, women
and cail ten would have established some claim to s,u'
pa BY and tolerance, at least, II not 10 Kindness. But
vha. has ben TIE ef, C. on hi. bsbir AMI Why, there
Ia no act of brut lty which he has not been prepared to
civ, cite and pr Q ice ag ins, dtfenctles' womsp, ard b
has followed that up By Encouraging, in ev,ry pot ibls
way, The hatchery Of the whites BY the blAcks. TIL hsi
been done in cold blood AMI in open deharce OF oil hu'
manity, and of al civilization; I'D | sly bat 20 lorg Al
such scta are performed and ar avosed by the Govern
men. of the Northern $ ates, they cease TO have a cain
to bs ranked among civilix,d nations. (Hssr, hesr.)
am not asserting that there se not hundreds AND
| Thousands Of men IN the NJrthern 8 stes who are men
of edu atom, Of right, An Of Christian feeling, Of civil
Eed hsbi's and idess. Far be it from me 10 make 90
unfoun led an assertion. But there lie a further lesson
to be learned. Tho Tesul. Of these much Viunted ipsti'
| TUT )ns, which we had heard praised before, and which
"a sb.l a,,;p haar nraiaad hy tho hired EpOuters OF a.