, 1862-01-09

--Conp9|cation Of the Cotton qutai0n-Ihe
4dnti-4ss2ace7y Cbnnaitee--Is Racegaitkon BY
Sympathy .eiM tie North .-Anasiean Reasons
for The AudMe-Fsdcraz and Reba yspysatn-
tattona abroad compared -Fdzseaoods Of the
Tie South-Ettt e9ects Of q mistaken Foreign
FblicY, d., Dc.
Especial Correspondents Of the Chicago Tribrne.1
LONDON, England, Dec II, 1861.
: The first, the most important Of all
questions to be answered NOW, is,
How stand the people Of Great Britain to the
United States: That the answer may be IN
derstocd properly, 1t is necessary to make an
e. PLANTATION Of the back ground, on which such
a question is predicated.
The English people may be regarded as
most thoroughly and unchangeably anti-sla-
very in their sentiments and feelings. In the
growth Of society in this country, there has
sprung up noble band Of philanthropists and
earnest Christian men. The Puritan stock
is here from which sprung the Puritan stock
Of our country. These, with an@he varied
denominations which have dissentcd, from
time to time, from the established church,
called Dissenters, together with the Presby-
tcrians Of Scotland, and the good people
called Friends-better known as Qua
kers always noted for their good work
as an essential part OF religion,
are thoroughly anti-slaYery, and we're first
forward in the good cause Of abolisbing the
slaye trade, then in the abolition Of slavery in
their Own dominions. This reform triumphed
in moulding the policy Of the Government;
and now it may be said NTH truthfu1ness, that
abstractly, as conceded fact, the Government
Of Great Britain and all its people are anti
slavery. They nre anti-sIavery by a fixed line
Of policy, as much as the people Of the United
States are Republican.
Hostility to slavery, morally, wherever it
cxists. is permanent power in the land. This
is an important fact, to be regarded in all our
intercourse, socially, religiously and nation
ally, if We are to guide our bark in harmony
with the reality Of things here.
And it is proper that it should be remcu-
bercd at the same time, that anti-slayery in
this country, unlike as it is in our OWL coun-
try, is Fashionable here, and WAS long ago car
ried by popular triumph out Of the arena oi
martyrdom. It is therefore not high
toned test Of consistency aud adherence
to principle. a man can be an antislayery
man here without being publicly denounced,
charged with hypocrisy, and subject to perse.
cution. You do not therefore look exclusive
II for rabid men, and men who turn the world
upside down, among that class in this country
though believe there are many Of the Same
stripe here which re have in tho United
States.
We must not look upon anti-slaycrJ on the
whole as you look upon it at home. There il
is sclEsacrifcing, unpopular and meddlesome
disturber Of the peace Of things, Though
thank God that through tho logic Of Hi
events, it Is fast getting to be universal, if moi
popular, in the usual scnse.) Here in England
you can better define it, by chasing it in i'll
popular type, with our strong religious
bodies, and tile Tract and Bible Societies
which are suspected Of being not quite up tt
the standard Of principle, for fear Of their pop
u1arity. Here they are forced up t
| the standard Of principle which the world
here has set up, if not Arrays to the STANDARD
Of consistency because Of the fear Of losing
popularity. Therefore you may expect abon
as much Of baek-bending, aud twisting, ant
| turning the moral line, when there seems to bt
| acoming conflict ctofselfinterest, ,as thereis viii
| the Anti Slavery Committee, with q perma
nent organization, with rooms, headquarters
officers, and al the machinery Of a perpetua
operation, in London IA organization which
has something like it in parallel in the self
| pcrpetuating committee OF the American
Board OF Foreign Missions. It was through
this organization, founded By Clarkson, ant
his jealous co-Torkers, that the people have
spoken officially, and the Government has re
/ sponded.
The Government has yielded to this con
| scicntious expression Of tie popular will, not
| as it has been suspected, for love Of the op
| pressed, and devotion to right, but as . con
cession to the spirit Of reform which is every
where abroad, and which it must heed, as
safety valve, to take the pressure from of tn
many millions at home, who are ground dow
BY the weight Of the abuses Of many ages.
The toiling millions Of England have felt
rejoicing while suffering under the assimula
tions Of the evils Of old abuses, though full
enjoying their natural rights, that tie poo
level with themselves in the possession G
homes and families. In the review Of this gle
rious reform, il which the British GoYernmeI
get much credit, the nation much glory, Sc
nothing SO sublime as the attachment and th
congratulations Of England's poor to the slaye
long waiting for their own elevation in tt
scale of life and comfort which is sure to 10
low such noble sacrifice.
| The Government has even seemed to recoE
nize this committee, or the people speakin
through it, in regard to the line Of polio
tion Of Slaves. The self H-pcrpetuating societ,
with its permanent officers, rooms, library an
archives, in Broad street, Lendon, has bee
sort Of se1nf-attached bureau Of the govern
mcnt; and know not to this day, IL its rel
tions arc any further removed, unless it
from the fact, that through the course
events its occupation is partly gone.
Another Important fact to be remembere
is, that when the conscience Of this EnS1iE
nation had been stirred up, and the NOR
power Of the people concentrated throue
the labors Of the scores Of good meR whie
we can bring to mind, such as Clrkson, wi
ber1orce, &c. not emitting the good Cowpe
like the :" Negroes Complaint" contribute
: not little to mould the Christian sympathi
of al--the government yielded to the "
t Of the people, as it always does here, as sens
bly, though more slowly than in the Unitt
! States, aud it abolished the Slave Trade; the
moral pressure, and abolished slavery in
own dominions.
| The anti~slayery power here, which
hare called q pomer III the hnd, b
been committed to what is calle
! the Traet Society - when h con: conscience spu
|
and the fear Of popular influence and loss
patronage, causes them to vince.
It Is not surprising, then, that the trial
their faith, as it has been put to the test
the cotton question:. shall have shown to Il
, ! world much WaverinG, and letting do1
Of their high position, and more p
ticula1ly, as people will always try to tatt
themselves into consistency, tlatit has sho'
= 1amentablc amount Of dodging, and atteml
at shifting THO Issue Of the case, to ease
I pressure which is at the same time both on ct
science and consistency-as for instance, tt
|. the scdr and the rebellion at the South .oas
begun for sldas7y- and that tho North is Rs MI
for s1a,ery IN this contest a. the South Is
To answer the question which have p
posed for my friends and your readers, III
stands England ?" you have but to answer
to the fact " Bow stands this society and
anti-slayeT people Of Englaude',
The present appearances are, that the 81
pathies Of the anl-slavcry people and til
leading society for the NJ tn II their 81
struggle with the slave power Of the count
is di7ided or dormant. You cannot bring II
the test, and find it all with us, as We cxpc
ed, and Is it should be. VIC mny be dis
pointed, disgusted, and cry and hypocrisy,
accuse England Of want Of consistency, "
Of faithfulness, principle and honor.
wonder Rone are Teady to cry I
"Perfdions Albion" when we see I
after having cleared her own ekirts -magni
herself before the world, as the first nat1on
!! prohibit the slave trade, and abolishing slaT
throwing itself into the arms Of that po,
Of delusIoD, the slave power Of the South;
likely to become selfdeluded before ali
p world, the principal instrument, if It is e
accomplished, Of building up q distinct
ton, based solely upon the idea Of max
l. slavery supreme It's Ife-gii1ing principIe-H