New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-01
TEE HOUSE OF COMMONS On Nh
DEATEUN.

mons on the question Of mediation, Of which
we gave very full account in yesterday 5
TRIBUNE, was in many respects highly in
structIye. 1t disclosed the state Of punilc sen
tmeLt 10 England with regard 10 our country,
aud in particular To our war, aud TINS enat"s
us to predict with high degrre Of probability
tie future policy OF England, should not uncA-
pccred circumstances of extraordinary import
auce produce q sudden change.
The war party of the Et7lish Parlia-
ment was aware that this occasion was
their last chance before the pror cation Of
Parliament 10 obtain from the lIou.e and from
the Government declaration IN favor Of the
Southern rebellion. They had therefore rallied
all their strength for n decisive contest The
result of the battle, before R.chm' I'D had
greatly increased their hopes. Some of their
champions had even become 50 bold aud def
ant az to propose not only "medint n but
"other measures to which the Cove rmert,
in their opinion, should resort 10 pat an end
to the American war. They considered rnc
reyerscs OF the Union troops 80 crushing, and
that they deemed it unnecessary to di-grisc
any longer the motives Of their hostility 10
America, but stated them more clearly and
deGuitiyely than LaS been done on any former
occasion.
Mr.. Lindsay, who moved the resolution, that
IN Tie opinion Of tue House Of Commons, the
Enqlish Government should make an offer oi
mediation with tie view Of terminating HOSTILE
ties, adduccd a. one reason why England shonId
Ike this coursc, that "whethcr 10 regard Of
the commercial or political Interests OF En-
gland. The American Union, rs It had hereto
fore existed. was too large" Lord Tempest,
and al the other speakers on the same SIDE of
The Louise, declared with particular emphasis.
that oil their sympaibies were with The south.
aud they did not conceal their high qualification
at the apparent failure Of the democratic form
OF government in the Free States. The com
mercal advantages which the free trade policy OF
the South would afford to England, and the sup
posed hostility Of the American people TO En-
gland, the only proofs of which were taken
from Tie Ne,e- York Herah, were Of course
made use of by all the speakers of the war
party with cOnsIdt rable elect.
Stll there was ore point in tie policy Of the
South which none Of IFS friends had the courage
to deftnd-thc Southern view Of Slavery. They
even considered it necessary TO guard expressly
against any sympathy with The Slavery system.
Lord Tempest claimed to have as deep feel
ing against Slavery as any other member, and
proiessed to believe that the independence OF
the Southern Conicderacy would lead t. an
ultimately 20 their manumission.
The Liberal members OF the House opposed
TO thc clamor for mediation two powerful ar
gumeDts. They opposed the cha'uctcr and ain
Of the slave power and pointed on the other
hand, TO the cOst and the necessary consc-
quences OF an American war. The former Of
these arguments was well set forth by Mr..
Taylor, who showed that the South has been
steadily advancing in pro.Slavcry principles,
while the North is, at least, determined % pre-
vent the further extension OF Slavery, and that
between Free States aud Slave States there
must always DO an irreprcssibIc couilict. IDe
disastrous consequences which The war would
have upon tho property Of England were 30
iorcbly pointed out BY Mr.. Forster, that they
produced powerful impression even upon the
war party.
The speech Of Lord Palmerston leaves no
doubt that the Government fully appreciate
the danger which England would incur by an
American war. All its sympathies are with
the war party and with the South. Its organ,
TIC Post, had declared only few days before,
that if the American Government should not
soon make peace, foreign nations would have
to discharge their disa2reeablo duty. Never.