New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08

LETTER From Mr.. THURLoW WEED

HIS REPLY TO THE COMMON COUNCIL.
The Join. Committee Of the Common Council TO
tender tho thanks Of the people OF tho city to Thur
low Weed for bis labor Cor the Union cause in Eu-
rope have just received the following reply to the
complimentary resolutions authorizing these cour-
tesies, which were passed over the veto Of the
Mayor:
AIB.sr JAY 1859.
oEsrir,iry. receive with q grsf sense of tie honor
they confer tho v,y hrAng Iofoil7ns adopted By the
Common Council o. Jour ccmuefciL metropolis. accept
them laoky snd proudly suaratort rshrr o. your
conructons than 90 merted by any service may
have lecn Ia ny Powor 70 render our countfy
H. DUNG Temporary retideuco ~ Euro0e hlve been
enabled n some o~eo 20 fcieveth' complication. IN which
orr al is Involved; folothins toward yndcaiiog
our Gogeument hon eapsTsi,nsi 10 aid 10 tuning
back The tide II popular sentiment setting strongly aan-.
it owing TO the prompt and generous conf
England snd France IL hearng t. m"ny - s both duty
and pleasure. the nbty and fidelity OF Mr Adams and
Mr. Dayton cannot tobear = add that 'irg glove
deratous which might tese di,tuibed Minister, .s,tfuy
devoted to their couty ey not only accepted unofficial 60
op. atio, but diseulha-. colleague, tnd myself by
cn.enuiy facilitating orr oh0'is lt pleasure also, to
add hs on te'tn occai ms ana M essential gays, wa
efficiently aided by Mr. Sanford irdsagabie Minister
Belgium. Nor could the Goyonmon "a season OF trial
and difficulty have made hsPpicr 'secsus Of Consas Ia
Parise London Messrs. bi,eoV aud More die arg.
T their resp 1nable duiiss IN worthy Of s
Of ia citizen. to Wilt Europe II &. DO regretted
that two three eminent geuiicren 20 whom Il under
stood that nv alton eat aided were unable 20 accept H. for
the field large anu tie abIers Tow. In the de gnation
OF Diso 5ugnes and Rshcp iicytne however the
Goyernent wa. PECULIARLY iotun',e The 'etces of thoe
enlightened and inrut dgine aud devoted Union meths
Ia Par. and the latter a Enssndwere ,ea.on
able and effective Their exalted PORTIONS their high char.
aotes aud their eTyd zeal weight aud authority their
statements sud opirion..
Secession, while undermining for u,s.e Robeion, wa.
Thoughtful Of the importance Of the favor Of Europe I'll,
south, with its eshsd pury,s worried dseuy
sbrosd The North unconscious o. the gr.,.
crime medotet slept Active esados oi Secession aided
too often by sympatl1ns hliuefs aud Cousl settled tho
public mind the Other side Of the Atlantic against us
Public opinion formed trnst tho Union before our side
Of the question presented heard by tanning truth
end for end aud reading history backward held by
Europeans the tgrressors The last three months Of Mr.
Iuchanau's Administration were almost a, injurious ahead
~ home for there here oys only occuprd tho
places Of dis oval Ca met and toeigu Ministers
nip Rebellion in the bud
Unfortunately, there wen preteIig for
the lack Of sympathy which we corbteed in Europe The
Governments OF the Old World remember that, from tho
OF our institutions, our own symsthis. have generally
with those who struggled TO overthrow monacae and
that have shown slacny IN ng the inde pehdcncs
OF such struggled successfully. With nations
,stey COM ec-d With Us the Noul Tsfitn wa, 70.
garted with great d1yor. In England IL believed that
we only oEershed unendly fe-Ing toward that country
bu. desired disruption Of friendly relations 1he
emaie Of Rebellion seized these aud pieters
10 turn the Of feeling In their svr It too,
that the difference In climate soil hsbits and
wAnt Of congenialtl" between the North and south
,utsd radical dscofdance that our Union had become
sn Indeed, these iasces were suecesslly
DRESSED that MI Gladstone IN recei speech Manchester
stated that tho Union was but experimenting dsolnole
passion caprice prompted in any Of the parties
desire to withdraw That eminent ststesmsn-if for
.pt we adopt his ignoTe1 the circr
stance that our Secession copsrns' ~ isns ptoke open
the safe and stole vslusble securities the common property
the Ia other words that IN separating they seized
the ofc stions the custom houses the pos,oces
the public moneysacis OF treason IN public Or OF rob
bcy Ia private sense which wogd perpested 10 Eng and
have consigned them the Tower the fen!tenti2ry
While England F,aDco Belgium and German, begin to CT
short supply Of cotton do not apprenond Immediately thtt
'hess governments will intervene, though with the two