Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-11-21

/ WV eu'Jeut. (ilehfs uenr
don't believe, il the war in America is to b,
soon brought to termination, that it will bi
brought to an end by separation of the Soutl
from the North. There arc great motives Al
work nmong-t the large majority of the people il
America that seem tO me to drive them tO this
dreadful contest rather than see their country
broken into two nations. do not speak if it as
a thing feel great interest in myself II may
be considered ntopian, but | have no great
sympathy with great nations. | don't myself
sympnthise largely with those who desire the
greatness OF u people by vast extension of EN-.
pre- Whit | like to see is the development and
elevation of the individual man. We have had
great empires in all tunes. There were the great
empires OF Assyra, Persia and the rest. what
trace have they lett of the individual man 1t
IS your little States-Greece, for instance, Or
ltaly-"hlch, in the middle ages, had 80 great
M elect on the revival ot earning, where you
could ride on horseback through two or three
States ia day or two. 1hoss were the coun-
irles where humanity has ilOurished and has
heen gOrihed
These, no doubt. are utcpiAn opinions; they
are not tie opinions Of mankind now. aud perhaps
they ongt not to he the opinions of men in politi-
chl llie, until We sec II better guide TO mortality
or international law, which would assure to n
small State that it would obtain Justice at the
hands ofa greater one. But leaving the dreams
aside, what appears to be in the present day the
| permanent interchange among the races of men
Certainly not desire to separate, but to aggo-
merate tn bring together in greater concentration
different races speaking the snme language and
protesting the same religion. What ia gning nn
~ ltaly What IL II that stirs the heart Of
dermanyy What is IL that moves Hungary
1t Is the nations wishing to core together You
find in Europe no instinct pervnding the mass Of
mankind leading them to separation from each
uther, but there is a powerful movement all
through Europe towards ag glomerntion Of the
races of nations.
1t is very odd that statesmen here who have "A
profound sympathy with the movement in Italy
IN favor OF unity cannot appreciate the force Of
that motive In the present contest in America
Imec-tNul tbs of the whole population in America
arc now contcnding against disunion: they nre
following the instruction which is impelling the
llaliah the uerman nul the other populations of
Europe and have no doubt TINT one great and
dominant moliyO on their part is TINT they
nre afraid that it they become lisunited, they
will be treated as the Italians were treated when
they were Gisunited, viz that the foreigner
will coma and set his intrusive foot amongst
them. and piay oil one against the other to The
degradation aud possible subeetion of the whole
These are powerful motives, mud il they are
operating as they appear to operate, they may
lead TO II mueh more prutractei contest than has
been predicted by some of our statesmen. But
the business which we really have here as Eng
lishmen is not TO speculate on what the Amer-
cans will do, for they will act totally indepen-
dent Of us. Let us give them our sympathy
while we lament over great misfortune but do
not let us attempt to scold, and worry, aud die
tate TO them, or even predict for them what will
happen.
But what is our duty towards them Ia this
matter? We have talked of strict neutrality |
wish our statesmen and particularly our cabinet
ministers, would enforce upon their own tongues
little oil that principle of non Intervention which
they profess to apply to their diplomacy.
daughter and cheers) We are told very iro
quenily at public meetings that we must recog-
nlze the South, but tue recognition of the South
is always coupled with another object, namey
TO obtain the cotton you want; because If il
were not for the distress brought on us by the
civil war in America, do not think humanity
would induce us to interfere any more than it |
does in any olhe, war in other parts of the world
And now let try and lispel this floating failacy
which has been spread through the country by
Interested persons Your recognition of the |
South would not give you cotton but rtcogni- |
lion of the South in the minds of parties who use
that term il coupled with something more.
Their is an idea Of going and interfering by force
to put m end TO that contest in order that the
cotton may be- set free.
Il | were President Lincoln, and found myself
OF taxation, or on account Of discord OF parties
IN the Federal rnnks, and il wanted to see the |
whole population united as one man ready to
make me despot, | should wish nothing better |
thnn for England and Franco, or both together, |
TO attempt to Interfere by force in the quarrel |
on read now of the elections which are going on |
IN America, and | look to those elections with |
greatest interest us the only indication to guide
me IN forming Judgment oil the future. You |
see It stated that in those elections there is some
dsunlOh Oi parties, bat let the foreigner interfere
IN that quarrel, aud all the old lines of deinar-
katun will lie ellaced forever, aud you will haye
an united people joining together TO repel thein-
trusion. (Ilear hear) 1t was 80 in France in |
the great revolutionary war What was il that |
CAUSED the reign Of terror, hut the cry of alarm
that the foreigner was coming to invade them
and the aristOcrais We're guilolined as traitors
TO their country, because they were friends oi the
foreigners. Aud let mt remind you that your
Interference would not obtain cotton. 1t woull
have, in the present state of armaments, very /
little effect on the combalants
II people were generally better acquainted |
with the geography OF America, and the state of
its population, they would sec how much we are
apt 10 exaggerate even our power to interfere to
produce any result on this contest. The policy |
to he pursued by the North will be decided by |
the elections in the great Western States-l |
mean the great growing regions of the Missis
sippi Valley tho States of Ohio, Michigan, ln- |
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota
II they determine to carry on the war, aud say |
they will never mako pence while the mouths OF |
the Alssssipp which drains ~ 900 miles Of |
nnvgable water into the ocean, remain in the |
hands Of foreign power, we could never expect |
to put period to it. You must remember ihnt |
you have TO go one thousand miles up the Mis- |
sssippi before you got to That ynst region peo-
Piled by eight or ten millions OF souls, that will be |
the future depository o. the wealth and numbers |
vi that great continent, and whatever the will Of
the people is, New York is but the broker Of then
opinion, aud New York. Pennsylvania and New /
England must 60 with them. 1t is ns idle, then, |
rs the talk of children for France and England
TO pretend that they can go there and reach that
population. For my part | think the language
which is used sometimes in certain quarters, with |
regard to the yOwerS VI this country to 60 and i'm
pose it's will upon the population Of America, al- |
most savOurs Of the ludicrous.
When America had but Z, 100000 of popula- !
tion we could not enforce our will upon it, and |
having the same mechanical appliances rs your
selves, and when that people number ten or
twenty millions, it is next to impossible for any
force TO be transported across the Atlantic which
will effect Il conquest. Englishnen are very apt |
to think that they can do anything by force let |
them Danish that idea their interference in this
case could only do harm, and in the end you |
would not get your cotton. Even if you could |
what price would you pay for it know some
thing oi the way III which money is voted in the
House OF Commons for warlike armaments, even
IN time OF peace, aud venture to say that it
would be cheaper to keep all the population en-
gagged IN cotton manuincture-aye, to keep them
GU turtle, champagne and venson-than to seud
tu Amercn TO obtain that cottou nv farce of arms