The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-12
Engli h Philanthropy.


A writer in the hsl number Of the L}adoa
Quarterly Review, discussing the subject of "the
Confederate struggle and recognition, ana argu-
ing an English tory might have been expected to
argue, in favor OF the recognition Of the Coined
crate government. finding himself at the close of az
attcle OF twenty don5e-solu nned pages, Confront
ed with the fact that the Southern Confederacy
i, a narrowing state, is at first q little en-.
barrassed, and INDUCES in pious horror for the
space Of thirteen lines, as follows;
We certainly have no admiration for the pc
sular nstitaton.' Unless jealousy supervised
by public authority, it gives opportunity for very
teariul cEusty; anC in all cases it exercises de-
,srioratn:; snd pa!alysins influence on the white
man. And the odlouS law, under which the off
spy!rg 70 lows the condition OF the mother, invests
Inc slavery OF the Confederate States with spe-
caI horror, and strips it at the apology which the
'nltr'or'ty CT The African race supplies. Tie sale
OF temi.a qulCrdons is an abomnat!on which no
civilized State ought 70 tolerate.
But the writer, true to bis British instincts 0,
seIhshaess and ute: disregard Of every right that
comes IN conflict with the convenience andcommerce
Of Eng.;shmen, or djs;uros the comfortable serea-
ity and selfcomplacency Of high born English
ars,ocyacy, q few lines further on disrr>sea tom
his mind, and from any weigh; in his discussion,
This "special horror this abomination which no
cvllized state ought to tolerate" this "Slayc
Plwer" Of the new Conlsderacy, in TIE following
Paragraph;
Bat, ia Truth, TIE whole slavery dispute seems
petty and trivial, when we reed the weekly mar
l4twe of American carnage or the daily tale Of
Lancashire starvation. With every respect to
Ihn Negro, We c1rno. stop to inquire into wrongs
under which he apparently thrives and is happy,
when the blood of our race is being poured
out like water, and our own fellow-clzans are
perishng by inches. We cannot contemplate the
hA,tle-iieIs strewn with corpses, or vast regions
once busy aad prosperous now iIid waste by war,
and console ourselves with the reitc ion that if it
be only continued long enough, il may possibly
RID IN promoting the Negroes suddenly 10 free
dom which they will not appreciate, and Wi! GER
,aiuy misuse. We cannot reconcile ourselves to
Ihe sight Of fAnlino-strjchcn population at nome
by the hope that, If their suGe.inys sufficient.
" prolonged, the integrity Of an aggressive aoI
nnSc2upuy4r empire may possibly be restored.
Ever consideration OF humanity t. those abroad
and lhoso at home demands lh4t We should do
everything III oar power, and, If need be, risk
something's 10 bring tais fearful desolation to q
close. As soon Gs The lime cohesive trust that
il may be close at haoQ--when, hy a far inter-
probation Of international law, W cen On vita
other European Power, ii recognizing an iNae-
pendsnce whcA Is already an accomplished fac,
lhcre Is al; hoya h.t tn te0egll, may see IN
Our declaration an honorable plea for re,realiog
from contest ttam which tn; WI! a>sIgtUly
never be eNtg.catld by success.
We viva TO know what there !, in tie carnage
on this side Of TIE Atlantic at which Lnglish sen.
abilities need to start back in such horror? Can
not Nngli,hmen remember Waterloo, and the
long cA;al que Of bloody battles, where tue blood
Of Enslishmen was poured GU. like water" uoi
10 save the empire of Great Britain from traitors
who were striking at its life. but to prevent the
first Napoleon from becoming nlishtier monarch
than even a British king? Aad is English mem
DRY too weak 10 keep in mind the fghtlul waste
Of life in the Crimean war, or the marderous
battles aua massacres in her East Indian empire,
.bat the record OF bloody battle on southern soil
should now 50 aFright her imasina,ion' Has the
British lion suddenly grown as gentle as sucking
dove, aad as sentimental as a love.sck maiden
,ha. the noise Of cannon, the clash Of arms, and