The New York herald., 1862-03-11

fhey called upon their Southern brethren to state tnoi!
grievances, and various propositions were MADE pu.
word Of complaint was made Of tans ,Sst nothing
(Hear hear) He, therefore, Was cow INA.
but slavery was the cause of their dissatisfaction.
(iear .hear.) When South Carolina promulgated ~, ner
sct Of secession there complaint on taIn y, TAXA
ton but the grievance was slavery. (Hear, hear Mr.
Breckinridge the Southern candidate ior the
not refer to taxation and further he would remind his
hearers that Mr. Polk the candidate OF the Soutn at
former election had inscribed upon ms Trn e Sn
ginning 70 end 1t was slavery, slavery, slavery The
South wanted tho North TO go back 10 barbara ages
and tn acknowledge that one man had right OF
property in another. Then camo the bombardment OF
Sumter and the stealing of the national property in var
GUS ways although that had been going on ior
several years before When Floyd and his coniederaes
were Office the deposited in national arssnais
gradually withdrawn from the free States ano sent
the slave States of with view 10 the results
which were to follow. Consequently, when the crsn
came, tho North was almost entirely asarmea' Tes'
while the South was quite prepared for nght- what,
then could the North do but wait until they could make
and solders When people in England thougnt INA.
Tho North had done nothing 10. dne seven or
eight months train soldier so that ne WAS nv W enter
upon the field, but the United states government& Ia a.
though had raised 500 900 600 900 volunteers VINO
were ready risk their lives and fortunes 10 preserve
the Union yet required time to those voun
feers into soldiers The delay that had occurred mad
been wise delay (hear, hear) and the fruits would DC
seen presently. There now anobe army OF ooooOo
men determined to preserve tho IS SGr0Ss av aside n
their weapons and return TO their peaceful homes ana
pursuits (IIear, hear) As to slavery he could only
be thought it almost worth war to nave Drought
about tho present revuson OF feeling concerning u IN
the North which had awakened to the consciousness OF
the vast evil that was ha IN would not relax an
effort until this decstabe rebellion was cfushed ana ne
would venture to predict that before another annver'
sary Of Washngton's birthday came round, tho Union
would be and inseparable, and the gorio old flag
that waved above them would again be ackno edged in
ovory one of the thirty three States. Cheers.
Mr. CYRUS FIELD New York; gave tho toast of ENG
land and America After referring to the reception Of
the Prince Of Wales In America the American expedition
In search Of fFrankn and other Incidents as proving the
and kindly feelings entertained in the United States
towards Great Britain he said there could be no doubt
however, that the cordial feeling between the people Of
the countries had of late been somewhat impaired
Designing and corrupt men on both sides Of tho
Atlantic had done all in their power to create
taken zeal Of Commodore Wilkes had been repre-.
sented Intentional insult to the British flag.
led to believe that Great Britain intended to acknowledge
the Independence OF tho socalled confederate States
Of America" All present must be aware that the act
Of Commodore Wilkes unauthorized by the Ameri
can government and not intended even by that off,
himself an insult to Great Britain Having per-
acquaintance with the President and almost every
member of his Cabinet he that next TO crushing
this wicked rebellion their most earnest desire was
to maintain friendly relations with the British govern
view to do what he could to carry out an enterprise
which he believed would bind the two countries in the
closest bonds Of frendshphe referred to telegraph
tho Atlantic Hear) He did not believe for one
moment that the English government could recognize the
southern confederacy as an independent POwe nor uu
he believe they would do aught to assist in founding
government the stone Of which avowed to be
slavery. Hear). Tho present struggle had been COM
pared by to the Of 1776 but the War Of nde
pendence just and holy war-he uprising Of loyal
but oppressed men. 1t inaugurated by the purest
patriots; its watchword "Libery' its leader
Washington. (Hcar, hear) The war now being wagcd
against the United States the most unrighteous
bcon the world had Inaugurated |
by men who had failed in their political I,
aspirations, Its watchword was slavery its
repudia,or Of the Mississippi bonds; (fieat. hear)
England could never recognize govefnmen. emanatng
from such sonrces had frequently said. 'Let tho
South 60; yoI 6sA never live happily with them" He
could OILY say that if they could not live happily together
under government they certainly could not as two
nations. (Hear hear.) There was great natural
boundary between the North and the South The United
States would remain undivided country from the great
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and they wod at the
earliest practicable moment remove from themselves the
great that had brought the present trobcs upon
them (Cheers) England could never be jealoIs Of the
rising greatness Of her offspring; could america
feel thing but pride in the Of the great country
from which majority Of her people descended.
(Cheers) That the friendship between Great Britain
and the United States might be enduring the cliffs
of Old England herself the prayer Of every Ams
rican heart (Checrs.)
Other toasts-Leraturc and the Press )" ;'Tho Poets
of England and America, and The Ladies-were given
the company dispersed shortly after o'clock