Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-17
THE ABIEECAN QUEsTsON IN EU-
RgPE.

LneH that tats war has produced.
THE AMEECAN QUEsEsON IN EU-
RBPE.
Speech Of FIR. C.i Tg' Bc1sSisscE, ". p.
Oss fte E'TessdeSss's Proclamation, FSecog-
ssffiOsI, Etc.
Mr.. G. W. Bentinck, in the course OF a speech
at Kings Lynn, on the Both Of October. ex-
pressed himself as follows
contend that the question of slavery has
nothing whatever TO do with the feud which is
now going on between the Northern and South
ern States, ner has it, nor ought it to have, any
thing to do with the light in which the feud
ought to be regarded By the people of this
country.
There is G very distinguished statesman who
now holds the portfolio for foreign affairs, who,
On former OCCASION in talking Of the feud be-
tween the Northern and Southern States, de-
scribed their position in these words Z" that the
North wss fishing for empire and the South for
independence" I quite accept the latter asser-
ton, but deny that the North is fighting for
empire
The men If the North are fighting for what
most men fght, and for what, unfortunately
most men fight with the utmost zsal-shey are
fighting for dollars. Hear Their position now
is exactly the converse, in my humble opinion,
of what their position was in the days Of what
was Chl46u tue American I6D6AlOug Wueu Ln6y
were themselves fighting t5 evsde the taxes i'm
posed By the mother country. They were de
serlbed in those days by enc of the greatest
poets in this eountry-a man equally Temarka-
bic for his talents as poet, and for the extreme
hberality Of his opinions. He went to America,
fully impressed, as many others have been, with
the perfection of American ius stutiOns. He re-
msined there few months, and he described
them in these four short lines
% Those vaunting deuagOgues, who nobly rose
From Englsnd's debtors to be England's foes
Who could their monarch 10 their purse forget
And break allegiance but to cancel debt"
! Laughter and cheers That was the opinion
of an ultra Liberal poet many years ago; and
| therefore you will not wonder perhaps, that
people less liberal may not think very highly Of
| their position at present. But what is the Tela-
| tive position Of the North and Southl Why,
the Northerners owe their very existence to sue
esssful rebellion. They would have been, like
any other colony of this country, subject 30 the
| government Of England, subject to the taxation
| Of England, and virtually subjects of England,
as / am happy to think we all are. l don't envy
their separation but if the North-if the United
safes of America were justified, as doubtless
they conceive that they wers in the act Of rebel
lion which successfully separated them from the
dominion of this country, I would ask, in the
| name OF common sense and reason, upon what
| SoutherneTs following precisely the example
which they themselves set not seventy years
ago
Why is it that wherever one goes, in all parts
of England, one always finds, thoroughly as I
believe the institution of slavery is detested in
| this country, every man sympathzing strongly
with the Southsrners, and wishing them all sue
| cessl Cheers do not beg the question
but all4 can say is that 50 far as my experience
| goes, throughout the length and breadth of the
land, wherever 1 have travelled, l have never
met the man who has not at once said " Ny
| wishes are with the Southernsrs." Why is Il 2
| l think there is more THAI one reason torit. IN
the first place, the good sense of Englishmen has
| shown them that the question of slavery must
| be entirely eliminated frOE1 the discussion that
it is altogether a thing apart; and that it Is mere
| hypocrisy and fraud to try to introduce it.
| There is 40 reference to the question whatever
in considering the relative position of the North
aud the South, or the relative position Of this
country with reference to those two bsligersntl.
| Then, why is it that We sympathzs with the
| South, as venture to think from the way in
which you havo remarked, you agree with me
/ that we all do We do so for these reasons
/ first, they have fought, to do them justice, with
/ a degree Of gallantry almost unsXampled, un-
/ der circumstances Of the utmost difficulty under
every description Of plivstiOn; they have fought
/ ike heroes for their homes, their wives and
| their children. Cheers That alone is enough
/ to enlist the sympsthies Of Englishmen, and
| trust in God the time will never come when it
| viii not enlist their sympGthies. But there is
! still a stronger feeling The turn of events
have resolved into this-Englishmen love liber-
| ty and the S0utherneT is not only 6ghsiug for
life, but that which is deGrsr than lifehis liber-
| ty. Hear, hear He is fighting for his home
for his liberty he is fighting against one Of the
most irritating attempts to establish tyrannical
/ government that ever disgraced the history Of
the world. [Chesrs.]
| venture TO think that in itself it is sufficient
! ground for what believe is the universal sym
! psthy, with one or two exceptions, which IS
/ felt on the present occasion toward the men Of
| the South. This frightful struggle has been
going on for nearly two years aud l would ask
whether it is possible in history to find records
of such attempts at the establishment Of au in
dividuAl tyranny as is to be found in the history
/ of the last two months CT the Northern States.
There is no doubt that the great mass of English
men loathe tyranny in all its shapes, but they
loaho more especially in the description of tyrsn-
ny which has been pIaeticsd on the inhabitants
of the Northern States during the last tive years
by what is called republican government.
/ And if that slOno were not sufficient to explain
| the strong feeling ip favor Of the South which
/
reason for it, and that is in the downright bar
bsrism and brutality-I use strong words, but
1 contend that they are justified by the circum-
stances and ] am prepared to abide BY them
which has characterised those who have had
the conduct of affairs in the Northern States.
have already sdverted to the proclamation
which was lately issued as tsrdy and lame at
tempt to induce the people of this country to be-
iieve that this is an abolition" war, because,
after AL all their legislation and all their acts
have reference to US and our opinion OF them
They think Of nothing else. The only idea they
have is what is said Of them in England, and
they have not heard much that will please hem
/ / should think, for some time past. Laughter ]
'Ele proclamation really WAS piece of clap trap
in the first place to catch the people of England
/ Look At its real meaning and its real bearing
The object of twas 30 encourage and arm the
blacks, to infuriate unfortunate and misguided
people, to put arms into their hands, and to
2 snerste, merely for purposes Of aggression upon
men whom they cannot defeat in fair fight, one
of the most horrible massscres Of old men, and
women and children that ever disgraeed the an