Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-02
RrIfIsh Mediation.

In another column We publish an alb
stract Of a debate in the British House Of
Commons on q resolution recommending
mediation in American affairs. The reso-
luton was introduced and its adoption ad-
vOoated by Mr.. Lindsay, the persistent
champion Of Southern independence, who
cited the length of time intervening since
the commencement of hostilities as evi-
dsnce Of the ability and determination Of
the insurgents to achieve that for which
they contend. He did not fear to exasper-
ate the people Of the Northern States, for
he believed they were already as much en-
Uttered toward England as it was possible
for them to become, forgetting that what
ever Of ill-feeling loyal Americans enter
tain for the British people has been in
duced By the ofieiOus intermeddling Of such
men as himself He argued in defence
Of secession, forgetting the persistent ef-
forts Of his own Government, at different
periods, to put down rebellion at home and
in its colonies. He had much to say Of the
''horrors Of war, seeming to be utterly
ObliTious to the fact that Christian Britain
is seldom at pesee, and that such "vigOr-
GUS measures as blowing SepOys from
the eannOn's mouth has been praotieed by
it in the enforcement of Governmental au-
thority and the introduction Of Christian
ity into India. He had no word of cen
sure for the fierce war waged by England
upon the inoifensive Chinese for the sole
B purpose Of forcing the privilege Of delug-
ing their country with poison in the form
Of opium. he had no condemnation for
the murders committed by savages at the
instigation Of the British Government when
at war with the United States Such acts
were purely Christian when sanctioned by
the anointed monarch Of immaculate Eng
land, but the defence Of the American Gov
ernment, by military force, and according
to the rules Of civilized warfare, against
the unprOvoked assaults Of slayehOlding
rebels, forms & chapter of horrors too
awful to be contemplated by philanthOOpic
Britain, especially when the insurgents
8 are the possessors of cotton which the man
ufacturers Of Britain covet. The loss of
human life was a small matter to English
men when thousands upon thousands of
1 r - r
the necessaries Of LIE OF which English
tyranny and English robbery had deprived
them. They could then close their hearts
and their purses and permit the desOlation
and devastation to 90 on until it was check
ed by voluntary contributions from that
country which they now seek every OppOr-
tunity to insult and villify.
Mr. Lindsay's position was oOntrOverted
BY Mr.. Taylor, who fOrcibly reminded the
House Of "the curse Of slavery, which
tainted those states and their institutions"
y Lord Tempest claimed it to be "the duty Of
the Government to recognize the South"
Mr.. Forster was opposed to the resolution,
believing, in the simplicity of his John
o. Bull nature, that, if ''let alone, the North
would find in time that it had undertaken
task too great for it."
Lord Palmerston, more crafty than the
garrulous members who preceded him, re-
GREETED that the motion had been intro
duced ain the present state of things"
j BE asked the House to leave the whole mat
ter in the hands of the government, as
suming, very wisely, that the contest had
not yet practically" established the fact
agethat the independence of the South is fnl-
ly and perfectly established" No doubt
the American people will breathe freer after
learning Of this sage conclusion of the
British Prime Minister. Lord Palmerston
evidently desired to strnngle the resolution,
but he was very guarded in his statements,
appearing over-anIious to avoid saying
anything that would commit him to any
definite line Of policy in the future. How
ever, he extinguished Mr.. Lindsay, and
drove his pet scheme of recognition from
Parliament, from whence it is fair to pre-
sumo, it will be excluded for some time to
come.
Mitchell and TurchiH.
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