, 1862-02-10
The London TIKncs Against Interven@

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STORM or THE COTTON OPERATIVES AGAINST
THE BIcL KAbE-ESGLAsD SHOULD ,Ss'r FIRE
A GCS on TIE AafEE1cAS COAST
LF'rou, the London Times, Jan. a31
Mr. Massey belongs to tliat section Of rur
public men to whom VIC look for sober and !
Serious views Of passing events. He Is not !
great rlIet0riciaD, nor In.n Of very lervid i'm
aslnation; hut lie is we'll Informed ~ histori- !
cal study, and has received the testl- |
mony Of the House Of Commons to
his knowledge and assiduity in his |
election to the post Of chairman Of fcommittee'.
When, therefore, 31r. Massey goes down to |
meet lis constituents, VIC expect i common |
sense view Of the present aspect Of att1its, ard
when We remember that those constituents
form part of the great Lancashire body OF
operatives who are now suffering from the
high price OF cotton a1d from the other eonse-
qncnces Of the di=organizcd state Of Amer
ica, VIC arc curious to see now lar
common sense will be acceptable to
population under such priEaticns. From
the Information gathered by the Manchester
EIa7nine3- we learn TINT throughout the 1tauu-
featuring districts Of the North there are at
this moment II, 600 operatives entirely out Of
employment and l61, goo working short time.
It Is not IN the borough Of Salford that this
distress is most intense, bus it's population
Cannot be quite beyond the influence Of the
events by Which it las been caused. 1t Is not
wonderful, therefore, that the stoppase OF the
| topics which interested both orator and audi
| ence, or that q silly attempt to intcr,'osc
| discussion upon reform was oSerhorre
| at once by the general sense of the assem-
| bly,. Wherever Workmcn aud their reprc-
| sentatiyes now meet, no other consideration
can occupy them but tue inqufr5-Aow long
! is The world to be disturbed By this American
| war, and when again shall peace restore seeu-
| rity to commerce and wages to industry? Yet,
so far as We know, not q meeting has been
I 1rp11 in f1r {T0TGf1-
mcnt to interfere, and We believe there has
been everywhere Il resolution to let the matter
! proceed until tile North had had full and
fair opportunity Of rcgalning her empire over
Either, however, this resolve Is now giving
! way, or there is conviction spreading that
sntheient time has been afforded Afv. Massey
has just given yoiee to this feeling, nov; SO
he addressed his constituents upon points Of
public policy, he WAS met By frequent 1ater~
ruptlons and br many hostile cries but when
he asked sswhcthcr this inefficient and pager
blockade was to be cternalIy respected" " he
united I'LL his audience, anu his question was
answered by vocitcrous cheering, which no 9TH
erportion Of his speech had elected. It was no.
torious, said the speaker, that the French Gov
ernnsent had repeatedly and earnestly reDaon-
stratcd with our Government TO join them in
putting IN end to that which Was no blockade
! IApplause.] Our Government, desiring rather
TO crr On the side Of what WAS stsictly right
and just t1an to have any ifnputatlon brought
against them, had hitherto resisted the impor-
tunitics OF France. But how much longer
was that to last? Was this Inefficient and
paper Gloekadei to be eternaliy respected:
1"fNo, no''] We're re to submit to be starry
Cd? ["Ao."l We're We to expect oar great
:, ! nc1ghhoT, France, to submit to be starved ::
[stSo.'l We're We, in this year Of 1861
! frantic civil war, to allow the great ports o
= commerce to be closed, Ill the operations O
!, trade to be suspended, credit 10 be drr1uss,:d
! u1o:Ic1lliDg persons to be subjected to unpar
). countrynlen to be absolutely reduced Il
: peneary aud starvations [4sNo, no! Three
cheers for Mr. ALssey.'l These clecrs al
; Stafford, which is as democratic borough ii
y >, any in England, and where the pAilo-Aneriea'
! party Of other days mustered strong, tel
- - pretty clearly what is going on among OIL
:, muses. We can hear the w11i*tlins Of til
i. rising wind. If this war is to lust We shal
- soon have IN agitation, both out Of doors am
in the House Of Commons, and pressure pu
= upon the Government, for direct interiel
:, cnre to break 1hc blockade.
: We should aeplore any such agitation, an
!, and lament its snccess- England has behave
~ ~ with such d5sinterested patience and with sue
~ it would be neither right nor polite in her
=. throw away in q moment the character 81
:, has deserved ut such scIfsaerIice. Let Franc
~ interfere If she p1cascs. Frsnce lntarlrred one
~ | before anu :.arc independence to the Unite
u ~ States, aud she is welcome to do the sam
u good service to the Confedcrltls. Our tru
" policy is to suffer little longer, and l,
,r ihe event work itself out. Il Will III
Iits IT, BIZ long. It may, indeed, be doubtf'
~" whether our interference would not r
.r ther fetard than hasten tho desired event
VI VI opened ports ai,d q large supply Of cotto
~ ~ Let it never be said by the next gcncration
lS Apglo-Saxon Americans that they werc on
" united in powerful uation, hut that Eugl,,l
u " urged only by ,nalevoleut Jealousy, lId Vi
.o lentir divided them, and had taken adyautas
~ . oi What but for her would have brcn 4 tran
70 tory tliseor' TO suntscr them for eyer. No o.
~ ~ c:,t tell what the result Of such interf
~ cnce might be citheE now or hereafter, b,
f.'i every one can sec what must be the e
Gs teu tain end Of this torpid w.sr OF eXhansti
~ If left to itself Let US, then: pursue our ne
- ~. est policy Of keeping quite asooE Our sFl
~ ~ pat1ics, our 1uor1l Influence. our public op
-, :ti, ion, nnr diplomacy, are Ill free; we may
4eA stow them as iYe please; but let Ts not tirt
=, gun upon tlat coast Better TO refuse to
lds any inetBeiency in Observation-Disclosures even
, endure anything which with decent self
s ',t srect VIC dare endure, rather than 20 arm
Lhc into this quarrel. It cannot now last Ion
the bubble is swelling every moment STA
aside, Mr. Massey, and let it burst.