Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-15
Intervention.
Speech Of tie British Secretary at U'w
against tie SOUth.
From the London Times. Oct III

(Frcm the London Times Oct II
| The annual meeting of the fierefordshire Agri
cultural Society was held at Hereford on Tues
day. After the usual awards had been made tn
agricuturalists. with the county members, dine
together at the Green Dragon Ill tel There wer
about one hundred and thirty gentlemen presen
among whom were Sir Veltsrs Cornwall Iii
the chair), Lord w. Graham, NJ p, Sir Georg
Cornwall Lewis, NJ p, Secretary at War, Sir I
Il Wilmington. N. r.. Mr.. King King, NJ p
Mr.. Mildmay. NJ, p Colonel Llitfo,d, N. T., 81
Percy Burrell, &c
After dinner the Rev, A. Give begged to pro
pose "the health of Sir George Cornwall Lewis
her Majestys Secretary at War"
The Right Hon. Sir George g. Lewis, during
his speech in reply, said They hoped that al
the canse which had led to this distress lin Ian.
cashire, &c.) was extraordinary, SO that distress
might prove Of short dure'ion and the wal
which was now going in the United States, and
the blockade of the Southern States which pre-.
vented the cotton from coming to this country
would before long come 10 all end. That was a
subject on which many different opinions were
and had been entertained. The government Of
this country was placed in the position Of having
TO choose between two opposite courses, viz:-
hand, and sympathy or alliance with the s ates
Of the Federal section of the Union on the other.
Vel. the gorernmeat aroided JoM these extremes.
They had consistently and pursued the middle
course of strict neutrality. and had abstained
from giving direct or indirect countenance or as
sisance to either Of the beliigereat partias (Hsar
hear.) II had been said that great complaints
had been made by the government 40 Washing.
ton that the government Of England had not
maintained this strict neutrality becanse M II Ind Ind
recoghiz "a the south as belligerent Power, and
1t had been said.that by recognizing the South
as belligerent Power we had departed fpm
stlict line Of neutrality Now, he iSir q. C.
Lewis) could not but think that If any in,partial
person reflected on the course of this unbappy
contest he would come to the conclusion that no
word Of the English language would apply with
greater aptitude 10 the Southern States than the
word "belgerent," Here parties had combine
foe the purpose of carving on A war. and when
they looked to the number of armed men thew
had raised. when tbey looked TO the large ormies
they had brought into the field. to the ability of
the generals by whom those armies were com.
manded. and to the pertinacity with which The
contest on their part had been waped. il could
not surely be denied that thew deserved the
name of "belligerents," in reference TO the man
ner in which they had carried ON the war against
the limited States. Under these circumstsnces
a seemed 10 him fs;r a r Iey;.I hat n,o.o
unfonndsd cLarco conij ra, hSo 'Ia. ha.r sae moe
a"s,ns, ,hs n"vsrnon. of III. ue,h ,h ,,Iue ,l.
q bav;n ,uas,aa s Nv ', ,t WV, souy 'nsn wa.
nsr,r.i;,ss, h. san;u,n u' 'no l,n9I'PIe y, s'Ict
II ,,i;nera,s W isyTng vTs. ,"e So".nerh H'ates az
crnmsn, wo. a.ts% 10 % =" stsu Mhen me gov
saw that tho Southern States h.nn u''ner' anu 10
themselves nm inde pendent Pows, constituted
ees,o him that international la, ,.l .nsh u SEEM
our sids. Everybody who read ,hs ',a not DO en-
the newspapers Of what was doing ;;e'pHn's ~ IN
could sec ,hat' m'hoagh there was :" america
between ,heSe TWO coh'sasiug Power. 4. mere
war when was as ye' un1es.sss W.. WE a
was waged' on me par. .. s'e ..s... e,l. mn'eh