Washington telegraph., 1862-10-22
August. 1852.


August, 1862
Editor Telegraph: There is an sttractive no-
biiity in the spirit of ma1uanlmous suff.ring
This the celebrated by ron teft and prac,i,,lIv
acknowledged IN reference to Greece. when
under the tyrants paw. / travrrseu the late
Union, when Oh the full tide OF prnsrcritv
somewhat obseryantlJ; from its Northern Ia
its Southern extremites. And again. have
re-traversed It's two great divisions, III one If
which, have Witnessed the spirit OF ..hatrei.
malice, anu all uncharita b.eness:" and in the
other, that of patriorIsm-Phenix-lk e-ma
jesticaily rising anu gathering strength even
IN the midst OF FIRE and flame. To my own
mind, frankly confess the latter is bv far
the most consenial, rs well admirable; and
having but recently arrived in the country tram
England, upon whose sympathy with tie South
certain partIes-more distinguished ~ their
peuchant for the cdcaefhss scribendi. than f.r
either comprehensive views, or souni judg-
ment-are ever and anon casting doubts
am anxious to say few words, corrective Ut
Impressions calculated to discourage those
whose highly laudablc efforts are deserving OF
all possible succor
And first. permit me TO observe that it has
surprised me not little to hear individuals
otherwise intelligeut-somcwh what pctulantly
exclaming britain will doubtless interfere
when il becomes her interest to do so." while
almost in the very same breath the very same
parties, singuarly enough, admit what is per-
fectly true) that her delay has. all along in
volved an immense sacrifice OF her own in
terests." Others again, just a. enormously
and as persistently maintain that her anti
slavery prejudIces chiefly account for that
delay. Much, however. us your Dccchcrs
Stoves, Chcevers. Greelcys, Phillipses, anh
Garrsons, of the North have, for years. been
assiduousy lahoring to fomcnt those Prciuiicrs
caricaturing and keeping out of
sight the pure v pstriarchal character Of your
Southern institution.-thc slavery question,
even in England, j., l conscicntiously believe.
st the present MON. mt, but the very .'lust
of tue balance" compared with the grlnl
paramount principle involved in this noble
struggle of liberty with the irunhoofcd, steel
horned, and devil-hearted despotism now in
full view.
Were national preiudices against Mahom.
mechanism Though far more inveteratc than
against slavery, being de facfo ruinous en-
.laveinent both of body and soul, allowed TO
interfere with Britain's sympathy, in aid of
poor tottering old Turkey, when dcspotic Rus
STA threatened to swallow her up. Let the
costly Crimean war reply. Did her proverbial
abhorcnce Of the anti-christian dogmas and
superstitions Of ungrateful Greece, or of an
equally pricst-ridden Italy. prevent her sym
pathising with either Of those States in the
hour of their weakness, or when resolved 10
throw of the dcspotic yoke. Although com
para,ive'y noiscless, and tar less prctcntious
than some other powers, was she lot the first
to recognize the legitimate right to national
Independence, in both those cases, ns in that
of little Belgium also, which would long ago
have been swallowed up by a certain lespotic
neichbor tnow wickedly ravagirg Mcxico,)
had not BRUINS influence sustained her?-
But TO come little nearer homc, what Euro
pcan power first recognized, and from its hi gu
places in Parliament boldly proclaimed. in the
face OF all nations, the belligcrcnt rights of
the Southern Confederacy; thus placing ii. as
such. par with its unscrupulous, fierce
and fiame-vomiting antagonist Britain. What
other power moreover has so cifectually hum
bled and rendered the Northern Administration
Kissing and by-word amongst the nations,
as in the Slidell and Mason affair,
What other nation has so determinedly
thrown its shield over the weak, when threat
cned by the strong. in the case Of your
gailant little Nashville, in the Southampton
docks; where, for months, the Yankee steamer
Tuscarora laid in wait for, and watched her.
as a cat watches mouse; and where the port
authorities most laudably forbid the griuniIg
Yankees, at their peril. to move from her
moorings until the adventurous little vessel
had been gone q, least tweuty-fcur hours, In