Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-16
English Philanthropy.

A writer in tbs last number OF the London
Quarterly Review, discussing the subject Of "tho
Confederate struggle and recognition" and argu-
ing" an English tory might hav, been expected to
argue, in favor Of the recognition of tho Confed
crate government, finding himself at the close of an
article OF twenty dIuble-columned pages, confront
ed with the fact that the Southern Confederacy
il man-owring state, is at first little en-
barrassed, and odulses in piou, horror for the
space of thirteen lines, as follows:
We certainly have no admiration for the ne
cOlnr institution Unless jealousy supervised
by public authority, it gives opportunity for very
fearful cruely and in all cases it exercises de-
teroratng snd paraysing influence on the white
man. And the odious law, under which the off
spring follows the condition OF the mother, invests
ne slavery of the Confederate States with spe-
Ssnsorror and strips it of the apology which tks
lnIeriority Of the African race supplies. The sale
Of female quadroons is an abomination which no
civilized State ought to tolerate.
But the writer, true to his British instincts Of
ssashne", and utter disregard Of every RICH, tina
come, in conflict With the convenience andcommerco
Of Engshmen, or dis,urbs the comfortable srea-
iy and selfcompscsncy Of hshborn English
arstocracy, few lines further on dsmisses from
hi, mind, and from any weight in his discussion,
thi. especial horror" this abomina,ion which no
civilized state ought to tolerate this "Saye
Power" Of the new Confedency, in tie following
paragraph:
But, in truth, the whole slavery dispute seems
petty and trivial, when we read the weekly mar
ritive of American carnage or the daily tale Of
Lancashire starvation. With every respect to
the Negro, We cannot stop to inquire into wrongs
under which he apparently thrives and is happy,
when the blood Of our own race is being poured
Gu! like water, and our own fellow cilzsns are
pershing by inches. We cannot contemplate the
biile.iields strewn with corpses, or vast regions
osc, busy and prosperous now laid waste by war,
and console ourselves with the reflection that if il
be only continued long enough il may possibly
end ia promoting the Negroes suddenly to free
dom which they will not appreciate, and will Ger.
,anly misuse. We cannot reconcile ourselves 10
the sight OF hmne-strcken population at home
ny tho hope that, if their suierings are sufficient
ly prolonged, the integrity OF an aggressive and
un'crupulous empire may possibly be restored.
Every consideration OF humanity TO those abroad
aud those at home demands that we should do
everything in our power, and, If need be, risk
something, TO bring this fearful desoation to a
close. As soon as the time conea-we trust that
II may be close at hand when, by a fair inter-
pretaon OF International law, We can Join with
other European Power, ia recognizing an indie
pendence which is already an accom- plished fact,
there is a fair hope that the Federals may see Ia
our declaration an honorable plea for rereating
from contest from which they will assuredly
never be exiricated by success.
We wish to know what there i, in the carnage
on this side OF the Atlantic at which English SEN
slblilies need to start back in such horror2 Can
not Englhhmen remember Waterloo, and the
long catalogue Of bloody battles where the blood
Of Englishmen f" was poured out like water" not
to save the empire of Great Britain from traitors
Who were striking at its life, but to prevent the
first Napoleon from becoming ghtier monarch
than even British king? And is English mem
DRY too weak to keep in mind the frghtfu waste
Of life in the Crimean war, or the murderous
battles and missaeres in her East Indian empire,
that the record Of bloody battle on southern soil
should now so alright her imagiua,ona Has the
British loo suddenly grown as gentle as sucking
We, and as sentimental as a oye.sck maiden,