The New York herald., 1862-10-26
THE WAR IN ENGLAND.
Speech of Mr.. Aicocs<, NJ. p.


Tho meeting Of the Es, Surrey Agricultural As
ssciaon was held yesterday At croydon. and ate, the
oughng match and the awards 10 aborers the members
and friends dined together.
Mr. ALco5k, n p for East Surrey in the coarse OF his
speech sad:-lt was imposs ole to come among them
without ascertainng their views upon tile :cang ques
TONS the day and probably upon ne did they
feel deeper interest at the pre- cn ulont than thu
great questions involving that dsastroR war which
now raging on the continent OF America b2tw-en the
Northern and the Southern states. lie could Lot avoid
taxing this opportunity saying tat when tns erribc
struggle first broke out he ie hat eusTv
continuance OF slavery, he could scarcely ae rwiso
than optocd 10 Thd. aods termed M Sewfsf' - fe IN
AD<rtc he felt that inasmucn ihey the
only parties n America VINO wers tneownes o saves TO
avow oneself favor Of those States wd be TO support
slavery Hco, hoscrer Earl fSsi rt1, ic,h ttdt c!ed
,ess OF perception r,ch distinguished ham, ar placed ,ts
moer ~ a clear tgh, Gad shocd % thc cosid ha the
struggle dt,oeen e No,hsrn ard he SosJeya d.es ~as
not struggle fcch ocd the question Of the coaiauace
OF siduerg al ALL but that pom of fact ,1as, ne part
of the Northern Staes, Or for poo, Gni on ta1, OF ts
So,,hern a s,uqgle for independence (cheersJ When
that was made clear its effects soon became apprcnt il
e,.s ing tie ympGis Of Eagl,shmea on The ssde Of The
Southern Siac In tnis happy country eyeryooiy was
in favor OF independence and Therefore, although pro
peey enough had been outward demonstration.
al in this country 'athZed with the people OF the
Southern states ither hs'otc srds orSsry tChocrsl
He had lately had much satisaction and had been much
edited by the study o. the work Oh r spence, on the
American Unon and he recommended its perusa to every
one who felt interested IN this great question IL was
work written with much ability and displaying
amount OF talent and information on the part OF thc
writer and he decd any rise up after careful pc
rusll OF II without beng VA favor CT an almost tmmsdte
recognition Of the southern States IL was only day
ago that less authority than our own able aud
eloquent Chancellor Of the Excheqner whose voice upon
public questions they always delighted to hear, sad
IL was impossible not to believe that Jefferson Davis hr;
made Of Tie S,utaern states great nacn AMI that senti
mapt was applauded by OF the largest and IN
fuentia bodies OF men in the kingdom. He (Mr cock)
could help feeling that the sympathy Of all England
whatever political party any section o IT'S population
might belong In favor OF the Southern States. IL
quite that consequence Of this struggle great dis
tress had fallen upon our own manufact ring districts
thatn nut Of iamt
some permanent good 10 this country would not
Use Nobody could form an idea Of the value OF
the spur which this would give TO the cotton cultivation
in India AT the present moment that country grew
cotton than Americs exceptcd al the rest OF the world
together Hitherto We have had no spirit Of enterprise
thar country. They had done nothing with respect
railways canals ior while there were only about 900
miles Of railways in India, there were 600 in America,
aud accordingly the facility which they possessed Of
transmitting the produce COMPARED with that OF
the growers Of India was enormous. Hitherto they had
beep asleep in India while IN America they had been
wide awaS and looking at ths probable duration OF the
prescn .tagge, and the exhaustion In which u would
leave the vlcc continent Of America there little
doubt that il would be the Of opening up steadily
trade with India IN article for the supply Of
which we had hitherto been wholly dependent upon Ao
rica t''Hear, hear, = and cheers
speech OF Mr.. Locke Kins, =. r.
Al the same dinner Mr.. Locke KING, N. T., sad--How
long the existing distress gh last could tsA II
we were TO believe the reports brought 10 this
,ry and the which he sorry 10 say was
,sors oad rss Be- end 10 ss war
one or the other party entirely cxtermnaed (cr
lie must say that he thought the people OF England had
some reason complain Of the present state Of things be-
cause we have most steadily and most dsgracely
abused. Hear, helr) Great credit was due 10 the
press of this country Az the very offset of the this
country offered the worry best aud soundest advice AMI
would undertake say that that advice had bsen fol-
lowod the satcs would have found themselves
10 an infinitely better position than they In thepre
sent moment tfIcar, hear) Unfortunately that advice
was not followed, and the North persisted Ia course
Which, as was plan 10 everybody, could be mp.
proved In the nrst place. there was that unfortunate
ease ~ tho Trcnt pic, sL fresh rscoc ,op
mud which wo It'd certainly not redo lud the crcd, of
tho North either wben that unfortunate business
was written. IL a studied insult u our lag
aud they were exceedingly tardy ~ ding ne am l,de
hogonaJbs whh csriniy ereaei By sgrg nati0s in
Ea,orrsoais n 1gii.i Ucrs by frtealy 10 &c.
10 b. taacib,,e' u4is. II was not h)yayef until w
had made mos emcn ious preparations FOR which
ii cnt.rcd INTO would probably have annihitod their
navy that tnsy tIugEt u Necessary tom,ke aJoOgy
/, ns Contrast their conduct with lDfhcarancs
rhov rIust rrsJect TIA, II 4, fer Nth tfsy.
49, ghopd MT I'M 6sstd urH hti ,Jfin d hat Uich
49, lad rlga fo--rsDty eSi of Vuue eat hqr5,rg
p,,ffrpf icaf notr.) iRs sAgVlf htc guast c,fs,.
dsrggy h. Ia ihev s!'9l. ecGgct WH8' tuei. i-
sitluu was wa .h9y So.c htNtlsr or 1es an ~ ~
N,t fctfItea itlu !. Net ,sse ~ as @r, tGsu
st tp,, t't i r - diverta Jntttn - ltfntty lr,a
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