Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-09-05

The rc-,L o. llr. R9ebuck. a member
the Hlus- % Commons. delivered IN presence
Of LIrI rl'ma-s..a 4al partially addressed
to him at q '4rql-. az ShstBsid, contained
very .fusva language t1Tlrls this country
--l much as % disgust s.m, # Dis hear
els. IT, 4ii DE- bad formerly VISITED this
country. ana ,aoe look upon the Con ,itu-
ton .: .ar government as a weulr1us q 1t
human skill lrt. Do uiInlcl
ILlge lives O. eco tat al shattsr.d-su.il
asuuic1-Eievlu states separated from the re-
maili,r Of the 81 s.a.e--Auerica divided into
two ari thiak likely @ Be divided into fre, anl
forever oe1sing 10 be the nited States of Ameri-
ca. Well Sir, am ! uow O. Erieye a. this My first
feeling was grief Ny present feeling is one Of
rejoicing. tHear hesr.) 1 SAY an irIesp nsible
people, possessed # irresponsible and almost on
nipoteut power is a people that cannot be trusted.
(Applause). ! say that the conduct g the North
in rs euleivlr O. cement the Union, and reunits
tie States -f America. Is an immoral proeeedin-.
totally incipalls o. suc,es5 (Cheers AID cries of
No, n1 - You may say " No, no. but l have
prorhesel before ard | tell you that they can
never be united (applluse); and that the fight
they are now maintaining Is a uere shedding Of
blood aud wasting Of treasure tor no earthly puF-
pose whatever. tcaeors)
would ask the noble lord deeply to consider
and 1 am not now speaking lightly; am not say
ing that which an after-dinner speech may be sup
posed 70 convey, but / am telling my careful
thoughts Of many months consideration, which
have reserved for the present occasion because as
have stated 10 you, wanted no man to be res
ponsible f1r what ! uttered. l ask the noble lord
ani glad / am that he is here 10 consider deeply
krst H. N.a- -4fs. g. - - -.
frs; in Europe to ask the great Powers Of Europe
10 recognize the southern Con!ederacy. No,
no. and c1etrs.) As a politician, 1 say that
know what will be the result six months will
not pass over before it is done. Then let me tell
you why ask the noble lord so deeply to consider
this. The North will never be our friend
(CheerS) or the South you can make friends
They Englishmcn; they are not the scum and
refuse Of Europe. Che Mayor Of Manchester
Don't say that; don't say that" Cheers and
disspprUbation.) l know what l al saying
They arc Englishmen, and we must make them
our friends. hand held out from Europe would
stay the great tfusion Of blood. 1t would stop,
to a great extent, the exhaustion Of their re-
sources; more than all, it would make happy the
homes Of many Of our working men here.
The London Times allrdes to Mr.. Roebuck
and his speech in favorable terms.
The London Daily NGrs, "a paper with
kinder leanIngs towards this country, com.
ments on such language cverely as follows
Whatever insults may have been heaped en-
the British name in America, no pubic man gf
character and po1uioH is ub side Of The Allan
has ysi, that ka5u of, r,uiiei ne uIsi, Brush
nation ~. pres-Hes sf tie leading r,p-,,ezfar, of
IA. Ansriea1 goveHmsrf, and with the hearty sup.
port Of the leading organs Of that government
An English Member Of Parliament IMr. Kce-
tuek, however, has recently called the people Of
the Northern States the scum and refuse OF Eu-
rope" in the presence Of the Prime Minister Of
England, srd at q public banquet given in his
honor; and the journal that specially represents
the Prime Minister tLondon Tinss) spplauds the
speaker to the very echo. 1t is this distin-
guishei politician whom the ministerial organ
delights to honor who calls the Americans {" the !
scum Of Europe After this we shall hardly, /
perhaps, venture on any further official compl lnts
Of ihe insults hesped on the British name in |
speeches and vriling on the other side Of the At
intis.