Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-04

eane bscause they might happen 70 make some gesture
or movement which officer soldier might interpret
ss insult be dragged to the common jiil and
subj cted to the most degrading association with the
vltst Of their sex? That Of ITSELF would be the most
utolerabls tyranny to which civilized people in our
day had been exposed There was another construction
which those words might bear 70 horrible that 1t could
hardly be intended by any mind bui that OF demon,
aud be would not therefore, further alude to IT, But
wherever this proclamation was spoken OF in Europe Il
to be visited with burst OF txecration-
(hear hear)-apd 1t would be seen whether public opin
ION, which sid to be go influential in controlling
despots, bad any power over rampant democracy
Some honorable gentlemen might think remonstrance
against this proceeding would be a departure from
the line Of non-interventoD, and might lead rs into Gil
fculues and complications with the American Govern
ment. Let the House listen to such mean and duii
couDs L. We had interiered, and ilterered fsctuay,
former occasions.
Many years ago civil war ragged in the north Of Spsn
which characterized by bIrbarous cruelty on both
sdes The itish Government endeaVored by negotia.
lion to stop those brutal practices and though the
o. they succeeded in their object BY means Of the
Elliott Convention. The noble yiscount nov at the head
OF the Government had per p,tudy iatsfrsd by way Of
TemonsLsncP and had tenIered eXcsllnt advice to a.
most every Government In Europe. Not long ago. too,
Earl Russell demonstrated with this very American CD
yernmenLfor bloc king up Chieston harbor with stone
fact. But surely our interposition far more
imperatvey called Tor by act which tended to de.
grade human nature itseto throw back cvilz alton,
aud revive the spirit OF lengs Khan or a Nadir
Shah dear hesr Ii would be most u jlst, withou:
more reliable information the point, 10 accuse the
American Government Of any participation in this enor-
nifty.
II that Government at once sigIed It's disspproval
Of this proclamation, public opinion would applaud It's
conduct On the other hand, II il showed any hesIa-
ton delay in taking that course he earnestly hoped
tina. her NJ jssys Government would graVsy point Gu;
them the necessity Of indicating the nation al honor
SO foully stained (Hear. hear) The honorable bsro-
net concluded by moving for copies Of any correspond
ence received from Minister at Washington ling
TO Gen. Buffers proclamation.
Mr.. Gregory was not surprised that such motion
should have been placed the paper relative TO the
proclamation they now considering. The course
which had been pursued in regard TO il neither i'm
proper nor unusual The honorable baronet had quoted
certain but he need not 60 further than the
discussions which had taken place in that and the other
House of Parliament 10 show that when great act OF
inhumsniiy had been committed by foreign nation
they we're perfectly justified in commenting the pro-
ceeding. There hsd been dtbae on the conduct OF
Russia towards Poland, and THERE had also been dis
1,sion on the conduct OF Italian General in the
south Of Italy. Government had not filled to express
their opinion In reg I'd to both Of theee transactions
BE deprecated ANY fu,Sy or msddiirg interference
With foreign States. He entirely dsapproved those
bomes and lectures that were too often read by our
ministers foreign Safes end which Infinitely
more agreeable the compers than to the receivers
BE also deprecated the conduct of those VINO rnsacked
the newspapers for the purpose Of putting questions in
that House which OF possible use, aud
ceved by foreign countries with great dissatisfaction He
entirely agreed with what said IL the vacation speech
of the right honorable member for Huntingdon (Gsn.
Peel that such intcrmedding tended to produce gen.
era telling OF dissatisfaction towards this country on the
onnent Rnd led foreigners TO cay in their hearts at
least With orlando 81 do desire that We should be bet
ter strangers"
Blu, wneu proclamation replgnant to decency, civil
zalion, and humanity, had been promulgated and put
10 force against q people endesred 10 Us by every tie
of family language and religion, then he did think
had right to protest against such epornity- (hsar,
hesr)-and appeal TO the moral sense OF the world
against an outrage 30 wicked inexcusable, and go
uselts' (Hesr hear Taking the words Of the proca.
nation as he read them, 1t Coul signify nothing sI
than that the ladies' OF New 0;esns If they showed by
word, by gesture or by movement, contempt for
Northern soldier be subj cted to the brutat
Of the Northern armies land handed over to the tender
merces OF the scum and the rowdery Of New York y
[ Hear heAr) That was the Interpretation which the
Sords conveyed, and which they had right 70 put on
them he had heard tia. very day that there
punishment in New 0reaus against unfortunate women
Of the town-they not placed in the lock NJ; there
Was hardly any instance in which that had occurred.
But let them put even the mos meTciiul Specification
m the words-suppose these Ladies we're only TO be
,cked up in the caaboose with drunken negroes and all
The ras ,aity Of sold-ry and for what this punish
nent 10 be II cted on the ladies' of New Oreans' If
oy word movement gesture they offended the sensi.
blities OF Northern soldier Hear Suppose case
of gallantry on the part Of such SOLDIER If lady
piled to it with that feeling Of loathing they felt towards
the men, il might be construed into mark OF contempt
II lady crossed the street avoid encounter with
Northern soldier, made use OF any uuguArded eI-
preston which showed that though subdued the people
were still nncou qGerGbls in their determination for free
DOM il might be ID into contempt and for that
the ladies' Of New Orleans might be locked up with the
common women Of the town. (He.r) He spoke very
q rougly because he felt very strongly.
Not raore than two years and half ago he was at
New Orleans tmself and he should not really fcgh
the kindness The e,i,iaiity the trsrrsddy ptcJns pak
keh he Od, received the charm, the grace gentle
ness Of these ddiss (Hssr, hear) letter vas put ill.,
10 he hand from Southern young lady few days ago.
in which it was stated 81 am afraid when you see US
again you will fad entirely changed-we have been
so outraged that you vii l1Dger nd US the tmid
uripR women We we're" ("Hear," and lAugh.) he
thought il too pi;eous to laugh at. Il was sad enough
FOR tasIs de DID not appeal to bic honorable fserd,
the der Secretary OF Safe for Foreign Afirs, 10
DIV TO this qiesLion but he did ask the Phi Minser
of gland If he was prepared do thai which he
convinced the ruler Of brdvs and chvdlrous france
would do If be had not already done (aear, heaf)-
namely 10 protest against this, the greatest out age
which had been perpetfated against decency in tho
10 which we lived II ar hear
Lord PAmerston rose amidst loud cheers and said
Nc Speaker sppeaed to as have been by my homo a1e
friend, am quite prepared to say that think no
could taye read the proclamation TO which attention
has been drawn without feeling Of the deepest indg
(cbeers from bolh sides Of the HcuR)-a prtc
auaton 10 which do not scrupe to attach the epthet
Of Infamous (Rsuewed cheeriIg g Sir, an Euglshman
must blush to think that such act has been commit
ted BY enc belonging to the Anglo Saxon race. (0heeIs
If il had come from som> eembarbarous race that
not within tue pale of civil zSou, might have regret
ted but night have been surprised but that such
or Der should Lave been promulgated by soldier een
b, one Who had raised him elf TO the rank of General
Il subject undoubtedly Of not less astonshment than
pin (Uaeeis) Sir, cannot bring mys II to believe
but that the Government Of ths United State whenever
they had notice Of this order must OF their accord
have stAmped IL with their censure and condemnation.
dear, hear
We received yesterday despatch from Lord Lyops
communicating from the newspapers the paragraph read
by the honorable the order Of General
Bsauregard snmsdvertirg Oh, and giving the tax. OF,
u. HAL aaV, ID