Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-06
An English View OF Colonies, Republics
nud slavery.O

A
Whateyer NAV be the opinion Of the course pursued
ny the British GoVsrumsn an, iI ia very gratifying to see
.be generous courss Of tie Biish press towards Us,
Sikh. With the eIsepIon Of the kEsssr Hall organs
such - The Wees, JtEr, and two or three others-are
,hs warm advocates Of our cAuso, aud are constantly
and .t.aiil doing all that they can TO sustain aud c.er
u in our sirug gle fr iaGs2sndence. Toe London Dis
pa ,eG Of the 81 q, has = most interesting article on the
ga In America, q p1r:iol OF which ws transfer to our
ecllmns:
There Ia no form Of mendaci'y more pernic.ons In lie
IONS ansrces, or mora inidious 10 iss tenpiA loss, than
hat Haiea Imposes pl,uI fsui4 on sooe'y. Tls sInc-
If cation OF M an., BY c~jrsitera ion OF thor el6s, IL q
,jos iahereut n rsbgious p opl,; and no offenders 1avs
oean m1aa shsmilfs in tbs Iegafi than ths Abolition.
"A of America aud the anu sl.ysry ("Olaphll Ssst,r)
,,rsu sion in ( siaud. Their ket1rsrs, TIER traveller,
,h,ir talk sis add ious;s's, t1eir hissoriAns and noTelis.s,
sAye ben ia Lave ~coanlies, and as the q. o. OF slavery,
e. 90 cs DlenomenA which the sligltcs' reflection EoLd
eo,tr.d c, snd belle. Eg-ry MAJ q a ] seli rsaG-any
,u-. iatesd. gAO CA 6u; read he biole-klQNs that sa
vary hes bssa l.s gosw co 4driol Of hum n sosieiy and
,hs.i. ia been iolnd c~3hplI1ic 3 th, 20 have oeeu eFen
p-omotiVs Of p1ser, wealth, c.VJ.z Ido1, nay, sgsn By ran
ity. Tas S,rp u a. nstrSII tao very p1!iiAFehS all
sere sltyehOi3ers. Sparti, n the glory of is purity
aud virtue; Athens, in tbs zenith OF is glory In sre,
anna and ller4 g-e, hNd . VAs. N jot.y OF Their sub
Lc.s "hsli TO dor" Tue lavish lAE OF Moses is fell
Of provisions for he making, trsusfer and N lEunission
o. slaves The Tsuth Commandment tsli Us not TO
owe; cue neigaOors mIh SerTsns or ms nna servant IN
the very sane cVego'y "a his OF AID his ass Rome
so1qusrod the uohd, a.d eisihI d IL. under q dispense.
90, of slavery. Too West Iadia OIL mics hourisied
Willie slavery prevailed. r1ey went 70 ruin, boh Of
uhts nAl and bl,k, the DAY they we're emAncipa'ed.-
Al the sxoerimsrts that have been tried Of tle SIf 81.
eY.tion OF tie colored races, or, i1deed, Of even white
rice, Of aboriginal svIgea, by m~s1umisiOn or colou'I.
,il1. have been coBsp euous failures. King Lincoln cats
tas negroes together q Tell them that thti: c~ootigui'y is
oi9rous to bis .u'j ots, and that they mus. clear gu fr
U,,tr,I AmeTic,. ID, Assuvss Horace G~elsy that e
saa Uaion can b. saved BY riVe'iog the casinl Of tho
Save, he will riV,t them.
Az f,s the sl.ves ,hemse,ves, crushed with the wrongs
o. Drod aud Uacle Ton, mos: provSkiug-tboy cannot
b, brought 10 'burn with revenge" They are spies for
their masters. They obttinalely refuse to runaway 10
liberty, outrage and starvation. Thy work Ia the Hslds
a usual when toe D snter and the oVersepr are away,
aud only the Whi;o S0ms N are let at hone. The black
regiments of ~iusurgent Ulloniss haVs proved a faiiuss
and been d!sbandst. We wonder how Professor" Q)
d mslead and H9r3ce Gle ley lock, nov that their tours
tarough The dive Siaies are compared with fAo,s, and
hid alOngside tic dispatches and the %tele,rsns OF tbs
bsllgs rent Stove, Wendell Philips. Garrison, IL
sur,d ~ a serVilSNar the IN Imeat 50 army Of b,radon
was mlfehsd in;o the South but the soda powder
soo's fig; the lucifsr mach has been rubbed,
but obs iuliely refuses 10 aue up. We were
assured the SouIherneSi we're indoen., and their
aOl 5rtGAdu Wv uOpbl y y Au1 bNONHuh PONVtNys-
rhey ss7s sa;aus1 Tor nearly tao year. the shocks
Of A uu 10 which these Of Napoleon we're SkirmiShee,
rolled back the tide VI battle, and are now thunderiog
a. the very gates o. a quAkiDg enemy, that have brought
thirteen hundred thousand warriors Into the hsld, aud
su1ippfd, PAID fed and furnished them, as never army
and navy we're sustained before. We we're told the
S,uih srntrI we're sunk in lie less luxury aud self in1ul-
gent seu4uAiity that they were deprived Of self will aId
sddie'eI 10 hcsniiolsnesS bsloW the olpaei y for ad min
istrA i've government. What are the facsI Never, we
aSsert With the u,uost confidence, was acre kn1Wn a
people 90 stl ia public ffIrs, 50 heroic, so brave, 81
prudent, 40 deVo,ed. Whatever may BE- ths is'ue OF this
war, ~IllIts's and slav owners h,ve raised up by tier
deeds au inpsrislsbls m5nunsnE If lheit gNs'nes, aud
N s~gusnimity. .
In ltls more than a month they eI.enporz,d aud
ma.ursd a GoTernnsnt, a Ooustitut on, 3 L'gtlI'urs,
social authority, that have stood the test OF tbs m,st
eridcIl experiment with triumphant 81 ;csss, and ae
moro workable, consistent stable and free, than the instt-
tu,ions they dIsOwusd. TIE border slave States have lsit
them 10 their Il Q; have armed against them. TFenty
millions Of Uaionists have attacked six millions o.
"rebelL" aud ths free States men have bsen beaten back
to their very trenches by less thln Que third of their
number of slave divers. Toe latter had no navy, and
had to fight 10 every river, and Struggle in every town
agains, a powerful Aeet. They bad not the nucleus OF q
regiment a comp any, Q 90 ia1rou, scarcely q piece oil ar
tillsry. They had 70 raise regiments without any great
centres Of populAton-they had no powder MILF, no
foundrss, no paper for cartridges, leather for shoes and
harness, olo~thing-indus,ry and pro1ucton we're para
lyEsd, aud their intercourse with tbs world shut oat oy
blockade. They had to destroy their produo,, abandl IN
their oihes to the invaders, aud their villages 20 the
AAmss-they we're msnsesd with, and had to provide for
the c0ntln geney OF q segviia Hkr-.hey have been LETT
without me 0on6tenShes Of + lrope, and opposed by the
border planters yet. bsholi the result Of slavery a.