Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-24
TIE HON. WV. L. YANcEY.

HIS ARRIVAL AT NEW oRLEAEs-ABsrRAcr or MS SPEECH
AT rHE CHARLES HOTEL.
The New O.leans PieayuHs Of the l4th, announces
the arrival IN that city, Of the Hon. WIN. L. YaDcey one
Of the Confederate States Commissioners to Europe He
arrived by the 0PeousGs railroad the evening of the
18th, sin excellent health and spirits though somewhat
f.sued By bis voyage" He came from Havana in the
schooner Wide AWAje. The PieGyIRs says;
He was received at the 0pelOusas ferry landing, by a
M aber Of his friends and citizens by whom he
accompanied to his lodgings at the st. Charles
10 Ell
Ga entering the rou1da of the hotel, on bis return
from dinner about 10 o'clock in the evening" large
crowd met Mr.. YAueey and insisted on his addressing
them which be did In a speech OF about half hour
h, remarked rising that it within ten days Of
year since be le the country the representative OF
the Ooafederae States 10 crdesvor to procure the re-
coguion Of that Independence for which his eouatry
/ men were gallan'ly CO t'ndiug.
He should uddcubedly surprise his auditors when he
told them that they bat frisEds ia E,TCps; that
they must depend for accomplishment Of the end ?
which they are striving, uPol themselves alone.
And what be said OF Eu'opCaa feeling with regard to
this Oon ederaey was f0sa y tue of its feeling fcisards
ths Nur:h Uhoss peop' whose Government, and Whole
press the ST. g and writings Of whose public men
aud literary writer's they believed to be altogether
dlciOus
The sentiment of Europe ant-savsry, and tia.
ssa,ed by the Government Of Eugland, was abolition
A. he same time it is very well understood and be
HsVsd that the pretoxts upon which this Was nau-
Eurated and Is carried by the North against US
utterly false. They would recognize our indie
pc denee until our couquerirg swords hung dripping
oVsr the prosate heads Vi too North. Their opinion
OF the c6Ara3sr OF the people Of these States, AID Of
the cASlse 10 which engaged, derived alto
Esther from Northern sources. TOey never see the
our-sl sni the periodicals OF the South, aud all the
Il A..
red through lose Of the H. They believe that we
q brave and ceermined p oplr aud that We re-
lyec On OF tai 10 our in pe1deGCe b. 81 mott
ldi-s devotion he cause in which end.
/ 81, they would ike to tue two OonfcGeGc:es
ppiri BY the war, and would give aid TO neither
| sudsd to Il e erroneous and hostile opinions en-
ID in BrElsud with regard to the people Of these
St.tes which had bee1 Eeiulcu'y inculCaied by the
Nor h. by we're bSb.susiy represented cruel
Law S. and opprcssive that the owner had the liberty
~ TIRE his slave Wi,hoa, reference to the laws OF society
or &C. tur alt At the Law w,rJ be 81 the English
orc, their Durham cate, g.
A TO Tar BLOCKADE, SAID THAT Tax NATIONS
EUKOPE would NAVsE RAsE II, UNTIL 1T SUITED THEIR
ISrEKEsF In biz own private opihoI he believed that
81 esi.y uouli occur by very ,ary day. lie said
tia. il Was an error to say Jha. Cotton is ng" Il l.
no. |, c gree, Rld influential power in commerce.
oIE not les otator He alluded 20 the dependence whCh
British ga te en- pla1ei upon the prO5ahiity Of bt,
ns cotton from other roe5 than America and showed
ii this, T. practcd cIt'n CT purplsr, was mPOs
stlr sd i a. ne l1eS was lslscy.
He thoaght, he sIld that the blockade blessing
to thl Con States, os i! teaching, nay, com
psl depend upon Ourselves, and to do that for
Ourselves for which Nc have hitherto been depending
upon ohsrl and they are cur d, Eiest tees.
kr YArccy ihsn eculseled hra,, united, and gener.
Gus support Of the Government which has Just been in
SuglsSted TIE choscn and the choosers both in
tAg same boa. 7 storm was r.gDg, the wind was
bowling and the waves we're beating upon cur BARI
W. had pIscsd them at the helm. They go. Goa init
err0Ts bls al history elchss that when there muliny
in tie crew, the bNk must 20 down.
He coaeludei BY expressing the strongest confidence
in Lhs hl, s-ccsss of the cause 10 which engag
q, I'D A. the close greeted with the Ast entEus
asst, G. GERS.
After a few eloquent rsmaTks by Or. Holland, in the
sane vein ard in the OF which the speaker bore
testimony as eyewitness, 20 the sbe and hithtul
manner in vhsh Mr. Yapoey discharged his mission in
Euope, the assembsgs separated