Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-12-17
cobdon agai st Intervention

s MR. COBDEN, the great politlcai ecOno
r mist. and a statesman welding wonder
? ful influence over the English In.rsses, iiii
delivered "A speech before his constituen
cy. taking strong ground against the Eng
) lish Intervention in this country, and civ
, ing, too, common sense REASONS Tor hn
;. Positions. We select "a few brief para
graphs from his speech. merely to show
. the drift OF his argument, He said;
: ltiS very odd that statesmen here who
have a profound sympathy with the move
ment i'm Italy in favor of unity, cannot
appreciate the force of that motive IN the
present contest in America. Three
fourths of the whole population in Amer
lea are now contending against disunIon
they are following the instruction that Is
i.Lpelling the Italian, the German, and
Z the other populations of Europe and
have no doubt that one great and domln
ant motive ON their part Is that they are
afraid if they become disunited, they Will
be treated as the Italians were treated
when they were disunited, viz: That the
i foreigner will come and set his intrusive
foot among them, and play oil one against
the other In the depreciation and possible
subjection of the whole. These are pow
erful motives, and III they are operating
rs they seem to operate, they may lead to a
much more protracted contest than has
been predicted by some OF our statesmen.
Bat the business which we really have
here as Englishmen is not to speculate on
what the Americans will do, for they will
act totally independent of us. Let Us
/ give them our sympathy while We lament
over great misfortune, but do not let us
attempt 10 scold, or worry, and dictate to
them, or even predict TO them what will
happen. t- ss.'e I..s.a
But what is our duty to them in this
matter? We have talked of strict neu-
trality. wish our statesmen. and partic-
ularly our cabinet minister, would enforce
upon their own tongues a little of that
principle Of non-interventiOn which they
profess To APPLY to their diplomacy -
Laughter ami cIeers.) Your recognition
of the South would not give you cotton
but recognition of the South in the minds
of parties who use that term is coupled
with something more. There is an Idea
OF going and interfering by force to put
an end TO that contest, in order that the
cotton may be sent free. Ii We're Pres !
ident Lincoln. and found myself rather |
in a difficulty on account OF the pressure !
of taxation, or u discOrd OF parties in the /
Federal ranks, and if wanted to see the /
whole population united as one man
and ready to make me despot, should 4
wish nothing better than for England TO !
attempt to interfere by force in the quar-
rel. .r-..s.. ...
You read now Of the elections which
are going on in America, and | look 10
those elections with the greatest interest
as the only indication to guide me i'm
forming judgment in the future. You
see it stated that in those elections there
IS some disunion of parties, but let the
foreigner interfere in that quarrel, and all
the old line of demarkation will be ef-
aced forever. and you will have an united
people joining together toimpel the intru-
lion. Hear, hear. 1t was 50 in France
N the great revolutionary war. What
vas it that caused the reign of terror, but
he cry of alarm that the foreigner was
'oming to invade them? and the aristO-
rats were guillotined as traitors to their
ountry. because they were the friends of
he foreigners. And let me remind you
hat your interference would not obtain
otton. 1t would have in the present
tate of armaments very little effect on ..
he combatants.
IL people generally were better ac-
uainted with geography of America, and /,
he state of its population, they would !.
ee how much we are apt to exaggerate
ven our power to interfere to produce : :
esult on this contest. The policy to be
ursued by the North will be decided by
he elections in the great Western States :
Il mean the great growing regions OF the :
lississippi Valley, the States of Ohio, In
lana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Min
esota; if they determine 10 carry on
he war. and say they will never make
eace while the mouths of the Mississippi
hich drain 27 900 miles of navigable
ater into the ocean, remain i'll the hands :
foreign power, we could never expect
} put period to it. You must remem- !.
er that you have to go one thousand =
lilies up the Mississippi before you get to =
nat vast region peopled by eight or ten /
lilliOns of souls, that will be the future !,
epOsitory OF the wealth and numbers of :,
iat great continent, and whatever the "
i'll OF that great people is, New York is !
ut the broker of their opinion, and New u
ork. Pennsylvania and New England =
ust go with them. :.
1t is us idle, then, as the talk of chill
rem, for France and England to pretend =
at they can 90 there and reach that 3
'pulation. For my part, | think the =
nguage which is used sometimes in Ger - -
in quarters with regard to the power of - -
is country TO go and impose its will up y
the population of America almost sa | n
'urs of the ludicrous. When America :.
Id but $500, 900 of population we could v,
ot enforce our will upon it, and when -
II have to deal with civilized people, ~
wing the same mechanical appliances -
yourselves, and when that people num- -
II ten or twenty millions, it is next TO 80
possible for any force to be transported F.
ross the Atlantic which will effect a.,
inquest. .. .- tL
are very apt think that 80 ~,
ey can do anything by force; their in s;t
ference would only do harm, and in ~
G end you would not get your cottOn.-i no
EN- if you could. what price would you g.
y for it? | know something of the frr
y i'll which money is voted in the hr
)use of Commons for warlike arma- of
.nts, even in time of peace, and ! so
nture to say it would be cheaper to ba
ep all the population engaged in cot br,
1 manufacture-aye, to keep them on an
tile, champagne and venison-than to ar,
I'd to America to obtain cotton by force no,
arms. Laughter and cheers.) 1t tin
uld involve you in a war, and war of ;ts
months would cost more money than of
uld be required to maintain the popu- e,l.
ion comfortably for ten years. hes
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