Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-11-14
The British Chancellor esf tEae EX>
clgeaAer asaa Anaeric:aEa AE9:aars:


The following is Il full report of Mr. Glad :
st,tr,.'< speech on American affairs, at II lew =
castle, Eng aud
l. for one, said tn right honorable eente>
m-n, exercising my own poor faculties best
] could have never felt at Elte gland lad any
reason CONNECTED with her own civil interests
tor desiring the disruption of the a mericin
Union [ car understand those wh" 5 81, that it
il for the general interest nf nations that no
Safe should swell To the ditneil>inil Of II con
tinrnt can understand those who xsy sud
c ,nfess it t" my owu optnt'n-thtt 1t is
greatly for the interest of the nrgr., rac- that
they should have tu Il" with their n';lsters
alone. and uut-as has i.itlert. be.r, the case
with their own masters backed 10y the whole
power If thu Federal Government of the Unit
ed States, [Caeers. Rs-cause, pray observe,
that i:a~ been tll4 state "f things that has ex-
listed hvretuiora and to Wiiicl some, think,
mistake in the interest nf the negro, have
th"n sut it da-ira Bile tn re'iirn The laws by
wkicis the slaves have teeh. governed have
te-n laws, made uot by the Federal uovern
ma ant but by the owners of th,Ss shaves; but
TIA. -.E,rce nents tf the laws made by the oun.
crs at the slaves has not rested III the hand of
th. osnrrs Of the slaves alone. They have
hsd ight--n constitutional right by the
Con,sitution of the United SttteS-tn be sup~
ported against their own slaves IN the SXecu-
\ ton Of the laws that the slave owners have
.nads by the whole power of the American
Umnn. can, therefore, very we'll understand
the argument of those who think it is pat
4 tIculariy to be desired that the interest OF tn e
8 nsgro race that the American Union should be
reconstructed.
Bnt must confess, for that need
not now explain, that l do not think that
! England has had any interest in the disruption
] of that Union; my own private opinion is that
\ it rather the interest OF Eng land that the
Uni ion should continue. | know that it s not
all opinion generally shared: but at any rate,
gentlemen, whatever view we may take of that,
| think we all feel that the course which her
Majesty 5 ministers have endea vored to pursu 9
namely, that Of maintaining strict neutrality
under all circumstances that have heretofore
passed-has been rightful course, and has
been the expression of the general sense OF the
community. Cheers. There is and there
can be no doubt. that where two parties are in
great exasperaton, it 10 not at all unlikely
that he who observes strict neutrality will
offend both; because, in poiut of fact, the state
of mind in which his conduct is likely to be
Judged of for the moment by either disputant
ii is not state of mind in which il is fair that
we should expect from them perfectly impair
tiaI conclusions. But what we may naturally
expect Is GniS, 6naG an honest course OF
traitiy, | mean, which we have pursued up to
this day, will be recognized after this unhappy
struggle ha $ passed away, and when the cir
cumstances shall be calmly viewed. But.
must confess, it appears to me that if either
party have right to find fault with us. it i.
the Confederate rather than the Federal oarty
Hear, hear.I mean this, if We have deviatee
at all from neutrality, our deviation has beer
y against the Confederate rather than the Fedora
party. #ks* ~
The course we have taken has heen this
We have preserved a perfect neutrality, bu
we have permitted the export of arms and war
like stores I'VE have permitted it to two par
tles-to the Confsderates, all of whose port:
were blockaded by the Northern feet; and t.
!ne Federals, who have had perfect power t,
import whatever arms and stores they pleased
think that course has been the right and jus