Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-21

,ly terminat to in separation OF tas northern
states from the general Cover
The Hartford convention pine lghts al'e ,.93a e9a
-efnsal to aid the government IN ths war g. lolS'
II sblv set forth bv Robt T. Hayre, IN bis IA
naus debate with Webster, was Ins fruits OF
ihis mission.
On psee 275. Mr Henry said Ee bring
,boyt 4 seo aration OF the States, uncef distinct
nj ir3avenaspt governments, is az affair OF
,ncert.ihty. aud however desirable canhos ne
effected but by q series Of acts aud long con
tinued policy 10 iTIitate the Southern @ad cen
ciliata the Northern people
"The former are an.agEieullufal and tAe isttsr
a commercial people
aTbe mode Of eherishing and depressing either
is TOO obvious to require Illustration
s.Tbis. I an. aware, is an object Of muen IN
terest 70 Great Bitain, as it would forever Sc
csre the integrity of her majesty possessions
On this continent, and make the TWO govern
inents, or whatever the number the present Con-
federacy might form, into as useful, ana as necn
sT,bisct IL the influence Of Great Britain as
her collonies can be rendered
But tits an object only to be attained oy SLOW
snd eircumsptc. progression, andfeqniies ioi us
contamination more attention to tne hlaIs 0!
this country than Great Britain has } 81 oesto%-
ed upon itp Again, on page ~ Ne 4, , saal' y
should be thRpecular care OF eFieat D1l's.il'' ~
foster divisions between the Norta AA9 7oH@H'
BY so doing, she may also carry into eiscs hsl
own projects in Europe
This vas at the time that Bdksh aalssoerscy
was efecling now lease OF their toil 3g masses
nv forming combinations to crash Nspoieoai
that accomplished, the lease is being rene yea Dy
the disyflpture ef the late United States, ana
when England interieres in the affairs OF tins
egunfry and the United States, It Will be NE
the monkey in dividing the cheese for the TWO
cats, il getting it equal, he ate It all up;
The English statesmen and ne Enghsh psV-
ne are two different powers-the former con-
irol the latter, the latter sympsthize with ana
rsorat me American war The former laughs es
rs. as their dupes, cutting each others thIosts
for their benefit. What care they Tor the nools
blood that has, aud will yet be shed, SO tnas
tbev overthrow Democracy in America Waich
secures 8 new and long lease for aristoc1sey lH
Tbat they may first destroy the competing
sbops and factories of the North, and when they
can steal enough negroes out OF Africa to raise
a supply of cotton with in other countries, they
viii then destroy US Of tue South also
Respectfully, j. y
MORE EVIDENCE OF ENGLAND's PERFIDY.
From Harpers Weekly, Dec l5ih.l
We nresens the following important commu'
nication 10 our readers without comment The
writer is known as a gentleman OF lntelhgence
and integrity:
A VIEW BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
Inthe fall Of 1853 the writer met 10 Paris the
late Mr.. Aaron Leggett formerly wealthy mer-
chant in this city, aud member OF the oocesy
of Friends. We eonversed frequently on the
roEs Of f,rarn enacted M
the agitation of the slavery question. Mr.. l.
said that when be was young mar he was an
sctive and jealous member of Menumlsslen
Society, and that he continued to cherish IN
/ after life compassionate feeling for the poor
negroes. At the time Of the general emsneips-
tion of the slaves in the British West Indies
Mr. I,aggett's business called him 70 the city Of
Mexico. and while residing there he met Deputy
/ Commissioned General Wilson OF the British
army. 81 agent appointed by the British gov
/ ernment 10 make the fuancial arrangements con
neeted with the payment to the West 1hols el
I slavebolders of their potion of the go 0OO,00t
/ voted bv the British Parliament ss a compensa
/ ton for the forced sacrifice of their property
Mr. Isggett said that, when be learned Mr.
1 Wilson's errand, he took occasion, while he VS.
sitting ,ysh him one day after dinner, to express
/ his adm.rationFef the British government arc
/ the British people, for the noble act, the vote
/ EGO 600 900 sterling to procure liberty Tor SO,
I 600 negroes! He gave full utierance to BIS ieei
! ipga. and exhausted the vocabulary of euiogj
to fnd the eommeniatory epitbets which he aP
pied to England and Englishmen.
..Mr Wilson did not seem to symnpsthize viii
mo - said Mr l. and when l had finished, b
turned to me aud said, 'Da you think Mr. Leg
eett, that this emancipation OF the negroes WI
prove to be a wise measured
L ffCt.-t,.-Ir- -er,iaH - said Mt. H0P
can It be otherwise
/" The cool heads in England" said Mr. va
/ son. dc not think that it viii be beneficial Il
its effects on the interests Of the people eitne
IN its colonies or in the mother country No
do think So We think that freed negroes WI
do very little work and that the West lndi
colonies. as TO iheir commercial value to th
mother country, will be ruined
Mr. Leggett had been carried away with reT
resentstions of the enthusiastic friends OF emaf
eipsti9n-that free labor was more produeuV
than slave labor; that when the negroes WeI
free thew would receive Wsge5, aud that th
would stimulate them to raise sugar and cote
in greater quantities; that commerce woul
feel the benefit Of the new impulse to agflcg
tuYe: that lands would rise 10 value; that Il
income of the planters would be increased, etc
and his ardor was at first cooled by Mr.. Wilson
, gloomy view of the case.
fter little reflection, however" said N
l.. l continued my eulogy OF the Brih'
governments and the British people and wei
now further than before in the expressions
nv admiration, but ! went on new tack.
said thai the enemies of Eaglishmen, OF the
government, were accustomed 70 represent .oe
! a always governed by mercsnsry consideration
! sud too wiling TO sacrifice Justice, humanis
! and oil the virtues to the lust OF gam D
: here was a case in which the cool hea9,S - r.
i;r,1,t..I the aCrIOn OF me government u5IiD'
stely burd=ned their country Win au lin nAsi
I debt, not to open new hel1s OF weals1' oo1
fslI nrospsct of destroying the commercial Vai
! ~ their West India colonie S, and Of impoYeris
mo tho people there, and the proprietoFs
: F90isnd-and al from a humane feeling, and
+. hiob sense of iustiee--a high sense OF what
!, ,1s to moor. helpless, flowu-trodden negro slav
= n was The noblest act recorded in history
= know of no parallel to it anywhere
f when had flushed, /" added Mr. l.,
: W ssaiu .11rned to ne and said: Mr. u
I gstt do Won really believe that the men v
: control the action Of the British government vi
a led bv such motives as you aseribe to them,
g sacrifice the commercial interests 81 then col
o try" A..
v who controlled tho action of the British COVE
r. meTt really believed that the abolition OF saY'
;n the British West Indi would end IN the co
- reerciai rpin of the Islands, could not conce
"a If anv other motive for their conduct than
e, noble one which I had assigned.
s. wei, Mr.. Lsggest," said Mr. ",
to may believe this, but l do not | believe :
the sction of the British government IS made
be promote. as far as possible, the interest OF
IS. English sristocrscy.
Of Nr L then asked. What interest OF
be English agistocracy will be promoted by
re- ruin Of tbs British West India Islands
n Nj Wilson said that The abolition OF slav
"a IN he Rsitish colonies would naturally ere
ch an enthusiastic anti-slsgeIy sentiment In =
Of land and America. and that in America
ite would, Ia process of time, excite hestlllty
If 4.,,ssr,s the fran States and the SlSVG St3