Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-18
Letter from ihe Archbishop Of Dublfn e
Mrs. n. stowe.


PALACE, DUBLIN, January, 8. 1868.
Dsar Madam: In acknowledging your letter
and pamphlet take the opportunity Of laying
before you what / collect to be the prevailing
sentiments here on American affairs. OF course
there is great variety Of opinion, IS may be ex-
pected in a country like ours. Some few SYM
pathize with the Northerns, and some with the
SoUtherns, but far the greater portion sympa-
thize with neither completely, but lament thes
each party should be making go much greater
an expenditure Of life and property than can be
compensated for by any advantage they can
dream of obtaining.
Those who are the least favorable to the
NoTtherns, are not 80 from any appreciation Of
slavery, but from not understanding that the
war Is waged in the cause of Abolition. II was
Waged, they say, ostsnsibly for the restoration
OF the Union, and, in attestation Of this, they
refer TO the proclamation which announced the
eonfscstion Of slaves thai were the property Of
secessi0nisbs, while those who adhered to the
Federal cause should be exempt from such con-
fseation which, they say, did not SAVIOR much
Of zeal for Abolition.
Many who have a great dislike to slavery,
yet hold shat the Southerners had az slesst as
much right to seeede as the Americans had orig
inally to revolt from Great Britain. And there
are many who. think that, considering the dread
ful distress we have suffered from the cotton
famine, we have shown great foTbsarancs in
withstanding the temptation to recognize the
Southern States aud hyesk the blockade. Then,
sgain, there are some who are provoked at the
ineesSsnt railing at England and threats of an
invasion of Canada, which are poured forth in
some Of the American papers.
There are many. also, who consider that the
present state Of things cannot continue mnch
longer if the COnfederates continue to hold thsir
own as they have done hitherto, and that a peO-
pie who shall have maintained their indeDen-
dence for two or three years will be recognized
by the European powers. Such appears to have
been the procedure of the Europesn powers in
all similar eases-sueh as the revolt Of the An
gle. AmeTican snd Spanish-Americsn colonies, of
the Haytens and the Belgians In these, and
other like cases, the rule practically adopted
seems 10 have been to recognize the r~evoltsrs,
not at once, but alters reasonable time hsd been
allowed to see whether they could maintain
their Independence, and this without being IN
derstood to have pronounced any decision either
way as to the justice Of the cause.
Moreover, there are many who say that the
negroes and people of color are far from being
kindly or Justly treated in the Northern States.
An emancipated slave, at any rate, has not re-
ceived good training for earning bis bead by
the wages of labor and if, in addition to this
and his being treated as sn outcast, he is ex-
ciUQtu3 as ~ As Salds LOm many 6mpi0YH6lI6
by the refusal of the white lsborers - work
along with him, be win have gained little by
taking REFUGEE in the Northern States.
1 have now laid before you The views which /
conceive to be the most prevalent among Us, and
for WHICH | sm not myself responsible. For
the safe and e~fsetual emancipation Of slaves,
l myself consider there is no plan so good As
the grsdEal one, which was long ego suggested
by Bishop Kinds. What be recommended was
an ad VGtorem tax upon slaves, the value to be
fixed by the owner, with an option to govern
ment TO purchase at that price. Thus the slaves
would be a burden to the master, asd those the
most so who should be the most intelligent and
steady, and, therefore, the best qualified for
freedom and it would be his interest to train
his slaves to be free lsborers. and to emancipate
them, one by one, as speedily as he could with
gafety. I fear, however, that the time has gone
by for trying this experiment in America.
With best wishes for the new year, I remain,
dear madam, yours faithfully,
Rn WuATrTy