, 1863-12-15
FROM EUROPE.
MIR. C0RDEM ON AMERJ-
CAN AFFAIRS,

&Gin0 W. - ~~k ~ ~bN &AtHA6NS-
CAN AFFAIRS
Why the Rebellion Cannot Succeed
Eng1and will Not 60 Into the Con-
Eress-Thc Great Match Between
ucenan and King.
On the cath ultimo Mr.. Golden delivered
his annual address before his constituents at
Manchester. Three thousand persons were
assembled, and the Mayor Of the city presi-
dcd- Mr.. Golden DEVOTED the greater part Of
his speech to d consideration OF American
affairs, especially in relation to the attitude
Of the British Government towards the Uni
led States. After tew preliminary observa-
tions on the necessity Of Parliamentary re-
form, and Of the completion Of the free trade
system, lie spoke as follows:
TIE ADVOCATES OF INTERFERENCE N AMEn1-
CAN AFFAIRS.
At the present moment there Is party in
this country uctire]y advocating an intcrfe-
renee in the affairs Of America. Heal, hear
When say Interference, I mean We have. q
party here who arc advocating either recog-
nition or something which means intcrfe-
renee, If it means anything. [Hear, hear.] I
have seen lately report Of two meetings of
constituencies in the west of Rngland-at
Bristol and Plymouth which liberal mem:
bers, representing popular constituencies,
have been recommending that the Govern
ment should enter into arrangements with
some foreign country In Europe, in order
that they may recognize the South in Ameri-
ca, md interfero to put IN end to the war in
observe that the idea which peryades
those members and their constituents was
this, that this affair In America was to be
settled in d peculiar way, according to the
dictates Of those particular parties. [Hear,
hcar.] From the beginning Of this Ameri.
can war, this 1amcntable convulsion, from
which you have suffered SO much, one great
and fundamental error in the conduct Of
statesmen and governments, and in the con-
duct Of q large portion Of the influential
classes in this country. has been, that they
have made up their minds that there can be
but one issne to this civil war In America,
and that is separation between the North
was here last, when that spirit was, II posi-
BILE, even more ripe than it Is now, that did
not myself believe the war wou1d issue In
that way. 1haye stated the same opinion
since in the House Of Commons; get ! de-
clare to you that, taking what Is called by a
cant phrase in London Society" which
means that upperten thousand with which
members Of Parliament are liable to come in
to contact in the clubs and elsewhere, nine
tcen-twentieths Of the ruling classes III I
nav use tbs phrase) that you meet in those
purlieus In London have been firmly con-
Tinced from the first that the civil war could
only end in separation. [Hcar, hear,] How
notpretend to say. [Cheers.1- believe the
CONJUNCTION las been sincere; I believe it
has been founded on the belief that, looking
attlte vast extent of territory occupied By
tie insurgents In this Tnr, it vras impossible
that they could be subjugated BY any forces
that could be brought against them by the
North.
1eSoRAxcE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
But there has been a most lamentable dis
play Of ignorance amongst those classes to
which refer, II We may judge By the con-
duct of the organs Of the press which may
be considered tie e1poncnts Of their views.
There have been errors in geography !:
mighty rivers, to which those in England
can bear no comparison, with hundreds Of
scribed In those leading organs as running
into one river and into another, In utter dis
regard of the rules Of geography. There are
q number Of great cities in Amcrica-cities
Of one hundred thousand and one hundred
and fifty Thousand inhabi:ants-which are
among the largest shipping ports for raw
produce in the world, ii the interior Of that
country. In one of them have seen mile
Of steamboats, moored side BY side, and yet
of those great cities, and TINT great com.
| mcrce, forming part Of the strength and re.
sources Of North Ame1ics, the ruling classes
| in this country know nothing. Yon don'i
end them In books ut Oxford and Cambridge,
where your undergraduates are obliged to
| study before they can pass their examina
| tions.
| SUCCESS OF TIE REBELLION IMPOSSIBLE
It Is in utter ignorance Of those resources
that the opinion of the ruling classes In Eng
| land has been come to. But ], whom accl
dent, perhaps, mora than any thing else, has
made as we'll acquainted with the politics and
geography Of TINT country as with my own,
have never believed-aud believe now lcsE
one here will live, to see two separate natsons
within the confines Of the present United
States Of America Cheers lwill tell you
candidIy that if it was not for one cause,
should consider as hopeless and as useless
the attempt to subjugnte the Southern States
Of America as the parties do upon whose
views have been commenting. Its the OBJ
ject with which the separation has been made
that, In my opinion, renders the success o1
the secessionists absolutely impossible
[hear, hear]-and II the moral and fntelligent
population Of this country had not been sys
| fematically inhaled upon TINT question they
would have been unanimously Of thal
! in the House Of Commons By one from
| whom 1t was almost Incredible that it couli
have come-once the great champion of De
mocracy, once the great advocate Of all til.
| rights and principles Of the unsophisticatci
minions-tbat this civil war originated be
principles and the North would not allow 1t
| {Laughter.
| TILE FALSE PRETESsEs OF THE REBELS.
Travelled In the United States in 1855, th'
| year before that fatal shot was fired at For
Sumter which has had such terrible rcycF
bctatious ever since. visited Washington
during the session Of Congress. Now 7 carr,
a fag wherever I 60 when travel abroad
whether in France, America, Austria OF Rus
sia. 1 at once become the centre Of oil thos
who have strong convictions and purpose
| with reference to frce-trade principles
| Hear, hcar1 While was at Wnshingto
was disappointed ut finding there WIS so lit
tic interest felt on the free-trado question
There was no party formed, no public ngita
ton, no discussion whatever upon tho sub
jcct. The ground, the political field, wa
question was slavery. {Hear, hear,] VII
mention an Illustrative fact, which + hay
not seen referred to, and to my mind it !
conclusive on this subject In December
1sCO, when Congress was sitting, and whe
the country Tas In the agony Of suspense
fcarjng tlis impending rupture, Congres
appointed o committee, consisting Of thirty
every State then In the Union, and that COZ
mittee sat from December II, 1850, to jar
uary H. 1861. It was called the Committe
| Of Thirty three, and WIS instructed to fnqult
into the perilous state Of the Union, md
try and devise some means By. which th
catastrophe Of secession could be averted.
lavc . report Of tho proceedings, Of tbs
committee. believe there is not anothe
report in this country; I have reason
know so. There arc forty pages. haE
read every line Tic representatives Of til
slave States were invited by the represent,
tires Of tho free States to state candid1y. IN
frankly what we're the terms which they r.
quired in order that they might continu
| penceably In the Union, and in every pag
you sec their propositions brought forward
From beginning to end Of these forty pag.
there is not one syllable said about tariff {
taxation. (Cheers-) From beginning to en-
there is not a grievance alleged bnt tn:
which is connected with the maintenance
slavery. There areproposltionsc calling upo
: maintenance Of that institution. They al
invited to extend the area of slavery, to maa
laws By which fugitive slaves sh Ill be givc
, I IN. They are pressed to make treaties wit
foreign powers by which those powers shonl
be required to give up slaves. But from b
ginning to end no grievance was alleged bl
what is connected With slavery. (Hear, hear
to End. {Aear, hear.)
e1AyERY TIE CAUSE OF THE WAR.
sit not astonishing, in the face Of fac
merity, With my regard to deceney or AZ
eense Of se1Erespect, to get up in the Hou'
; Of Commons and say that the secession
the Southern States has been on q questit