Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-03

tAis Republic. do not think be can; an anxious
on aeeount Of the nsT Emperor Of Mexico, who VIII
be poWeriess King Cauuse against the rising
u the American people His chair must be Withdrawn
I oT be wis BE- ovsrwhsimed.
FoTsigs LatsTOsHtiOH, by Mediation or Latcrcss-
sion
Foreign Intervention y on its face iuconEatent with
every Idea Of national indie peudene which IN itself s
no'h hing more than the conceded right Of nation to
sest unisturbed 30 long Il does disturb Others
II nations stood absolutely alone, dsocisted from each
other 40 that what Dsssed n one had little OF no inhu.
enee IN anothsr' only tyrsnneal or tn.ssmsddins
spit eoula fa 20 recognize this rgdt BIT civilization
Itself by drawing natons together and bringing them
into society, has bFoug them under reciprocal in
huuence, that nation row act or sufFer bv
self alone Out Of the reatfons and -11yesfiys af GOOD
neghbOrbo0d involving Of eourss tie admitted light
sefdefsnss-springs the only Justification apols-
gy which can be found for foreign intervention which
is the general term 70 signify uterposign In the az
fairs Of ,thsr, whatever form msy take Much IL
dore under the name Of good Offices whether ia the
form OF msalaion or i1tercesEion and much alss by
military power whether IN tha declared will OF superior
force, pr directly by arms Recognition Of indepena
hncs IS also smother nsa 60. intervention in any
isinterfersnee II pssccans, il mast be indeed bv
motive and tsndsaeyi il foreible il will naturally be
resisted BY force
LITE vs5tiaH in The spirit Of peace and for the ssks
Of peac s. one Of the rehn6 6uents of modern elyza
ton Intervention, in the spirit o. wa, fer the
sake Of war, has 1ed large space IA history ancient
ana modern Bus all the-e instances may be g-01p
under tive h~sds First Intervention ia eziarng fairs
and, secphdlyy Intervention In internal afiabs The
hfs may be lluSrated the Intervention tho Elect
or Msuriee, Of saxony against Charles Y: or KirR
Wlism sgainst Louis XIV; Of Russis aRd Franes in
the seven ears war; Of m ssia sgau bel Teen France
and Austria IN 1905 ana also between France ana
Pruass in 1900, and Of FrHnae, Crest sfa and Ssr
dina between Turkey and R1ssA, Ia the Il the
Crmsa
Ts Intervention Of Russia Austria and Prusha In the
airs 1t Poland; Of Great tain amnig the native
powors Of Indie, and Of the allied powers u7dsr tie
eontinued inspiration Of the treaty Of PHtE i1 the
French revolution, are u trstons q hs second head
BTitisk Intervention AgaiNSt Siaosyy.
There is one long continued i-terventioa bv qreaf
Bri Rin which speaks now with c1n'rling power
Though not without original shades OF dark IL has for
more than hsf century been s6n ng example 70 he
civilized world. refer 70 tAst intervention against
slavery, which from its first adoption has been
stsnt and brilliant 20 make forget the esrHsE In-
tervention for slavery, when, for instance, eat Brit
ain he Cf Utrecht Interviewed eKiOy the de-
tssable privilege ofsuPpylns slaves TO Spanish Amer
ca at the rate OF 4cOO yearly for he space Of thirty
years aud then sgsn Il the peace OF Ak Ia Chapsls
bigged for yet longer sanction to this iyuObis inter-
vention; nsy Il almost makes Us forget tha kindred
In srvsotion, at most soTdi and crminA By which
th power c0untsractad all Efforts for the prohibition
Of the slave trads even N us colonies and thus
helped TO fssten slavery upon Virgins aud Carolina
EAs aoo on OF the slave trade by act Of Parliament n
1907 VS. the signal FOR a change Of history.
Even before Wilberforcs triuuphed ia Parliament
Great Britain interviewed with Napoleon in 1906 to In
duee him to Sin in the s5olhsn Of ths slavet e but
he hsfly refused What Fraacs I'D not then Yield
eXtorted from Portugal IN 1910 f-nm Sweden
shortly aftsrvard; aud frola Denmark in 1914 An in
efsetual attempt made to enlist spa D, even by
the temptation Of pscuniary subsidies; aud asOto
by The offer Of a Of moaey outright or ths ees.
ZION Of West India isald In cOnsiderau OF ths de-
sired abolition. Hal gratitude a beuefactor pre-
vailed, thes7 poWerS- cou not have resisted; but il
WAS confessed by Lord Castlereagh in the house Of
commons, that there Was dlsrust Of the British Gov
ment even aOnF the b7tter classes OF people, who
thought nat its zeal in this bshaf desire 20 in
lure the French colonies aud commerce rather than
bsnsvoleues But he was mora sueces-ful with portu
gal which power was induesd, by pocuniary sqEiva
snts, 9 execute supplementary tresy in January,
1915 This followed By the declaration Of the Con
E5ess Of Vienna on morton Of Lord Castsresgh 18th
FsbsTusrs, ISIS, nOunGng lhe African slave trade
IS ineonsistent with "a principles Of humanity and
universal bsnev0lsncs.' Meanwhile Napoleon
turned from Eba. and WhE- the British Intervention
fsiied to accomplish with the Bourbon monarch "
ani what this Emperor had once hatly refused was
new spoutaue0usy done by him, doubtless 10 th@
hone OF eopoiaJi7g- British sentiment His hundred
days Of 1wer were sig1sliHsd BY an ordinance aho
ishug sl2vs tFie Ia Francs and her colonies Louis
XVIII, ohes again restored By British arms and with
tue shadow Of Waterloo upon France could not DO lees
than ray this Imperial 0rdinance BY reval aasursuca
that the traffic heneef0rth forever forbidden a
subjsc Of bis Most CHRIS ian Majesty. Holland came
und=T the same inue ce, aud accepted Toe restitution
oi her colonies, except the Cape OF Good Hope aad
Guiana lndition Of the entire abolition OF tho slave
sie in the restored colonies and evsrywhere ele
beneEh hrr flag Spain was the most in1oeis; out
t5i proud monarchy usaer whose auspices he African
slave trade first came into being at last ys,drd BY
the T-Ety Mairid q 23t September IzI7 extortsd
by Great British 1T stiJIiaed the mmed abolition
Of he rds OF the equator AID also (afsr ls2l s5
oiton every where IN couzcera ion OF 500 0O0 the
price Of freedom 20 be paid 5y tls other contracting
party In yindiestion Of ibis Intervention, Wiherforce
declared On Psrl uent that the grant to spain would
be mere tbsa repaid 20 Great Britain commercial al
vsntsFs by the opening 1f great asnraus 10 British
industry" s Of which was impossible 4 the slave trade
was allowed 20 coutinue under the Spanish nag
A. the Co-grssE Of ak Is Chspsls, in 1878. and of
Verona IN ls22 Great Britain con nusd her system Of
iutervent on against ssyery Her prmacy in his cause
vas recognized By the European powers It the
common remark OF continental pubiicistz that she
made the csuss harown' Il Phil uors IuteFnatolel
Law, 3a9l Oas of them PsrTsys her vividiy 'snco
1919 wsgipg and by this crusaie Nrdsrtakeu IN the
name of humanity making herself TIE declared pro-
trctfasH of he African race (CHssa Causes Ctebres
De DTOit Maritime, vol. l, p l57 Ven t. PIP 362-63)
These sre tbe words OF French suthOFi =. Accord
irg him t Is nothing less than ian iresssaat war"
nd crusade which shs has wags1 and the position
which she has isvsd IL that Of Pf7tooirsss Of the
African race In this character she has not bssn eoa
tent 9itn imposing hsr mag luminous system upon the
civilized world but she has carried il among the chiefs
and tr bEs Of Africa who by this ounlpressnt utervsu
ton were summoned 70 renounce 5arbar0us and cfim
nal custom ~ fsfi aentAFy report u appears that
in 1850 there were twenty four les fore between
Great Britain and civilized foreign powers fer tbs sup
pre- Eou Of the slave trade, and also ty-to similar
Africa.
Bat tAs Intervention was not only by tresliss; It
was also by correspondence and circulars. And here
approach part of the lject which illustrates the vi
vacty Of this Intervention All British ministers Rnd
outposH where they reside. They held 20 every
service By which the Id be promoted even to
irausating and printing documents sgains tne slave
trade, especially IN countries where unhRppily was
stiE pursued There ths POpss bull Of ls39 which
Lord Psmerston did hesitate transmit for this
purpose TO his agents IN CUBA, Brazil, and even in
Turkey, some Of whom successful ia tasir Efforts
10 obtain its publication, although eurOusy enough,
VA published In Turkey parliamentary Papers
ISL vol GKK slave Irads Q as 3, PP 81, 1877 223
Cas- Q, D. % Glass ID Is
Sueh zeal could net stop At the abolitloa Of the
trAfc. Accordingly, Great Britain. by Of Parlia-
ment IN IoJ4 entHuehised AL tie alsyes in hsr own
Possession, and thus again secured herself the pr
macy Of lofty cau.e. The int rveution was now
openly declared TO be against slavery itself But It
assumed is most positive e1araoser while Lord Palmer
st0n Foreign Secretary end this sincerely TO
his great honor. Through ut his long ife among al
the in which he has acted there is
nothing wueh wild be remembered herr Afe with such
gratitude. By this diplomacy, her Msjssty's Govern
ment constituted itself into vast abolition society
with tho whole world for its held
Bat Il Lot en0ugh 70 declare the principles
They must Be enforced. Spain aud P0rtuga hung
bscs The score ary Of tbs anttslsvery s0eisty
sent tO eneavOr to create in these countri-s public
feeling in favor Of the abolition OF si4vsry' and the
British minister Al LISBON desired BY Lord Pa.mor
son 80 afford s the assistance and protection in his
power for promoting the obi OF his 9uruay1 tIbid
D. l28l British CfieiAs In foreign countries sometimes
bseksiiaed This was corrected bY another circular
dressed ali the four quarters OF tha gob setting
forth, shat il would be unatlE thzt any officer hold
ing Al appointment under the British GOvernmsnt
should, either directly ind RELY bod int ssted
IN slave property" The parliamentary paper which
attest the univ rsy Of ths instruction. show the com
pletsness Nith Whiea n was executed The consul 81
kio JaHeiTo IN slave ho ding Brzzi bad among his do
lasHles M L.s,S On, a EIi,,'', s1a "a ath--
after; and " )12n De was forced 10 hire nurse
o his children" but be discharged them a. once uud 7
tne antislayery discipline Of the Brit sh foreign oes
snd Lord PalmerHton IN formal dspatoh expressed
his satlizcon (ibid ls43 vol xviii class b, p 732
Ia Cuba 81 the time Of the reception there ss u1t
single resident ohieor holding under is British Gown
who entyeiy free from ths charge OF eoantensn
cling slavery But only few days aftsrward, II was
officially reported, that here mot a single Bdtsh
officer residing there who had not reinqGshsI, was
@t u least preparing 10 rel uqush tlu oJus practice
Qbi1, p. &J3) 4 his was qaIuk w0rk. "a q Wss the
practice according 70 the fis. Every pc son. hodinR
Ofcs under tue British Government was constrained
his Aace against MA bW a.
ing nothing 70 10 with t. ia employing hiring
the slave Il agofheri nothing, directly udlft ly
Bu Lord Pzmsfston, acting "a the MANS Of tae Brit
sh Govern lent did uOs stop with ohaL giuR British
Off eis into prsct cal A0oitonists whenever they were
Ia foreign countries. H5 sought enlist other Euro
pe4n gov 'ernmeus la e sane policy, and to this end
lestet them TO forbid al their fgnctiOuares residing
in slaVeholding communities to be Interested ia
properly or Ia any holding hiring slRvss. D5nmark,
for nouenii hesit sed, from uuNingness debAr
It's ohcers in slave .Ties from acting ace0 ding 10
Lha E.ha-a lhaH r-.l.a h.r