Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-06-19
NO. 1s.

lament that any huDaii being should be- nj
thas rasisiitn;l. bnt they afe in that cond-
lion. ana: as statesmen, what IRE we to d.?
+ fear thai fer many years to coi!ia slavery
aust exist You cannot get rid of 1t en-
sudden 1'ine, patience, aud liberalization
Of he black ma. al aliist go hand i: band.
aud il xill be the fsfnls of ti.ne. Of eauea
tan. q sti.,i,es. VII iiali will DRAG them our
a: the e,.sriioa in wlsie,.. they pow are
Hear. iirsr. Now. / hale slsyery as mueh
IS No ! s.S.ssn. We're any man ID attempt to
t. lnalSa me a slave I voa!d fight
hin, 'in;'d Cheers Well, then. have
tlliags collie 10 the condition that England
SCALED upon to act? She has been through
ssesit entirely neutral, and what has been the
result? Language has been used 10 her.
not merely by the people. bit by lie Gov
cfnment Of America, Insulting beyond des-
crptiou; and at last tn y have conc to say,
when describing themselves, eve are re-
tluced to that condition that even Ingland
can bully u.s. | want to know how they
:ee been brought into that condition.
say to ENGLAND, IF you no~ step III
and declare boldly what You think to be re-
quisite-- namely, that the Southern States
should be at oste acknowledged as an IN
dependent nation' TCheering, and cries of
No, no aud a voice, with great empha-
sis, Never x working mau; who was
standing near the steps, became rather too
demonstratiVe, aud was ANONYMOUSLY ex-
pel.ed by the police] Mr.. Roebuck contin-
ted: am told that if we acknowledge the
South We shall go to war with the North.
Z say | dc not believelt There is no body
Of iiieh who So tnuch desire England inter-
ference il the war as the Northern States
themselves. Hear, he;r. l may state
one remarkable thing. We looked upon
war with America with horror BECAUSE it
would bring about cotton famine. Well;
We have no war with America, but we have
cotton famine. The most curious thing
lis this. IF we had war with America VIC
should at once put an end to the cotton
famine. Now. that is very peculiar cir
cumstance: The South would then be an
independent people; we should break the
blockade at oncei hear; hear, ind we
should have cotton III Manchester A stem
torian voice; eve can't. u But We should,
l. C0CeTS. MT. y. 0dChoou he ououi0
have civil war in England and inter-
ruptiop By our present proceedings not
only have we alienated the North. but we
shall alehate the South: France will step
in as she did in ITS. She will conciiate
the Southern States of America, and We
shall lose friends Oh both sides, How do
you know this? We shall do right and they
will do WRONG What is the reason why
we should not do it? First, they say. Eng
land ought not to help slavery. | say so too;
but we should not help slavery by acknowl-
edg ing the South? Hear, hear, and No, no.
We should not be 5eaefiting slavery by
acknowledging the South; but we should
really BENEFIT lie slave:
The following resolution Was agreed to:
That in the opinion Of this meeting the
Government of this ccudtry would act WISE
", both for the Interests of England and
those of the world, were they Immediately
to enter into negotiations with the Great
Powers Of Europe for the purpose of obtain
ing the acknowled cement by them of the
independents Of tao Confederate States Of
America.