New-York daily tribune., 1863-05-27
1 REMARKABLE APPEAL PROM
THE SOUTH.

are well aware that the peculiar kind of civil
ization which they design to develop and to
perpetuate is looked upon with horror
by almost all Europe. Even those who
encourage their Rebellion, from desire to
see the Union overihrown, take care TO guard
against the suspicion of their being sympa-
thizers with Slavery. The very agent of the
Rebel Government in England, the correspond
ents of the English papers in the Rebel States,
the European volunteers IN the Rebel army,
all think it necessary to state explicitly that
they do not wish to be understood as adTo-
Gates of Slavery, 1t has even become COM
mon to claim sympathy with the Rebels on
the ground that the North is not more opposed
70 Slavery than the South and that Southern
independence would probably hasten the down.
| fall OF Slavery.
The frequent manifestations Of the Anti.
Slavery sentiments Of Europe could not fai
to make an impression upon the people Of tn,
South. They feel deeply their isolated posi-
ton. The world is generally ready to accorC
its sympathy to every people which claims 4
but the South has found out that it is not in
cluded in this sympathy. Even Earl Russell
{ whom certainly no ono will suspect of being
. friend of the Union, warns England against aI
) Intervention in favor OF the South, on tn
ground that she would be one day ashamed 0
having aided the cause Of the Shareholders
II il natural, therefore, that efforts should b
made by the South TO change the strong It'd
of public opinion in Europe, and that these up
peals should proceed from men whose nam
or Office would be likely to secure an attentive
hearing.
A remarkable appeal of this kind has jus
been issued by the clergy OF the Rebel States
The Central PrsSbytsrian of Richmond, of Apri
90, publishes an address occupying nearly 81,
columns of that paper, and signed by ninety
six ministers of various Christian denominations
including Methodists, Baptists, Epscopaan'
Presbyterians, Lutherans. German Reformed
and some smaller bodies. 1t is entitled "Ar
Address to Christians throughout the World.
The purpose of their appearing thus before the
Christian world is TO testify Of those things
which seem to be neither understood nor ap.
preciated by our enemies, nor yet clearly ap.
preciated by Christians of other nations"
The first points Of their testimony are that
" the Union cannot be restored" and that
" the Confederate Government is a fixed fact. u
were simply Introductory, is tho third one,
which was given in the words of the ad-
dress:
Tho recent Proclamation OF the President ofths United
States seeking tho smanc patton OF the slaves othe south
H. In our Judgment uabe occasion for solemn protest
the part Of tho people OF God throughout this world
They, of courfe, charge the President with
intending to produce general slave insurrec-
tion, and they clearly indicate the means by
which this insurrection is to be suppressed,
namely, "the slaughter Of tens of thousands OF
poor, deuded insurrectonsts, and they do
not shrink from concluding this part of the re-
port with the unmistakable intimation Of a
Wholesale massacre:
The MAKE absolutely Necessary for the public safety tha,
tes De Hsushtered aud Lo who should write the his
woe ye. written"
"hen tnis address was being handed round
ior signatures, it was probably unknown III
the South that Europe was already preparing
an answer to it. The churches of Europe
were giving a public expression TO their yiews
upon tho Emancipation Proclamation, thanking
President Lincoln for it as one of the ur.,te.,
acts Of the nineteenth century. The Protestant
clergy of France signed strong address to
this eaect without single member Of the