Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-01
THE AMERICAN QUESTION IN Eng
q. a n D.
Extract from ths S5esch ef [r. Hsrsman delivered In
Parliament, prl PAL

1 kaOWIaE that this war IN Amsrica was ureg-
! nznt with such consequences to themselvss-
consequences far more monnenious to them than
to any ether State shaE could Be brought into re-
/ lssioas with them, eithor as friends, eustsmars
| or Tivals-wo thought It was our duty, even
more than cur interest, ts let events work eut
I their own developmeut, and refrain from the
smallest Appearances Of interference. which could
! emily add fuel TO tho passions and hstreds that
! kaye already rendered this war disgrace to the
/ civilization Of the ags. We thought that 50
I long IS the dubious character Of the war left 20
raom for Haore than speculative opinions as to
tsa result, it was better tbst Parliament Should
refrain from expressing sentiments that might
Wound American susceptj5ilitiesi bnt the esss is
/ very diHsTeat now, when uncertainties have
| been dlspsled by ineXorsbla legic of facts
/ (Hssr, heGr) We have now. after tvo years
/ Of silent and patient observation, had tbs con-
/ viclon fercod u2sn US that secession is ne
/ longer phrase or cry, but sn accomplished
I fact, (chsers;) proved to bB s fact by the tri-
/ qmphi Of its arus, by the calmpssa and pru-
/ deEco OF It's counselss ald sy TIE inTi1ebla
/ spirit Of the people, determined as one man TO
~ for their Independence. (Chears)
I have seen the defiant soirit Of She North
I broken and p8ralyzsd, with nothing 70 show for
/ two years Of unprecedented preparations and
I vast sacrifice Of human life but failure and hui
initiation, hear, hear, the conquest Of the
I South more hopeless sRd uHachievabls than
/ ever, and Washington st this rnsmsnti IN greater
I jeopardy than RiehH8ad Hsar, hsarl When,
ID addition 70 this, We now ses the North, un-
sofseHsd and untaaghs by all it has inflicted aud
/ endured, turning sggressivsy sad menaeinglY
| 70 Engi and forgetting We have borne with
patience tha dasItutI0u OF our operatives, the
/ crippling eff eur trade, the harrassiug Of our
merchants, and the remarkable circumstance
| thst even this lass strange assumption Of al
0 - L. ~ A
I Gates Of license % Bcitish merchantmen Go ssit
uum0lsstea between neEt-al ports, passed f5r
several days almost unnotieed IN tAis house;
hear, hsar, when. $40, re are asked TO impose
additional letters upoB our Government, and eZ-
ercise gfester vigilance in obediencs TO tue re-
qu'rsmsnts Of a power thss csrtaiaIv has not be.
ssma less aggressive as ws have grown more
f3rbazTing, ara We surprised that sh0aia often
have the qHsstiens asked: % How long are
these affections to be endured How long aTa
the cotton ports of tAa South 90 remain sealed
to Europe How long sre France aai Eng
and to be dsbarrsd from intercourse with friendly
States thst owe no mora allegiance 70 the North
thaa We Do 10 tbs Popsl ard how long sr9 our
patient bat suffering operatives TO remain the
victims Of ga extinct authority and e m9levolent
Lsgis!a.Ure!" Near, hoar.l [ sm Hos sur
prissd that thesa questions should be s.ksd and
I De net think It would be bsc0ming in this
ing them / tbjak ~ eve an answer 70 ear
eouutrymsn, whose industry is starved a. home,
aud whsss commerce is now hsrassed on tbe
sea TO Europe, that witnesses with aEazs zsmeut
our submission to asSumB ti0ns which ara sub
versivs Of all es abolished laws Of international
morality; aud to that minority in the Northern
States who sre in favor Of peace, but who sTe
kept down uuder a tyranny that stid's the free
expression Of opinion. Hear, hsar.l
We owe it to them all to state not only what
we feel as cur position Ia regard to this war but
what is our policy in regard to it, and more inn
p3rtaut still. what are the gt01H15 en- whieh it
is based The policy which tbs Governments
bas dstsrmiHei 20 pursue i5 policy Of nautra.-
ity Ia sc5sn, not Of Heutrsiity in sszimsnt, for
tha want Of which W8 are ef5su rsprsache5, be-
causs it never has been the case tbss The SYM
palhies Of England have lain dormsus in any
great war in which human dsstnias have bsen
( q stake. Sir, az such var hsf proceeded, and
tha purposes aud prineipIss Of the eon tending
parties hgve DEVELOPED themselves IN contrast,
toe symDstbiss of j EIgiishmsu have always en-
listed themselTes on ons si3s-ths side Of iass-
| lee, Of gsnarozity, aud eff freedom. GHaar
hear Aud Eagiishmel have always given
vent to thsiT sYmpRthias without ssking whom
/ they might effsRd. At the commencement Of
this var I believe th7 sYmDathies Of nias-tensbs
of EuglizAasR al tended to tho side Of tha
[ NlELAs aeA1He lG1g aFFaa Elas E1tl-L1tlRW I4-
vsrably 70 the North 6rst. bsc8uss we believed
that there was no adequate cause for Tho secss-
sion. IL was, as we thought, q weak and
Short-iVsd assertion Of independence which
would certainly be put down. Then, again It
was an interruption 20 our c0mmerce, which dis
posed Us 10 be impatient and int1lersnt; and for
many reasons, we in England bad, I believe, q
general desire that the reduction Of the South,
as it was supposed to be inevitable, would also
z L. l. U-,A-. ! Al
sOen tasIhad those expectations, aRd the North
has no " had bitter experience Of the magnitude
Of the task it had undertaken. The war which
has now been raging for two years IN the States
is enc of the most frigAtful, i-ternaciue wars
that ever disgraced civilization And with whas
result Is tae Nsrth one step nearer the at
tainment Of its cad than it was two years ago
Is the South any way sub iued or dspirite32 Is
it not shOvisg itself no. only tia equal, but the
over-mateh Of the enemy who undertook so con-
temptuously 20 crush it9
Sir, ths South has now closed successfully the
second year OF It's war Of Independence. II b.
gsa taat war BY constituting Governmsns aud
electing for SIX years a President whosa inaueu-
rsl address would bear comparison with any
modern Siste pspsr Il sbrou ght ARMIES into the
field as large as those which European powers
Of the hrst class could raiss WhaEevsr It has
met the Nsrsh ia epsu fight, spart frosl its gun
boats, it has won every battle wagsd On land.
aud gained some signal victories also By Eea. II
it has beea iRferi0r to its enemy il numbers
equipment, accOu sermsnts, and re5ourcss-if it
has been cut CT from the sea, and reduced to
great straights, not enly for tia muuiaons of
war, but for tb3 Eeeess aries Of -s yet its spirit
and f0rtituas have carried il over al. THesr,
hear. Although fighting for ezistsnce against
those who have been wsging a Sgsr of sxtermi-
nation, it has shown itself free fr3a the pas
sions by which it has besB proTokcd, THsar,
4 hear No cruelty has stained its arms
| C"Oh," and "Hear hear II No savage procla-
laslioas have disgrsesd its generals. Hear,
/ hear But It has proved itself to be an rarnsst
/ and unitad people capable Of heroic ssch6css in
/ a conflict in which rs Government hiss been
/ strengthened rather than weakened by the
strain which has been put upon H. in the
! South there has bsea no saacLling Of the press,
/ (heai, heaf,) no suppression Of law, no sbci3g-
neat Of the liberties Of the citizens but AZ
classes hays Vailed IS oae rsa ugdsr = Presi-
1 dent, who, by the dig9'y lrd moderation Of
I his eeuasslG, By the high osariDg of bis srmY,
/ sad tha deTosioa Of his people, has given "a
Elevation % the S1u,aorR.caG55 which, slowly,
inere1ulously, reluctantly, now that the third
| year sE the war has begun, has won for It, ire
/ sisti5iy aud universally, the generous sympa-
thies Of Europe LHssr,sBear.l
! We'd, when We turn to the North, what q c0a-
| trast is there exhibited It's military failures,
great as they have beeD sink into in7igu' 6cance
| compared with its moral dowafalL Its war saas
| been, not against freedom, but against eiYiliza-
tioa Tor, imperfect as are the accounts received
| ftom Ne1thern channels, and always celorcd Is
I they are TO its own advantage. they give rs
| ample evidence sf the spirit in which the North
has carried on the struggle Sir, in the sink
ing ct the stone feet hefore Charleston, Chear,
I ia the immersion Of the food producing districts
OF MISSISSIPPI, Ia the brutaity TO women st New
Oresns, hear, hear, in the Shooting Of prison
/ ers IN cold blood by General Mcneil, and in the
Presidents indictments to q servila war with
/ sll its erueltias and horrors, re have present
/ cd to as revolving combination Of the bar
bsroas ingenuity Of ths Chinese with the fero-
! eio9s atroeity Of St. Domingo CHear, hear
Aud while, sir, these aess have reusel the