Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-02-19
Fmproyea Feeling in England.


The tone of English feeling towards this
coantyy has been gradually improving since
the Presidents proclamation 1t Is simply
,mpossjble that true Euglihmen should 50 tar
forget their hereditary love Of liberty as to
sympathze with cause which gets It's oniy
IDspiratiou from slavery The Right Hon, Wn.
Miner Gibson, member Of a,lisTnent, aud
presiteut Of the London ay.r5 Of s"ade al
dressed his constituents la he Town hail, Ash
n on the evening Of Tue ~ ,lIt, On pollt cal
affairs. He was warmly applauded for ex-
pressing or inions like the following:
without undertaking to predict what will
be the termination Of the Var viii state
vvha4 believe to have been rs a use and origin,
and what is necessary 10 be settled IN order TO
secure a permanent and lasting peace Hear,
hear.l | have often been astonIshed 70 near
il ass9 ted that slavery had nothing TO DO with
this war for somehow slavery must have 10 d.
with it, because il constitutes such great DIS
tiDction IN itself between the tWo communities.
7L-pe examined documents Of undoubted au-
-. TO ascertain what were the causes
,gb;ob tb. secessonist Nl;.te7 themselves al
leosd ss fhb ground for taking nj. arms n or
Je,, -, so,,-o e themselyes from the rest oi the
Tn;on The ~t Stale that separated was
south 1aroIi7a. When yney irst seeded they
nnhl,sbad 10 the W., III formal declaration OF
the ground Of their secession, and the other
States which followed se,'eded upon the me
grounds Now what were these gfoAnds =
The first part Of the South Carolina deciara-
ton consists Of an arcumor+ ao"ln@ !he
galty Of secession that if they choose l1ey
have a right to secede and the lattef goes q"
to state the grounds on which they tNnk prop
er 10 coerce that secession. These we're that q
geographical line has been drawn across the
Union, and all the States North OF that line
have united in the election Of man TO the
high Office of President Of the United States
whose opinions and pna poses are hostile 10
slavery. (Applause II was not that Fresl-
deat Lincoln had been elected contrary 10
forms of law, that there had been any viola
ton of tn Constitution, but it was that he
held opinions hostile to slavery.
Secession had taken place, and the conse-
9uent war for the pu pose OF perpetuatlng
cherishing and extending slavery. | don't be-
Geve thai an empire having slavery as its ba-
SIS, can be prosperous, Apply and enduring
empire, and Therefore cannot desire TO see one
established in any part Of the world. The
Bishops of the Episcopal Church of the Con
federate States have said that the abolition q
slavery is hateful inhdel and pestllent.
voice That's like parsons Laughter.
|, on the contrary, believe that slavery IS hate
full, infdel and pestilent | will not predict
The course which the events OF tnis wsri ,""5
take, but, looking at the map, which did 10
day, it appears to me that the geographlca
position Of the north so far as territory IS con
cerned. is stronger than it was twelve months
ago They have suffered great defeats, am
they have bad some successes but ana Una
4 the North are no possessed OF larger terfito
~ than tfney were twelve months ago MIS-
sopri. which was then debatable ground the
a now nossess; also Kentucky and West .VI'
III srna. aud a portion of Louisiana. II .nele
Hra annears that the territory which the Mort
!. xnossessed at the beginning of last year Id
.s moi been lessened, but increased IN extent
S3s sthese are facts which all may ascertain io
s8fhemselyes. The right honorable gensiee.na1 q
81 then stated that our policy must be s.r'csi
neutral: that theproposal from France ior u, "a
s4& iiation had been respectfully deci,ileu -
.s% he should rejoice to see the war tefliillia'e
but that he thought we should ABSTAIN ,'om MIC
M terfering until the time came = Wheh ,s S wa I'VE we
& be asked to give our good ofnees. - W. W.
E invited bv the proper parties 10 take pa
81 any neoot;ations for peace, then we inisu.
n' ,,,; ;r we undertook that office without
IA -, Das .ssd and before the proper time, IL wo.
Z ss tend 10 the promotion OF our aMicaoie
xW lations with America"