The New York herald., 1863-10-31
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

The Attorney General on tho was.
SIR RoUNDELL PALMER. ATTORNEY GENERAL o.
ENGLAND. ON THE WAR FOR THE UNIoN-uIs Ex
POSITION OF ESoLANDs POSITION DURIEo rHR
COTTON cRTsis-N0 RECOGNITION BEFORE rue
RrBEI.s GAIN INDRrESpENcg-rHK LAW OF BUILD.
ING WAR vEssKLs-oREAr sRirAN BOUND 70
NEUTRALITY.
tFrom tie Richmond and Ripoo tEusiandJ Chroolcs,
Oct Is
Sir Roundel Palmer (he Attorney Gcuerai) arrived ia
RIctm0nd on Tuesday morning last. and on Wednesday
evening addressed the electors tho towu hail.
1nE AMERICAN WAR Ann COTTON CRISIS.
THE ArToHSry GENERAL, after tcw preliminary 70
marks s'i-lbe other circumstance TO witch he bad al
bad The history any nation va the
loss which eat been sustained by industrial popuia
of winch Y we might hope we had scou the worst,
h"d no @ seen the md Tho oss to tho cotton industry
tous AID benefits and blessings He would put nrst ana
Tor most the noble part hch had been acted by the people
who hid been the immediate suercrs under that calamity
fAppiausc uo thought that the artisans tho
featuring population u the cotton trade had exhibited
the miis, Of Their inevitable csIamit,cs bearing which
would have been most noble IN people NJ the highest do
gree IN the land (Appiause Whom they considered
how bow deficient IN all the advantages OF fortune
aud oen of cducaton tho great of the people OF
THIS country ~ro had been suffering their conduct
WAS sectsco of which for MI time the reople of Eng
land woli bc proud ut tho boneat did stop there
Loudly the ympnihy Of their couoirymcu throughout
every where been Afforded wab ssrsI hspd ana a.
the other calamity tended bind together the hearts Of
the Queen and the people the effect this casmuy
bad been u bmd together the bcarts Of ell csssos o,
the people Though snmeiimcs men, sctuaied By sest.
whch PERHAPS they considered right had uttered wota,
IN ~ biic which had tended 10 class era u,s
cass yct such an event as that answer 10 81
tho9c war \. nri u showed that ihero vas no sucn a.
vsion o. classes 10 this kingdom coud preyeot every
other class making sucb esiams Their ana ,so
oNcfy aHsdADi o sacrifice 10 mitigate those caismtes
That VA benefit. aud not sught winch mad pess
dctvef undtr Tho pressure o TINS distress fAppause
We had also during this poro1 tess appt ed
Que trade our rstonsI cspufscs and huAncls
pccs u might have beco cspccicd tLa uuder ths
pe"sfeihey would hsvc gwen wsy But thcy hs1
not doe 50 " great brnncb of our trade bat
grcniiy suffered, other brsnches ~ tfade had
hrif shed and, on tho whole. II might he sad that
the rrospcfty OF country. untcr these fnost
uymg rucslnstanoes. bad cot declined Our revonue
NO Pp forrshed that even 20 tbs. tbud year OF tie
.msif "nr under TVS grcat de- fessou Of the cottoo
u~hr ~ alter cuusidersbs urs With toe rsyenua
material ioineton u the income tax had beeu effected
and m AZ un p1 of tue duty had been ,skon o1 les
whOot ~ tho sane time iminu,e ~ tAs nrvsoe
oi mantannx the enccncy G. decuees asd cor pgo
va'ns 'c' an our na.'oaai wants. and wubous putius
oar elves iuto shusion which We sbo,ad -, 80
encounter my cyscucy winch cnu,d sodd.n'v rars ,
w (Appls"sc fhcro was matter for cong 40
a ns, and they might be brought mcrc Wv
considcr hnt IN couuccoD With the rcspusIbiv a, yow
cfrm'nt nincrcnt Vines hal difetcnt rsrrrci,- ,-a
dn'tcnt demands There tin " csrps fge "a,
aud tnusc pcr,ods oxceeas~giy favorable fo,
gr'es ubu CO minded rrcs, effort for their rs,o-m
Thee sere tues wneu fbe man duty OF who e,
cntr ttcd with the rofernment of The country was 10
keep the foreign relations n the country erfect CON
siIency with M srety iis interest snd az ne
same time tpinsitsui efficiency the ppbc resources
aud public re- Que Nos he would venture sAy bcre
lbs' the eouuty Of ~Se considers these las. objects Of