The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-13
oApr. saMMEs. 81 srot. -JAMAIdl
MS sFEEou TO rms BaITIan nEFCuAsTs.

We have a!geady bad some account Of the cordial
reception given to semmes, tho captain Of the Ala
bams by The British merchants Of Kingston Jamaica
aud by the British bark John Boutea, whica arrived
at PliAdeph9 few days ago; We lave the follow
ing report ofsthe speech nc made on that ocoasion;
Cant Semmes thanked the assembage and the
public Tor the cordial ieeeptiH-he mad received, and
Expressed bis delight at the lmpathy whi b he had
0eleclrd ia HE community for the cause he repre-
sented. " hen approaching our beautiful isand, ms
irst impressions were that ieeingsOf pr i6dce might
exist against I'M, but With great pie@ure he found
hlnseli Disappointed and, instead he found true
sympathy, aai Uouid add, with t.lth, much lfeud'
snip. ICheersl
Bat why, alter an, should he anticipate any other
lecepii0ni Had he not come tJa British colofy aud
was he not received by Eughshmen, and 10 wuom
more dear than to them freedom and liberty aua
or what else were the Confederate states hgningl
Loud chesss, They h4v~besn saicd Rebels but
Ia sugfind be lpfd net tie same cordial reception
which he received uere uiue tenths OF the people VI
III county bHlng sympathzer wlh the South, but
1e had found few, only a lew, who asked whether he
could sustaiQ Ireland on Wales, were they 10 rise n
rebel Jon against England; whether, 10 such Gaze,
"Nop
by the condition Of the compact under which the
STATES wese united, from the hrst day tae tulGeen
we've banded together eaun State had within herself
her own sovereignty, and Bhen the Southern States
desired 10 sever themselves from the North, what
more did they do than follow the Original example,
when, as colonial possession OF England America
Ought for aud gained her liberty Lilearl AO--thvl
were not rebes--they were lighting lof the great
cause nearest the heart OF every man, and especially
Au Engsmans Lchetrsl l-lor that same liberty for
Ehlch Engiishnen themselves fought tlIl The gori-
OPS adv ont OF the Magma Ch.ra. Llearl But again,
they had been called pirates, aud been accus,doi ~
lteuuptiug commerce, aud, further OF destroying
English properly. Ths he pronounced ialsehood--
or Ia hls Whole Cafeer, he had n,yer touched obe
doli4F's worth OF British prdpeily. [Rear, hear
Tiue he had seen through the blind misreppsonta'
tons that wuui under the preence OF its blug Brit
sh, protect property fairy bis prize, sud he bad
osfled such anempts at deception, but b. repeated,
never hs lilt had he destroyed Que dollar OF Brit
sh property. tCreers1 As lar as otherwise affect
lng the c. mmeTce OF The Nurth, he admued IT,, ana
IA doing so could DO nomare tgau 10 say that he fol-
lowed tile example Ia this respect OF GIear Britain
herself, VINO ncver failed vigfn,lly to pursue thc
same course when she had war on hand. Hear
hear
But ultimately might hs not hope that apart from
national ceusideratons even commelcalY 70 w q
would benefit by seYepnHS 20 'uo ooun iioll I tn' m
81 one hundred per cent. on goods rom the North
lhe Southern pOults would be thrown open TO tht
world, From lyon, in Fralce, walId they get 'siIk
tor their wives and daughteislrOm England, broad
oltn Tor tho coats OF their sons aud themselves, an
who would say that, IN the course Of time, they nigh
not the advocates OF free trade, get even nom th
Yankees themselves their onions and thelr pals
! Dear hear, ind Il voice, "and wQ0Gen nutmtgi
lmughterl Captain Scmmes again acknowledged th
kindness e had reSeived IN most cordial and onecIy
lerms. u.