Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-02
Miserable subserviency Of the Copper
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miserable subserviency Of the Copper
heads.
We publish elsewhere remarkable
communication to the Louisville Journal
in which the writer positively states that
advances we're made by seventy-three Of
the leading rebels to France to assist the
South. upon the ground that they were to
inaueurate q system Of nobility at the
South. and thus place themselves along
side the monarchies Of the old world.
That the system Of slavery has tended to
aristocraey and monarchy, none can deny,
but we were hardly prepared for so plain
an expression Of desire for the govern
ment Of iyrants. One regulation at the
South, however, strongly confirms this in
timation-thst by which the pOssessOr Of
twenty slaves is exemptfrOm eOnscription
This exactly tallies with the intention e1-
pressed in that letter that they should 50
arrange the war as to have the wealthy
shareholders left, while the poorer classes
are exterminated or driven off by war.
Whether this alleged exposure is fact
or q fiction, it is most evident that the reb-
els have lost sll nationality, and are ready
to throw themselves groveling at the feet
Of any dssPot who may expense their
cause.
But while this testimony may be de-
nounced as q fictitious tale, we have evil
denee which cannot thus be disposed Of as
to the readiness of the rebels to accept
mediation from any quarter. In the " Blue
Book Of diplomatic correspondence, re-
Gently submitted to Parliament, is a dis
patch sent to the Home Government by
the British Minister at Washington-Lord
Lyons-as to the conduct Of the war, and
the effect Of the Democratic victories Of
last autumn. 1t will be remembered that
Lord Lyons visited England last summer
and fall. This dispatch, dated November
I7th, 1852, states that no sooner had he
returned to this country than he was Wis
tied by Democratic leaders in New York,
and snIiously consulted as to the realiza-
ton oftheir hopes for foreign intervention.
Lord Lyons states that many OF them
seemed to think that this mediation must
come at last, but that the matter must be
managed with great caution, lest il " af-
ford the Republican party means of re-
Viving the violent war spirit" "They
appeared" said Lord Lyons, to regard
the present moment as peculiarly unfa-
vOrable for such an offer, and indeed to
hold that it would be essential to the sue
cess Of any proposal from abroad, that it
should be deferred until the control Of the
Executive Gopernment should be in the hands
Of the Conservative party" He goes on to
say:
ait is with reference TO such an armis-
tioe as they desire to obtain, that the lead
ers Of the Conservative party regard the
question Of foreign mediation. They think
that the offer Of mediation, if made TO a
radical administration, would be rejected;
that If made at an unpropitious moment,
It might increase the VirRlenee with which
the war is prosecuted. II their ozDa p1yfy
Administration, they would rather, If DOS
sible, obtain an armistice without the aid
Of foreign Governments, but tkey 5VUuIR DC
dispossd TO accept an offer of mediation if It
qppecred to be the only means of putting
StoP 70 hoSEites. They would desire that
the offer should come from the Great Pow
Sra Of Europe cOnjOintly; and, in particu-
hr, that as little prominence as possible
n hnnr1H ha - d.
With a contemporary we can only say
that this spectacle of so-caIIoa Democratic
chiefs seeking an interview, hat in hand,
with the Minister Of England, and craving
him to be patient until they got into pow
er, when they would be happy to join with
England and the other European Powers
70 put a stop to the war, is enough to make
every American hang his head for shame.
We knew that these men were base enough
to treat with the Southern rebels on The
basis Of the Republic, but we did not sup
pose that even they were capable of going
90 far as to invite foreign Powers to aid
them in this saorilegiOus work. The other
is simple treason, but this is an abjuration
Of every American feeling. It is not mere
y desertiOn Of the Republic, but it is a
grOVeling at the foot of thrones.
Where now are the Democratic boasts
that they are the only party truly devoted
10 the Government The foul fends not only
rspudiste the Government themselves, but
ask foreign nations to help them demslish
It. That is their Unionism.