St. Mary's gazette., 1863-11-19
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH TIE
SOUTHERN COSFEDERACY.

! ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH TIE
SOUTHERN cOSFEDERACY.
From the Liserpxa Mercury. Oct. Ii.
ADDRESS OF Mr.. J. a. EgRE.FORp HOPE, II, p
A numerous meeting (not confined &"
those of Southern views) was held yester-
day at the rooms Of the Southern Club,
VI. Victor Poutz in she chair.
Sir Hope, who was received with hearty
cheering. said be- believed he was address
sing the representatives Of two great ma
tions. his own and the Confederate nation.
(Applause He characterized the re-
marks of Earl Russrl "madc from the
Olympian heights and misrs Of Blair
gowriu" that the majority of the English
people sympaihizei with The Norther"
States in the present conflict, as grave
nlis-statemeut. and lie gave numerous in
stances which had occurred during his ira
wells throughout England Of earnest adj
nliration and sympathy expressed for the
South whenever the question was breach
eel. He explained that he hail takoa up
the Southern cause entirely from convic.
ton. as his previous sympaihies and inter
cats it they had been allowed to sway would
have led him in the other direction. For
many years. both in literature and politics.
Englishmeu had looked upon America
through Northern spcctacles. aud it Was ..s
difficult to divesi ourselves OF the idea that
the Southerner was person 10 n striped
jean jacket, whose time was equally divid-
ed between the two occupations Of lolling
in hammock aud slashing his niger. as
il used to be to get rid Of the notion that
Frenchman did nothing bur consume frogs
and was our natural enemy. It was as
founding. however. I" notice how recent
events in the South b., tended tn sweep
away previous misconceptions aud preju-
di.rs: and from the high estimation in
which Grneral jackson was held. aud the
! Indignation caused by the proceedings Of
General Butler. the speaker argued that
English sympathy was Enthusiastically with
, the South. Even Lore Palrnerston. amid
the resounding cheers of the British Parlia-
n,ent, had denounced General Butler as
infamous. II facts like these did net con-
vince Earl Russell If his mistake as to the
public opinion Of England. his lordship
was us hard 10 convince as the gentleman
who would never believe a man to be in
toxicated until he saw him attempting to
light his pipe ut the pump. daughter
aud checrs.) With regard to slavery.
MIR Hope said that Though England was
opposed to the system it should not We
made the bone of contca,icn " the means
Of alternating two c"gnate peoples like
England atd America. lie believed. from
the progress of opinion in the Southern.
States, that in the course of years, and
| doubtless after the same kind of struggles
which had attained macy of our grca, re-
forms in England. American slavery wnuld
be abolished. He coniendel tina. . liberal
policy aud feeling should be maintained to-
ward those who had inherited their "blnck
peasants" with the soil. and who for the
most part treat them with consideration
and kindness. He asked whether black
slavery imposed By an Anglo Saxon pco-
pie. which ab"li.hed liberty Of speech. of
the pr.ss. and of commercial action, in
order to wage q war Of rxterIaiuaticn!-
(Ldul cheers Talk Ut our sympathies
with the Free States? How could we tell
that when the war was ended the Satraphics
of the North would not make themselves
into mock empires under Brummagen,
Napoleon :! daughter and cheers r.
Allading to the rams with the NOLAN
medan appellations." recently constructed
M Bi, kenhead, aud to the runsors as to q
change in the Law upon the. subject. Mr..
Hope denied that there was any possibility
OF change being made in the Law in con-
sequence Of any foreign Intimidation OF
bluster. and said that any government tina,
proposed such change aud for such a
cau,,e would be Indignantly hurled FROM
power. As proof of this he quoted the
speech of Earl Russell (Feb. 9th. $50,
and the action taken by Parliament in the
| conspiracy far Murder Bill. tell you
(he couclude,i) that England will brook
contempt from Seward and Sumner, and
Lincoln and the Northern States, still les;
than she will brook it from France. whom
she may have even hated. but whom. from
mauy great battle-6clds If Europe she Ia,
newer ceased to respect. (Appiause.)
tell you we here in this roo,n. if any such
/ trucking to the North may be in conten,-
platiun, will never cease thinning in Ear
Russcll's ears his own condemnation ia his
owu words. On that occasion when he. be-
ing ., mcmber of Lori Palmerstnn's gov
eriuicnt turned Lord Palmersion out.
rather than submit, to the shame aud dc.
graduation Of trucking to . foreign power.
! {Ia,ui cheers.) 1 shall feel Mr.. Hope
said in parting) that | have Dot occupied
your time fruitlessly if ! have contributed
one iota to the consolidatieu Of kindly feel