Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-07

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mr.. Flights splendLdaVthdIcati OF
'S the Union cause. hat.i2..ft
si L The,late. speech of the English states.
man, Mr.. Bright, in the town hall. of Biz,
mingham-eopied in our last issue
makes clear to the English masses who
may become acquainted with it, the
groundsofthe present conflict here, show
ing conclpsiycly, as it does, the base mo-
tlYes which impel the Chiefs Of the Con-
.spiracy, and the interest which the ruling
classes in England feel in our ceasing to
be one people, AS asplendid yindication
abroad Of the cause,ofa the Union; this pro-
duction is worthy Of all honor; the speak
er has earned the grateful remembrance
ofa people struggling to uphold the cause
of free government; and as plainly con-
victing the enemies of it over there Of
mean and interested motives in applaud
ing and aiding q wicked rebellion, it
could not well4beHsurpnssed We would
call thetspecial attention of our readers to
;a brief passage strangely harmonizing,
with the sentiment quoted by us the other
day from the Hon. Mr.. Boyce, of South
Carolina, andh uttered more than ten
years since, in which it win be remem-
bered that he told the people of thatstate
that if they were mad enough to persist
in secession, lie should think that the
"Great God had in their blindness" made
them "the instruments of destruction" of
slavery. Hear. Mr.. Bright: &.
Il believe there was no mode, short, of
-a miracle more stupendous than that
recordedGin Holy Writ which would,
in our time, or ina century, have wrought
the abolition Of slavery in America but
the SUICIDE sOAtc1 the .Soutt has cOnsu,itted
and @,e i0a1. 0sey are ao,o sOaging."
AS the deliberate opinion -Of, one Of the
most clearheaded statesman abroad "a man
famed for his just views and fearless ex-
preston Of them, these words will have
weight everywhere when taken in c0nlec9
ton with actual events; and when such
men through their Judgment of the pres
ent, confirm the fears expressed years ago
of prominent rebels themselves, the lat
ter may well.be startled to find how near
~ facts and results have justified proph-
ecy. s,i. l5.'el ,..,i g '.5 ..a,5 ,i =. % : T
We would call the readers attention
to one more passage in. this remarkable
speech, in juxtaposition to that already
quoted. lHe is speaking Of the ti.war p 1. /,
sit ista measureless calamity. 1saidthe
Russian war was a measurcles1 calamity.
Diaaof many Gf fg6ur leaders tsll you that llhal
tOGs;G gust i0ar. to maintain The integrity of
Turkey, some thousands ofiailss a,oay , Why,
surely The integrity of your olsn country, al
your Ol0n doors, must be north as mich as the
integrity Of 7ar6ey.', ,,s..i.s.- ls.. ~ n
+ Could any other reminder possibly. be
more pertinent, more stinging, more ffaught
with deseryedireproach, than the one we
have quoted as applicable to British rulers!
and ought they not to hide their; heads in
confusion when confronted byatheIresults
of their action our Wn case q 4'2i .. al. -, (
And for the brave confidence expressed
in the, conclusion of his speeob-that the
loyal States must triumph, that the nation
aIity will finally be successful 'in yindics-
tingiits power, its future, Mr.. Bright 5tle-
serves anew the thanks of loyal men mere.
The honest and bold champion Of orr
causetin circles where few encouraging
words are heard for it ofslate,. bis single
advocacy, % a6Ie, 50 gallaat iHits maaqer
and purposesfmo than scounterbalances
the IefoEta Of all the hirelipgs. in the pay
of the rebellion; more than sntices against
the feeble3aud malignant spite of an. aFiss
tocracy, whose hold on power grows more
PrecaFiois with every days vance Of The