Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-21

TAs State OF Virginia hAs not paid 1p the In
terest due on her bends in Europe for July
1863, sRa January and July, 1883. The Gov
srnsr Of the State, ia his recent message, aludsl
TO the fact, and gives satisfactory reasons for it.
although tie EnghEh newspapers and statesmen
have ssissd the occasion to impugn the honor q
Ihs State. Gov. Lsiehsr thus explains the
affair;
/ These gentlemsn ought to knoW-;i, indeed,
! they do not know-thAt, RHder tina most serious
| smbsrrassments, the Stats paid two instsllments
of interest since the war has been in progress !;
ana assurances have doubtless been given 70 ear
creditors, through Mr. Mason, our late minister,
that if, At any tins, we failed to pay promptly
it would not be for the want Of meAns or the I'll
| 70 psy, but from the imp0Ssibiity % make re.
mittansss Virginia is III 40 wise responsible
tor the existing condition Of Affairs. She did
not inAuguTats this war. Il was foIcsd upon
her by Lincoln and his adherents on both sidps
The water, and they put It out OF her power 70
fulfill her obligations.
The commissioners of cur sinking fund, as
their annual repeIt will show, (snd TO il l invite
your attention. sppiies to the British eensul al
thk city 70 get hi to attend 10 the matter as the
agent Of the State which Mr. CndiaRd was
wiling TO de, provided il met the appreciation OF
the BriEhh minister at Washington. Lord Ly-
Ons, however, ~ the commissioners were IN
formed, dishppr0ved of this course, upon the
ground that il was q violation OF ina neutrality
assumed by tho English Government; anu
therefore the agent OF that Government declined
TO enter into any arrangement by which money
due to the people OF Great Britain 2lgEi bs
paid Application was gAeh made to Ihs Aas-
EflaR consul located here, and ne was willing 10
an1eT2Ess il, but Is WsE understood tOEl lie
AGfif al minigtsr ss Washington, following ths
eEainpls set bY Lord Lyon5, also disappT0vod i,
and tbis plan was defeaied Thsse isots were,
doubtless, communicated by L5Id LyeAs to hls /
S9veTument.
There is another significant fact in this con-
nsSiign, thRt Tust nos be omitted, which shows /
he settled purpose Of he EugiisA Government /
70 pravsnf ths C0nfsdsEAss ststss from paying !
the,r interest to British 6ondheidegs When |
Mr. Magee, the csBspl nj M0oiIs, agreed 10 Re |
cspt iasG such All sgeney as we had proposed 1
fof tia payment OF tle inseIess due by tie State
OF AiHbans, hs WsS Hsss eHecigsily Tebuked |
By bih swn Government and was dismissed from /
his aesition. Thus AlsbEna Jared as Es had |
done, lsY our movement was many menths in 1
adVanes OF the mgFeHzsHt made by her author /
hes.
have thus presented the facts OF tins Case /
and wherever they a-e known and understood /
tnaY ehnnOt Lel 70 O8AFL1cN al lAli san sHiidA0 4
minds, and satisfy Them that Virginia has been 1
unremitting and peTssyeTing In her eisrts to
meet her engagements promptly and rally with |
Hnglish sEodiseEs, eBd was defeated in DONG SO
by he action Of the Bfitlbh minister at Wash /
lngisR. In tins mailer Virginia has nothiug /
with which to roproach herself She has done /
svery thing withiR ths range Of possibility. /
Circumstances fer which sho cas- not ansWeIAble,
,siss.ed her in the PsEf0rmRRse OF an bonesl
set, which shs had mach at heart. Her honor /
n unkaFnished