The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-12
NUMBER 40.
Hon. John Brighton England, ON Amer
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A LARGE public meeting was held at Rochdale
for the purpose of returning thanks for the
American aid sent to Lancashire, at which Mr..
Bright made a long speech on American affairs.
In speaking of the rebellion. now3raglng mere,
he said that this great strife had arisen through
an infamous conspiracy against the rights OF
human nature, on principles such rs could not
be found in the pages of any heather writer OF
olden times or in the practice of savage nations
in our times. 1t was the doctrine of devils, and
not of men, and all mankind should shudder at
the guilt which this conspiracy had brought
about their heads. The rebellion was a rebels
lion against majority. They argued that il
slavery was right, the slave-trade could not be
wrong. They we're told that the distress here
was caused by the blockade but such was moi
the fact. The South might have sent cotton
here if they chose, but they refused to do so
They burned their cotton in order that they
might injure us, and they injured us in the hope
that we should not be able to live without theil
cotton, and that, therefore, we should break the
blockade, make war upon the North, and help
them to obtain their independence. Mr.. Mann,
of Georgia, MIR. Senator Wigfall, and Mr.. Ste1
phens, the Vice-P President Of the Southern Con
federacy, had said that if England were with
out cotton for a week anarchy would result, and
that the Queen would not only lose her crown,
but her head Enjoys had been sent to this
country men who were slave owners and slave
dealers ; to induce us TO espouse the cause Of
the South, and those very meu were received
under the gallery of the House of Commons by
members, who shook hands with them. He re-
GREETED that England was che only country in
Europe in which men were to be found who
were willing to make their nment take
part against the North, and who supplied the
South with munitions ofwar and only the 9TH
er day--not an English statesman, but the son
of a great English statesman-th the Secretary for
Ireland dared to say that he hoped for a diviss
ion of the great Republic, and the ~independ'
ence of the South. Why, if that island, which
he, (Mr. Bright) supposed in punishment fol
some of its offenses, had been committed to bis
(the Secretary's) care, if that island were 10 at
tempt to secede-not to set mp a slave Kingdom
his Government would sack its cities RnC
drench its soil with blood before they would al
low it. But the w~orkingmen of England had
not been wrong on the question: They were
themselves too slowly emerging from a condi'
ton of things allied to slavery for the meet
ings held in the Manchester Free Trade Hall
and in Exeter Hall, London, we're evidences o
the sympathies aud feelings ofthe working
men of England. He (Mr. Bright was now
told on every hand that public opinion on the
American question had recently undergone 6
considerable change, and the reason was that peo
pie knew very little about America, and that
they were learning more every day. In point
of fact, the people were greatly mlsled by wha'
were called the public instructors. Jefferson,
the American statesman, had said that news
papers ought to be divided iuto four compartN
ments-one for the truth a second for the prob>
able, A third for the possible, and 8 fourth for
lies and if that plan were adopted IN this couu-
try, SO far as what were called the Lending co.'s
unns were concerned, the fourth portion, when
dealing with American questions,a at leaSt,ought
to be four times as large as the first. lie adj
mitted we were not responsible tor The warrior
for how it was carried on, nor tor its results
but there was one thing for which we we've re-
sponsible, and that was our syinPathlGs when
we discussed the question. NO man, who was
a man, ought to be ashamed OF expressing his
sympathies. He (Mr. Brightly was not asham
ed to express the sympathy he ielt on the side
of the free North. He couidnot understand how
any man could employ himself with small cav
lis against the free people of the North. ant
close his eyes to the slavery and bondage OF thu
South, which contemplated the extinction anC
overthrow of the most helpless OF mankind
Hear, hear. If We are the friends Of person
al and political freedom, how coult We with
hold our sympathy from a Government and PEG
pie among whom white men had ever been free,
and who now offered freedom to the blacks
rHear, hear. He hoped that even though he
should entertain the belief or fear that the
American nation would be destroy ed they woulC
not by any chance commit the crime Of wishing
for such 81 result. He did blame men loI
differing with him but he did not blame those
who wished for such a catastrophe. He baC
never despaired, and he would not despair as
to the issue of the war ard it " as bis fervent
hope that a prosperous day would sgain be seer
by the American Union, and that the prosper
ity of that day would never more be MARRIED.
The honorable gentleman was loudly cheered
during the delivery Of his speech, which occu'
pied more than an hour.