Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-13
rseIrsH FRIENDSHIP.


AS usual, on the owe OF the meeting o
Parliament, Rnglish ministers are addressing
speeches to their constituents On the grea
questions of the day. Mr.. Miner Gibson
President Of the Board Of Trade, (nct hcw
ever, Cabinet minister0 harsDgues tn
people Of Ashton on the American war. LII
tells them, among other thugs, that "slaVery
Is the cause Of the war" and urges England
to adhere to hor aneutr.t course" IN tai
stIiatset msnno,; protesting against iorei51
mediation, Intervention, or "hssty recogni
tinrtsaf tho so-called Uonlederstos One
might az The frst glsnes, be inclined to give
the speaker credit for ut.sriUg these senti-
mansa from regard 10 principle. to interna,
tioaal 1sw, or some respectable consideration
ofthat kind. But Mr. Gibson Is candid. Flo
Displays statistics showing the largely in
creased imports from the United ;5;ralos o
bfsadstufs and provisions during tie yeal
just e,sded; and warns HI, heArcis that if the
British government weis te IL aaything Fssh
it might be involved in war with the United
States then they should have IL bochsia
American ports and Tics cut of a mos. !"csa-
tive trade. Well, asknoW all that; '7e had not
t0wat for Mr.. Gibson,s explanations IL uH-
asrstand both tho nature AID thu ssoards Of
Englahd's pretended "neutrility,' English
merchants andship- owns,s are making inoney
By the war; no all psirc!pise 81 commo2 jas ics
and fair play must be silsni. Yet Engisad is
distinguished icr her lore oil fair play at
least, all EnglizhRen say so, and adreIy hes
ought to know. We never heard, ind, Cd, Of
people Of any other country who had found
out that trait Of the English chsreci"r 'us
they assure us of tha fact thenGo!7e'.
Mr.. Gibson may as well be- S,min!et, how
a7er, that the Oonftaa,acy has ryvar 'nYited
Intervention or lnedi.tagl. tuI tia: II daI.anls
recognition AZ tbs sL}alnla ,'s'.t II every
sovereign power
MIR. Beresfora Hope Nj. p, mkt delivers
his lecture. lie gives Us many fiae words,
and says-whst 1s considera as : compli-
ment--"that the names of JefibIson Davis
And stoneWan Jackson Till GO down to his
tory side by aldo with those Of Cayou. .nd
Garibaldi." Aerci Cavour was the most
treacheroua statesman in Europe, except Pal
merston; and Gsri5alai tha greatest fool who
Las been allowed 10 run al srse 80 loug -
But, further; Mr.. Hops says Oh tho subject OF
American slavery, "thst the slaves ought 20
be gradually prepared Tor freedom - tdu.
cation and by the prohibition to separate
families; snd this. h. ssys. tn. !HouLt IS viii
ing to do "a
Il is not tho first tins its pi o!caGnp friends
and advocates OF tho South Ia E0rcpu have
intimated that the Confederate Government.
for the sake Of buying recognition, would
willingly make some sort of compromise or
give. aome sort Of guaranty about our do
mestic institutions. Writers in friendly
French Journals, the "P attic" ani"I.a France"
for example, have suggested the aime kind
of bargain, and given their opinion lhit our
Government would have 10 objection Who
has told them so? Who hiss given birth TO
80 wild . hope? Who has 40 grossly caiumni-
sted our government and dia!0h5Iod sur
csuse? whatsoever il may be, !. i, tlmo to
set that matter right. lie: MIR. Hops, there
fore, and NIL other tiends and foes know
once for all that the Confederate CoYa,n
nsnt has nothing to do gith slavery, and no
control over it; and is wholly au&ble and
would not dare, to give guata,tcsa shoat ihe
regulation, restriction of extinction, titrer
gradual or sudden, Of that institution
further, that the Confederate Government
has no right 20 much Al 10 lihicn 20 tie first
word OF remembrance or negotiation up0n
such q subject. It is matter ~ h'ch pertains
solely to the sovereign States 1espe lively
aud to the people thereof Il Is our STAR.
and we mean to let nobody eiso i.saaiI Il illI
it. We alone are responsible IL. nnc J.,,
ings with our alsTss, and haya liz KITTY 10
think We arc betIaI shle to mara-q ,.,al mat
ter than Mr.. Hope.
Moreover, We will accept uc sY.upstny u!
advocacy under false pratcaces. Tnsie'oIr
We tell those oficious friends Ct cur still
further, that we cherish tho Installations u
slavery as the so1ndest aud wiaaG: aid rno3
humane Of nstituti0nsthat il IL IT,, ha IS VI oar
whole society, and that the axpsrlsnco of the
ES,es. mt war has proved 10 us III l,,Aciiyo
what SSt We already know BY .ni5ipat,os, Thai
negro slavery IS An alOmsnt Of strength and
security to IbsftyNsad o'lsf.
Its our guaranty, against 'aoI-ia"' suF
bulwark against anarSL 'ho soeis.'sw' II
makes our democracy hsis> s'' sc'"''n''a''
and is the life and strength "A orr saeIai or,
sanizkt'cn. We arc acoounts io 'os 1t t@io1a
Hsavsr anu nay & ID thil: ia a'A' 'e'' III
our s.Vea and us
Fat in Addressing ,,u:s,.ve,1 !" IL. BRITISH
inind and cons oisnce 1t ia an,fe 'se u say 'ha'
this institution n,akes Inc g, ftaht
at all eyon1s, On. ,j.o ta }n Eu;opc bad
better noes cancili.te op,ni pr To- by ms-
representation, or under mistake, u na
would notsufsr tho Wsss. .as'on ea'sTnuent
to lay a hand upon 90, 'ns'"H'''" We will
net certsinlv no,s IA, -nlt Bingham u F,ance
80 much as to touch IL WI" T." % '''''' ''-
gers.
I'M, Now, 'ssogy''z' or NOT ''''. IS 90 "'''""
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e KNGIIsH NEUTRaIITT
we/h.ve new procurement b high
rocyflsh Official, though not a Cabinet Min