St. Mary's gazette., 1863-11-19

II Several smsaH t.as<. tbr SatDrssseN rrurfr-
ry IF ..contr.ir,,a" rst..nssss. Irav. h,.cn
.,eize,l hy sls. u.ilis~ry snshsrisies during
The past week. These i2,afsl were taken
iupan the p.tsaae and in tributaries.
The news from Eur,pe shows that The
prospect III general F,sraprai' var. during
llhe next year. i again k,ighssl'ing II
Russia is hauEty and err. giant, and admits
that she has sent her war feet to Aiaesics
to use i, agaias. English or French cfn'-
lneree in the event of y 'snr. The Lnufl"n
| Times is Of the opinian that = war will b.
iifiicalt to avoid. but eonnsels inoaers,ivri.
pr,,ieuce and +. :-hrarsaet.
A,nerisa, ed j aessei a III.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH TIE
SOUTHERN c0NFEDERACT.
(! Frvm tie liae,p"l lNrc'py. Oct. H..
F.! ADDRESS VI MR. :. A. BEf.EsroEs HOPE, a.
| A numerous meeting met confined 10
those of Southeru views) WAS Leli yester-
Jay at the resins Of tue Southern Club.
u. Victor Puuz in the chair.
!. Mr. Hope. WHO ,ras recrivei with hearty
cheering said he believed he was address
/ sing the representatives of two great ns-
TONS. his own and the Confederate nation.
| Applause lie characterized the re-
marks of Earl Russell made from the
| Olympian heights and n,~ts of Blair
gowric" that The m.jprity Of the English
people syn.pal!,izc,i with the Northern
States in the prrsent cottiiet. ~ grave
mis-staten,ent and he gave numerous in
stances whicl. had occwrre! during his ,ra-
GELS throughout kngiand of earnest sd-
n,iration aud sympathy expressed for the
South whenever the Gie@t;cn ~as breach
ed lie explained that h. had taken up
the Southern cause entirely from e"nvic
ton. as his previous sympathies and inter-
eats If they had heeu allowed 10 sway would
have led him IN the either direction. For
MANY years. both in literature and politics.
EngIishn~n had looked upon Amsricu
through Northern specraces. aud it was ..s
difficult to divest ourselves of The idea that
the Suutherter was person in "A striped
jean jacket, whose time was equally divld-
ed between the two occupations Of lollius
in hammock aud slashing his niger, as
IL used to b. to get rid If the notion that n
Frenchlnan did nothing but consume frogs
and was our natural enemy. Ii was as
rounding however. to n"sice how recent
events in the Son,h had tended to sweep
away previous misconceptions and prejn-
diccs; and from the high estimation il,
which General Jackson was held. and the
indignation caused by the proceedings Of
General Butler. the speaker argued tha
Ens.ish sympathy vas Enthusiastically with
The South i.vru Lprtl Pal,nerston annie
the resounding cheers nf the British Parlia
ment, had denounced General Butler a.
Infamous. IF facts like these did not con
vince Earl Russell Of his mistake as to ths
public opinion of England. his lordshiT
was as hard to convince a. the gentleman
who would never believe man TO be in
toxicoted until he saw him attempting t,
ligh, his pipe at the pump. lLaughtcl
aud cheers With regard to slavery
Mr. Hope said thar th"ush England wal
opposed to the system it should not n
made tho bone of contention OF the Inean'
of alternating two c'gua'e peoples lik,
England aud America He believed, from
the progress of opinion in the Souther,
States, that in the course of years, ane
doubtless after the same kind OF struggle
which had attained many of our great re
forms in England. American slavery wnult
be aboli>hra lie contenle,l that n liberia
policy and feeling should be maintained to
i ward those who had inherited their 'blacl
peasants" with the soil. and who for til
most part treat them with consideration
and kindness. He asked whether blacI
slavery imposed by an Anglo Saxon PEG
pie. which abolished liberty of speech. O
/ the prcss. and Of commercial action, il
order to wage war ct rxterminatior :
Cloud cheers Talk IF our sympa.hie
with the Free States? How could we te
that when the war was ended the Satra r,hie
2 of the North would not make themsslve
$ into mock empires under Brnmmager
! Napoleon daughter and elaeers.)-
: Abiding to the rams with the '.Mol.an
D mcdan appellations." recently constructe
: n, Bilkenhead, and tn the ruuors as 10
G change in ,he law upon the subject. MI
Il Hope denied that there was any passitilit
: of change being msde in the law in cor
sequence of any foreign i"timidation {
Q buster, and said that any government th;
l. proposed such change and for such
) canse would be indignantly hurled fro
# power. As proof Of this he quoted Il
g speech of Earl Russell FEB. 9th. as
u and the action taken by Parliament in Il
X conspiracy for Murder bill. tell yc
p (he coucludeu) that England will broe
Is contempt from Seward and Sumner. an
IS Lincoln aud the Northern States. still lie
than she viii brook it from France, who
" she may have even hated, but whom fro
a many great battle-fehls Of Europe she b;
Q never ceased to respect. lApplasser)
: tell you we here in this rooa,. ii any SUI
|. tracking to the Norsh may te IL contea
+ plation. will never cease thinning III Ea
|. Russclrs ears his own condemnation iu b
III own words, ON tina. .ccasie'n wien be- b
d ing member of Lord Palmerstan's 60
j er1ment turn.d lard palinersion GU