M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-11-19
LORD HROUGHAms sPEEcn.
His Views on the American War aud
on the French Oocu patton OF Mexico.

His Views on the American War an
on the French Oocu patton OF Mexico.
! Lord Brougham delivered an elabc
rate address at the opening Of tn
Seventh Annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association for the promotion
of Social Science at Edinburg. ol
October 9Th. In the course OF Li
speech he made the following refer
ence to the Mexican EXPEDITION, an,
American topics in general:
"a great, and but for its success,
very unpopular expedition has result
ed in the occupation of Mexico by tn
French Government, and the found
alton of a Monarchial regime, nearly
upon theprinciples adoptedin France
both rs regards the Grown and thC
rights Of the people. 1t is impossible
to question the advantages derivablt
from the change BY the Mexicans, who
for 80 many years had suffered all the
evils of alternate anarchy and the
violence and pIurder OF petty tyrants
Nor can any friend OF humanity and
of peace begrudged the influence &C
quired By France, or cavil at the use
made Of it in favor of Austria. The
peace Of the Continent is furtEered by
whatever brings these two great Pow
era into friendly connection. A"
But the establishment of French
influence in Mexico is likely to pro.
dnco an uneasy feeling in the now
Iunbappily dis-United States OF
America, and may by no remote pos.
sibility lead to an amiable intercourse
with the South, not perhaps against
the North, but in formal recognition
Of the secession, and in breach Of the
blockade. The friends Of humanity
would have good cause for lamenting
anything so maniiestly tending to
promote the continuance Of the war,
and extend it's mischiefs. The term
civil war is now hardly applicable to
this miserable contest. The people Of
the South are banded against those
Of the North exactly as any two Euro.
pean nations, differing in all respects
save language, have been banded
against each other - the Austrians
and the Pursians, for example. But
give it what name we may, no one
caa doubt that it ia q cruel calamity
to tho Americans themselves, aud,
though in mucE less degree, to tho
rest of the world, which with ono ac.
cord, joihs in reprobating their con.
duct while lamenting its effects. Each
party, Of course, seeks to cast on the
other the heavy blame of breaking the
peace. On one side is the wicked
allegation Of property in human be.
ings on the other, the hollow protext
Of making war to free American
Slavery, = her shame and her curse,
as all except shareholders admit tito
be. Follow we may call it, for those
who proclaimed emancipation confess
that it was measure Of hostility to
the whites, and designed to produce
slave insurrection, from which the
much-enduring nature ofthe unhappy
negro saved the country. My estee.
med friend, the prelate who exalts by
lis eloquence and his virtues the
name oil WILBERFokoE which he in.
herits, declared that the authors of the
measure cared as little orthe blacks
freedom as for the whites and now
they call for extermination OF the one
race to liberste the other. Z z L
But, whatever may have been the
proximate cause of the contest, its
continuance is the result oi'a national
vanity without example and without
hounds. individuals subject to this
failing are despiscd, not hated ; and
it is m ordinary expression respecting
him who is without the weakness, that
he is too proud to be vain. But when
a people are seized with it, they cha.
nge the name, and call it love ofglory.
OF the individual we often hear the
remark that, despicable as the weak
ness is, it leads to no bad actions.
Nothing can be more false. IL leads
to mauy crimes, and to that disregard
Of truth which is The root OF all often
ces. Certainly it produces none Of
the worst crimes. The man who is a
prey to vanity thirsts not for the blood
| Of his neighbor. How fearfuIly other
wise is it when a nation is it's slave
Magnlfying itself beyond all measure,
and despising the rest Of mankind
blinded aud intoxicated with self
satisfaction = persuaded that theiI
very crimes are proofs of greatness
and believing that they are both ad'
mired and enyied, the Americans
have not only rot been content with
the destruction of half a million but
been vain Of the slaughter. Theil
object being to retain great name
among nations for their extent of ter
ritory. they exalted in the wholesale