, 1863-05-11
SYMPATBIO OF ENGLISH WRITER'S
WITH TIE N0RrH.

IL Is encouraging 10 nnd that the leading |
thinkers and speakers of England are not
only on the side Of the North in the present
var, but utterly opposed to the policy Of |
the British Government in its relation to |
our Own. To say nothing Of John Bright |
and Richard Golden, Of II. E. Forster,
and the great army Of politicians, which
these men, who are the Body Guard Of
English liberty, represent, there are genuine
men Of Letters, whom no Government can
purchase, no Ministers smiles can cozen,
and no threats intimidate, that, from the
very first, have entered warmly into our
cause, and flung the weight Of their infiu-
ence on OUT side.
We are all the more glad of this, be-
cause Of the fine human spirit, the friendly
sympathy, and right manly feeling, which
characterize every one Of these writers
who have made our struggle the theme Of
their discourse. Charles Dickens in late
number Of his Serial, speaks in the most
decided terms Of the justice Of the
Northern cause, and has no pity
for the South, whose vaunted OBJ
ject, is, he says to found a
system Of Government based upon the
principles Of IN almost forgotten barbar-
ism, in defiance Of Civilization and christi
anity, and adverse to the liberties Of man
kind. He warns the English not to con-
Elude that RepubHcanism has failed here,
because we are engaged in civil wa Re-
publicanism, be tells them, has never had a
fair trial with that dead weight Of slavery
on its neck, and that it survives, in spite Of
this incubus, is, he thinks, the best proof Of
its vitality, and the brightest augury Of its
future stability and success.
Professor Francis ". Newman, man oi
the highest genius and scholarship, and one
ofthe foremost thoughtsmen of Europe
takes even wider and deeper ground than
Dickens, and throws his whole intellect
and eloquence in defense Of the Fedora
Government Inan address which he late
j. delivered in London, he places the argu-
ment Of the war in full and clear light
and dcnounces the English Ministers fo
ihe wanton cruelty Of their policy agains
rs, especially in the matter Of the rebe
gun boats, which he regards as violation
both ofmora1 and public laws.
Speaking of the silly question, 50 otter
Started by silly people, both at home and
abroad, namely, "How would the North be
able to govern the South, if victorious?'
lie said: "This question occasioned great
anxiety to Englshmen, who did not trou
bic themselves how England was to govern
India alter blowing Hindoos from the can,
mons mouth (chee1s), Lord Derby ant
Lord Russell had expressed great anxiet,
- that the North should not conquer tn
South, because il they did they woult
never be able to govern it Qaughter( LORI
Russell had never expressed any misgivin!
as to the power of England to govern Oudt
when Lord Dalhousie annexed it on falls
pretcnces (chcers). Men who, if they dit
not howl for vengeance against innocen
Hindoos, at least raised no protest agains
1t, denounced Gen. Butler for saying q harsl
word against the in5olence OF Southern
women, who were the active supporters O
slavery, reeking as it was with rape and in
cest (cheers). The most rotten Of all tyran
MICS was the o1igarcmcal Slave Power.
had no past history-no noble memoric:
to kindle it-no cohesion Of orders-ut
middle classes, and consisted Of few
slaveholding families, with mass Of poo
whites and 5000, 900 slaves. The interest
OF the poorer whites lay with the North
and experience proved that as the slav
States came into the possession of til,
. North, the poorer whites were rapidly con
Tcrted to the cause Of freedom. The cor
quest Of the South would not only max
the s1ayc-owners helpless, but they wou1
lose all motive for rebellion since the slave
we're all free and the result, he believed
!. wonld be that the families Of the planter
would soon become rcconcilcd to the har
= fate Of being honorable citizens"
Amongst the Journals, also, whic
have spoken encouraging words to u
and vindicated our cause, are the Spet
5ator, Examiner, Leeds Mercur.
Leeds Times, Dundee Adcertist
Perth Adcertiser, Manchester Eram
irer and Times, the London Daily Ne~
and last not least, the London Star, whic
belongs to John Bright, the Hampden I
England.