The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-21
The ENGLISH PRESS on THE EMANCIPATION
SOCIETY.
From .he T3r-., Jsnu.,r a, !

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NO failure Of the Federal politicians has
been more complete than that which has at.
fenced their efforts ta bring Ene iisa sympathy
10 Their soe in war OF ambition, by appesl.
ing 10 the haired of negro slavery which ami.
mates all classes in this country A mcre
striking condemnation OF the racklessnasa
aud cruelty which have marked the cona;,ct
of the Republican party could not be s;ysu
than the stern siisnee win which ell tha. is
lntsi!sciusl, and cultivated, and humane In
Ln..'s.. soe'ety l.as received the prstena:ons !
OF Mf i.iiGoin TO be. the friend Of the on.
pressed and t. 8 champion Of civilization
lis lannon's proclamation has been the sul act
OF disenssion among us ever s.nee il was
threatened in September last. Three u seeks
rave elapsed since we have knos syn that it
was really issned. The Enelisi, people. who
have been OF late sing,larly at loss for
topics OF home interest, have thought II over
anu talked it over, and read alt thai prolific
press can cav ugoa it, and the reeult ia that
they are confirmed III their first opinions, aud
refuse to DO drawn by philanshfepie rretencaa
INTO salictlohipg measure Of desperate ani
vindie!ivs warfare. II the Fedsrals have
h;.a any hopes Of conqueripg Euopean syYa-
rsthy By hoiating ihe flag of seryila war.
such aopes must be bligh;ed when they ar.
pEeelase the tsrapar IN which this aas ;,ss ba5a
secsived by tho English people We iaavs
waited that we might speaa with certainty.
snd passing events give us the power of dcing
81.
II Is well known that within the last few
weeks great efforts have been made in TIN )
country 30 obtain demonstrations In favor Of
The Federal cauEe /. is eaid, probably with
frnth, that agents of the Northern Govern
men:, pro yided with funds from America, have
been =; work On the familiar business OF asi-
talon, in order to rastera their discrs,.i;e,,
parry at hoEe hy making IL appear ;hat Eng.
.ish cfinloi, supports them III thsir acts. Bat
wherever the :s-itators cs,ac from, thay have
bten especially busy for the last two Yaonths.
1t has been promised ;hat tbs real sentiments
OF Eagliahia3n should at last 5e r.ada known
II meetings could be oTgaciZe ee, il ,ha subject
co'iid be properly discussed, and publ opinion
sat tree Trom a pTess which m:aTspressntea It,
then America mi eht 7ea ;iia. the feelings aut.
the Judgment CT the old cout.try We're with her
| II her noble crusade for the iree.iorn oi the
negro. Tho result oi tho great movement yvss
given IN this journal Yesterday Fer weeks
| 1t has haen announced that there WAS to be 1.
monster da!iaons5sation' in london in favor
! Of the North Provincial meetings Ii I'd beer.
| already held, and had been mos. provoking, Y
avoided by any one whose opinion wac
| of the slightest importance. But in London
better luck might DO hoped for. This is a
| great metropolis, and on the ~ j, Of January
| a week before tie meeting of Parliament
| neiace and OF sill shades of opinion. Tie mos;
| distinguished names OF n country where free.
| dom of thought is carried into eec entricity
| We're sure to be within reach of the Z narc l.
| patton Soeia!y's circulars and advertisements
| What doubt, then, that al imposirg meeting
| attended by icen of gerias, OF high attain
rDents. of great social position, OF political RS.
Down, would bear witness 90 the interest viii,
! which. large ana Influential sections of En2is,
| society follow the prcgroas q: Mr. LINCOLN :
| policy 7 Ii even what - called the world
! the frivolous, unthiaking people who take
| their opiGons teoa the press who dislike
, Yankees for thsir pertuess and noasting, and
| admire Iea and .;ackacn fsr their ucexa!apied
| ieroisTa--lf even Jealous politicians O. jiIihe
| ral soiGiara stood apart, surely there would te
enough OF the mere original thinkers 70 I'LL {,
platform iors than this, in tina centre oi this
| great capital, with ifa huudrsdB Of chursl:e
| in the neighborhood Of men VINO hsya e.- nt
| theis lives III advocating every charitable
cause. it might have bsan thought that a meet
i..g pfofessodsy il favor ot nsgIo enianeipo
| lien would Gn; have uante., nalnea Of e,pi-
nance.
After weeks Of preparation .hs mss!ina
t0ah place ths day before yesterday. The
apaakefa were IL n!!aoF noveiist and two or
thIea D,sStn;iiiG minister's. Tho seem to ie,
of tho usual intellectual caiibro Not one
s0an, whose opinion tce cJnntry wouid Listen
10 on any political sui,lsc.-iiot one e.ats ssnan
| net enc person enGowad with genius, howev-
er sa.t-wti.eu anu erratic; 10 representative
| OF the Peerage, only Cua OF tho I!cusa Of
C3mmCDs, not oEe Of the Church, OF The zen.
! try, or lite eoIGMarclM world, was found tp
stand Oh that platform and make, him self rs
sponflbi5 Tor AIR. Llncoins j procIa mation OF
the eminent Ioen who in past years have gtrag-
gied, and will still strug lie on for wears TO
come,, against oppression and eyildoing I'LL
over the wosld--of tho phiianthropists whose
names ara identified wlth this very phase Of
negro Observation-Disclosures was rot one who
| fell thai ha could III conscience come forward
and encourage Il ruthless Invasion, ard a still
more hateful scheme of domestic warfare, hyr
giving aid and comfort TO .Ir. Lincoln totter.
ing Cablnst. The persons we have alluded 20
were left alone TO hold forth 10 tbs audience.
| What they said IL is needless to comment ut
on, for IL 10 quite Ill accord with tioir personal
insis isfificanco.
Fer oar own'part We cannot but reioics tha.
there has boom al. langth an organiza ed atten 81
| IN evoke Ent .iah opinion Ia favor ot The war
| 1t is we'll to know tins fall strsagth oi onr's :
own cp!ni0ns, and 10 be sbie to calculate " It'll
certainty on the Measure Of asSsnt which the
world Will give to them. That for two or
taTaa months 81 number OF men have baea All
| talinx TO change the sentiments OK Engliah
men on this lmpeIsant subject, and this tae
L mos. ridiculous mouse. is espeeiaiIy sat;sfac.
tory To us, who have for DO long bsan iaborine
u promote q peaceful settlement OF al un
! natural quarrel We now know that, in sFi,s
OF Importantly the mos. psr;inacioGs ana of-
fsasiye, every man with political character
To l0aa has stood aioof from the Federal parli-
| sans in this country. Even the msmhers ior
cur popuiOas boroughs, though their position
often oompeis them to suecnnlb to schemes O;
EIuN hovf, " the fstf II
: to their own dignity and tes feelings oi
their respectable constituents to give Il
| rebuff to tho agitstcrs. Happily, the situa.
ton Of atf,.irs IN America is becoming such
| that the irisnda of peaca in this country need
fear no misrepresentation of tha '.Emancipa.
ton Society cr of tho wire -pullers," " " no
s.ani behind 1t. While weak 1aaded men ar
oougr;stalasng President Lincoln tsotn this side
of the water, tho public opinion OF his own
country is becoming every day more sstt.ad
against him. The proclamation, by. the con
iession Of its authors, was intended TO do Two
things--krst, to concliate European opinion
and, secondly, To terrify The South into sub.
mission. That. the first object has not been
attained We think ia pretty clear, and the other,
which is by far tbs most important, has been
equally missed. Whatever may be the merits
or fansts Of Mr.. Lncoln's policy, his procla-
nation has had but one effect, .nd thst is to
m ke the Confedsrates more fierce and rsso-
Lutte than ever When the last news iefs
more than a fortnight had elapsed since
the proclamation, aud no sign of waver-
federatss had opened the new year with a
victory at Galveston, and at Vickaburg had
inflicted On the Faderals a defeat hardly
less bloody and quite as important as tia. OF
Fredericksourg Two military disasters and
q riss of-xoid to so premium are the iirst