The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-09-18

received by him at the TuilerieS; members
Of parliament, on an errand of hostility to
our cause, have been received by him at
Fontainebleau and the official declaration
has been made that lie desires TO recognize
the rebel stare monyers as an independent
power. This has been hard to believe but
it is too true. The French emperor is against
u.s."
Mr.. Sumner next considers the whole mat
ter of foreign intervention by recitation,
With the principles applicable thereto, as IL
.ustra:ed BY historic misunderstanding es-
pecially how England, by her conspicuous,
widespread and most determined interven-
ton 10 promote the extinction of African
slavery, is irrevocably committed against any
act OF policy that can encourage this criminal
preJension, and the nature of intervention
by recognition, alSo Illustrated historically
and Theoretically. Mr.. Sumner then argues
lie moral impossitility 0: foreign recog-
nition, even if the pretended power be de
iocto independent where it is composed Of
rebel sla' -nongers seeking to found new
power With slavery for its declared corner
stone;'" and finally, the absurdity and wrong
OF concediHg ocean beiEgerencv to pre-
'e'f'e" po"er' "il'c" III 'he HlSI piace' Is
without q prize court--so that it cannot be
an ocean bel!igerent in fac;-a,d which. IN
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III "'' - - S'''' al ''''"S ''i"' "''ei' 'iia'
Its recognition is moral !llpoSslbillty. =
This sort CT moral impossbi,ity is of
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,!''''''..' ",''' ''''r VIVA
WI. >1''l'leF ihah 1t IS pAeiy 10 De win ma
lions tina, establish or DESTROY slavery as il
may he for their suonossd interest at th.
..
sa"Se:
Something more IS necessary than that
the rev power shall be de tucto independent.
1t must be de tacto fl to be independent and
from the nature of the case every nation
will Judge Of this fitness as a fac. In I'M
dertaklng to acknowledge a new power. you
proclaim its fitness for welcome and associa-
ton in the family OF nations. Can England
put forth such proclamation in favor of
the whippers of women and sellers of chill
dren? Can France permit Louis Napoleon
to put forth such proclamation !? Ard
mere on the threshold of this enquiry, the
true state of the question must not be for
gotten. 1t is not whether old ard existing
relations shall be continued with Il power
which permits slavery; but whether relations
shall be begun with new power, which not
merely permits slavery, but builds its whole
intolerabe pretenson upon this barbarism.
No new slave state is a watchword with
wn'ch we are already familiar but even this
cry does not reveal the full opposition to this
new revolt against civilization; for even ii
disposed TO admit new slave state, there
must be, among men who have not yet lost
all SENSE of decency, an undying resistance
to the admission OF 4 new slave power, hav
ing such an unquestloned origin and such an
unqucstioned purpose as that which now
i.aunts in piracy aid blood before the civil
ized world seeking recognition for its crimi-
Eal chimera. Here is nothing for nice cas-
ui>try. Duty is as plain as the moral law or
the multiplication table.
Vain is it to urge the practice of
J. uations in It's behalf. Never before in history
has such a candidacy been put forward in
the name OF sltvery and the terrible out
rage is aggravated by the Christian light
which surrounds it. This is not the age Of
darkness. But even in the dark ages, when
The 'avemongerS Of Algiers had reduced
themselves 10 government or state the re-
no~ned Louis IN. treated them as a nest Of
""Spr. ..''',l.o:c' F. po} nl'ei"si"S
hu' Sio"lS lheN OBTAINED tne rights OF !e-
2ailon and the reputation OF a governments
-. O. ''s', ".1 VI '''en -. .'illai s p'1.eii-
I,r'..o. ~ ,.,aI N'', .l:
''' i,''.' ;, ~ 'io''pu o"' ,'t' Power ifou
-. G % '''''. NJ "'io mas oeei
VIC "',o o'S' u'i'ieI- 1I
'',+ '''' .'i' ''ai'' a. ',o i"io Ill
. ,''''".,.' "i!I ''a'' n,"' HeiI, - Two INFANTS
~ 80 INV u'"'r r." me ''|m"' sent
o''N i',' "'p,'ass1uo "iSHc'' 1T noulhg any
'l'fioo"'' WIN ''e'' i'i's IS 4" 'aI1%o'e Ia
''sV'y''''' .o' '''' t',' '''''' "Su'Pei o' Eng
'''''' 'i'' 'i'''' ''',ii'' ~, % ".'n ila'l'S'
II ,'>''' pc, - '%-.'i d. I',' pr 'eGe' Sla'e
power ' '''o,l - a,'"HE''! 'o'eF"ts' hy 'ne
s&2I'!""> sovereign "h7 Sis On 'he throne
"' l. ''.' A.
.,, LOOK - ''i'S e""ulua'e power as
E"' ".'i' II is wrote eoai"uei existence.
I.. l,S ',|,'" TO 10 IN omega ana II IS nothing
oN' slavery lts ofisl" IS slavery; us MAIN
'pIlS Is S,d'efS "s "')ec' IS s'a'efy:-
" he't'sF II ",,P:'!5' whatever 1t does what
i.'"' = .1N.S' !: = Hi"'ef! aiche aiid nothing
c.:e' s' I'.'', VII" '"e con 'i'l'h OF ea'ah' II
"''S''' ''s o'''
u miserable which way shall fly,