The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-10-08
The Real Feeling of the North toward
England.


England.
In one of his first letters from this
country the new correspondent of the
London Times declared that among the
people whom he had seen, and generally
at the North, the desire for war with
England was intense, and that it was
constantly and eagerly expressed. We
know not who the associates of the
Times correspondent may have been,
who have thus misled him; but the as
ser,ion that the Northern people gencr,
ally desire war with England is simply
untrue, and is utterly r,ischie.ous. We
have opportunities of knowing the real
sentiment of the North far better than
any recently arrived fore gner can pcs
scss, and we assert in the strongest terms
that the disposition for war with Eng
land is at the present time, and hos been
during the past two years, confined to a
small class, and that class Chiefly CON-
posed of persons of Irish birth.
There has, indeed, been widespread,
one mi ght almost say, a universal feeling
| of irritation at the course Of the English
government, and at the conduct of the
English allies and supporters of the
slavcholdiug rebels of the South Aud
this irritation has at times been deepen
ed into righteous indignation when men,
among those of widest influence from
Office, from rank, from wealth, from gen
ius, have openly avowcd their sympathy
with the cause and efforts of the South !;
and the indignation has not been unmix.
cd with honorable shame for England
when her ministry have listed to propo.
sitions Of recognition, and her Parlia.
ment las undertaken to discuss the gucs
tion of the recognition Of State founded
on slavery,-of State so constituted
that to recognize it and admit it into the
family of Christian nations would be a
crime against human nature itself and
against the plainest dictates of morality
and justice.
But irritated and indignant as the
North has been, it has not desired war
The New KorA; Herald, which, like the
London Times, draws its life from mis-
representation, may declare the existence
of warl ke intentions on the part of the
Administration or the people; Irish
demagogues may seek the cheers Of their
audience with braggart declamations
about teaching England a lesson that she
shall never forget, and rcvcnging the
wrongs of Erin and America; Mr.. Sew
ard may make fippant speech concern
ing tie relations of the two countries
which may be taken for serious deca
ration by persons ignorant Of his man
ner but the true public opinion is moi
thus expressed. The great body of th<
people does not wish war There is
scarcely man Of any thoughtfu!ness al
the North who would not regard war with
England as one of the heaviest calami
ties that could befall us; who does 10
understand that it is the object aud th.
interest of the enemies Of America, anC
of those who desire the destruction O.
our National Union, to embroil us Will
England, and to compel us to a war Will
her. All that can be done by prudenct
and calmness to avid war will be done.
We desire to keep on good terms with
England. We mean to treat her fairly
VT ask for fair treatment in return W.
do not want war, for we have enough or
our hands now in the work of extinsuish
ing the rebellion, and in reorganizine
society and government in the Southcrr
States. The work is of such large pro-
portion, Of such splendid opportunity, i
demands the uninterrupted exercise O
such high qualities, and the employment
OF such vast means, s,-that it requires fo
its successful accomplishment the con-
csntrated energies Of government and o
people. A foreign war is to be avoided
at every cost save that of national lgni
ty and honor. This is the common ant
,. the popular view.
. But, at tho same time, the North feel
) that if England, under a pretepce o
neutrality, is to be virtually the ally o
the Confederates; if her shipyards ar