Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-21

taiIs OF popular opiHion and sentiment IN I
Englsnd has enabled them to impgess She
minds Of the great body Of the middle classes
there with the bslief that the English aristo-
claey, with its powers and privileges, ls essen
tial to the prosperity and giery Of the Engish
nation.
Recently, however, this belief has been seri-
o1sy shaken by tbs success Of Democrstic in
silations in America Euglishmen axe getting
now 70 be well acquainted with Americsi and
they see there people of the same race with
Themselves, speaking the same language, read-
ing the same books, holding the same Telg lous
opinions loving tho same pursuilsi IN short
Ike themselves in every respect except that they
have no aristocraey; and yet under their DEM
ocraiic institutions, Americans are advancing
even mere rapidly than Eagishrnen, ia com /
meree and the arts, in the diffusion OF knowledge {
among the people, in population, wealth aud /
all the elements of national greatness; and in I
tsgent men OF the N d1le classes iE England /
are beginning to think thai aristocracy, with I
its heavy taxation for the support Of sinecure I
offices, may not bs 50 esse ential as they have I
heretofore supposed to the prosperity of Engiandi
aud that the English people would, perhaps 4
make more rapid progress if they should throw
off this burden, by RepUblicaniziUg or AmeTi- /
canizing their institutions. The great danger |
10 the English arstocracy lies in this idea in
the minds Of the English people for if It /
should take root and spread, it might end in a
revolution in which they would lose all their
privileges. Hence they study every thing in |
America and Ia England with the deepest il
! terest in its bearings On this matter
" The Epglish aTisiocyscy know thai the
English people are 2 liberty loving, liberty
yauntjng people They saw with what ease
numerously signed petitions for the abolition Of
slavery could be obtained in districts, and
among classes, where there was no interest to
check the current of the popular feeling They
| know that they could have found 90 diff uity
in disposing of such petitions 10 Parliament
without granting them, for theyeOuld have con-
tinued to receive them respectfully, and post
pone action upon them endlessly, if their inter
est had required it, Bat after time they.
doubtless, reasoned with themselves TINS
"What will be the effect of encouraging and
/ finally granting these petitions II slavery
shall bs ablished in the Bdtish colonies by
compromising savedelders for their losses, no.
body In England win then have any interest in
opposing the widest aud NEST enthusiastic ex
pressions of anti-savery sentim mant. English
men will then love to refer with pride AMI boast
irg to the large sum sacrificed by their govern
ment, with their concurrence, on the altar of
liberty Justice and humanity. They will then
look to America, and they VIII see slavery sill
there, for Southern shareholders ia Anaries, of
course, Will never ruin themselves and their
country by initiating Great Britain IN sbodshing
it. Englishmen can then he easily excited, on
account Of American slavery, to look down with
scorn upon Americans and American iUstitu-
lions; and if any popular orator or writer IN
England shall Tropose to deprive the aristoc
racy of their powers and privileges, and to for
tify his argument, shall refer to the prosperity
of Amegica under Democratic institutions, he
will be met with this scofn and deiealed in his
purpose.
'sThis will be the effect in England Of the sbo-
lition Of slavery in the British Colonies bnt
the most important will b. theeffaetin in America
Amsriz a is divided almost equally between free
atates sndslave Siafes-ketTeeR States IN which
slavery is 500 deeply rOotad that it cannot he
safely abolished without ruin to all classes OF
the population In the free States fierce anti
slavery sentiment, bitter hatred Of slavery and
n slsveholders can be excited almost easily ss
in Eugland and in process OF time, by con
stantly tanning the fame such hostility can
be kindled between the people OF the two great
sections that Is viii lead to sho destruction of
Tbs American Union, and the fsiure Of the
grand experiment Of Democratic government
by men Of the Anglo Saxon race And this
failure of democracy in America VIII be new
lease, and q long lease to the English sTistoe-
rscy of their powers and privileges In sh0h,
Mr. Leggstt believe that the Eaglish aris-
tocracy lent their influence to The sbolidon Nf
slavery IN the British Colonies that they may
use it az 3 wedge for the division of the Amen-
can Union. They didit to promote their own
interest, to perpetUate their own privileges by
the destruction Of the Union and the prosperity
of democratic America, aud to secure their oh
iect, they care no more for debt of E20 000,001
sterling and the commercial ruin OF the British
West India Islands than for the ashes Of thai
cigar that you are smOking
6 In the above sketch, rapest, do not profess
to give the language OF MIR L but have on
) deavored, in my own language, to convey the
e impression made upon nay mind OF the course
/ of reasoning by which Mr W. came to ais con
+ clusion.
e What struck mo as particularly no,eworthl
in Mr.. Leggett's narrative was that before tn
: experiment of negro emancipation IN the Brit
ish West Indies he'd been fully tried, and Will
+ the friends and supporters of the measure pro
h fessed to believe that its effect would be happ,
It upon those Immediately connected with It, bot
# IA the islands and in England, an agent Of tn
/ / British government, who must have had uncom
II mon opportunities for forming q sound jude
N ment in the case, expressed his belief that the
{ who controlled The action of the govefnmer
y knew when they gave their sanction to tn
ii measure that there was every reason to eApeI
u .4,,4 II uror,id bo caiarrtnrls zaeEroess
r the planters and TO the British people, an
se knew too, that tday could easily have prevente
ia it, but that they still supported and encourage
le it. because it would promote the interests OF u
4 English aristocracy, by enabling them to eZcii
ia in the free States Of America such an aut
a slavery feeling IS would lead to division Of Il
is American Unionand the destruction OF the gre'
IS Democratic republic
A constant attendance 1t the meetings Of r
lligious and philanthrepic soeIehes, and espec
r ally of anti slavery meetings, duriog res
. dence of four years il London. thoroughly 81
< isfied me that anii-sl.very meetings. aud exeit
ments are got up in England, not for the pu
- pose Of removed or any amelioration OF q
y. evils Of slavery IN any part Of the world, b'
chiefly, if not otexclusively, withta view 70 ks'
- up in the hearts Of the English people hairf
ofthe people and institutions Of America.
How much Of the large amount Of meney p
- pended by American aboiitionis's in support
this organized system Of hostility to the Coz
~ | ssitution Of the United Ssstes, mas bean co.
ne tT;hused il England wc know not, but We
know that, while conservative Americans hs'
- often been publicly and wsntoniy iusalted
- | England in connection with the slavery qla
~ ton, and without apology where apology y
'H' due from members Of the asisioeraey, 9th
4. Americans, whose chief claim to notice was :
II ~ zeal and success with which they had attack
-He fundamental law OF their country and prom
- ted bitter strife between the people ct It's Is
~ great sections have heen invited to the hon
~. Of the English nobility, iaitersdi honoTsd, a
encouraged on their return to America to ren'
be their warfare upon the people and Institutions
~ the South These facts are readily exp aimed
~; ths theofy-of Deputy Comnissioner General 2
~ son. that the aim O shs English aiistoeraey
to perDstUsie their own power ard privileges
~ DESTROYING the great American Democratic
A'y pubIie. aud they canncs We think, be sstist
NJ terily expIaiaed on any other theory
~ SIDNEY =. MORSE
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