Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-20
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BELLows FALLS. FEB. 20. 1863.
The nenc,iom in England.

'.iy tie kindness Oh capt ii. r. Gfeen Oh
this place, we are in possession Of a copy Of
tire tondoa Daily Neps, of Jan. 80, re-.
c,ived by him by last steamer. The Ne,cs,
n all doubtless know, has all along been
friendly 10 The United States, while its CO.
temporary, the Times, has usually been ma
lianant against US. But there is no mis-,
taking the account in the NeacS, of the great
81 demonstrations now being made in England,
in favor of the United States, more partc-
ularly with reference to the Presidents
Proclamation.
ls& A week ago we received intelligence Of a
great public meeting held in Liverpool, The
stronghold of the English worshippers of
,u the Slave Power, at which the Emancipa-
IS ton Proclamation was enthusiastically in
= dorsed. Bristol, where the slave-trade last
~ ed longer than in any other port in Great
a Britain, has followed and affirmed the right
of Emancipation. But more important than
any other previous meeting is that held on
Thursday, Jan. 20, in Exeter Hall, London.
No such meeting had been seen in England
since the days of Anti Corn Law gather
ings The largest room in Exeter Hall
Il was, long before the appointed hour, so
crowded that no more could be admitted.
~ A second meeting was organized in a lower
room, and when this also proved insufficient
ia 10 hold the surging multitude, thousands of
people organized third meeting in the
open air. Unprecedented as the number Of
attendants was the enthusiasm which char
'ts acterzed the proceedings was still more re-
h markable. The papers which have always
been friendly to our cause, acknowledge
that the ardor and enthusiasm of this vast
assembly on behalf of the North, by far ex-
coded their boldest expectation. Tie cham
pions of disunion, as The Times and The
Ai Saturday Reoiew, attempt to ridicue the
Ell meeting because of the absence of the high
aristccracy-Dukes, Marquises, Earls,
Z Archbishops and Bishops--but they ac-
knowledge the vastness of numbers and the
thoroughness of the resolutions The Sat
mday Reuieac, which begins to fear that the
Slavery question, says of the spirit of the
meetings
No declarations were received on
Thursday night with such blatant fervor as
8 those which asserted the absolute right and
duty OF the sovereign authority at Wash
ington to coerce and to subjueate its rebel
lious subjects. The recent Union success at
a Murfreesboro was cheered to the very echo.
Emancipation and Reunion '--rennion at
whatever cost of blood and treasure and
sufftring-was proclaimed as the watch
word of the evening. The SoutLerners
were only saluted as rebels and pirates
The revolt must be put down, and by arms. ?
The cheers from the meetings in the low.
er hall aud from the street, were frequently
heard by the audiences above, and added to
the exciting interest of the scene. During
the evening, kilograms, reporting similar
demonstrations at Bradford, where 4,00(
persons were assembled, under the presi
rs dency cf Mr.. w. f. Forster. the eloquen
and influential member of Parliament fol
that borough, and at Stroud, were received
and, on being read by the Chairman, elic
{ tied tremendous cheers. the first mention
Of President Loncoln's name was receive,
with burst of enthusiasm, the whole as
sembly rising in a body, and cheering wit
the utmost enthusiasm for several minutes
We regret that the government of Eng
land is not more imbued with the spirit Q
these meetings, and if continued as it is sal
they will be, they cannot be without thei
influence.