Daily national Republican., 1863-10-27
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ENGLISH sYMPATHIEs.

\ copy of private letter from England ap.
pears in our columns which shows a very
favorable state of feeling among tho thinking
classes IN England towards the Union cause.
SO strong, In fact, is the sentiment In our
favor that the rebel sympalhiscrs are adopting
the machinery Of committees and associations
to manufacture capital for the rebellion. Tn.
Manchester Guardian, of the 9th instant, pub.
llshes the speech Of Lord Wharnclnc at a
meeting " for the amagamatiou Of the Southern
Club with the Central Association for the re-
cogui,iou of the Southern States, under the
title Of the Southern Independence assoc alton -
His Iordship disagreed with Earl Russell,
that the members who sympathized with the
FcdCrals were superior TO those who sympa-
thized with tue Confederates. He Iord
Wharnclife) "did not believe that anything
ike oncthlrd Of the population of England
we're in favor Of the North % and he added
with sublime Inconsistency, that the course of
action on the part Of the friends of the South
must be 10 show That sympathy for the North
docs not prepoudcrate there. Now. 10 the un
sophisticated Yankee mind II would seem that
where not anything Ike one-third of the pom.
lation were in favor Of the North such course
on the part of the friends OF the South would
be entirely unnecessary. Aud yet the speaker
was engaged in the formation Of new and
more powerful society than those previously
existing for this very purpose.
In order to further this purpose, Lord wharn.
elitic isbored to prove that the recognition Of
tie Confederacy vuld not tend to tho perpetu.
alton ef slavery He said:
THE South had labored hitherto under The
imputation, aud II had constantly been thrown
in the teeth Of all who support that struggling
nation, that they by their proceedings err
tending to nupport the existence of slavery
This was al impression which he thought they
ought carefully 10 cndcavor to remove, be-
'ausc II was ono which was Injurious to their
: auts, not only among those who had The t,,l-
'n1 o. III EhJ.isInn ~ a horror Of slartry, but
also because stroug religious bodies In this
country made r point Of il, and felt IL very
,lruuply indeed"
There is no doubt that this country was
iGainly responsible for the existence of the in
httutiun oi slavery in the Southern States. 1t
Logan wit us and therefore We were ruspunsi.
lie to certain extent for i,s permanent exist.
cuce. He thought We were bound in honor To
du what We could 10 rDiVrc that Stiynd IRON,
hli u huY.'
Nitcr this the consistent Wharnclitie goes on
to apologize for slavery by declaring that IT.
groes are better Oh In slavery than In freedom:
In ths Northern Stal1s the slave was placed
In even worso position than he was in the
south. He spoke from experience, having
visited the country twice. In railway car
riages and hotels, and wherever they were met,
the negroes were treated Is psriahs and outcasts
and were never looked upon as men and
brothers. but rather as dogs. [Chcers. In
the South the two colors were Joined together
eide by side They knew the affection which
was entertained by the negro population toward
their young masters and mistresses. a scnti-
lncnt much akin TO that which prevailed largely
in England between the owners of all estate
and those resident among them who were
treated kindly, Justly, and generously
And yet toward the close of this speech the
noble Lords consistency again shines out In
declaration that "he wished to see well di.
gcsted scheme of emancipation" and he be-
lieved that recognition of the South would be
the best means Of bringing 1t about.