The New York herald., 1863-01-28
SPEECH OF SIR CHARLES WOOD.
The British Secretary for India ON tn
War.

The British Secretary for India ON the
War.
From the London News JAN IA.
This evening Q3th) Sir C. wooD addressed crowded
meeting of his constituents at the Odd Fellows Hall,
Halifax Mr. Crossley, the mayor oil Halifax, occupied
In the course Of his speech he was one sub
ect which deeply affected our domestic Interest," and that
the state Of America. Two sections OF great aud
hitherto happy countryaktn to us IN language. liberty,
and feeng-were engaged IN most unnatural inter
necina war and exhibited spectacle which they must
all for sake OF humanity alone deeply lament quite
dependent the consequences which It had enaed upon
this country With respect that war; the had
deemed It its duty the perfect neutrality
impartiaity. We had been, might have been
rectcd, blamed on both sdes-namely, by the North for
rights Of the SOUTH and by the South for not
cognizng them altogether. lie Ielierd The British gope,-
right in both In the first place, IL
done 40 favor the south, but because It indis-
pensabe them 10 dne the position in Uh,ch the
hey pere ysraies and hardly any LngIand would
say that vessel holding commission, from eight
millions Of psopc who formed de foo State could be realcd
as ptrate. (Hear, hear On the other hand when the
French government invited the British government 70 In
terfcre between the North and SOUTH they fer their
duty decline not because they did not yathize wih the
amount Of human struggling tic country, shrmk from
anything polld hold out Reasonable prospect Of
cess IN putting asa end 20 he raging, b that
hey n,ered maf ann oger OF mediaioa wh,eh ey mad
at ne present time would be sure 70 b. refused, and
prevent them taking such course N future, shen
they might think that there tc0s chance Of success
That a better feeling might arise he could not but
hope, In which case the government would hold itself
think woph acceptable both ya,t FOR the sake
mnating this dreadful struggle. (Cheers) He wished
that he saw symptoms Of the abatement Of bitterness on
either side any prospect Of speedy termination Of the
Nehr party Seas TO make mach progress. After
struggle which has lasted year and half, both sides
stood very much as they were at the commencement.
The attacking party always repeed even when,
OCCASION the utmost gaIantry displayed
on the part OF assaants could brt shudder
al the spirit in which the being carried on and
would g. God That public expression OF opinion could
mitigate the horrors d sangunary struggle between
here of fba nd M gnm Qfnly and
OF the name, In which one party 10 struggling
for what, as far A. one could Judge, seemed 10 be
hopeessnamcly the reconsttution and establishment
OF the Union Would that he could say tho sucrings
arising out OF this horrible were confined 10 them
but aas the consequences " their hostility had cntaed
an anonnt suffering here fearful 10 contemplate He
say that that distress hsd been borne with such for
tue such freedom from complaint ns bad rendered the
people of Lancashire the admiration not only Of this ooun
try Of tho worla for had been instance
in which such an amount of struggling had been endwed
with such patience and such resignation. He must say
that whatever other causes had been work. believed
the education which tho working people received
the means which had been given them OF bccoming &C
with all that sed had enabled them
precase tho dihicultics sf those who placed
higher station IN life that they knew that nc
l had occurred, and they consequently bore ihe
suYeyngs with fortitude which b. able u
them. Nor could they refuse 70 acknowecge s'th ap
\ by the whole people of England TO mitigate the dis
tfess Ne could not doubt that the eject woud be 10
knit together In hrmc bonds all classes IN the country
because in this Instance has been shown that the
thy cf the rich ia gratefully extended to sucrngs
those who M consequence u circumstances entirely be
yopd their CONTROL have been deprived of their ordinary
means Of support The Of that distress had been
an they knew, the Withholding OF the American crops
cotton the coneeq5sdcs o which that great interest
had been shown 10 respect 10 coton supply from India
Or late years nnecnihs of the cotton used IN this
try hal from America, but only o late YEAR
that this supply from America had superseded that from
all other countries Many causes had been assigned Will
this had been the case, but he believed that ia mali
reason was that lis price had been very FAR below tn
pr,ce OF cotton Of equal quality produced escw here
there had consequently been IN uda sufficient induce
ment 70 grow IN sufficient quantities to supply the want
VI this country.