The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-27
THE AMERICAN QUESTION IN ENGLAND.
Reply Of -Nr. Lindsay to Earl RHsseV-7he
Acceptance Of Marimilion, &c.

At the annual meeting of the MiddIesex (Ens.)
Agricultural Society, the l4th inst, addresses
wercdelivered by the Lord Chief Baron and by Mr.
Lindsay, MI P. The former spoke upon agrcu',u
ral topics, but Mr.. Lindsay, in responding TO the
toast, 'sThe House of Commons touched upon
The American question. He said:
Hebelnved there were some great questions on
which he was afraid the Government did not alto
gcher represent the opinions and sentiments of the
people or of the House of Commons. The noble
Ear at the head of the Foreign Once, when
speaking the other evening as mt mber OF the
Government and u leader OF the Executive, said
he thought the sjmpaihies OF the majority OF the
people ofthis country were In favor OF particular
section OF those Wha were now engaged IN great
civil war In AIAerica lie might have been speak
ing his own sentiments when he gave utie:ance to
such words, but he (Mr. Lindsay cenied that Earl
Russell had spoken the sentiments OF the country
or Of the House Of Commons OH that occasion IL
might be perfectly true. that the House of Com
mons felt the prnpriety of leaving the Government
un!etered In its responsibility on this question:
The House fe that the responsibility ought
on the Government, and on II alone, because IL
was not certainly the duty Of the House TO dictate
to the GoVernmeRt what course II should pursue
In respect the civil now raging on the other
side of the Atlantic. But the noble Lord did not
express the sentiments If the people Of England
when he said that the sympathies OF the nation
were with The Northern section of that great peo
pie now unhapply eng aged in war. Iilear.l
III the peope of Eng and believed that the horf
bic war was being wag cd in order 10 put an end 10
slavery, then he could understand that their sym
palhies would nc with The Federais. We in this
country, however, had seen sufficient TO persuade
usthat they We're neither honest ror earnest IN
their profession to pat down slavery, but that
there were other reasons which induced them 10
wage war against the S3OutlerneTs. We lad seen
enough 20 know that Ii they really desired To put
down an institution which few people, he was
happy to say, IN this country admired, they would
have obtained the sympathies of very large major
ity OF the people Of this country. lCheer5.] But
when they found that the President himself en-
tered office, and made it his platform that he did
not enter Office for the purpose of putting down
slavery, aud did not intend to take any steps to
put down slavery, nor did he believe THAI be could
legally do SO, the people of England could not be
lieve that he was in Sarnest and it was In vain
for him TO attempt to support mere political cry
by endeavorins to persuade the people OF this
country that his motive for Carrying on the war
was TO put down slavery, and that upon that
Mr.. Lincoln, in his proclamation, had talked of
giving freedom to the whole of the slaves. and of
their being sent away to some district of the far
West, wheR qe foot of civilized man had never
trod; but wi.eH offered freedom these terms the
blacks had declined to accept it. They had
talked Of sending them away to some other coun-
try; but had they ever considered the possibility
Of carrying ont such scheme; had they ever cen
sidered how utterly impossible IL was TO convey
four millions Of msn. or in what ships they could
be conveyed?
The Lord Chief Baroa-Twenty Grea, Eastems
could not do 1t. Hear, hear.
Mr.. Lindsay-NO, nor hundred nor d thousand
Great Easterns. Where were they TO take them
came? Wing, if they were sent to Africa they
would have 10 endure far greater inlsercs than
they did a! the present moment. He had convers-
ed with DIR. Livingston on the subject, and DIR.
Livingston had iotsl him that II was not possible
TO conceive the amount or degradation 10 which
the black people we've subjected in Africa. (ileaf,
hear. II, therefore, they We're sent back to that
land from whence their fOrefalhers scame, they
ne Spn n an
than that to which they were subjected in the
South. fnear, hear.] Any one who gave these
questions calm consideration, aud who did not
speak upon them merely fOS the purpose OF carry
Ing with them the popular voice, would find, how
ever much he might desire 10 root ont slavery,
that any attempt to do 40 suddenly by means Of a
civil war wonid create an Immense amount OF In
jury. not merely TO the prOprietors-the white peO-
pie in tho Southern States-but to the blacks
themselves. This had been found to be the ease.
lie was surprised to find that some gentlemen,
and especially cleTeymen, had stated that the pro-
clamation Of emancipation from slavery by Presi-
dent Lincoln was humane act. Humane To
whom? II could not be humane to the slaves, VINO
were not prepared for freedom, and II certainly
would not Be humane ia the fNe or six millions of
white people In the Southern States. because the
real object and end OF that proc iasnation
henceforth be free; II any one resist you In your
desire To live, resist him, and the arms Of the
North will support you In Its resistance" Practl
cally. that Is massacre your masters. massacre
your tnsstyesscs, anu essss"cIe W'u Snhutch, 20
that you obtain your fre9siom.' Instead of being
humane pr0clamali0n, il was, In fact, a speci-
men Of the most horrible baSbarify, and
rtbte proelan alton than had ever been issued In
any part Of the world.
There was one question on which he wished TO
say wsrd-hc meant the building Of ships here
10 be afterwards used by the Confederate Govern
nent He was not going To enter into any discus
siOa she legal part Of thc question In the pres
ence OF the Lord Chief Baron but a good deal
haa been said about maiotaining an Impartial neu
eralty. tie was IN favor Of doing SO, bnt were
ihoyt II was said that they ought mot 70 al
iUw ships u be built In this country for the
eouthern States but ought they 20 allow can-
non and sIpmunitlen 20 GO out Of this conn
~ 10 spppay the : Northern statesf The
canaon now ksisg used 70 bombasd Chssiea-
eos were 0btain2a from thls e0untrys and. for
ausht he knAw, The hUn1ble GTeek Ore, Of which
90 1seh AaA heea ssi6, WAS manufactured here,
too. Ms eoulA mi sse Why hey should prevent
he eonsasm peeple keinS Supplied Win ships