The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-08

to take part in the government Of your
great country Nc Mr.. Beua.
min would have to say en- the con.
trary, the leaders Of the South have
managed the affairs Of The nation Tor
nearly lhrct-quartcrs q the lime since
the Union was formed,
Lord Russell, puzzled at these un.
expected replies, thinks moment
then suggests " Perhaps the United
States Government has laid upon yoa
unjust and oppressive burdens Of tax.
alton 2" No, reptile. Mr, Mason,
i" on The contrary, the part Of the rev
enuc derived from our sparsely set
tied States has never been equal 70
the expenditures Of the Govsrnmeni
within them our part Of the postal
service has always cost more than il
brought into the revenue and ouI
people have scarcely known they hac
government, so light we've rs bur.
dens,"
Probably, then, the Government
OF the United States has seized youI
sons aud forced them into vast stand
ing army ?" No" replies Mr. Sill
dell we Of the South were the frs
to introduce conscription on the Amer
lean continent
81 do not qeue understand nut
ters the puzzled earl. /" Were yot
wronged in the last Presidential elec
tiony Was Mr.. Lincoln elected ii
an unconstitutional manner? Were
you deprived Of the right to vo;,
against him Z" No the election,
were not tmpered with; no one at
tempted TO coerce our votes says
Mason, who remembers that he and
his fellow shareholders were the only
Americans who did ever prevent q
free and fair poll.
No eonseription. light and equa
taxation, prepondering share in the
Government, free speech, free press
freedom of worship guaranteed, and
a free and constitutional election 2
muses. the British Secretary for For
eign Affairs, " why, gentlemen, if the
Poles had enjoyed bat half these
rights, privileges and immunities, Eu-
rope would have held them mad 10
rebel, and should not have listened
to their agents for moment. What
have you then to complain Off
AT this awkward question we must
suppose a few months of awkward
silence. Then Mr. Mason replies
I" The North constantly declares our
slave system wrong" "And tie
English people agree with says Earl
Russell, but the North was always
ready TO hear your defence Of it, / be-
lieye." "The North insisted on a
protective tariff, says Slidell. But
Louisiana, your own State, was in fa-
yor OF protection for her own sugar p
suggests Earl Russell, and, "besides
/ noticed one of the first acts Of your
Montgomery Congress was 10 lay an
export duty on Cotton, which is al.
most your only ar ticle Of export
" We are tired Of the Union, and
want 10 set up government OF our
own in the South at last exclaimed
the Rebel agents, driven in a corner.
" All !" says the British Secretary,
" lbat is another affair altogether.
was led TO believe you had gross
wrongs TO be righted, and was willing
10 intercede in your behalf, according
to our English habit. But you have
suffered no wrongs, it appears; and
you have plunged your country into
war without shadow Of cause. That
is another affair F; to mediate in your
favor would be the act Of a fool and
to assist you in any other way would
be simply 10 declare war, without
cause, against friendly Government.
The pubic opinion Of Europe would
not justify such an act. | must bid
you good morning, gentlemen.-N
y Post.
The FIagand Country Avenged
Fort Sumter, from whose walls the
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