Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-30

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the Two is correct IN nis o-iiTea.e, mat
ters no; single straw. There are cer-
tain traditional naxims OF British policy.
with respect 30 foreign nations, which are Oh
served invariably by eacl' successive gov
ernment- Wing, Conservative, Liberal; it is al!
the same; and lie temporary "sympasl.ies' of
| majorties or minort;es never make that plIicr
deviate By u hairs breadth. The most unyie!d-
ing of these principles is to stimulate all WITS
that England herself can keep cut Of: aud cs-
pecaliy, and abnve things 10 conlrivN and ie-
wise that everything atoat-not BritiSh-S'ia:;,
lis far rs possible. be sunk. burned, or bnwn up.
Therefore, his Iiighness The Pacha, shall SCORER
get out Of English shpyards dozen steam eruls-
erS than Que steam ram.
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MR. LINDSAY. NJ. p, on THE WAR
| From ;he Manchester Exsa,iuor, nc, :
AZ the annual meeting Of the MIdlcscx
Agricultural Society adGrcsS were delivered
by the Lord Chief Baron and by 81. Lindsay,
NJ. 7. The former spoke upon agricultural
topics, but Mr.. Lindsay. in respor,i,rg - ,hc
toast. The House Of Commons" touched 'p"n
t::e American question.
lie said He believed there were some
great questions on which lie was afraid the
government did rot altogether represent the
opiuiCns anu sentiments ui the pe0ple ur 0i TIE
House Of CcnllnoliS. The noble Earl &t the
head Of tis Foreign Office, when speaking the
ether c:en!ng aH ;:inemhaT III the government
and L leader oi tic executive. salt: he tnught
tine synpnthics ri the majority ci' tho pcop!c Of
! this rnur;rr were IN favor % a particular Sec
tirn ol thosc Wh1 were nnw engage; n 4 great
civil war in America re might haze Lraa
h..
gayc uttcrauCc 20 such words. but he (}Ir
Lind.arl dcniel that Earl Russell lad spo-
ken the sentiments ri the country, or
Of the House Of Commons on that CccaSins.-
1t might be perfectly true tha, the House
Of Commons felt the proTrinty Of leaving the
government CnGe;tarea in its responsibility on
this question. The liuusc fclt that the re-
spo=s!bii!;y ought 10 rest on the government,
ana on il alone. because it was not certainly
the ,!;:'Y o: the liruse 10 dictate TO the gov
crnm"rt what course i! should pursue in re-
spec; {, the civil war now raging Oh the other
side rha Atlantic. But the noble lord did
not cxnrcs. the sant:nie'.7s Of riIc l..nriG Of
England when be ~aa iaat the sylnEaI!ics Of
the nation were with .hc Northern section Of
thai great pcrnlc Tow uuhanpiiy cngac"d III
war iEsaEl td41he pe9p!c c" i:nG:anG believed
that tllsfsNNtBtSrie wat wt.s being waCGi ir or
der 20 put an ca,l 20 slavery, then h. could
understand that their srnpa.!:ies wou!:i be
with the Fedc-als. We in this country how
ever, i:ad seen sufficient 10 persuade us .ha.
they were neither honest nor earnest in their
professions TO put down slavery, bit t!smt
there were other reasons which induced them
70 wage war against the SOutlerneTs. We
had seen enough 10 know that if they really
desired to put down ia institution which
few people, he vas happy to say, in this
country admired, they would hay: obtained
the s,gmpathics Of 4 yGrr large majority Of
| the peOnir Of this cOuntrY. Cheers. But
when they found that the Pra>ia"n, himself
entered office, and made it his platform tiist
lie dii aot enter Office for the purpose OF fl:t
tin. down slavery, md did not intend Ia take
any STEPS to pm; down slavery, nor did lie be-
!cye tin, he rnuld'lacally d. 50, the peoniG or
England could not believe that lie was in ear
nest, and it was in vain ior A;m ~ at:cmps to
support mereepoliieal cry by cndeav"riog
to persuade tlicss""peopie Of dis country that
down slavery. and that upon tia! ground he
was entitled to their sympa:hies. 1Ir. LIN
coin, in his proclamation, had talked # Gir-
ing irce,.,m tu the whole 0T the slaves. and of
their !,ain: sen. away to some district i'll the
Far West, where the foot Of civilized man had
ncyer troi hut when offered freedom Gn the.c
! terms the blacis had declined 70 accent it
! They had talked ii sending 'hHm awhy 20
| some ether country: hut hai they ever ccn"IG-
cred the possibility If carrying out such a
scl!omc--kad they eyer considered how utter! j.
impossible it was to cgnrey fur millions If
mon, or in what ships they eonld be con-
veysd?
TIE LsRD CHIEF BAEoH..-Twenty Great
Easterns could not do it. lliear, hear
Mr.. Linlsay-No, nor u hundred nor q.
/ thousand Great Easrrrns Where were they
TO take them to? 70 Africa, from ,-,lcncc
their fUrefnthors came? Why, If they we're
sent to Africa they would have to endure inr
greater nlierics than they did at the present
moment. Ne had sonvsrscd win nr. hiv-
ingston on the subject, aad DR.. Livingston
had told him that il was not possible 10 co1-
ceiye the amount of degradation TO which The
black people we're subjected in Airica.
(EIear, hear.) If, therefore, they We're sent
back to that land from whence their freiat!!-
ers came, they wculG be s"nt to an AMOUNT OF
misery far worse than that to wh;rb tie; were
sn!jectcd in the South. clear, hear.l Any
orc who gave these questions calm consider
] alton, and who did not speak upon them
merely for the purpose ol carrying with them
the popular Voice. would find, how ever, much
he might desire to root out slavery, that any
attsn,p. TO do 50 suddenly by means OF :;riTii
I var would create an Immense amount "t i!i-
! irry, not merely 20 the rroprictors-thc white
! reoale in the Southern Statcs--but 10 tho
| blacks themselves. This had been found 10
| BE the case.
| He was surprised to Gnd that some gentienIcn.
and especially ccrgynen, mad stated tha: tie
| proclamation OF emancipation from slavery hy
| President Lincoln was Il humane act. Humane
| to whom! It could rot be humane 90 tie slaves,
who were not vet prepared 70: Freedom, and It
| ct rtairy woTi not be humane to the five or six
millions of white people in the Southern States.
because the lca object aul end OF that procafna-
| tion was nothing more nor less than this -
You black men heHcoeerth be free If Any ore
resist you in Teur desire to live, resist "ir'. aud
the arms of the North will support you in It's r'-
/ sis.apce." Practically, that IS, "NassacT" wear
masters, maSs:cre your ms!resses. uEd ElGss:cr2
their children, 50 that yon may obtain your :'ee-
| dom" isSteai nf being Il humane proc!am2-
ton, it was. in fact, &spaciinen o the most hor-
| ribio barba:itT, aud more terrible proclamation
| than had ever been iss;iei III aiiy part of the
| world. There was one question OH which Eo
| wished to say wGrd liz GaaHt the building q
| ships here to be afterwards used by the CuIied-
| crate Government He vas not going 20 enter
into any discussion nn thc legal rart of the ques
| ton IN the presence Of the Lord CEiei Baron:
but rnod deal had been sail about maintaining
all impartial neutrality. He was in favor Of doing
SO. but we're they! II was said that they ought not
| allow ships to be built in this country for the
Southern States but ought they 10 allow cannon
| and ammunition to go out Of this corntry' to
supply the Nortilern States The cannon now
| being used 10 lombard Charleston vas obt.iuad
from this country. and, for aught he knew, the
horrible Greek fire, Of which 50 much had been
said. was manufactured here. too He could mol
see why they should prevent the Sontkerm people