Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-29
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TUESDAY. SEPT. 40, 1868.



The London Herald in behalf of the Eng
lsh tories, assais the British ministry tor de-
tanning the iron clads that Laird & Co., have
constructed for the rebels. Some of its ex-
pressions and arguments on this subject, are
noteworthy. This tory organ deems it very
strong thing to say against Mr.. Bright and
the other liberals in parliament, that they
"sympathiZe with the northern democracy"
and "hate southern slavery as an GrtSt0c'dtte
institution" They are, controlled by ''parti-
zanship," says the London Herald; that is to
say, it is their antsgonism to the pretensious
and influence of the British aristocracy that
leads them to take the side of the north
against the Shareholders rebellion. OF
course the British tories can not af-
ford to say panty that Mr.. Bright
and his friends advocate great principle,
with which arstocracy slavery, and all other
institutions that trample on the rights of man,
are alike inconsistent. 1t is very plain, how
ever, that this organ OF toryism finds partizan
antagonism in every English manifestation of
sympathy with our government, and partizan
support in whatever speaks and works i'll be-
half OF our southern traitors.
The aristocrscy OF England have for slave
ry feeling of brotberhood; and they would
rejoice to see the slave power suppress our
free institutions and transform the - Great
American Republic into a despotism con-
trolled by Shareholders. Doubtless the ''pe-
culiar institution " OF the south seems to the
arrogant ruling class of England "poor re-
lation," rather seedy, and not yet gen.
teel enough to be received" with all the
honors; but a relation, nevertheless, in whose
fortunes they are strongly interested. They
now receive slavery very cordially, by
way of the back stairs, because it may do
them an important servic by destroying the
American republic, and, thus, checking the
growing tide of liberal sentiment that threat
ems to emancipate the people of Europe and
bring aristocracies and monarchies to grief.
This is why Great Britain has shown so much
hostility to our government, and studied
eagerly to devise methods of rendering aid
and comfort to our southern ''confederacy"
of traitors; and this is why so many of the
English ari9tocrats have lately changed
ground on the slavery question. While
slavery could be described as a sin and
disgrace of the American republic, they
could denounce it in the most approved style
of self-righteousness but when it had bred
and organized a conspiracy to destroy the re-
public, it could be recognized as their friend |
and they began to call it brother.
There is another point in the London Her.
AIDS article to which our attention is drawn
After intmating how much support the Brit
ish aristocracy may expect from the consist
ent and conservative craftsmanship of the
south, ana urging that the slave power t"r
United States is the ''natural ally" of Great
Britain, that journal goes to show that
England can allege ''defense of her freedom
as a commercial nation" as good reason for
fighting, Unnecessary, in support OF the as
serted right to build and fit out war
vessels for The ''confederates." England
has done many very atrocious things
in support of her pretensions as manufac-
turing and commercial nation. At the pres
ent time, she is endeavoring to compel the
Japanese to buy her goods, and thus MAIN
tain her workshops and keep alive the bust
ness of her merchants. 1t is not very long
since she waged war against the Chinese, to
compel them to buy the opium produced in her
East Indian provinces. We know very well
how the natives of India are treated, in order
that her merchants may thrive and her
manufacturers sell goods. She is always
hunting for market, and always ready to
seek control of a market, by fair means or
foul. One may well hesitate to say what she
would not do in behalf of this kind of Gree
dom" for her commerce. We may, however,
believe that she will hesitate to provoke war,
in which she would surely lose prestige, and
also cut herself off from the only grain mar
ket where she may procure a sufficient supply
for her people; but her toryism submits to
this restraint with an ill grace, and takes pains
to show how it would treat US, if it dared.