The New York herald., 1863-11-05
England's Neutrality to be Supported In
Parliament.
[From tho London Times, Oct. 20.

The fixed idea OF the republican party leaders that
the government Of England could not preserve strict
neutrality the They surprised indeed that
England did not Immediately make common cause with
tho tho MSh and JOIN IN srussng out and furnishing
been construed into enny. England has been continu
ally described to tho people OF the North as hostile TO the
republic IL was asserted that this hostility ,cod
pei the government to take step by Intervention
mediation or interference Of some kind which would
ing out swift retrbution the traitors who had wanony
destroyed the grandest political system the world ever
the only thing Of which tho Cabinet Of Washington
expressed any fear But that became ever present
terror From Mr. Stewards first dispatches to Mr. Sum.
ner last speech this Interference has been deprecated,
denounced rejected in anticipation flung back contemp
tdously before It offered aud made the ground
OF the most angry threats II is singular phenomenon
that the federal government should have underaed
tho material force II had TO contend with in the ed
tualy despising the armies from which has sustained
such heavy blows, and 80 exaggerated the imaginary
peril of an English Intervention How the apprehension
arose we can understand but why should have been
long entertained ineypicabc SO far from the gish
having had to dread any agitation n favor Of
interference either side, has been supported BY all
neutral lis point ohich the feeling of all classs
an the country has been unanimous. On this 1ttcs.
Lords and the House Of Commons are influenced by the
same opinion on IT, Debate has been discouraged lest II
should involve matters that would have been useless to
discuss Yet the latest party manifeStoes in America
as violent as the first From their tone and language
might be supposed that the English people urging
the to some hostile demonstration against the
Cabinent Of Washington. Mr. Seward's request 10 be
"Ist aone' has been fully complied with, and il the
confederacy still formidable Is by no restraint from
Europe the hands that easily strike down.
The bugbear OF intervention ought to have lost terror
ns w0 o S S 70 n s oe oe
every possible opportunity, especially after every
federal reverse The decamatSn ION, against England
sbc for the defeats II We had the hostile intentions i'm
puted to u.s. the period Of disaster ought to bo favorable
for their expression But the turns Of success have no
effect whatever on the public feeling.
At tho present moment e Of evn appears unfa-
fixed idea acting the mind Of North may be shaken
by knowledge OF the present state of English feeling
In different parts Of the Kingdom the ordinary incidents
public and political lfo have furnished several
government natural unavoidable. Ministers aud
members have met their constituents in the West,
in the North in the East, In districts differing as widely
as agricultural and manufacturing interests or con.
servatve and liberal opinions can distinguish them
Yet in all the speeches made at these gatherings,
whether from tho hustngs at the municipal banques,
all parties unanimous the policy Of the govern
ment In this American quarrel The neutrality has ob-
,rued Is appreued and there i not single s,gaeen from
The addresses are as evidently In accordance with the
feeling Of those who listened 70 them Lord do Grey,
Mr.. Collier at Plymouth, and Sir r. Palmer all advocate
the Of proceeding That they are members
OF tho government and still assert that nonintervenon
no pressure from without TO sustain this question
They do not once complain that this course Is difficult
sSe w,sdom Of this neutra,y for a, the
Essex agricultural dinner conservative demonstration
II as strongly approved as by the liberal electors OF
the West There Is the slightest indication In any
quarter that the government will ind their past policy
future difficulty They will be supported in it With an
unanimy they scarcely hope 10 secure any do
mestc question. The Amercans may throw of all anxiety
since they express much OF both on this mat
ter The they received years ago did not
their apprehensons at rest Yher leaders bad deter
mined that must interfere and up 20 this hour they
have accepted no assertion that We dscamed the nten
tion altogether The spirit the has excited strength
every had from the first 10 keep OF the
contest With this resolution we may fairly resent the
persistent misrepresentation OF our policy. they
tnue TO have any effect the American mind, against all
the evidence adduced oply leave party malice 10
wear tsew on! or 70 exhaust the public creduity.