Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-09

But the question being SUB iu:Sies, We have to
inquire aE what point the transactions then
were.
Il sppeArs to me, sir, that they were exactly
at this point; that the GOvernment believed GER
tain things were being done by the Confederate
had 70 be Illegal that they brought those things
before the courts of law, snd that, a. far Is we
have now gone; the courts Of law have decided
against The Government. No doubt there was
an sppeal, and that appeal Il know not what
may have happensd today is still $40 jHdies.
Therefore, we may say that the Government, on
mere suspicion, are about to demonstrate with
the Government of the Confederste States.
That is my irst position. The next one is that
the frst minister Of the Crown hAs stated as bis
polcy-and every other member Of the Govern
ment who has spoken on tha subject has said
the same thing-the first minister has stated that
they wish to maintain the siTiesest HsEtrality
between the Federal snd the Confederate States.
Now believe that the noble lord st the head OF
the Government really desires TO do that; bat
am afraid that the noble lord at the head Of the
Government is not altogether master of the Gov
! ernment. There are other powers 10 the Gov
ernment, and there is one great power that
| think sone1hzt oTershEdoWs him and the whole
: administration. Hear, hear. The noble lord,
the irst minister, mss wen for himself not only
the confidence of the country, but believe its
thing that be says he will do we have perfect
confidence That he means 10 do. But there is
: another power by the aide Of that noble lord,
and q power such as has always appeared in the
liberal government Of this country since the
days of the revolution.
, We have always had some member Of what
is called revelation family in liberal admin
! istrAtion, who has governed, perverted, and de-
atroyed it. Laughter The person to whom
I aliuds is Earl Rnsseh; and l may say that
+ the honor of England in his hands has not
, shone forth with the brightness that l could
: have wished. Hear, hear. Let us 90, sir,
, from China to Japan, though that lis not far.
J Laughter And if go farther, if l 90 to
J Poland, then to Denmark, and lastly to Amer
ics, in every case fud that the honor, The name
of England, has been taraishsd by what has
taken place. Hear, hear Sir, I have read
| the dispatches on this matter and the feeling
predominant In my mind was that Of dire hu-
initiation. Hear, hear. felt that the honor
of England was not upheld as it ought to have
, been, snd that the strict neutrality which the
noble lord, the first minister, processes, and pro-
fesses honestly, 1 am sure, was not maintained.
| Why, sir, the tone used was, in the first place.
: like the scream Of eoekstoo or the seolding
r of gn angry woman. Laughter The end
was most unequal to the beginning, the words
} were big but the deeds were the least possible
The noble lord, the Foreign SeeTsssr seemed
/ IflEnLe0ou 0y Inc DluSkcL OF the 6Q6fAl ATON-
eminent, and the moment Mr.. Adams threat
ened war he erouehed before the menace, and
England seemed to lose her position among the
nations. Hear, hear That being the case, sir,
l feel that have perfect right to inquire what
is the neutrality which the noble lord processes,
and what is the state OF the two peoples be-
, tween whom we profess to be ueutTsl7 Now,
: first and foremost, we may supply centTaband
Of war, We supplied Il TO both sides. No differ
| eTPa W hat kavar fhara T'ha uzrk khfur hat vyo
have supplied is the men, who have gone in
hundreds and thousands from this ceuRtFy to
America and enlisted as soldiers to fgh. her
bsttles. A very small number Of cur men have
: gone and enlisted in tho navy OF the Confede-
rate States, ssd then comes Mr.. Adams and
says: Aye, but these sailors Of yours have
| chased from the face Of the waters American
commerce" Laughter. But where is the diff
: ference between this and what has been done
by our own men in AmsricAi They have en-
listed as military men, and whers psscs and hap
piness reigned before they hsvs bean made the
instruments Of spreading wide snd desperate
desolstion. Hear, hear.
The whole proceedings Of this American war
are blot upon human nature. Hear, hear.
|, And wheR / am told thst I should have syn
patby for the Northern States of America, turn
IN absolute disgust from their hypocrisy. Hear,
hear. They are corrupt, they are base, they are
coWardly, and they are cruel. Hear, hear, and
a Oh!l You say "0h {" but l want to know
what they have said of Englsnd, and whether
they have not said far worse than that of her
But maintain that She spectacle they have sx-
hibitsd is truly deplorabls and debssing. Sir,
there are two things which our law distinctly
prohibits, and the attorney-generGl can correct
me if I am Wr0ng. Tho first of those two things
Is the supplying Of ships, armed and equipped,
to State at war with another State with which
We are in friendship. This is said to have been
done in this country with respect to the Confsd
erate States, and that matter is now sE6 JUDGE
The attorney general, with all his Reumsn and
power OF persuasion, has not been able 10 con-
vince jury of his counlTymsn that our law has
been broken by the Confederate States Of
America.
The next thing is the onlisting of men here to
6ght in the cause Of the FedeTalS, and that is
/ what is now being done in Ireland. The right
honorable bsronet, the secretary of the Lord
Lieutenant, last year acknowledges that the
| government Of Ireland was perfectly aware Of
what was going on IN Ireland at that time
hear, hear land At ths present momeut we
see it broadly stated in the Times newspaper
that the same thing is going on now. Hear,
hear. say, then, as you have determined to
remonstrAte with the ConfsdeFsts States on mere
| susPicion-for you have carried it no further
| are you prepared nov, on mere suspicion, to re-
| moRstrste with the Federal States on their en- |
| listmengof men in Ireland for the purposes Of
the war in Ameriesi Hear, hear The ques-
| ton is clear, definite, understandable. l have |
perfect faith in the noble lord at the head of the
government, and that he viii give me q catsgo- |
neal answer and If he determines not TO make /
that remonstrsncs hope he viii be able to /
make it clear to the House that he has g good
resson for that sbstinence on his part.
myself feel that on this occasion the honor
OF England Is at stake that we have under the
thTeat-for il Is . threst-ofa war with America,
determined IS far Is We can 10 depnve the Con
federste States Of any assistance they can derive
from this country. Hear, hear. Into the real
eehnRs OF the noble lord will not enquire I
rather guess l know them. A laugh. fancy
he is not Federal, but Of that don't ssk him
to give any enuncistion. A laugh. Anil
presume 70 do is to ssk him TO be that strictly
neutral person he is said to be, and that he will
stand 1p sgainst any and every power I don't
care what or where, that power may be, that
would endesvor to eoeree him TO be q party sof
that Lish kind of neutrality which is al on one
side. The question have to ask is this: As
the solicitor genera hiss stated that it is the in
tenton OF her Majssty's Government to remon-
strste with the Government Of the Confederate
States upon their employment of agents for ilIe-
gsl purposes" and as the first lord of the treas-
ury has declared that the Government of her
Majesty desired to maintain the strictest nsu-
lrality between the Confederate and Federal :
States, is it intended to remonstrsse with the !
Government of the Federal States upon the en-
ployment by them Of agents in Ireland for the
purpose Of eDlisting as soldiers the subjects of
her Mnjsstyf Hear, hear.
rHE MEXICAN QUESTToN-THE EMPEROR MAX {
.IAILIAE IN LONDON.
From the LOndoE Star, March I4I t
His Imperial Highness, the Arehduks Maxi
ailian, of Austria, the future Emperor of Mex. c
co, accompanied by the Archduchess and q
1umeTous suite, arrived Rt Cslais. BIZ enacinl | z