New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-20


and families. lie also became familiar with the
many dangers awaiting the English emigrants,
especially that Of being forced into the Federal
army. LordHoward cites number of cases, in
which English emigrants were forcibly enlisted.
He expressly and more than once deprccates
any intention of bringing charges against the
Government of the United States. his object be-
ing only to warn his countrymen against emi'
grating to the United States, and to urge upon
their serious attention the great dangers which
awaited them. Yet while abstaining from
directly impugning the Government OF
the United States, Lord Howard claims to have
ample reasons to believe that there were on
the most Of the emigrant ships agents OF the
Federal Government, endeayoring, both by fair
and unfair means to obtain recruits for the Un'
ion army.
Lord Towards speech, on the whole, Is mod.
ate in its tone. 1t is free from the venom and
rancor which characterize all tho speeches OF
men like tho Marquis Of Clanricarde, Lord
Cecil, Roebuck, Lindsay, and other champions
Of the Southern Confederacy. lie does not con-
ccal his sympathy with the rebels; but does not
indulge in direct and violent invectiTes against
tho Government of the United States. His re-
ference to the recruiting agents is, however,
extremely unfair. He might have easily found
out that if there really are recruiting agents on
board the emigrant ships, they could not be,
as be sought to intimate, agents Of the United
States government, as on the State govern
ments, not the Federal government, falls the
duty of raising troops called by the President
Some of the States have now official recruiting
agents, and for ought we know, several OF these
agents may have gone to Europe to obtain re-
cruits; but Lord Howard does not bring out sim
gle well authenticated fact to show that any act Of
fraud committed against the emigrants is charge
able 10 an official agent.
Tho only point in the speech Of Lord Howard,
and in the numerous communications i'll the coll
umns of the English newspapers on this subject,
which has any foundation, is the fact that
Englishmen, on arriving in this country, have
in few instances allowed themselves to be
made drunk, and have in this condition entered
the Union army to their own subseqent regret.
Such outrages, however, are not confined to for
eigners, and We Of course, heartily unite with
Lord Howard and other speakers on this SUBJ
jec, in the wish that means may be found to pre-
vent them. But We have failed to discover IN
the English complaints any reasonable ground
Of censure against either the Federal or the
State Governments Of the Union, or for dseour-
aging emigration. The emigration from the
United Kingdom has been this year larger than
usual, and 10 case has yet been adduced that
any Federal or State officer has knowingly
forced an emigrant against his will into service.
1t is not by such disingenous arguments that
the Government and aristocrscy Of England
will be able TO put stop TO the emigration oil
sble-bodicd mon. AS long a. good land and high
wages are 50 much moro easily obtained in this
country than in England ard the English col
onics, there will not DO wanting Englishmen,
Irishmen, aud other Europeans ready to avail
themselves of the offered advantages.