Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-04-05
SPEECH OF HON. Mr.. LAMAR, ON
THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE IN
EUROPE

! THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE IN
| EUROPE.
The Columbus TGA.l ssGUARDIAN' publish
| ed a synopsis of the speech delivered in Macon
Georgia, by Hon. T. @. G. Lamar. We pub
| lish below an extract from that synopsis whic
will be read with interest. Mr.. Lamar was
member of the old United States Congress fron
Mississippi. though reared Georgian; ne com
manded regiment in the Confederate army
until the retreat of General Johnston from th'
Peninsula resigned in consequence of beinl
stricken with paralysis, and about twelve month
ago was sent officially to Europe, whence b
returned yia Shipwreck off the North Carolin'
coast about month since. His speech wa
exceedingly interesting, cheering, hopeful ant
withal quite eloquent.
On foreign affairs, Col. L. spoke &C cathedro,
England, as o people, is almost unanimously
Southern in her partialities. Our cause wa
popular-the Yankee cause detested This wa
shown in many material ways. A Confeder.
ate loan had been effected in England for over
fifteen millions OF pounds ($75.000,000,) where
as the attempt to negotiate Yankee loan had
signally failed. Some of the weathiest men in
London and ablest statesmen in England had
subscribed literally to the Stonewall jackson
Monument fund. Several thousand pounds ster.
ling had been collected BY popular subscription
to be expended in mitigating the pains and all
leviating the suferings of Confederate soldiers,
sick or wounded, or incarcerated as prisoners OF
war at the North.
The English nation, speaking through its Par-
lament, have not, and probably will not, rec>
ognize the South, though large majority OF
the members of Parliament are sympathizers
with our cause. The Wings and Conservatives
IL. bnio
ers of England, differing on all questions of
national policy, though each speaks out openly
in it's advocacy of Southern Independence
Each of these parties, when In power, may easi-
ly he ousted by differing with the John Bright
or "Cobden," or radical party, who, though
small and powerless of itself, holds the balance
of power, and is violently opposed TO the sue
cess of the South. Any event producing a 90.
aleseing between the Wings and Conservatives,
(now not pro5abS, though at any time possi6A,)
on the American question, would result in the
recognition of the South.
Russia has spoken unreservedly against us,
because we were rebelling against anthority.-
With her ''might made right and opposition to
the CALLING yoke of tyranny was treason.
Germany was favorable to our enemies be-
cause the German States had been flooded with
Yankee emissaries, who ostensibly were encour>
aging the emigration of German laEorers to A.
merica to supply the loss of labor in the North,
created by the volunteering of the Yankee labor
ers into the army. Those of US who have met
the Yankee hordes of low Dutch on the field
know far better what disposition is made of
those immigrant German laborers.
Austria and Spain favored our cause, and had
declared that our heroism, fortitude, courage
and achievements justly entitled us to q posi-
tim among the nations of the earth.
Italy, through her Pope, who was the relig-
ious head of a vast majority Of Christendom,
and whose name was indicative of his char.
acter, had also pronounced US nation.
What the Emperor of France, that astute and
artful politician and able statesman, had done,
was well known to all. His open espousal, as
a an,of our cause, his proposal to England as a
mediator in this contest, were patent through
out the land. But as the Emperor of France he
can do nothing, simply because the Chamber of
Deputies of Paris, as national body, were o.
opposed to any schemes or prop
ositions of Louis Napoleon.
When any European official hae cited to him
the cases of early recognition by other powers
Of Belgium, Italy or Greece, the answer was
that these were cases of Intervention
and not recognition.
Col. L. spoke most hopefully of Archduke
Macmillan. The Archduke is the most popu.
lar man in all Europe. He has ever been sc, AS
was shown in the revolution of 1849 ia Italy,
when Maximilian was the Governor General of
Milan. Upon the eve of the revolution he was
secretly advised not to attend the theatre but
30 far from yielding to the advice, he left his
palace early In the evening, walked through the
streets of Milan alone, and when he reached the
theatre and entered his box, was greeted with
universal and continued applause by these very
persons, who, the next day, caused the revolus
ton. The Archduchess is young, lovely and
speaking huently German, Ital>
ian, French, Spanish and English. She is the
daughter of Leopold of Belgium, which little
kingdom, though not the first, will by no means
be the last TO recognize Southern independence
What effect upon our enemies, or this contest,
Or upon ourselves, the assumption of the throne
Of Mexico by Macmillan will have, remains to
be developed by the future. Col. L. believes
true and valuable ally to the Southern Confedu
sracy, position which could never have been
taken by Republican Mexico.
Col. L. spoke of the wonderful strides to-
wards complete naturalization the Confedera-
cy had made in the past twelve months. We
could not perceive it, because we were passing
unconsciously through the process but to him
who had been absent,it was apparent on every
hand. We spoke as a people-we acted as a
besides distinguishing ourselves
on so many battle-felds, we were completing
our nationality by developing our resources,
living upon and with ourselves, and after peace
our greatest trial will be to maintain ourselves
In that exalted position among the nations of the
world which our many virtues had secured for
Us.
He had often been asked if he did not think
republican governments were q failures Would
not the English Governments a limited monarchy
be better for the Southern Confederacy r.
To all such interrogations he thought he could
safely say-No. 'Twere easier to transfer the
English people to America than the English
to the Southern Confederacy.--
The English Government was structure whose
building had occupied centuries. 1t was root
ed and grounded in the very soil of the nation.
Her Nobility, her Lords, her Primogenture and
many other English customs were peculiarly
English, and constituted England Federatiye
hague of independent Estates while ours was
simply Confederation of independent States
No Nobility, no Lords, no Primogeniture-each
State free and independent of itself, holding re-
served rights, but delegating certain powers to
the Confederacy. A warm>hearted, truly noble,
generous aud patriotic people, such as Southern
ers are, coul5 be governed only by republican
form of government.
From NoRTB ALABAMA.-The Division of
the Yankee General Dodge has crossed the Ten
nessee River, and isveprese sented to be deyasta-
ting the country on ttis side, in the vicinity of
Decatur.
A party of State militia, about seventy in
number, under command q Captain Smith and
Colonel Samuel G. Henry, 6 the 9th Alabama