, 1864-04-29

rebel Eovsrnment as 2, sndependant n.t'ou; not
necsuse they not de-. se and expect It to BECOME
they are orpotcd to present recognition as likely
to inro1Fe them IN o war With tie United St.tes.
and pntpone rniher than hasten the realization Of
are not at varicnce with RoebCck and his fellow
aEttatorn. ~ to the result to ba obtained but only
Us 10 the means OF obta{nfngit
Nh1r, then, are the causes which have thrown
the ElavcIy-hatiDg Government and people OF Brit
ain into a position 60 strange and nnnaturall It
has Lot happened By accident hut is the resnlt Of
grcat, permanent, 0rEaulc caufes. The Prtes. the
2Fmes, the Saturday Reriezg, have done ali which
public Journals. conducted with consnmmate skill
na as e3 70 n a t Ss Rnes Se ns sn T e
create diegust and contempt at the character and
institutions Or our Sonntsy. But they could have
ance to what WIS IN the national mind and heart.
They have been believed and followed because they
told the fa1Rehooas The people wished and rejolced
The canees are to be found In the very ssrueture
and constitution Of British society.
The nhti01 ia governed by an arlstocracy. hold
one half the legislative power Of the British EN-
pire; monop9liz1ns f9r eight hundred yeaEs large
mItting them TO the Oldest one In perpetual succes
sion, controlling to great extent, the army, the
navy and what Is still more important, the church
whereby they are able to provide Ina satisfactory
manner for younger cons and the other relatives
whom this Law Of promogcn,ture would otherwise
patrimonai inheritance. This arstocrac5 cherisbes
their privileges for its descendants forever, aud
looks On the experiment OF government founded
on equality Of right and the success Of great free
and hapry nation, buflt on that foundation as tend
Ing TO ieGdcr the English people dtesatlafed with
this oristoerntic rlle, and thus to overtnru the
arisiocratic constitution Of England. And hence
they canpot but earnestly desire the utter snbver-
sion OF this republic BY any means by which 1t may
seem likely 10 be accomplished.
And Standing at the head Of the uation they arc
able to send the influence of their opinions and
wfahce down deep into the lower strata Of society,
ard bring them into harmony with hthemselvea, Sev
cral caufes conspire to bring the middle classes
into antfpathy wiab the aslstocrscy aud even the
dfseenters into acqueecence, st least In the state
church. andto excite In Them desire to preserve
which they believe TO be the only guarantee Of
| nations freedom and tranquility which man has
| ever discovered. Middle class men and dlssenteft
ere tins pr pared t9 depresa'e ths SUCCESS o. tn
rueed with the throes OF CREST revolution, and L
FORGET all their antiElAyerJ zeal In the desire fO
! the dissolution Of our Union.
| The speaker maintained that the cotton tamin'
had e1eted little influence on British opinion: tha
a IL to he traced TO three deep Organic causes ant
that England cannot render any valuable service t
the cauee Of freedom In the futurc, till she con
cents to measure Of reform In her OVID consttu
| tion, which she does not nov tolerate in concer
| tion.
In conclusion, the inference was drawn that "
in this county, arc Tar too sensitive to Euglls
opinion, ,hat man In sympathy with the spirit {
the British Government cannot Judge as candldl
o. eee az truly, or wish Ie saecees and prosperity
pa1sge whatever pertains to Us, as for bulldog
| rroW1, and We ought not to be angry with the an
nal for acting ont It's own nature and instncts b.
| 70 calmly TO- work at building on the eyeFlastr
and leave our course 70 the Judgment Of postcri
| and Of God.