Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-29


gestin. all that is opposed to virtue sad
dscensy, honor and humanity.
SPEECH OF EQS. MR.. LAMAR on TIE
CONFEDERATE CAUSE IN EUROPE.
We have incidentally referred tO the speech
of Hon L @ G Lamar, delivered a few daya
ago in Macon, 0eorg O.. We frd in the
Guardian" 4 synopsis Of his address. MIR.
Lamar, tho reader is aware, was Q member OF
tho Did Uuitcd States Congress from Missis
sippi,. though reslcl Georgian; be COM
mandei /. regiment in tae Confederate army,
until The rctrea: of Genera! J,hnston from
the Peninsula; resigned IN consequence cf
being stricken with paralysis, aud about
twelve months ago Was sent Ofti 'jally to Eu-
rope. whence he ras"-ued ria ShipWreck Of
the y. rta C.Tvln:: coast ahuut mon ii since.
His speech Was exceed,nsl ~ interesting, cheer
irc, hopeful AID wi,!;ii quito i dunni.
Or iorcis1 affairs CJi l.. spike sr cathsdra.
Enslaud, as q people, is aimos. unnniuuusly
Southern IL h,r rers:alitits. Oar cause WAS
pupuia.--the Ia, kae Cause Geiestsd This
was shown in macy a>aterial WAYS. A C"n-
federa.e loan Lad been atectoi in E,slaad for
ever fifteen m:iho"s o. pounds ($75 600 OOO,)
-rho-nns the at,elu1!t ta negotiate q Yankee
loan hal siSn";l, fa led. SJme OF the wal
tliicst men IN London 4 abless statc5n'Hn in
England had subscribed libe rally to the Stone
wu.l ia kson Monument fund. Several thou
sand pounds sterling had been cjllccrc1 by
popular subscription t, DO eXpends1 in miti-
eating tho psrs aud aliariatlng tho sutferings
Of Confederate soldiers, sick or wounded, or
incarcera,eA IS prisoners Of wir at the 'r,i
The Epg!isa n.ti1n. speak NJ through it's
Parliament, lave not, and probably will Ros,
recognize the S,uth, though larse majority
Of tne members Of Parliament are srmpath!-
zers with our cause. The Wings aud COnser-
vatives a7o the TWO leading and equally bal
anced powers of ENGLAND, Offering Oh al,
questions Of aitioAa! r0!icT, though each
speaks cut openly IN it's advocacy 0t Southern
independsncc. Each Of these parties, when
in ,wer, moy ensiy be ousted b0 ftrlng
wirh ,nc join Bright" or "CJbden," or
radical party, wh" rn,u-h small and power
les of itHcli, hsids the b"l lnce Of power, and
is violently opposed to the success of the
South. Anv eveRt producing ccalcs ing
batwecn tho Wings and Conservatives. (now
not probable, thong at any time posstble,) on
the American qn, sion, would result IN recog
milton nt the South
Russia Lad spoken un.rseTredl7 against US,
because we were rcbo hog against authority.
With her might mado right and opposition
TO the CALLING yoke Of tyranny was troas'n.
Germany was favorable to our enemies be-
cause the g :rinan States had been flooded
with Yankee emis+4rics, who nHtenslbly were
encouraging the oInigra:ion Of German labor
ers to America TO supply the l"sa If labor in
tho n rth, created by tho volunteering Of the
Fankec latorers into tho army. Thos" OF US
who have met the Yankee horics OF l1w Dutch
on the battle 6aid know far better what dispo-
sition ;s made Of taose Immigrant German
laborers.
Austria and Spain favored our cause, and
had declared that our heroism, fortitude, cour-
age and achievement Justly entitled us to
positinn among the na'i)ns OF the earth.
Italy, through hc- Pope, who WAS the relig'
ions head of Il vast maj ,rity Of Cnristendom,
| and whose rame w::s Indicative OF his char
seter, had al'o pronounced us nation.
What the Emperor OF France, that astnte
and artful politician and able statesman, had
| lone, was we'll koown to all. His open eapou-
| sal. as q man. cf our cause, his prusal to Eng
| land as mediator in this contest we're patent
,hreu sauut the land. But as the Emperor Of
France no can d. nothing, SIMPLY because the
Chamber Of Deputies o Paris rs national
body, were overwhelming opposed to aoy
schemes or propositions Of Lnuis Napoleon.
When auy European rfical had cited To
him tho cases Of carly r'cos lsion by other
o ,wers of Belgium, Italy or Greece, the an.
aver was Invariably that these were cases OF
intervention o. 4 not recognition.
Gel L. ap,k. most hopefully Of Arehduke
Macmillan. The Archduke is tho most pop
ular man in all Europe. lie has ever been so,
,s vas shown in the revolution of lsf9. IN
Itaiy. when Mas!miiian was the Governor
/ General Of Milan Upon tho eve of the revo,
lu ion he was secretly advised nos to attend
the theatre. bur 80 far frdm yielding to the
dy CO, he lett his alaee early in the evening
ws,kod through Il Q streets Of Milan alone
and when rs reached tho theatre and entered
nis box. ras greeted with universal aud con
tiuued applause by those worry persons, who
the next cay, caused the revolution. Iht
archdnchers is young. LIVELY and accomplish
ed. speaking fluentiy German. 1t ,lian. French
Spanish and English. She is tue daughter nl
| Leopold OF Belgium. which little k ugd, m
though not the first will by no means be the
last to recognize Suutheru independence -
| What effect upon our cncmies, or this contest
| or uocn ourselves, tho assumption Of th'
throne Of Mexico By Maximillan will have
remains to be developed by the future. Col
II. believes Southwestern Empire will DO
true and valuable ally to ths S,utbern Confed
sracy, position which could mover have beer
tax n by Republican Mexico.
Col. L. spoke of the wonderful s'1l 'es to
wards complete nsticnaliz .lion the G 'ntede
raoy had made in the past twelve MOUTH