The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-20
JOHN BRIGHT ON BRITISH Intel

JOHN BRIGHT ON BRITISH INTERypy
TfON IN AMERICAN AFFAIRs.-Thn.
speeches of John Bright, delivered It RI,
mingham on the Goth, 2Sth and Goth Of IAN
uary are reported at length in the Londar
journals. One Of these speeches was deli
cred before Mr.. Bright's constituency m.
other at the half-yearly meeting Of n.
Chamber OF Commerce, and the third Al
sotree given him at the Royal Hotel at Bin
mingham. Mr.. Bright discussed EngI.
and continental politics, the land Uue,ior
and American affairs.
Mr.. SchOlefield (Mr. Bright's Parliame,.
tary colleague) having declared at the fin
meeting in Birmingham, his own predils.
ton in favor Of the South, insisting th.,
England should recognize the rebel Coz.
eminent II 1t could he done without VA
Mr.. Bright replied with the following stat.
nent Of reasons:
Il believe my honorable friend Is mi.
taken in the view be takes OF the end an
result Of what he calls recognition Of n,
South. lApplause.l l hold that If sucL
recognition did take place now, it could on.
ly exasperate still more the terrible strt|
which exists in the North American Cont
nent, and lead to the spread Of that strit
even to Europe itself. [Applause.] az,
myself Of opinion, as have been from II
Gus, so pow erful, so instructed so capat4
III every way, would settle the difficultsI
Of that continent without asking the oil
countries III Europe to take any share il
them. Hear, hear. / believe that in hi
providence OF the Supreme the slavehOlds |,
untaught and unteachable by fact or argg i
ment, or Christian precept, has been nr ]
United TO commit, / will not call i, n
crime, but the act OF suicide upon himself
Applause
whether President Lincoln be in fay(
OF abolition. whether the North are unar
nous against slavery, whatever may
said or thought With regard to the transa}
tons on that continent, he must I've de-
and blind, and worse than deaf and bin
who does not perceive that through the H4
strumentality Of this strife, that most Cd
Gus and most indescribable offense agai1sl
man and against Heaven-the slavery s1y
bondage OF four millions Of our fellow -lIvss
tures--is coming TO certain and rapidga
Applause. / will say of this questiOaast
! look forward TO the time when / sha4
stand on this platform, with my honorabl
calleage, and when he will Join with mr.
for he is honest enough and frank enoun
rejoicing that there d.
not breathe slave on the North Amerr5
Continent, and that the Union has been1
stored applause. ana cries OF mo.
And not less will he rejoice that Engla1
did not in the remotest manner, by wr1
or by q breath, or the raising Of finger, a
the setting of type, do one single thing1
promote the atrocious object Of the leads4
OF this accused Instruction. [ApplauSlt
Concerningth the Danish quarrel, Mr.. Brs.t
said:
II don't see that we are interested ID
cause the Prince OF Wales has marriedhe
daughter of the King OF Denmark. / thha
nothing would be more unfortunate, az
that nothing could be more intOlerable, thai
that while the royal family of Englandar
not allowed to marry from English citizes
snip, that, marrying abroad, they shols
therefore embroii Englishmen with qus
rels OF foreign countries. | can imagY
nothing likely to make an EnglishnA
doubt whether royal alliances can ban
any pleasant interest in them than thatail
such course should be TAKEN"