The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-06
Friday Morning, Oct. s, 1866.
BRITISH AID TO rHn REBB1,fIoN,

BRITISH AID TO TEM REBELLLoN.
e ill., The following article from the Philadelphia
Press cfFrd1y last, puts the British sebscrb-
ers to the rebel loan lhsaded 5y the Rt Hon.
aa 4es e tAssrt Gladstone, British Chancellor of
the Exchecauer} in a very damaging posi-
Ioa FasE Hs'ssy, ton:aU yyaaH 81 q SasG = .gls
Suppose tbattlle Fenials or the Canadians,
i1aa xEA ort New zealandeTs, the Australians,
the Hottentots, dissatisfied with England
fi were to assert their national independence
and, breaking into ope rebellion commence
war against Queen Victoria; suppose that
they Came hther through their agents, and
ootlined a loan OF money, to the amouut Of
a0o3 b@ssRRs cSsR s nGR S psS who had more
thereby supplying said borrowers with the sim
ews OF WaT, Weie four oE our senators, six of
ass tne menpe.s @ M ' q, ne House OF representa-
bankers, merchants and newspaper proprie-
tors and editofs-what would be thought and
said OF the transaction in England What
indignation would be expressed ia Parliament,
and what fiery renonstrances would that sPo-
lite Leter-W fdgety Earl Russell, heap
1 7t ir upon Mr. Adams, sagacous and diplomat
ic minister in London 80 .s1a
Fwoull be complained, not without cause,
5 eksoSs gas SeaqOgs and n peF0ns GScgpyng
''tse is to manifest their sympathy with rebels and
traitors.
Now this is precisely what has been done IN
kA England The South attempted to break up
the Union which bound all our states togeth-
w er into one great federation, which made us a
MI ftl b Union, and certain srersonsn England. who
surely ought to have known better, opened
y ~ their purse, notw thstanding Queen Victorias
1tS "a ostentatious proclamation OF neutrality, and
lent those rebels vast of money to help
them in their treason. -Four peers OF Parlia-a
M 1sn Gsnsbg 9i'af 5 t4s aafqa5 S6 Bah Lord ord
Lord Wharnclife severaly took stock in the
confederate loan to the total amount of 1885,
az ar-.- fg OO0 Six members of the House of Com
mons, namely, AIR. Beresiord Hope Mr. w s.
N& Lindsay. Mr.. John Laird (yho built the Ala
bamal Mr. George Peacock, Mr.. W. H Grego-
y, and mr.. Gladstone, Went into that loan to
fhA the extent sof S455 900 Two baronets aud
diapidated dowager (aunt OF the Earl of
doa a Westnoreland committed themselves the
extent of S1,975O00 not one sixpcnce OF
which they viii see again-So, in their
lag case, the crime carries its own punishment
witllit Yet it seems, people may do this in
England against us, which, If done here
@ @ ssss Rs Ea2 g. s9 s iJss E Bs g. y 3 5 TsnsI S
this case, what is sauce for the female Of the
domestic iowl OF the genus, is not sauce
+ sserrSi n for the male bird OF that family IS s +
q 4f&kbA Still carrying on the imaginary ease of emil
nent statesmen, law-makers and othersinye |
ing largely In a loan to aid abet and encour-
r1IT "a a age enemies, Or revoted subjects Of England,
s4sAA suppose that President, whose position
closely resembles that of the British Premier,
~ ss tor the Queens rank is abut guinea's stamp
4,s flour Pres dent had private secretary, grand
son Of his wife; that this secretary had at
tanned the not immature age Of thirty that
he, disregarding the proprieties of his conf
IDNA ss g bs RG Rf9 oS gPsRB aBal o Woa GEss sSO
o sg09a ton and Russell say TO that? We find that
rq5 s,r the Honorable Evelyn Ashley, grandson Of
e,as 4ae Lady Panerstop and son oi4th Ious Earl
of SALISBURY, who famous before the res
bellion for his Exeter Hall oratons against
sayery--we find this young gentleman, who
probably copied out PaImerstoa's draft Of the
neutrality proclaIna nation-we find him invest
PA bra ing $500 in Ioan tlie ayowed and specific
a1elao9 destination of which war against
si53ga9s the United States with which Queen Victoria
e saiaa1a proposed to be The most hfeAdIy terms
H IAT8T Lastly, suppose that anyInember the cab
i0 gIo met at Washington- viii say Mr.. Seward
gytFLo8 Whose duty tits 10 1ntsin ancsbe rela
400 gas tons between the Urite States and foreign
"a lsv b powers-suppose that ne should plant $4,000
a4- in rebel loan, be applied toatha detrnent
OF England Say that, in addition, while thus
Ia M secretly but soldly aiding the enemies OF
fts,5 England he were to make public speech in
h In what terms would PalmeTstan and Russell
r. ss..5 berate him for his urlseelnly conduct i, q .
reversing the picture-what MIR. Seward
never did and never could have done-lias
been done by the right honorable Wilia F
30 sSt Gsastons SsS gas q Queen n yiefqg9s sh pyy
"a cabinet because he occupies the responsibIe,
position of chancellor of the exchequer. That
QeInap, bound asa British subject to obey the
lawful command Of 4neen Victoria; doubly
5rio sH bOundby his oath Of Offices andwho had him
s3ifgl self attended the caDlet meetings at which
the neutral policy Of England, during the late
' o civil warhere, was expressly and selenny de-
sioqe cared and conmandedbe, playing false to his
sovereign and rifing with his OATH paid out
ten thousand dollars, or two-ifths OF his years
81 salary, into the seonfederate" treasury, and
-trr Il then to "bul that loan in the money Market
is aai7 went Newcastle, where he declared; after
ge dinner that were fighting for conquest, and
e that Jefferson Davis noW of Tertess Monroe,
5.fias & fighting for Independence, and had esab-
Us I'D & lished great empire ia the south. ~
ebsianed We state plain facts which he who ruds
IsI l read, When Palnets grandson and pri-
Vate secretary lent money to the rebels, and
s when GLADSTONE his colleague in the cabinet,
laW did the same, who can wonder at sympathy for
- England?p s.l1 ssS's7'. ~
i99s ssqe as TfIasT IN AUSTRALIA msal 81