The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-26
var. EOebnck on the American
WAR.

At a meeting of the people of Sheffield,
Mr.. Roebuck in the course of his address
said as follows =
Now | come to the last grand count in the
Indictment, and that is, my opinions about
America. e. Yes, that's it, The last time
| expressed my opinion III this town about
America was in this very square. {" 1t
was" and hear, hear.") And the people
of Sheffield upheld my opinions. tHear,
hear, and " No, no.') say they did. They
OutvOted You turning to the malcontcnts,
who retorted by again crying No, no.
They outvoted you. (No.) Can you look
me in the face and deny it? 1The Mayor
asked for order.l There was a meeting like
this the opinions of that meeting were
taken, and the gentleman who opposed me
said, You have fairly won the fight"
Hear, hear, cheers, and so he did, But
what then? Was | wrong? g. Yes" No."
and Mr.. Clegg, Certainly say | am as
opposed to slavery as you-(hear, hear)-
but there are many ways of getting rid of
slavery. One is to get rid of the slave.
That is being lone at the present moment.
They are dying by hundreds of thousands.
g. Where 2" and "No."0 | then said, and |
say now, that the best way OF emanclpating
the slaves was TO do II gradually and care
fully-tO fit them for freedom, and by that
means not TO incur the horrible guilt of kill
ing many millions of your fellow men.
Laughter.) That is all | need say about
America. g. How about recognizing the
South ?') | am quite sure that if the South
had been recognized great good would have
been done. (Cheers.) In the first place, the
arrogant, the overbearing, and great Republic
of America would have been split in two
CHEERS and 4 hiss)-and for the safety of
Europe that Is required. C'No.0 You
have not played out the play yet, my good
fellow. (Laughter.) BY and bye you will
see what will be the result; and | say that
policy was a wise policy. 1t was not
accepted by the great council OF the nation;
and what did | do When | found that the
House of Commons was resolved not 10
acknowledge the South, | held my tongue
about the matter, Cheers, and a cry of
"Good.') | have never mixed in a debate
about America since. | felt that III that
great assembly every word peals throughout
the world, and that every word | utter, IN
trumpet to all mankind. | did not speak /
accepted the decision of the House Of Com
mons; l thought think it wrong, and |
hope that my country may not find that |
was right. (Chcers.)
At a later period in the evening 4 man in
the crowd came forward, amid much hooting
and clamor, and asked whether the mere
acknowledgment of the South would have
been any benefit TO them or Us?
Mr.. Roebuck.-Thc reason | advocated
the acknowledgment of the South was this
| believed that if England and France unit
edly had acknowledged the South the North
would have ceased TO attack the South. |
was quite certain OF that. As a statesman
| answer, it is n matter which ! have long
considered, in which 1 had no personal in
terest, but in which England had great inter-
est. | will tell You what England's interest
is. "a voice Not 10 acknowledge the
slave power.") We have acknowledged the
power ever since the United States
were guilty. We have acknowledged it in
every quarter of the globe. e. The more
the shame.'l 1t is all very well to say the
more the shame, but we have done it. Nv
reason for desiring the acknowledgement of
the South was this, | wanted the great repub-
lie of America TO be split into two. |
honestly and openly confess it and if it had
been so it would have been better for us.
Now, another thing; where we have sent
20,00Ol. or 3O,0OOL. of property TO America
during the war, if peace had come with a
separation of the States we should have sent
30.OO0i. or 4O,000i. Merely looking At the