Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-21
THE BRITISH TORIES AND THE REBELLION.

The leading politicians of the Tory
party in England are greatly distressed
in view Of the sudden termination OF u
civil war and the complete restoration OF
the Federal Union. From the beginning
of the struggle they had looked forward
with perfect confidence to its result as IN
evitably fraught with destruction to the
Republic; and now the triumphant de-
monstration which our loyal people have
made Of energy ane devotion IN sustain
ing the Government startles them with
new fears for the safety of aristocratic and
monarchical institutions IN Europe. AT
a recent public meeting in England, MIR.
Roebuck, a prominent member Of the
Tory party in Parliament. speaking with
reference to our civil war, used the fol-
lowing venomed language:
81 am quite sure that if the South had
been recognized, great good would have
been done. In the first place, the AFRO
CANT, the overbearing, and great Republic
of America would have been split in two,
and, for the safety of Europe, this Is re-
quired."
The reader may remember that Mr..
Roebuck is the same distinguished mem
Der of the Tory party who, after visiting
Louis Napoleon, about two years ago,
arose in the British Parliament and de-
clared it to be the immediate duty of Eng
land and France to recognize the indie
pendence of the so-called Confederate
States" Mr.. Roebuck, in his recent
speech, from which we have given an ex-
tract, clearly exposed the object for which
a large proportion of the aristocratic pol
i~ticians of England have struggled during
the past four years. Feeling that the sue
cess of republican government in Ameri-
ca would be highly injurious to monarch
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the inauguration of our civil war as lnev-
itably fatal to the Union, upon the main
tenance of which our popular freedom
depends. Hence they want the great Re-
public of America split in two" either
section of which might then become az
easy prey to the ambition and power OF
nations abroad. The sentiment uttered
by Mr.. Roebuck in his hatred for the
Union should stimulate the devotion Of
| every American citizen tosthe free instItu.
tions under which we live. The glory Of
those institutions is forcibly acknowledge
| ed by the efforts of the foes of republican
governments in foreign lands to Overturr
them. The triumph of the Union over
the late rebellion places the Republic In
a more enViable attitude among the ma
tfons of the earth than 1t ever occupied be-
fore, for its strength and endurance un
der the mightiest assaults of Its enemies
have been gloriously demonstrated. How
pitiful are the croakers in the midst of uc
who whine over the results of the late ter.
rifle struggle when the avowed enemies
of the Republic abroad are doWneast il
view Of the grand illustration We have
givenof the durability of enlightened
democratic principlesl Every utteranc'
from the lips of an English %aristocrat de
preeiating the success. of u arms ant
rastorafi on nj tba Hninn should bFiQhteI
the hopes andrconfdenee of every Ameri
can citizen as to the future of the natioI
! and perpetuity of our libertIes.-LouiS
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