, 1866-05-09

EARL RUSSELL DENIES MIR. BAN.
CRQFT,S STATEMENTS.
NIr. Bnncroftss Reply.


LORD REssELL TO NE. ADAhs.
CnEsuAx PLACE, Feb. -, 1866.
of Yesterday exf1aets from speeeh Of NJ Bsnc1oIt,
ds'asefcd & IN the HOUSE ot Representatives on the
In this speech Az. Bancroft Is represented to
hsye said, referring to the breaking cut Of the
.'1he British Secretary Of s:ate for Foreign AZ
Q, Europe thas the Great Repnbe was In it, agony;
ttat The KeDubhc was no Eore; that 4 neadssons
W. ~ tla, fssnea due b the law Of nations TO
As words pronounced on such an occasion. aud
BY 70 eminent a man as Mf. Bancrofs+ may have an
effect !as beyond she injury which ncztonat char
Mr. bancroft my denial Of tie 11uth Of bis allcca
ttont, and 10 refer him to facts Of totally opposite
soan after the news Of the rcs1*tancs in arms Of
the Sopthep States to the Government Of The Union
aI1tsed IN th.s country. member Of the House Of
bad hu1<t.
I replied IN the came debate that the bubble Of
Of Slavery sti hung about tue Culed States, It VI.
England who had made them the .ilt Of tic pot
soned garment which VAS now their torment.
,he Cnited states consented to separation Or pur-
sued The VAR 10 extremity. The great Western Re.
public would remain, happily ior the world, pow
eriul aud Independent Republic
TIC authors Of The Declasa.iou Of Independence,
in dcclsrtng for sepata'lou from Great Britain
after ennmeIatne lheir complaints Of her conduct.
.bc necessity which denouncea our eepa1a,ton, and
hold thGm+ as sse hold tue tent Of mankind. enemlea
in rar. In peace isleuds.''
That We shouI1 be enemies In war. IL easily un.
derstood but when wc ase Al peace. why should
We not hc itetds, a. the great men Of the Amerl.
can Revolution intended IL to be' If they. in tne
to period Of peace aud friendship, why should wc,
more than .hrte-quarcrs Of century after these
t,l'.y rounded On mistaken apprehension d nc:p.
| aud lending 10 Ay thc fonndlt:o OF permanent
| alteration, suspicion and tif.wilf
extensive publicly. reserve 10 myself The powes
Of making public this letter, at such time AZ eha
{sssn, {ssss at et,x,n; re'n' my dear Mr. Adams
n: s.! suhlSin an extract Of ny speeeh % the
| bstes.
Nh BANCROFT 10 Nh. ADAMS IN REr1x,
| New ionK, March y, 1866,
atF DEAR Mn: ADAMS: hayc feceiycd i1our you.
| Iy lo!p kns5slf+ 1esise. copy ol hls Letter to
1T o ecrsia s ~ N HhS1 as DE-
to Congress On the 1sth el the sssue month The
passsec which Se ctc: contains thcae three allesa
te Sfse his 81 state fE FSf
| union:" thst hc sent This view Of our co iptey
thtoueh The palaces Of Europe, and that be made
ths au,oofiy hese sfatcaens mast aeknow now
IN the 6ih Of s,ay. ISL, Lota JOIN Ra.sen, then
eondiIaon Of Amsnca a. ..the dier,pf1on Of Con.
tsdetsey, apd be further used these words !:
sia,c~ or the late Union, The GoTernncat Of he
Southern port'on has duly constituted Itself. Her
Na3estys Gover1Iaen. do rot wleh you 10 make
proof Of my 1rs. alteration
IN the aay on which 'hc Minister Of the Qar.n
Icy, lcz Ma]es,,'. Emaaseador at Paris. desIen,t-
Pe:sa i5s xt1eae ?fo gnion s9sD 's'ss Sf% III:
BE- inclosed in ,hat M despa.cb, M S1'G =; lo1d asd
ser t67s ESn: fGpa Of ,ha Tic sboys
[ acquainted with The Views Of the Imperial Govern
n,d My scSond s allegation is Therefore trae
That Lord john Rasee1l, as Secretary Of State,
as IN haste 70 do th!e appears nom big not har.
aS aHated nc a,yai o. iae Amc.,ean Minister Of
letters Of the Gh 1t May, 1s6l, 10 Lord cowIey ana
10 Lord Lyons for In those letters be contetees that
report Of the state Of affairs and Of the pFospcc1s
decision which, was 70 monentous and unprecc-
aud 'sof The public rr3nis.,'
l! Is tue tlst twcnty-onr days af,cr Lord John
aaes bad esas -
st1tes !" "the late Unlon,' be reproyed tncmheF
oi the House OF Commons ios openly cxulung s'that
hBtst." and o"ncd ''shat the 1icpubltc had hen
ior many year, great and ftee suite bal he Ut
o ,e or tnops Of ths Or
caa: vesc "about to destroy each Others haupi.
ness and freedom, Lord John, on tnat occasion,
Institution Of slaycrS, and confessed that England
was the g'ver Of thc poisoned garment - that the
former GoTctnu1cuts Of Great Bdta!n werc '.1hcm-
this confession must he Interpreted BY the light of
biz avcEments on tbe Gth Of May. 1861 and by Lord
Nnssslle lsles assertion that the edostz of our
and character Of Abraham Lincoln, it was my m
ayoidsee ont1 to 1eter 70 the conduct Of the Bit-
ith Government toward cur country duriuv his nt-
Mfntstraton, for uob,us 70 Nnupdcd his Tel.
inGs, OF exercised his Judgment, Of tried bis forth
1was asked to address the two Hou.ce Of our
Consre.s. and tho*c oaly: When learned thas the
British Munster ut Washington was Hkely 10 be
vie him not to be present, and through another
TREND sent him tfmi1ar mcssage, which he 1e.
inc naf fpsss WTs q n.aev
kingdom should he friends. have q night to sa3
public acts, and a private citlzcn / hase nevei
wished our Government to demand Of iotyicn
sF ansqs ssn He BY n.,s Sst's coo7 of ~.
which he IL at liberty 10 publish; and consldei
myclr conalty 1t liberty to publish bis Letter, ID
sash 1nls a, !, 49, sspy; am escF. my dear MI
LORD nrsi511 Faa1;ae 70 64R Gans soytEr T.. ,ec,
MI LORD: Although her Malesty's government
have received no dispatches from Lord Lyons by
ton between Washington mud New York being IN
| teirnpted, set the accounts which 3haye reached
them from some Of her Majesty'a Con.uls, Coupled
with eshat hae appeared III the public p1fnts. an
| sufficient to thow that a civil war hns broken ou
! ,cap Un1op.
Other nations hare, therefore, to consider tbt
light In which, with reference to that war they at.
| 10 rrcafd tho Con!edtracy into which the Sontnes1
States have unifcd themselves; md it appears Il
her Majcssy's government, that looking ii all The
ci,cnrtancv* OF the case, they cannot hesitate it
admit that snch ,coutedcEacy Is entitled to be con
tldt As bcit seztnf. and such Invested viii
[ all the rights and prcrocativcs OF beluscrcns.
! hare elatcd this 10 Lord Lyons in the detpatcl