New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-23

| uoH u FOUND that other remained b
iISu 20 s93agae the South. Why snOnld you deman
Dot Ehgand IN 1851 perspicaey your own President d
SHOW IN ls6S Why should yon accuse her Of sympa
enAluR Win Slavery because she did not make cOmmo
Sause with the North, who all the while prOtestip
s1 1eHeny that it did not mean to abolish Slavery
NO doubt, fsrsighed like yourself perceived ~
S nft that the success OF the North involved the DIM
t oa saVery-no doubt you looked upon the waable
uhe hrst as an anti-Slavery one, and a resp can
nnt OF your conntrymen did the same butjy tho
ahe our people Tor Judging or the questid these
puOnc acts and avOwas OF your Government tier tine
, were hlInasputably po-Slarey for long perio
Further you give our Government no cs TO Pecog
nnIess IL displayed In refusing all sOlictat 10 notice
ne the ildependenee OF the South You and that We
! mat France strongly urged to do 6nblic opinion
steadily declined, even at time whgentual success
W UTMOST unanimous IN expecting thead followed the
vi the south; you forget that II Should uudoubt
fdIy b gonr people mad set us of the South We
should nave done you did in the cdlv have done
c ana as You would undor in Ireland Pray
Eaoo vi succeSsIhl lhsurIecl Faction OF the United
! Imagine for moment what ureiand saw in ls4s-5O
Ic h mouiu nave Deeh tOWa1Ost as man, placed
100000 troops the field info or wears the great
crushing defeats, and held fos t6e Govern
puk OF 1er territory nvioay have declined to recognize
iheht dldf Would your cogi Won in 1880 nave allowed
no az re M@ out for her support AK
you Is u not almost ce independence long before four
vescs 6p q ossSS Fepeat the question Win Tegsau o
n"u Iasstu TOvince expelled the British forces
canada Had that round against all invasion for years
orotb,r ,I Ear Government nave ueSlincu W -
t tOEe5,neP, YOU'D behgerency independence is
~ would have done both, and nave gwen
ot th9quite as much assistance material anu
moral as eyng those tests of what the Hted
ST. Ur IA now do. when retaliation might pe
ss oD but as instances OF whal your an
as ec would have done twenty or tmrl !Sa'S nep'
90 20 doubt who knows the histoly Oh thu a
40 VtOple and their readiness AT all tlmes W sSi"P"
tt 669I with TebeOns. . . -. .,,o ,osol,-
necessary proof Of this to refer 70 tS wer
nCe in favor of acknowledging the independence VI
ar ew months and with far chance Of sue
cess than the Southerncrs mad IN tue hrsC SIS "a "a
greatly FOR doing far mder act than your lower House
OF Congress have just sought to accomplish 4W nnpS
1t would be in international disputes Il TIC HSpn"o "
the poet were realized
"owsd some Power the gtle giens
yorr charges against England would melt away II
the mirror faithfully held up 10 the face Vi Souf
You would then remember what you seem wholly to
have forgotten, that for several years The United states
has harbOred organization hostile 10 the Brlus clVM
whose nyowed objects are to Canada and Ireland
from our grasp; You would recall the fact that vast
bodies OF Fcnans have been drilling IN thc most open
manner i'm All your great for years past that they
have received cOunenance from many OF your mucIpa
ess No act maj know of was ever done in country
during the heat Of your struggle more he9 10 @
fellow citizens Was there more scandaous Dreach
OF international law than the Fenian Invasion OF 1aha
ground without reprisalsf Aud yet what apology has
your Government ever offered TO your peaceful
across the ST. Lawrence Depend upOn IT, when the par
is struck III the great chanceiy OF haous W
you refer the conduct OF England inc ehc9trage,eIv
your country has given to Feniansm viii Duk as largely
the aid that Southern synlath5e,s in ts ~ ,h
may have rendered TO the South Bus inc people OF ts
country are disposed to quarrel about these fcna
Ourages; they regard them as rough SOFT OF seton
against the ndcfensble dongs Of the Alabama ana her
e9nsorts they are willing let their side OF the contro-
versy slumber II you will do the same with your ,
There are O{heT "setOifs" which man OF cathoho
svmpalhies should not DO blind 10. Your ciy war IN
Glcted cruel suferings England az well 9s america.
It's very first effect was TO cut on the stan O ie from ne
millions of LANCASHIRE the great tceners OF our cotton
industry became silent with enforced idlchGs some a
million Of the most industrious operatives III iii
20 be fed dole Of public charity ana YET never
did they raise their voices III Complain u, tna' you ,i
policy had reduced tHeh 70 - tS srtbSrp
Sellers who told MS that your blockade OF the Sout
ports hut paper" Oue and That We were ehtled
to disregard II by the law OF ha'iols ih'y I
our powerful navy with the little hahdui OF war NsSs
You had when kOstities broke out ana hey aahed WHY
our people should sarye when we coiu so esS IV, ~
our way into the Southern haTbOrs aud bfs over tno
coveted material which was rOttng III the ooulu. w
Tt6stood these temptations, and they were great but
we get credit for 10 from YOU feIh1pb you w 2
that we did because were aIiald OF the NoIth,
but such was not the case Inc enormous nous pUpSI
of vour section OF the country was thcn uhuc-
even IN America Your navy was then
feeble and wholly unable 10 cope WIN GuIs NVlnDE
seemed easier from our side the Atlantic man 70 5
aside your blockade and secure ior our soc Dec1 W
cotton trade Of the South, ana along win IL noopCS
Of their commerce, which srac c1pc3 70 bestow ON
us. We resisted these enormous temptations ana We
did so because the national conscience was sir4hg
enough TO ioyerpoWer tAe eiam0r % I % t one
for all this you give us not wOi1 OF cIeut-bV NOT on
To this very day cotton Industry lahgushs ara -
well nigh ruined as dlrect consequence 3l yo. h.
CONFUSION; the splndcs ana looms OF lal.tTnilc ~
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have diminished 10 half Of what they were before Inc
war and all our efforts have failed 10 supply TINS enom'
pOverished It's former wealth has in great measure de
parted bankruptcy Is staring IN the face oneha OF our
our shores In despair OF seeing their trade no1t
ing again No portion Of the Northern staes mas
your civil war; aud this blow 10 the great hcar OF OUT
commerce has yibTated through the empire anu Ca,ru
private suffering uuequaled since the early years OF lhs
or ali this you are either profoundly ignorant or pro
hut uaD4 ~ 10,
know by bitter experience the misery oi lhc Ilst NV
years hard aud relentless policy that Ainete cam
war lnGCu ulo a., s1inpatIies we're VIGOROUSLY with
tie North aud IN their hour Of greatest need never
raised voice purchase bread al the cost OF hohor
Yes IL has often struck me that the public sentiment
% america h spgularIy harsh toward England-her
fauts are paraded her virtues are lgnOfedyOur puDc
az 1er "a anon dashed into fury by a sllful aud dis
ingenious Impeachment OF this country, but none OF
yGir publlc men are bold enough or maniul enough 10
saw kind word her defense You dwell win clever
rGpv men inc cheers which Mr. Laird evoked In Para.
nent but You say nothing about tho silent anguish OF
Iancashire You lnGane the Americans with the paudS
Won do not sOothe them with the gus OF hypa'ny "e
sent over the upon the murder OF your noble fre
dent IL Is poor craftsmanship 10 handy accusations
else might parallel the cheers gwen To Lara WIN LS
cheers your Congress gave 10 Wilkes andthe h0nos pad
TO Capt Semmes with the honOrs PAID 10 the lehIan
Head Center the floor Of Congress But nave no
love dwell these things reluctantly iccal neh
because am forced 10 make debtor as wen as credVor
That The neutrality of England was not unfair to the
North will further prove FROM SOuthern evidence fd'
est Gb hoste dOce1 ask you what temper pIeysied n
the South toward England during yOur civil strife was
IL not one OF angry dscOntcnti Dd not southern papers
Constantly abuse England for giving them what they
thought to be their righfu dues VAST not the prevail
ing sentiment OF the COHfedcracy that BRUSH neGThy
was onesded and that It's bias was not Southern but
Northerni ASK Mason and Sdel what they Thought oil
the attitude OF England and they VIII tell you thh mel
obstinate refusal recognize Southern independence
caused the downfall Of their cause. They VIII tell you
that ali Europe only waited for the signal from England
10 proclaim that tho South should be admitted INTO tnt
family OF nations, but England unreasonaby ana unfair
ly withheld that signal 10 TINS very day the Senllne
OF the South is against this country the bitterness
a great or greater than felt in the Narth; only tho
compla Is that We refused TO do that winch you accuse
us OF doing The sections OF your country attack us
nnlea and heler nrOnf cOnld be RLyen