The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-30
our ENGLISH USISS.
English Views OF the Presidents Mes
sasc-Thc Question or Sentimental
GricSanccs-Thc Extent of English
sympathy with the Horth-No SYM
P"thy with the Present Attitude.

GricHanccs-Thc Extent of English
sympathy with the North-No Sym
pnthy with the Present Attitude.
Tom Hughes, the wcll-knuwn author of
tom Brown ut oXrord,'' IL now one OF the Bng-
llsh correspondents OF the New York Tribune III
his lust letter lie says:
Your Presidents message has OF course been
the chief item Of foreign news with ny In the past
week His review or the progress OF rccOnstruc-
tion, ni ol The rapid advance Of the freedmen
throughout the South, la, only confirmed the views
Of all wcll-inrormed people here; AMI the Official
announcement OF your continuing AMI increasing
pleasure. When shy this thrcc.ronrIils OF your
readers probably wllnot believe me- nevertheless
state nothing hut the fact; ana that may not
be accnst,l OF writing only whnt think will please
YOU, let me turn to that part OF the message which
rcicrs To the unsettled claims between us. ,lo
not the least blame your President for putting the
ca5e rs he does for am sorry to admit that lie Is
only the faithful moutllplcoe In SO doing OF the
nation lie represents; but do say tha' by this
time, there ought TO be among you NJ least u mt.
look ut the matter OH both sides. Wha, IL this
great wrong wholly unatoned for" which Is
yo Py w writer Sensitive nG psoS
conscious OF Its power Is brootling over,
and ircasuring up, against some great day of
stopped the Alabama ami didn't, we have admit
TED for all practical purposes; for no serious
statesman or writer has maintained tic contrary
since The excitement OF the war has cooled down.
We formally agreed to pay whatever damages
may he awarded ON this account, or on any otIior
that you like TO bring into question: aud It was
no uo'nE oI ours tias the agreement was set
aside aside: your whole case Is conceded, so far rs
o,lsy ask us TO pay cittont reference to nrbitrn.
Hon. What other atoncmcnt do you wanty Well,
am tod both by American friends, and over
and over again by our press that The real grcv-
ance Is sentimental; that Jour feelings are IN.
must maintain that if we are To- con,lnc ourselves
10 sentiment weiavc our grievance too. Let inc
,s , i,e cyse as II appears to us, and when say
people. but OF II large body or educated men, In
Guiding even falr sprinkling OF the aristOcracy,
the war.
When the news of the rebellion came quite ati-
mit that what Is commonly called the London
world, or society called, and the rch sec lion OF
our middle class, were delighted. They AMI their
representatives In our press, wore only too glad
10 set up The cry that democracy lad broken
down again, aud 10 rejoice, not quite NO openly
but without the least feeling or compunclon or
power" should be broken, and so II serious danger
as Ms they thought for Englnnd In the future, avert
lis voice heard first and ioudcst IL has or had
nine years ago. possession OF that portion OF the
pre-, press 3, which mas most prestige abroad. Tile
but now, look fntly nt what 1t erected, ami
how the case was met III England. From The
very first the United States had the staunch aiI.
voeacy ol the sonndeSt portion OF our press or
the two leading and most influential wecklcs
lutte rnin, for its cireulaiion il chiefly among the
very class which was In Ost unfricndiy. and whose
prcludces were faithfully represented by the
saturday Review and the Times. In the same
way the Daily News nnd the Morning Star never
ALTERED i1,l Tor q moment, and great number Of
Inc Dest provincial Journals took up ana steadily
maintained your cause. especially after the ap.
pearancc OF President Lincoln's proclamation.
from nnonymous writer's to tose who te ros press and @
spoke III their own names, the cnsc In our favor
Is ut least as strong. Carlyle ami Ruskln may be
rebellion, hut lhey never wrote Deliberately and md
seriously on tho subject. AMI no other authors OF
side: Surely si nn,, Sir Charles LInlr "I Su,I ant
ahiSs; anil EfnGGsS admtfaGls Volume, pI6ilsHed
IN the hrst year OF the war, and putting your
and remains tic most eectye T nsSer Eng
lisli publication touching the great struggle. Or
look ut Parliament. MOI only was vote hostile
beilion never dared even To take O division,
and Mr.. Gregory, the member from Galway, Il
wcighiy politician who openly Advocated in
tEsTLsFcSs :r xnys MSe such sn as ght and
in the House Of Lords the great naorty l Of sTe the
peers, II they were ut heart unfriendy TO you, ut
least kept their own counsel, and when you were
Of Argyll, and Lords Granville, Kimberley ami
lioughton, who nude no secret OF their sympa-
right to be sore. Yo viii say that the foremoit rS S
man OF our Libernl party, Mr.. Gladstone, spoke
publicly OF Mr.. Jefferson DAVIS as having made n
natioh kut he has rs publicly owned his mis-
take, and done justice TO the stcadfastness and
herofsm OF tile people OF the Northern States
What more cnn you ask OF public man. outsIue
| tic Houses OF Parliament and the club world our
case Is even stronger When your revcrses ut the
scginning OF ,iic wGr were crowding OIL you fast
In six months whcrcri the pcoplc bc.
Ef leaders look Oh revolution
Ez though IL was cup OF tea
Jest social clements In solution!
| the Southern sympatllizcrs here talked bir aboul
testing popular feeling In England by publl1; Ineet
ings, and appealed to the cotton Operatives ANA
| tue working class generally, to protest against a
%ar which was causing them very severe suffer-
public meetings In London IN tile last twenty
years, ont nave never sccn one approaching In
numbers or enthusiasm tint which flooded Exeter
Hall, llllng not only the gr:at Concert ROOM and
| every other public room, In the building, bu the
In Mi tint vast crowd broken up AZ Il %as iSto
slx or seven public meetings, there was but ono
feeling 90 Of hearty and thorough sympathy with
once for oil for the metropolis True, there
speakers. but surely you, OF nil people, Hre not
going 10 take up the old nrIstocrailc ground, and
lievedr Those who mallgn you most among ns
say, that is precisely what you do care for; that
s sympa;hy Xon long for Is thai OF oar ne gen
with you as with us. we don't believe them; Sut
shall never silence them I'LL we can show TINT you
heart OF England were on your side Neil. a. ,siI
said just now, the nrst meeting really settled the
question n IN IN London and the able and active
readily allow OF our upper classes, ncv dared
try the experiment OF public meeting. in ian.
rous failure. while the Union and Rmanclpation
Society OF Manchester held large and entiinBias.
"dcmurring; operatives who never for a mo.
snto msnt lnSle from their principles, and every
Which eSea % m finger
power. Some good folks sny, oil that MAY be true
iI Dnt stlll young nation, Intimately related by