New-York tribune., 1870-10-12

effect we pray God 10 strengthen your hands 90 confirm
yOr noble purpose and Ia hasten the restoration OF that
lawful authority which engages In peace or 10y com
pcnsation by force Of arms to realize the glorious
! principle on which your Constitution Is foundcd-the
! hrotherhood freedom, ana equality OF all men.
meeting, composed chiefly of workngmen. 1t was clear
ut that there was grand force behind u.s. for
Us impostOrs. and said got funds for the agitation
from American sources, the fact being that always
riar declared in one OF its bitierest articles.
that IT anything could be calculated upon
extinction OF Slavery il would be MIR Lincon's fcttous
abolition Of it, We were meddesome fanatics, insicnit-
tory ana encouraging. We felt sure that we had taken
the right course, and not q moment too soon
PUBLIC SYMPATHY.
Then the test of public meetings, which you at
least are surely bound to accept fair gauge Of what
people thinks and wills. Our first held the Goth
of January, 1863 We took Exeter Hail. the largest and
most central hall in London. We did nothing but simply
advertise widely that such meeting would be held, in
Ntng all who cared to cOme-fOes well AS friends:
Prudent and timd people shook their heads and
looked grave The cotton famine at is worst,
and tens OF thousands OF our work people were
clamoring as they call il, starving as you might say
Your prospects looked black they had ever done
almost the darkest moment OF the whole war. Even
friends warned that should fail in our object ana
fcderate state Aid Association would spare pains
money to break up the meeting and hundred roughs
Rebellion. However, went, for we knew our own
people too well to fear the result The night came and
familiar as am with this kind OF thing, have never
seen, In my time, anything approaching TINS
scene. Remember, there was nothing 10 At
tract peOple-no well-known orators, for we always
thought best TO keep Parliament men to their own
recIng under the reco of your gallant army from the
blood-stained nights Of Fredericksburg attack on
preiudces only doors thrown wide open, with the inv-
tation. Now let Englishmen come forward and show
which side their sympathies really in this war Not
withstanding all these disadvantages the great hall was
densely crowded, that there standingroomand
the Strand and the neighborng streets blocked with
crowd of thousands who could find no before the
doors open. We were obliged to organize num-
her Of meetings on the spur of the moment IN the lower
halls, and IN the open streets. In the great Hail.
where two cergymcn, the Hon. Baptist Noel and Mr.
Newman Hall, and myself, were the chief speakers. as
well as every Of the other meetings we carried,
not only without opposition, hut without single hand
your Government of the Union aud OF emancipation.
The success SO complete that IN London our Work
yas done Then followed similar III meetings @ at Man,
OF population with precisely the same result. do9I
remember that the enemy ever even attempted 10
divide meeting. The country was carried by acelama-
ton friends in Liverpool wrote with some anxiety
to the state of feeling there and asked me to 90 down
and deliver an address went and the meeting carried
The same resolutions by very large maOrtes, and those
whOit supposed came 10 disturb the proceedings
thought better OF when they saw the Temper ol ihe a
frtI "etoiiS ~ 6ur work NAV int add as a proof 6f
how those who profess be the most astute worshpper
of public opinion, changed their minds in consequence Of
/ 1865 Ihc Times supported our demand Govern
/ ment for the stoppage Of the steam rams.
IN thi, political movement we instituted also number
Of Freedmens Aid Associations, in order that those
AboltiOnists in England, who were still unable TO put
helping i'm their own way These Associations entered
with those your SIDE, ana
over good many thousand pounds worth OF clothing ana
other supplies besides money. forget the exact amount;
il was drop the bucket Of your magnificent war
charities, but 1t came lrQm lhousands VINO had l'ug
! enough to spare in those hard times, and /
Nth those of your people who are conversant
with the facts and ready 10 Judge by their actual
fair 5ause Of compliant. So much Tor what I may can
the unofficial or extra Parliamentary STRUGGLED in England
during your war.
ACTION OF TIE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.
And now let turn to the action of Government
and of Parliament might fairly have rested my case
entirely upon this point In the case Of nations blessed
| as England and America with perfect freedom OF
! sDcech and action within the limits OF law where
men may say the thing they will freely, and
| without any check but the civil courts,
| responsible for anything except what ts Government
says and does. But know how deeply the conduct ah3
sim rankes in their minds, and wished by some lough
FnoWjedge and of dongs in which personally took an
active part, to show You that you have done HsEey
five APPARATUS of England hostile TO you ana YOU
have taken them for the nation the BRAIN ana heart
have ignored and forgotten. Now for our Government
aud Parliament. viii admit at once 5oa p.gaSe IiS m
/ Lord PamerstOn and the principal members OF ms
Cabinet were friendly to you, and would nave been
sure that it was so but let that pass not in their
councils, and have no more means OF Judging OF tAe
is that tho Queens proclamation OF neutrality, which
was signed ana published the 18th Of May, 1901 was
premature and act of discOurtcsy TO your Govern
ieDt nasmuch as your Minister, Mr. Adams, only
arrived in England that very day. Well looking back
have been far tier have delayed the publication OF
the proclamation till after he had arrived IN LOndOn
Bat at the time the was very different You must
remember OF the Presidents proclamation oI
blockade reached London May OF course from that
moment the danger Of collision between our vessels and
yoIrs and the hitting out OF pFlvateels IN otf 1tl
arose al Once-and in fact yor hrst capture OF BRUSH
! vessel, the Geu. ParkAL Of Liverpool was made on
] ' PRoCL AVIATION OF NEUTRALITY
But II the proclamation of neutrality mistake it
~ made Inv our Government at the earnest solicitation
NJ Mfr Foster and other warm friends OF yours. who
pressed it forward entirely they supposed, in your
interest Whey wanted TO egtmaze the captures made
nv vour bockadng squadron, and put British merchants
Who lost their ships at out OF court The Govern
mcnt acted at their instance So whether blnder OF
NOT the proclamation not an ul1Ilendly act.
I Besides remember what it amounted TO- simply ana
SOLELY 10 recognition OF the fact that you had serious
war on hand Mr. Seward had already admitted tins in
an official paper Of the 9Th OF May ana your supreme
Court decided in the case OF the Amy War"lcb mat
the proclamation conclusive evidence mat a
state Of war existed at the time II We
had ever gone step I iIuIlher,, I, 81 81 we we haI @
Government strongly urged 20 do by thelr ehVoys
by members OF Parliament and, lastly by the E
pGror of the French you would have had good ground or
offence But this is precisely what We never would do;
and when they found this out the Confederate Govern,
cOnsuls from their towns 80 one Sde pant Us tor
doing too muCh and the Other Tor dohg 700 iAc
frcGen sOte Of neutras as you yourselves are hndng
at this moment in the of the between Prussia
anu BTBIIc SYMPATHY WITH THE REBELLION.
Then came the first public effort of the sympathzers
with the rebellion After several preliminary skrmshes
which were defeated by Mr.. Foster (who had what We
LAWYERS should call watching brief with Golden and
Bri cht behind him leading COUNSEL and who used to
20 switching round on those anxious days hke snort
tailed bull in tme with ms POCKETS & HgS Out wi1a apa
how many ships OF our merchants you were capturing
every day MT' hs GP1sof3 r put he pnTpose as mem
of great experience ana aDlhty' , elt'lTS III Un