The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-09

slidell. to London. and Paris to rep
resent them on all questions OF ma
tionai policy. and according 10 govern
and Slidell. from the very hrst' hac
been continually knocking at the door
Of English and Frencn .dipi e3l nae;
edge the Independence OF the soutn.
The splendid fghting that Generals
Lee and Jackson had done during the
spring and summer OF iSps' , on f rnslis5
and French people were perfectly cog.
infant. led the Confederate giyernnent
to believe that England aho Iaho 80
the South and another and greater Iea-
son which led TO this opinion was that
cott9n was king. ana .nat h ,ne tine
was confined to tho Southern States,
and there was practically m Septeni Der
1852. three cotton crops witnln IN" ~
moneyed and factory people OF Eng
land and France knew ~ about lhis
cotton. and they were nteLt is I'M
edge the independence OF the South,
which would mean an open sea Tor 1He
Engish ana Hrehhen norts Mr.. Lin
coin and his people knew what ~ TouI91
mean To them II the South was ailoWeo
to market an TINS so %fpsd u state then
were being exhausted. but III TINS cotton
was put upon the worlds market. ~
would mean more mOneyrtO lnt SON~h
than had ever been brought 20 America
for any one kind OF crop, ana the SCUM
from being poor would become suddenly
very rich. ana couIo DHy az 5"I W.
and even would be able 20 blre soiuiels
20 do tho fighting. SO In SepteinD Der DEF
ognized in Europe as an ipdepenae,n az
nation. had reached The high water
mark, and the Lincoln government was
the Naturalization Of the policy sought
by the Southern statesmen. IN Aue
gust. 1862. the Rev. Theodore Cuyler OF
New York City, went 70 London. Dr..
CuyIer had been born in England but
some years prior to the Civil War. he
came TO America and accepted charge
abolitionist, of the Wilberforce school
OF England. He took great interest
in the progress of the war, ana otlen
with Mr.. Lincoln, and In a book tnas
he published before hts death. entitled
The keminiscence5 OF a Long LliS
Time" he tells where he was IN august.
isG2 and the part he took in securing
he Emancipation Proclamation az that
time. DR.. Cuyler had gone from Amer.
and other people who were At the head
of the anti-slavery movement OF tne
world. IN August, 1862. neither Mr.
Lincoln nor his Congress had made
any public declaration on the slavery
question. and the way these tngllsn
people put IL up TO Dr. Cuyler. was there
~
the Federal and Confederate govern
ments on the slavery question, and the
point was made clear TO DR.. Cuyler that
If Mr. Lincoln and his people wanted
the English people to side with them
and prohibit the English from acknowl-
edging the independence OF the South,
that Mr.. Lincoln must at once issue an
Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the
slaves Of America. Dr.. Cuyler tells
that he was entrusted with. lot OF
sealed state papers, given TO him by Mr.
DAYTON. and that he left London the
latter part of August. and arrived IN
New York City on the Eth day Of Sep
TEN Der. 1862. The papers were entrust-
Ell 10 the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
another one OF Mr.. Lincolns great sup
porters and carried to Washington.
and within d few days the Emancipa--
ton Proclamation was Issued And
there never was a day afterward. dur
ing the entire war that the South had
the slightest reason for believing that
either England or France would ack-
knowledge her independence, which
would have meant more than the result
of many battles
Lexington. Va, January, 1913.