Year: 1863

The fixed idea OF the republican party was that
the Of EnsSna could not st,c,
England did not Immediately make common cause with
tho North and join It In 'crushng out and furnishing
the rebellion Everything short OF actual alliance has
been construed into enmity England has been continu
ally described to tho people OF the North hostile to the
pei the government to take step by Intervention.
mediation or interference or some kind which would
ing swift reibution on the traitors who had wantony
destroyed the grandest political system the world
was The only thing Of which tho Cabinet Of Wasbnrton
expressed any fear But that became an ever present
terror From Mr. Stewards first dispatches to Mr. Sum.
ners last speech this Interference has been deprecated
denounced rejected in anticipation, flung back contemp
tlously before was offered aud oven made the ground
o. the most angry threats II is singular phenomenon
that the federal government should have underrated
the material force had TO contend with in the ed &C
tuay despising the armies from which has sustained
such heavy blows, and exaggerated the imaginary
peril Of English Intervention How the apprehension
long entertained is nexpcablc SO far from the e. gsh
having had TO dread any agitation n favor OF


ar aSa on sns, Jn sds 1as @ S q ~
neutral NSo point on phtch the feeling Of all casses
in Me country has been unanimous On mis- ques:
tion tie ministry and He opposition agree Tho House OF
Lords and the House OF Commons influenced by the
opinion IL. Debate has been discouraged lest 1t
should involve matters that II would have been useless to
discuss. Yet the latest party manfestoes in America
violent as the FIRST From their tone and language
government hostile demonstration against the
Cabnent Of Washington. Mr. ssward's request 10 be





contederacy is sti formidable Is by no restraint from
Europe the hands that were easily to strike II down.
in the two Years that nsvs 80 thoroughly tested the
feeling Of this country. But It is still employed on
defamation rssn SIs
is so timed as almost TO make this country respon
sbc for the defeats II we had the hostile intentions inn
pued to the period Of disaster ought to bo favorable
for their expression But the turns OF success have
effect whatever on the public feeling.


able TO the edoral With faint hope that the


fixed idea acting the mind Of the North may be shaken
by knowledge Of the present state OF English feeling,
would ask hearing for It's most recent demonstrations.
In different parts Of the Kingdom the ordinary incidents
OF public and political o have furnished several oc
which discussion Of tho foreign policy Of the
government natural unavoidable. Ministers and
members have met their constituents in the West,
in the North iu the East In districts differing as widely
agricultural and manufacturing interests con.
servative and liberal opinions can distinguish them
whether from the hustngs or at the municipal banquets
all parties are unanimous on the policy Of the govern
ment In this American quarrel The neutrality IL has oo-
serred IL approved. and there is not single suggestion from
any quarter that its policy should be modified reversed.
The addresses evidently In accordance with the
feeling Of those who listened 70 them Lord do Grey,
Mr. Collier, at Plymouth, aud Sir r. Palmer, all advocate
the Of proceeding That they are members
OF tho government aud that
must be our policy at least proves that the Ministry has
They do moi once compaIn that this course is dicut
they declare II essential Their opponents cannot
mrcsch the wisdom OF this neutrality; for at the
II strongly approved by the liberal electors OF
the West There Is not the slightest indication in any
quarter that the government will Ind their past policy
future difficulty. They will bc supported In 1t with
unanmity they scarcely hope 10 secure do
mestc question The Amercans may throw OF all anxiety
or fear they express much Of both this mat
ter The assurances they received two years ago did not
their apprehensons at rest Yher leaders had detcr
mined that must interfere and up to this hour they
accepted assertion that dsclamcd the nen.
ton altogether The spirit the has excited strength.
every had from the first 10 keep OF the
contest. With this resolution may fairly resent the
persistent Misrepresentation OF policy they
tQ oil


the evidence adduced only leave party malice TO
wear itsof on. 10 exhaust the public credulity.