Year: 1862

man of rortentious srtng welding gigantic club, and
profe stlat all This ebns in the most friendly and courteous
Tiat is vAat has been done by her Aojesys 60
reraen IL, s case and am about to explain ior mo-
men why think this million has been ioo'se hdn M'oivn
dsody Besides being thrown away, 1t leaves behind u
consequences Of much ualas or much more harm
Than & the million itself The House NV WIN caS,nst
was said TO be meeting to discuss the form Oh aes
patch to be sent by the Saturdays boat TO America
there appeared in the newspapers which ar are TN, tne
especial organs OF tho language OF the most
violent and offensive character and that instantaneous


y-probably the very day the despatch was written
navy, exactly as If the despatch itself had not been
courteous demand for compliance with just request,
ou' rather aeciaraton OF war Now the eec. ~ 'ia m
IN this country must be very obvious IL created an
almost universal impression that there was something
tvseh the Government kneo and phich the country did
not tnoo Though nobody but the government could
imagine that cause Of war could arise ont of that
question, IT supposed that the government knew
war to be Inevitable or that they intended war war
could By any possibility be made out OF IT, Looking TO
what occurred at the time, suppose that tho answer
to DO given 10 me will DO based on either of two
theories, which l venture to say are about as
false ard about as ignorant as any ever offered to
Parliament in justification Of any proceedings
Certain organs which affect to represent the govern
mcnt-ad Which son,tmes the sldre Of the gous9Den
and sometimes It's nldstsrsated that the government at
Washington, and Mr. Seward especially were anxious to
get into a war or difficulty with this country il they
could do So in order to enable them to get out Of the war
with tho South under of war with England to
make peace or terms of somo kind-lsuppose by ac-





That is Of the theories. Nothing could be offered 10
1Gtionol absurd or impossible. Mr. Sound
make The President him'sf fcanmot make
Mr. Seward and the President together cannot make
but the President and Congress make war Therc-
fore may be perfectly certain that it did not rest in
the brain OF any man. however eminent however
Ingenious TO consent to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Unit
cd States under cover OF war with US. Then
it was stated again that the government Of Amori-
ca were SO entirely under the influence and direc-
tion Of the mfb that they could not listen TO
tho courteous demand of the English government;
that in fact what wanted not to the 60
vcrnmcnt but to overawe that mob which, iii the United
Sates may be supposed to ovcrrule and overawe the
government (Hear, hcar ISee hG' hare hi the point
erGcy chich honorable gtenn haze imagined 10 Mern
seires; but honorable gentlemen who have watched the
history Of the United States from the beginning TO this
hour must know net there ncer HIS been ea nation in
tohch HhGt fdmtitdly termed mob dW is less k7Ou1
has less Influence. (Oh oh Wherever hac, uots
club c,o and mob too necsscriiy disa1rear (Oh, oh


conne my observations entirely to tho free States Of
the North but any honorable gentleman thinks that
not fairly describing tho facts OF the case ask him
to look at the circumstances that have occurred He
must know that the government at Washington,
whether in the removal Of distinguished and
popular general, or in tho removal OF minister
or in tho recognition of the fairness Of the do
mand Of our government for the surrender of two
men, perhaps moro hateful TO them than any other two
individuals in the world have not hesi;acd to do what
things the man mast be preudiced beyond all power OF
conviction who thinks that the government of North
America have been influenced by the action of the mob
to any extent beyond that which is found to prevail in
this country and in almost every other country in Eu
rope Now the noblo lord at the head Of tho government
Will have this advantage over Of course and viii
any Of his friends who may take different view of this
aiar-they will say, and cannot prevent thcm from
saying, that, whether they weIo wrong or not in
their policy that policy has beon crowned with certain
Of peliey being rigI have not the smallest doubt
would be surrendered and war avoided was, no. the
tenor OF the despatch, but the articles in the press
known to represent section of the government and the
movement and operations OF troops and ships, which
were understood to Washington. Every man
who has to tho shelves Of the Foreign Oce knows
that when the question the right to take those men
to be considered whatever might be mhde Of
English preccdents, nothing whatever could be said n
you adhered to American practices and principles. And
II is clear to any who read the speech OF Mr. Sum-
ner the American Senaten which speech he collected
the authorities on both sides a Of which must be known
at our Foreign 0fce-that the American government
would have been utterly unable to resist the demand orMe
English gore nment, IN accordance Uh american practices
and srinciles however courecusy that demand might
have boen made. It was, ildec very well known to
inrsace Of those military preparations was not felt
upon the government and peop'o of the United
European Powers; for have TO know that thoro
fowcr than two OF the Ministers of the European
Powers at Washington who expressed their decided OPT
nion that there was an intention on the part Of
section Of the government of some powerful classes
in this country i te oro'tany ogred 70 engage in mar
effect Of that statement and opinion was this that every
man who felt himself aggrieved or Inundated by the
course taken by her Macsty government asked himself





for other opportunity for the action OF hostility
do bring this charge against tho 60
but thore many persons in this country who
led to that conclusion. think 1t likely that the noble
lord at the head Of the government, trngg docn his


adi ions from, ne Of past ,ear ,ohen right and justice


lade regarded BY the most eir.ised nations Of Europe


Thought that the only n1de Of recurring scgt he uished
that this 'e QUESTION as on some others and on THIS
than others, thcrc Is no other powerful govern
in the world that is uniformly disposed to abide
1.f> laa io.r
verument OF the United Sta.cs and when heard that
this demand had been made, with my knowledge Of
their previous course in respect TO those questions had
no doubt whatever that tho matter would be amcably
arranged except that tho menaces from this side might
make it difficult for them to conccdc tho demand Of her
baesy government. As to the effect of these demon
stratons on English interests wish TO say word.
,via not up hoc much the fall ip stocks, rc,c1y
shares and ohsr securities AMOUNTED to tm in o'le mlr
board the Trent, net by hs dispatches IF the Fegn Office,
tw ~ the wa,ke preparations Of tae oove mt, to
Sc coo 600 seriino. have no, seen il myself. bat
have heard of letter from Bombay or Calcutta,
which states that on certain day, when the news
arrived that war between England aDd the United
States imminent complete paralysis took place in
tho trade OF Bombay and Caicutta and from that time
up period OF the latest advices that paralysis
tnued the great loss and Inconvenience Of persons
gagged in the commerce Of that country And when
arrives from Australia shall doubtless hear that
from the moment when war appeared TO be likely or
possible of gold shipped to this country
No could know that an Australian ship would not
meet with an American man.of-war or prvatecr, and
doubtless the panic that prevailed in India would also be
felt in Australia. This is view OF the question worth
looking at. Your people employed by tho operation
of this commerce and the security Of the capital embarked
IT, and ,chen there arises bt,ceen tco friendly countries
any transact Ike his unhappy accident of the Tcn-(a
alsh)-T do not kDoU ,cheter any one on The Treasury
bench laughs because 4 call IL SO. "a pause, during
which the honorable gentleman directed his
gaze upon the front ministerial bench.l I
say was unhappy accident AS regards the United
States government and our own government, IL was
nothing but accident and ono knows this better
than the noble lord at the head Of the government And
when accidents OF this any ohor kind arise that can
possibly arring between tho two countries II is
the policy and tho duty Of tho government in the FIRST
place certainly try all those moderate and courteous
means which IL would like TO have tried itself before 1t
has to measures which send paralysis through
all the ramGcations Of the greatest commerce of the
world and create immense loss among almost all classes
Of the people. Now may say with tho utmost satisac
ton and truth that the noble lord at the head Of the GO
vernmcnt not pleased than was at the avora
bio termination Of that untownrd event. II the noble lord
believed that there by which war could be
prevented but that which he took, IL would be very
harsh and unfair 70 blame him. But, knowing how