THE CORRECTOR - 1861 NY NEWSPAPER - ANALYSIS of JEFFERSON DAVIS INAUGURAL SPEECH

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We are offering the March 30, 1861 issue of "
The Corrector
", a Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, Long Island newspaper, whose motto was "Governed By Principle, Unwarped By Party: Oft We May Err, But Aim To Be Just".  This issue was put out about 2 weeks before the outbreak of the Civil War.  The paper has an article titled "
President Davis's Inaugural
", a reprint of the London Times article of March 8.
The article states that President Jefferson Davis's inaugural speech began with a lofty tribute to the wisdom and patriotism of Southern planters; and then Davis states allegations that the United States has been "perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained".  In his speech he repudiates the "abuse of language" by which the term "revolution" has been applied to the act of the South [secession of the southern states].  The article goes on to speak of the economics of the American North and South, commerce, and tariffs and taxes imposed by President Lincoln on the South, drawing parallels between the issues that led to America's revolt against Britain, and the American South revolting against the North.
Without coming right out and saying it, there appears to be British sympathy for the Confederacy in the London Times article.
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NOTE:
This is what we have gotten from our research:
Both the North and the South had profitable trade ties with Britain.  Britain and the Northern states were exchanging industry patents and ideas, and the North was shipping corn and wheat to England.  Britain purchased cotton and tobacco from the South.  In many cases the British government sided with the secessionists.  England obviously needed the tobacco and cotton; and knowing war between the states was eminent, they possibly wanted the North to lose in order to prevent America's industry from surpassing that of Britain.
[From1815 to 1860 millions of immigrants flooded to America and played a major role in the industrialization of the U. S., which was probably a cause for England's concern.]
In January of 1861, British Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell stated "The best thing now would be that the right [for the south] to secede should be acknowledged".
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This sentiment of Britain's sympathy for the south seems to come through in their London Times article.
The article says much more, way more than we can write, and the newspaper has other interesting articles and, of course, advertisements.
CONDITION:  The paper is very delicate, and there are edge tears, and fold tears throughout, and a 7" diagonal slit across the bottom of the back page.