The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-21 00:00:00

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No. 22,251,

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1863.

110 SE, Mayor. Tuesday, the 20th day of
October, 1863, and in the 27th year of the reign of
victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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allowed to go farther the law and Constitution would be
openly and flagrantly violated. Now he would read to them
an unconscious corroboration of what he had been stating
from a speech made in Georgia by Mr. Stephens, the present
vice-president of the Confederate States, addressed to his
constituents. And with regard ti this gentleman he was
bound to say that until his State went over no man was
more opposed to secession and more anxious for the Union.
He pointed out clearly and distinctly the dangers and disas-
ters of a secession, and he was right :—" He was bound
to say that the Northern States had always acted most
liberally towards them. When they demanded that slaves
should be brought from Africa to cultivate cotton, it was
granted ; and Louisiana, Florida, and Texas—out of which
eight States could be made—were permitted to have slaves.
In point of fact, they in the South had always the control
of the general government of the country, and the majority
of the Presidents were chosen from among them. Out of
60, the North had only 24; of the judges, IS were from the
South and 11 from the North ; Speakers in the House of
Representatives, 23 from the South and 12 from the North;
of the Attorney-Generals, 14 from the South and 5 from the
North; foreign ministers, 86 to 54 ; and at least three-
fourths of the diplomatic agents abroad, and the principal
embassies, so as to secure the markets of the world for their
cotton and other produce." Was there ever such an indict-
ment unconsciously made by a speaker against any people ?
Mr. Stephens, speaking to the people of Georgia, not know-
ing that he would be reported, and that his speech would
come North, that it would come to him (Mr. Beecher), and
be read by him to an English audience in Exeter-hall,
carved at once into the very heart of the policy of the South,
and told what were the plans and what the part the South
had played for the last 50 years. (Hear, hear.) The real
consistent policy of the South during all that time was, in
addition to the control of the territories, to control the Go-
vernment, and to use both for the establishment of slave
influence throughout North America. Now take notice
that the North, hating slavery as slavery, and longing for
its extinction, was unable till this war to touch slavery di-
rectly. They could only touch the slave policy—not slavery
independently—because slavery was established by a State
law, and subject only to State jurisdiction. Any direct at-
tempt on the part of the North to attack slavery would have
been revolutionary and unconstitutional, (Hear, hear.) It
would have destroyed the Constitution, because it would
have been a violation of the principle of state independence.
That Constitution, in fact, only took an English idea on a
larger scale. We borrowed it from you. Many might
not understand how there could be a State independence
under a national Government. He was not very well
posted in English affairs, but he understood that there be-
longed to the city of London certain private rights that the
Parliament could not meddle with—(cheers)—and that there
were other elements in which Parliament was as supreme in
the city of London as in any other city within the realm.
Now, if they understood that principle here they would un-
derstand the principle of the American Government, by
which certain matters belonged to local jurisdiction and
certain other matters belonged to the general Government.
In this country every man's house was his castle, and once
inside it the householder, so long as he conformed to the
law, could regulate his domestic concerns uncontrolled and
without molestation. In like manner the American States
were domestic households, and so long as the Constitution
was kept up, in other respects no other State had a right to
interfere with their domestic institutions. But in addition
to these internal and domestic questions, the United States
name together for common purposes and created a general
Government, to 'which they gave supreme authority on all
questions affecting war and peace, the negotiation of treaties
and all similar questions of general policy. The power to
meddle with or interfere with the domestic economy of the
separate States never was given to the general Government,
and it could not be given. They would ask him, then,
I, How is it you are doing so now ?" He had shown that
it was only with the national policy as it went out of the
States with which the national Government could deal ;
that they were bound by the Constitution to abstain from
internal interference, and in honour, loyalty, good faith,
and patriotism, they did abstain from such interference.
It was only when the question was raised whether the na-
tional policy should be a slave or a free-soil policy
whether their national policy should be free or slave, that
the
national Government was entitled and bound to in-
He called them all to witness to the forbearance
andter
fe
honesty with which the North bad acted in the matter.
Forbearanceiree was not a showy quality, honesty was not a
shining quality, but they were fundamental virtues, and for
80 years the North had stood faithful to her word, and re-
spected the local rights of States, even when those local rights
were opposed to moral rights—(hear)—and he thought that
honest adherence to State rights and forbearance on the part
of the North was one of those things of which they might
be justly proud. (Oh, laughter, and cheers.) It was a pro-
dubot t Principle, a proof of liberty, an inspiration of that
iChristian faith which is the mother both of principle and
y
and he was proud to say that there had been a re-
cognition of that fidelity and forbearance on the part of the
North,
whY
even in respect to her worst enemies. That was the
reason
liberty;
ih!Northhdeid not iu the first instance go to war
furer
emancipation. went to war to save the national in-
stitutions,
to save the territories, to save those laws which, if
allowed
operate throughout a series of years, would first
circumscribe, then suffocate, and finally destroy slavery.
(Loud cheers.) That was the reason why that most true,
s i
ts a , She
honest, jet, and conscientious magistrate, Mr. Lincoln
(Here the audience, both on the platform and in the hall,
rose to their feet and gave repeated cheers, amidst the
waving
of hats and handkerchiefs, which lasted some time.)
How was it that the conflict changed its character from a
war upon policy to a direct attack upon slavery itself ? It
was because the South was so ill-advised as to beleaguer the
national Government with slavery, and thus obliged the
President of the national Government to decide between the
safety of the national institutions and the slavery by which
they were beleaguered. (Cheers) A man attacked on the
highway by a robber obeyed the first law of nature in
knocking his assailant down, and so when a nation was as-
sailed in its most vital interests by a local interest inimical
to its welfare, it was the right of that nation to destroy its
n
my, which, if not destrosed, would destroy it. So long
easethe South allowed the issue to be one of policy, the
attempt to shift the ground ; but when
slavery ery shall be the issue, the North could
other but accept the challenge. As the police
h
right to enter your house so long as you obey the
ldNtalloa:eed North
no
hbos
nadtiaid had n a
right to do so when the law was broken, so,
when a State defied a national Government, and violated the
Constitution, the national Government bad a right to enter
and protect the national rights. Bat it was said the Presi-
dent issued his proclamation for the sake of political effect,
andnot for humanity. (Cheers, and Oh, oh.) Why, the
right of issuing the proclamation was politiCal, but the dis-
position to do so was not. Mr. Lincoln, as an officer in the
Presidential chair, had no more right to consult his private
feelingsa judge on the bench ; but when a judge saw
thatt
rigid execution of the law primitive justice went
h right,
judge was all the more pleased. So, in the
wi i n
ri
the
case of slavery in the United States. In the time of peace
slavery was a local institution which they could not touch.
Now they did so because, since the war, slavery had been
shoved out of its place as a local institution, had become a
national and must be dealt with as such. (Hear.)
He
make that clear. Had he done so ? (Loud
p r enemy,iaedto
cheers.) But it was said, " Why not let the South go, since
they want to be at peace at ith you ?" (Hear, hear.) Because
they would not; because they would be less peaceable sepa-
rate than together. Oh I if the South would go I But they
were determined to stay. The North would gladly furnish
a free passage for every mother's son of them if they would
only go. (Loud cheers and laughter.) He wanted, how-
ever, to ask that meeting to stand in the place of Americans,
and to test this question thoroughly. The war was com-
menced by the South under circumstances that compelled
the North to join issue, and as the South meant to stay. the
North said, " The territories are ours, we will not give
them up." The South wished to cut the flag in two which
had covered both sections of the Union with glory a
protection. The South had the key of the country in their
its arsenals, and stores— they had possession of
possession, They robbed the country of its treasures,tbebest
t• ipated
officers in the army and navy—they had long anticipated
and flee
North prepared for the conflict, and when it commencedrs.fter
North knew not whom to trust. (Hear, and cheen,
marked what occurred, and when the gage was thrown,
North to lie down as a spaniel would have
Then again,
all eternity as cravens and cowards. (Cheers.)and of free in
the honour and safety of the Government and
be taken. The
thfeermthtoe
tutions demanded that such a step
the Constitution, and laid down the principle course pursued by the South was ashfloa
ppermitted to say, " If
minority was beaten they should be
go to war." (Cheers.)
you don't let us have our way(wceries rifCtipioleusthvaito,lwathioenn ofa
of No, no.) Then he
perpetrated 3,000 miles
wWaosu
gladld
ta Englandaay that
tmthe
iti?in(
tiribeeair7
hear.) Besides, if this
away made no difference.dh
n,
ae, d.iad not see why it should stop as
applicable to countries also.
right for e a
million of men in a State to
principle(regardedi(Bear.)
r.)
States,
it
tee
visa:leonws
ere
dthey
it
pwl eaass fromeedqual y therightefoonrtrol half, of the a
quarter
general
and when, as he said, it was held lawful for a
eSt: a million;ateitmust be held equally so for a country, and even for
government,ssecede when
then
acity,
(Hearhenr The fact was that slavery was at the
bottom of it all, and as they had always been fighting with
that devil, they knew the system better than the people of
this country. (Hear.) The question of this sovereignty of
independent States was discussed at the first convocation of
delegates held in 1787, and a discusbion arose as to whether
the separated colonies should be called a Confederacy, or a
nation composed of several independent States. A resolu-
tion was proposed to form a confederacy, instead of a na-
tion. but when the draught was sent to the committee of
revision, with the words " We, the people of the United
States," for the purpose of forming a nation, the words were
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The Itevo Henry Ward Beecher on England

and America,

One of the most imposing demonstrations that have oc-
curred for many years at Exeter Hall took place last night,
to hear the lecture of the Rev. H. W. Beecher on the pre-
sent unhappy condition of America. Before the doors were
opened at half-past 6, the entrances in the Strand and
Exeter-street were crowded by thousands, and when the
doors were open a fearful rush took place, happily without
any accident to life or limb. The large room was crowded to
overflowing in a few minutes, so that the vast multitude
outside who were toiling and surging here and there to ob-
tain an entrance were obliged to go away disappointed.
Curious enough the leading members of the committee, and
even Mr. Beecher himself, had great difficulty in forcing
their way through the anxious crowds that blocked up the
doors. Some disturbance of the proceedings was expected,
in consequence of it being well known that a number of
persons having what are called " Southern proclivities"
were in the room, but happily everything passed off quietly,
and the rev. gentleman was permitted with scarcely any in-
terruption to continue his eloquent address, which lasted
nearly two hours. At 7 o'clock the chair was taken by Ben-
jamin Scott, Esq., City Chamberlain, who was supported
by the following gentlemen :—G. Thompson, Esq., Dr.
Haley, Dr. Holland, Rev. H. Allen, D.D., John Kaye,
Esq., Revs. J. Hinton, W. Tyler, J. C. Galloway, J. H.
Byrnes, W. Dunkerley, Dr. Bunting, Dr. Jobson, A. Ray•
leigh, J. Spark, Selim Martin, J. Spong, W. Cuthbert, J.
B. French, Dr. Campbell, G. Wilkins, W. Brock, H. 3.
Bebies, Dr. Hales, Professor Newman, Messrs. Newth, J.
Cassell, Washington Wilks, Edmond Beales, Wm. Spicer,
3. W. Willans, J. Richardson, C.C., Rev. Newman Hall,
Sir Charles Fox, James Beale, &c.
As there were loud cries of "Time, time," and some im-
patience otherwise manifested as Mr. Beecher did not make
his appearance,
The CHAIRMAN rose, and begged they would allow him
to inform them that the crowds outside the building were so
dense that Mr. Beecher had not as yet been able to force his
way through, and they were thus prevented from being as
punctual as they should otherwise have been. It had been
with the greatest difficulty that himself and some members
of the committee forced their way into the building, and he
hoped therefore they would make allowance if they were a
few minutes behind time. He deeply regretted that Mr.
Bright was not present, to fill the chair—(hear)--and for
his own part he felt it his duty to state that it was not their
object that evening to discuss the great American struggle
now going on. (Hear.) There were many opportunities
for discussing that momentous question, and their object
then was to afford an opportunity to a distinguished stranger
to address them on an absorbing topic. (Cheers.) He was,
besides, a gentleman who, whatever opinions he may hold,
was entitled to their profound respect as the son of Dr.
Beecher and the brother of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(Cheers.) As a stranger visiting their shores vi ho had par-
taken of their salt, as a man whether regarded as a minister
of religion, a gentleman, or the uncompromising advocate of
human rights, he was eminently entitled to their respect,
and deserved their courteous attention, (Cheers.) He was
quite sure therefore that this assembly of English men and
women would support him in obtaining for him that re-
spectful hearing which was so eminently his due. (Hear.)
That was the more necessary as his feelings and opinions
were often misunderstood in this country, and perhaps mis-
represented, and as he was a stranger about to depart from
their shores in a few days, he asked fur the opportunity of
putting himself eight with the London public. (Hear.)
They would then give him, he hoped, a patient hearing ;
and as for himself (the chairman), he abstained advisedly
from entering into a discussion of the question. The Rev.
Mr. Beecher, however, had been its unpromising advocate
for more than 25 years.
Here the rev. gentleman entered the hall, and was re-
ceived with loud and long continued cheers. When silence
was obtained,

The CHAIRMAN proceeded—He had been, as he said, its
uncomprising advocate for 25 years, in times of peace and
before the present war—for the emancipation of the op-
pressed—broke out, and at a time when only a few thinking
men on I he other side of the Atlantic were found advocating
that cause. (Cheers.) He would in conclusion introduce
to them the rev. gentleman.

The Rev. H. W. BEECHER then came forward in front Of
the platform and was received in the most enthusiastic man-
ner. When silence was somewhat restored, he thanked the
chairman (he said) for the very kind introduction he received
at his hands, and which required a single word from him.
He should have been glad if he thought he deserved all the
credit so generously ascribed to him by their worthy chair-
man; but he was not old enough to be the pioneer in a
cause in which such men as Wild and Stewart, and Perrin
and Smith, Lovett, and Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and that most
accomplished speaker in the world,Mr.Wend ell Phillips,took
an active share. When he thought of the exertions made
by the benevolent class of Christians called " Friends ;"
when he thought of the number of men, obscure in station
and without name or position, who laboured from their
earliest days in the same good work—and he semembored
that he came in after all this had been done—he felt that
honours were given to him which ho did not deserve, and
were not, therefore, warranted, because wrested from others
who deserved them better. (Cheers.) All he could say was,
that he fell into the ranks under the able captains who
directed the movement—that he fought as well as he could,
or as he knew how. Now, having said so much on that
point, and as that would be his last popular address in Eng.
land, he was anxious to give a short glance at his preceding
movements since his arrival. At Manchester he attempted
to give a glance at what had been going on between North
and South for the last 50 years, and to show that the present
American war was only an overt act of what had thus oc-
curred during the last half century. He also endeavoured
to show that the condition of the working or free labouring
population throughout the world must be deteriorated and
brought to a position of contempt and injury by the conti-
nuancei of slave labour, and that consequently it interested
every free man on the face of the globe to have it finally
and for ever extinguished, (Hear.) Ile contended that the
South was the natural enemy to free labour all over the
worl.l. (Cheers, and No, no.) In Edinburgh he endeavoured
to prove that after the separation of the colonies from the
mother country there was created out of the separate colo-
nies and States thus growing up a nation of United States
totally distinct from each other as a general government,hav-
ing control over the finances and general resources of the
entire, which the North now endeavoured to uphold and the
South abandoned, because that Government was wielded
and influenced by men who gave its influence and autho-
rity to the cause of freedom. In Liverpool he laboured—(a
laugh)—to show that slavery in the long run must be the
ruin of commerce and manufacture all the world over, be-
cause every one must be aware that a slave nation must be
a poor customer, and consequently goods sold there must be
at the very lowest profit. He also endeavoured to prove that
it was for the interests of commerce and manufacture to pro-
mote in those countries the freedom of the human race, and
not to allow some of the fairest portions of the earth to
be treated in a manner which made them too poor to buy
anything, He had thus endeavoured to rouse the atten-
tion of the British people to a just sense of their own in-
terests. He was aware that there were many circumstances
which now made it difficult for him to make what he would
term a balanced statement, so that no doubt should remain
that slavery was the cause—the only cause, and the sole
cause—of the gigantic and cruel war now going forward.
(Cheers.) He asked them to look at the question from an
to take their standing-point and
American point of view;
judge of their character and motives not from the enemy,
but what they said themselves. There had, he knew, been
some disagreement in feeling between Great Britain and
America, but he did not want to argue that question now,
only that the people of this country should consider each
other's position. He did not want them to come to any de-
cided opinion upon the point, but merely to ask them to look
at the state of things in the same point of view that they
did, and let them form their judgments as they pleased.
the North was their misfortune,
Their present position in
not their fault. It had been said over and over again that
by meddling wiih slavery they would make things worse ;
but he never held that opinion, and never advocated the
patting on the back those who were its upholders and pro..
moters. (Hear, hear.) Then came the question between
the North and South of bringing in a slave State for every
free one admitted into the Union, and for that purpose,
having possession of the Government, they practised the
most extensive bribery-
It was bribery, bribery, bribery, in
every department in the State. They next attempted to
change the Constitution through the means of Southern
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lion remained until• it was galvanised tLe
inr),Year.) Ile shou in
ld
like order to justify that proceeding.
like to know what the feelings of an Englishman would be,
if he saw in the newspapers one fine morning that the
country from which his (Mr. Beecher'a) ancestors came
from had proclaimed itself an. independent State—(a laugh)
—and was followed by other countries on the southern
coast proclaiming themselves an independent kingdom.
(Laughter.) They might probably say that circumstances
altered cases ; but he would ask, WAS it not as necessary to
maintain national territory and national laws in America as
it was in this country ? (Hear, hear.) But then it was said
a great concession had been made because the Southern
States offered the Northerns the free use of the Mississippi.
What condescension I Why, it might as well be said, that
if a parcel of gipsies took possession of their houses it would
be an act of grace to allow them to enter them. (A laugh )
It was impossible that the two States could live on one con-
tinent as independent nations, and therefore a truce with
them would be merely a cloud to produce a thunderstorm
at any moment, whenever the Southerners found the means
and the opportunity to take possession of the entire conti-
nent in the name of the devil and of slavery. (Cheers.)
But it was said, why not let this contest end and allow the
South to go ? Because the Americans did not wish to be-
come a military people. (Cheers.) A great many people
said that America was becoming too strong—that she was
dangerous to the peace of the world; but he would say that
if this division was permitted the South would become a
military nation,and the North would be compelled to become
military also. With 1,500 miles of lines and forts to defend,
the North would require a standing army of 250,000 men ;
and when a nation had a large standing army she was in
great danger. Before this war the legal force of the United
States army was 25,000; the actual number was 18,000; and
was all they wanted; indeed, the Tribune and other papers
had written it down as too large; but let this division take
place, and an army of 250,000 men would be required by
the North, and one of not less than 150,000 cr 200,000 for
the South ; and when America was compelled to have
armies like these, like a boy with a knife, the will always
be wanting to whittle with them. (Laughter and cheers.)
It was the interest, then, of the world that the American
nation should be united and under the control of that part
of the nation that had always been for peace, and that the
government should be wrested from that section of it that
had always been for annexations, filibustering, and snub-
bing nations. (Cheers.) But on religious grounds
there was a higher, more solemn, and national
trust; and the Americans felt, as he did, that he and those
whom he addressed had a solemn moral responsibility for
that country and for the other portions of the globe. But
how much more was that the case when it applied to their
own nation and the Church in America that in their vast
territories there was a glorious sphere to build up a Church
that would make the hearts of all good men everywhere
glad ? (Great applause.) They could not help slavery in
the States before the war, but now that it had become a
declared public enemy it was their duty as Christians to see
that slavery should never again be in a position to blight
this fair Western territory. (Cheers.) When he stood and
looked out upon that immense territory—(great interruption,
and cries of "Put him out")—when he looked at that vast
territory he felt bound, as an individual man, as a citizen,
as a Christian minister, to ask, Will you permit this terri-
tory to be darkened by this storm cloud P Will you permit
the acres which lie between the Pacific and the Atlantic to
groan with unrequitted toil when it is in your power to pre-
vent it ? (Cheers.) The Americans were sending mission-
aries to all parts of the world to aid in its civilisation and
evangelisation, and yet there were men amongst them who
counselled them to give up America to the devil, and not do
another thing. (Cheers.) He said, apart from all ques-
tions of finance or commerce, it was their duty as Christians
to save that vast continent from the blast and blight of
slavery. And yet how many were those whose voic:s were
sounding up and down all over England "Let slavery go ?"
A story was told of that great man, Sir Fowell Buxton,
that when a large favourite dog of his was seized with
hydrophobia, and was dashing hither and thither and up
and down the streets to the danger of all passers by, he
seized it by the neck, and, notwithstanding its immense
strength, he held it until help came to him to enable him to
chain it up, What would an Englishman of the type of
the Times said had he been there'? "Let him go—let him
go." (Cheers.) Was there a man there who did not feel
the nobleness of the man who restrained that mad
dog from going about biting women and children?
and were they to let this hell dog of slavery madly go biting
millions in the future? No, we will peril life and limb first.
(Loud cheers.) These facts were not magnified but mini-
mised in his statement of the case. No man could under-
stand these arguments and feelings unless he had been in
the midst of American society and was impressed with the
sentiments of the North—deeper than the sea, firmer than
the hills, serener than the sky over their heads where God
dwells. But it had been said what a ruthless war this war
is I and ho had seen it stated that a pestilential reverend
fellow had come over from America to preach the Gospel,
and it was said he was in favour of the war to extermina-
tion. (Hear, hear.) Well, if he said so, he'll stick to it.
(Hisses, answered by cheers.) Yes, he repeated it. (Hisses
and cheers.) But when his words were quoted on that point
he asked them to take the explanation, not from his enemies,
but from himself. He believed this war was the test of
their American institutions, that it wan a life and death
struggle between liberty and slavery, and that it was the
cause of the common people. He believed that all free people
would be stronger if they suppressed this oligarchyof slave-
holders, and that every oppressed people would be weaker
if the North was pushed to the wall. (Hear, hear.) The
Americans believing this—that the war was a test of their
Constitution, their laws, their liberties, and their future
destiny, and standing before the great responsibility thus cast
upon them— were prepared to place them all upon the altar,
and he said that the North would perish rather than this
Western civilisation should be destroyed, (Cheers.) If
the people of the North were willing to make these sacrifices
in their own homes and families, was it to be expected they
should stop the war for the sake of the South ? Should they
be expected to do for them what they would not do for them-
selves ? No—standing by his own hearth—, standing onof
the
altar of the Church—in all places—and in en
names and memories of the illustrious deadr—esheedeeelared
they would sacrifice in 10 or 20 years, as the. case may
everything they had in the world bat principle. (Hear,
and some hisses.) If the love of public liberty be dead in
Great Britain they would not understand him; but if it
lived as it did in the time of their ancestors, as well as of
his, they would guess the firm and invincible determination
with
at all hazards, and at
of the North to fight the war
th eome strong marks of dis-
approbation,)every cost. (Loud cheers,
• "vt
he regretted to say that some On this Pin,
of the public organs in this country had delibe.rately and
the truth. (Loud cries of " the
knowingly suppressed
.
.and considerable hisses and groans.) It
limes, the Times,
that the North had no sincerity
was said, in
conflict,thistherstplace
that the blacks were treated
in carrying on
than they eyer had I..een or were now in
there much worse
Th. at was a monstrous lie. (Loud
the Southern Ststes.
It was said again that. the proclamation for eman-
cheers.)
cipating them was a mere political trick, and that the war
now
raging was an unprincipled squabble among men who
mad with national vanity. Oh I what a pity that
bad gone
writers like those should not feel in their apostacy the
efforts made by them in early days for the liberty of the
slave! (Loud cheers.) But even if all these monstrous
lies were true, it would not alter the fact, that the North in
its struggle was only promoting the sacred cause of liberty.
(Cheers.) When their army fought at Waterloo, the.
soldiers engaged in that conflict did not know the tremen-
dous moral consequences that were to follow and depended
on that battle. It was not what the British soldier felt
or
thought, but the interests of the British empire ; and so it
was at present. The war was no doubt looked upon in this
country with horror, and as something very wonderful ;
but he would ask them what land or shore the prowess of
their own ships had not seen and conquered ? what land
was there on the habitable globe that their soldiers had not
conquered P Why, the great trumpet of the resurrection,
when it sounded at the last day, would find, at the great
muster to be made, British soldiers from every place under
heaven. (Cheers,) Then, as to the allegation that they
were fighting against their own blood. Had not England,
on a late occasion, poured troops into Canada, and made the
most formidableepnrepwaerraetiotanks agaien nst their ownh dblood,mer ely
because two sn
(Cheers, and cries of Oh, oh.) OldmEnngland ashamed Tedreonfta.
war I Why she planted her standards and national ensigns
in fields of blood in all parts of the earth. (Cheers.) The
American people imitated their pluck, and they would fight
to the last. Next to this came England giving her moral
sympathy to the South. (No, no.) Well, he, like most of
themselves, did not believe all he read in the limes—(cheers,
and three groans for the 2 imes)—but he, also, like them,
read the Times, and he generally found that the last argu-
ment used by those he talked with was the last argument
of the limes. (Laughter.) It unfortunately happebonwe and
those who sympathised with the North shot with e
Atlantic ;
arrows that could not reach 3,000 miles acrossite envenomed
but those who supported the South shot
with the
which
arrows of slander, calumny, and misre- rhe t the Americans
thought
tgconsider a part of
reached the whole distance. If they
had been tenderly sensitive, they
that feeling was caused by the representations which had
been made of the feelings of this country when they were
struggling against slavery for
Russians
freedom, (A. Voice—How
about the Russians ?)
Well, with reference to the
in New York, there bad been a little coquetting there,
All Imes,/ that when a lady thoughtnevib
(Laughter.) They aa
eedent y attentive, she took a
suitor was not aubeau,
and flirted with him in the face of her suitor. In like man-
ner New York was flirting with Russia, but she had her
eye upon England all the time. (Laughter.) But it was
said that such attentions to Russia while she was oppress-
, jag Poland were unworthy of such a country as America.
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