The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-19
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secession organs of the country. Secession
organs, did [ say? There are no others
save the Daily News, the Star, the Liver
pool Post, and two or three more journals
the rest all have flags flying and cannons
booming to stimulate treason on to mur-
der. The press leads the way. The Cab
met would declare war at once if it dared
and / am not sure but what the Mexican
Intervention is war in disguise. ReaI the
speeches of members of Parliament to
their constituents. You find them seces-
sion to the backbone. Is there any ques-
ton about Lindsay's language, or Captain
Jarvis, or Bulwer Lytton like Bulwer
for his frankness and his honesty. He is
no hypocrite. He talks as he thinks, and
says that he hopes the country will not
only break up in two, but in four pieces
1t is already too powerful, and its growth
should be checked. England's neutrality
consists in giving all her sympathy to the
rebels. Suppose you and [, Mr.. Chair
man, were friends of forty years acquaint-
ance, and some night on the highway a
burglar tries to assassinate you after hav-
ing stolen your money, would you not
think it almost out of the pale of human
ity in this civilized age to have me remain
neutral or, what is worse, to hear me
cheer the thief on in his bloody work p
(Chairman-It is not a fair analogy)
Analogy or not, that is England S position
today toward America. (No, no) Ere
many months you may have revolution
in this garden island-the revolution that
arises from starving population-for is
there not unmistakable signs of a corn
famine in Ireland and cotton famine in
England? ? Suppose such to happen, and
class should be arrayed against class, would
you not think it damnable for America to
join the rebels, and cry Justify for the
destruction of this proud nation, as Eng
land is continuing to cry for Americas
ruin (Hear, hear, and No.)
Here are the facts [ wish to make
known. The South has always been the
enemy Of England, as the North has been
her friend. (Hear and true.) Every
act of hostility has emenated from that
quarter. Look along our history's page.
What was the Non-Intercourse act previ-
Gus to the last war but a Southern insti
tuition The whole North was against it,
and the Hartford conventionites, to this
day, are subjects of derision by the South
erners for the sympathy New England
cheers.) What was the High Tariff act,
the twenty-five cents yard duty on cot
ton, of 1916, but a Southern institution
All New England voted against Mr.. Cal
houn's American system. 1t was the
same in 1920 and 1924 but the South
having passed their High Tariff, the North
showed its enterprise by putting up cot
ton mills, aud it was not for some years
after (1828) that the North voted for
protection Then Mr.. Calhoun, in 1882,
wanted to kill the bantlng he had created
in 1916, and because he could not sue
ceed, started his hell-born notification
cry, which was so summarily stopped by
General jackson. What was the Mexi-
new slave lands What were the fillibus-
tering expeditions against Cuba but South
ern institutions Where did Lopez hail
from where Walker? Where did Lynch
law, the bowie knife and the duellist orig
mate, but in the South Is not repudia-
tion purely Southern institution Who
was it that showed their sympathies against
England, in the Russian war, but the en-
tire democratic party, which for forty
years has been Southern institution
The wings were with England, but the
democrats cheered the Russian arms
These are all Southern institutions, and
certainly negro slavery is not an institu-
ton of the North. Where, then, does
England find food for sympathy with the
damned traitors in this hell-born couspira-
cy? Was it the North or South who sent
the contributions to ireland in their dis
tress :? (Hear, hear.) Was it the North
or South who put the flags at half-mast
on the death of Havelock (cheers) and
tell me, gentlemen, who received the son
of your Queen with open arms, but the
proud children of our Northern country
Boiling over with good will to England,
we took the prince and embraced him, be-
cause we loved this old land and its nigh
ty associations. (Cheers) We loved to
mix our history and lose it even in yours.
(Cheers) We loved your Christian
Queen, and showed all these things in the
warm and honest reception we gave her
son. cloud cheers.) All this was in the
North, but when he crossed the border
into the slave country, he hasteneG away
quickly, for fear Of repeated insult. Yes,
gentlemen, it was in the capital of the So
called Confederate States, Richmond, that
the Prince of Wales feared the action Of
the mob, and saw for the first time that
he was not welcome in the land where his