Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-12-20

can imagine the disgust of tie north in read
ing the Times day after day. and the Tel
egraph, the Herald the Chronicle, an,
nearly all the entire British press. encour
aging the rebels on in their uncLristiai
work England has II ade mistake
fatal mistake. To make sure that / all
not in the wrong, am preparing book o
opinions ofthe press extracts from speech
es of members of parliament and the min
istry, which will prove the hostility of Eng
land against the federal power.
Dir. Bell asks, how could we have done
otherwise than remain neutral? Bat
maintain that You are not neutral. Whom
you find two boys at blows you must not
forget that while you do not enter the
ring, the more you hurrah for Bill the
stronger it makes him, and the more il
diseoUrages Joe. You cheer one side con-
tinually and hiss the other, and call it
neutrality. Hear, hear, and applause
However, it has taught America one les
son-that is, not to put her trust in prin-
ces laughter but to rely on her own
strong arm 1t has opened her eyes to
many things, but none more important than
this, namely, that England may war with
Russia, France with Austria. and all Eu-
rope may be blazing away with the flash
OF musketry, the elang Of armor, and the
sound of cannon, without America being
affected. But when America, desirous Of
showing off her military nature. gets up a
little national sham fight within her own
borders in three moths time with a mil
lion Of soldiers, fires off million of rifles.
discharges million of revolvers, and has
her artillery booming on every hill--I say.
when the American people. in the absence
OF foreign war, get up a grand review and
kill ten thousand traitors on the Champs
de Mars Of the Potomac, all the world
tremblingly stops to gaze, and all the
worlds Co mmerce becomes deranged.- =
[ Hear, hear. Europe may fight, but
America cares not America plays with
FIRE arms to keep her hand in and Europe
Is pale for fear, for it has come to pass
that the commerce of the United States
with Europe sums up one hundred millions
of pounds sterling. Stop this commerce
for twelve months, and millions here are
thrown out of employment Hear. i
Even my friend, MIR Wood, will t9el it I;
in the absence Of orders from the shiPyards
Of the north. Hear, hear, and laughter
| have listened with earnestncss to the
bold words of Mr. Morse I meet him to-
night for the first time, and | congratulate
at last, our people at having live consul
to represent them in London. Cheers I
We have had enough of dead men, God
knows. His union sentiments are refresh
ing. Now we shall have no more treason
Matching in the American consulates of
England. His predecessor was buying
muskets all the time-so it was with the
Paris Embassy-tbe flag was outraged,
the consuls and the ministers are guilty of
high treason, and should suffer the doom
Of traitors.
No man dared to speak out until the
Russian ambassador arrived I endorse
every word of Cassius NJ Clay, and wish
our representatives were equally national? {?
| say [ welcome our new consul, and give
him cordial shake Of the hand ever his
brave, bold words for the land I love and
you too, my, eloquent friend from Georgia
whose name shall not go into the papers,
for would not have your children who
remain in the state, suffer for your love of
the Union-you, too. we welcome for your
honest defense Of the nation. You have
astonisbed many present by your graphic
description Of affairs in the south. knew
it must be so I knew that the southern
country was full Of Union men, who will
spring around the flag the moment our for
ees land in Savannah T. Yes, and cheers. ]
Secession in your part Of the country is
fashionable no wonder the fair southern
ladies are enraged !; for their crinoline was
all used up long age, and they do not make
it III the south. How can they be cut Of
fashion? They believed that Mrs Davis
would hold levees in Washington; they
believed that Mr.. Walker would raise the
traitors flag on the capitol; but when The
truth breaks upon them, what sensation
Of shame awaits them; for it must be &
terrible thing to realize that they have
been the wives and daughters and sisters
of those who have made red so many bat
tie fields. 1t looks to me, I am sorry tt
say, as though the rebellion was nearly
dead the war nearly over. [Oh. ]
want it to last another year. rob, anC
no I want Europe and England tt
know Us better, and another years wa
will best explain our strength. I have a
policy Of my own. Away with free trade
these distracted days. Let England have
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