Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-20
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England's neutrality has already cost i've
thousand lives. She has made great mis-
take, and three months hence she will ac-
knowledge 1t. Will you let me speak my
mind? [Yes.l
England's sympathies are with, and have
been with the South. not out of hate to the
North, but because she wished to see US
break in two. MOL When man is very
i'll, 1t is, to say the least of it, bad taste to
go and ord all your mourning, for perhaps
he NAV get well again, and how surprised he
will be to see the notices of his death which
were prepared. England's neutrality con-
sists in standing on the platform and cheer
ing the rebels on
The press leads the way. The Cabinet would
declare war at once, if 1t dared and | am
not sure but what the Mexican intervention
is war in disguise. Read the speeches of
Members OF Parliament to their constituents.
You find them secession to the backbone. Is
there any question about Lindsay's language,
or Capt. Jarvis, or Bulwer Lytton ? | like
Bulwer for his frankness and his honesty.
He is no hYpocrite lie talks as he thinks,
and says that be hopes the country will not
only break up in two, but in four pieces 1t
is already too powerful and should be check
ed England's neGlr2Ety consists IN giving
all her sympathy b the rebels. Supposlng
you and |, hIr Chairman, were friends OF
40 year IS acquaintance, and some night on
the highway, burglar tries to assassiuate
you after having stoien your money, would
you not think il almost out OF the pale OF
humanity in this civilized age, to have me
remain neutral? or, what Is worse. TO hear
me cheer the thief on in MS bloody work.
TChairman-It is not fair analogy. Anal
Ogy or not, that is England's position to-day
towards America. No, no.. Ere many
months you may have revolution In this gar
den island-the revolution that arises from
starving population for is there not un-
mistakable signs of corn famine in Ireland
and a cotton famine in England? SUPP ose
such to happen, and class should be arrayes
against class, would you not think 1T damna-
BILE for America to join the rebels, and cry
Justify for the destruction OF this proud
nation, as England Is continuing to cry tor
Americas ruin? Hear and No.
Where does England find food for sym
pathy with the damned traitors In this hell
born conspiracy? " as it the north or south,
who sent the contributions TO Ireland IN their
distress? (Hear, hear.) Was it the north or
south who put the flags at half-mast on the
dea b OF Havelock? (cheers) and tell me,
Gentlemen, who received the son OF your
Queen with open arms, but the proud chill
dren Of our northern country? Boiling over
with good will to England, we took the
prince and embraced him, because We loved
this old land and its mighty associations.
Cheers We loved to mix our hist ry and
lose it even in youIs. Cheers We loved
your Christian Queen, and showed all these
things in the warm and honest reception we
gave her son. loud cheers.) All this was
in the north, but when he crossed the border
into the slave country, he hastened 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 ales feared the action OF the
mob, and saw for the first time that he was
not welcome in the land where one his
ancestors ruled (1ear, and true) Knowing,
then, that all thesa acts OF violence and
hostility against England came from the
south, you can imagine the disgust OF the
north at reading the Times day after day.
and the Telegraph, the Herald, the Chronicle
and nearly all the entire British press, en-
couraging the rebels on in their unchristlan
work
Mr.. Bell tsks, how could we have done
otherwise than remain neutral? But L
maintain thar. you err not sutrai- hen
you fud two boys at blows You must not for
get that while you do not enter the ring, the
more you hurrah for Bill the stronger II
makes him, and the more it discourages j De-
You cheer ona side continually, and hiss tn
other, and call it neutrality Oh ar. hear
and applause.) However, 1t has taught
America one lesson-that is, not to put her
trust in princes, (laughter) but to rely on
her own strong arm. IL has opened her
eyes to many things, but none more Impor-
tant than this, namely, that England may
war with Russia, France with Austria, and
all Europe may be blazing away with the
fash of musketry, the cling OF armor' and
the sound OF cannon, without America DelnE
affected. But when America, deslrous OF
showing off her military nature, gets up a
little national sham fight within her own
borders in three months time with million
l1f soldiers, fires of million of rifles, dis
charges a million OF revolyers, and has her
artillery booming on every hill say, when
the American people, in the abs nee OF for
eign war, get up grand review and XII zen
thousand traitors on the Champs dc Mars OF
the Potomac, all the world tremblingly stops
to gaze, and all the worlds commerce be-
comes derapged. (Hear, hear.) Europe may
ficht, but America cares not. America plays
with firearms to keep her hand IN and Eu-
rope is pale for fear, fer it has come to pass
that the commerce of the United States with
Europe sums up each year one hundred maj
hons of pounds sterling Stop this commerce
for twelve months, and millions here are
thrown out of employment. Hear Even
nv friend, Mr.. Wood, will feel it, in the
absence of orders from the ship yards OF the
north. Hear, hear, and laughter L have
listened with earnestness to the bold words
of Mr.. Morse. | meet him tonight for the
first time, and l congratulate, at last, our
people at having live Consul to represent
them in London. Cheers. We have had
enough of dead men, God knows. (Cheers.l
His Union sentiments are refreshing. Now
we shall have no more treason hatchlsg IN
the American congulates OF England. Ills
predecessor was buying maskets all the
time-so was it at Liverpool, and so 1t was
with the Paris Embassy-the flag was
outraged, tho consuls and the ministers are
guilty of high treason, and should suffer the
doom of traitors
endores AFssv y .rs of Cassius NJ Clay.
and wish all our representatives were equally
national. l say welcome eur new consul,
and give him cordial shake OF the hand
over his brave, bold words for the land love;
anC you, too, my eloquent friend from
Georcia-whose name shall not 60 into the
papers, for l would not have your children
Who remain in the State suffer for your love
of the Union-you, too,we welcome for your
honest defence of the nation. You have as
tonished many present by your graphic des-
cription of affairs in the south. | knew it
must be SO | knew that the southern coun-
try was full of Union men, who will spring
around the flag the moment our forces land
in Savannah (les and chesrs.) Secession
in YOUR part of the country is fashionable
no wonder the fair southern ladies are en-
RACED for all their crinolins was used up
long ago, and they do not make it in the
south. (Laughter.) How can they live out
of fashion? They believed that Mrs. Davis
would hold levees in Washington they be-
lieved 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 1t must be terrible