The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-19

Of violence and hostility against England
came from the South, you can imagine
the disgust of the North at reading tht
Times day after day, and the Telegraph
the Herald, the Chronicle, and nearly al
the entire British press, encouraging th'
rebels on in their unchristian work =
| England has made mistake-a fatal mis-
take. To make sure that | am not in The
wrong, [ am preparing a book of opiu
ions Of the press-extracts from speeche!
of members Of Parliament and the Minis
try, which will prove the hostility Of Eng
land against the Federal Power.
Mr. Bell asks, how could we have done
otherwise than remain neutral But
maintain that you are not neutral. When
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 ii
discourages Joe Yon cheer one side
continually, and hiss the other, and call ii
neutrality. (Hear, hear, and applause }
However, it has taught America one les
son-that is, not to put her trust in prin-
ces, Claughter) 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, with France, with Austria,
and all Europe may be blazing away with
the flash of musketry, the clang of armor,
and the sound Of cannon, without Ameri-
ca being affected. But when America,
DESTROYS of showing off her military ma
ture, gets up little national sham fight
within her own borders in three month s
| time, with million of soldiers, fires off a
million of rifles, discharges million of
revolvers, and has her artillery booming
on every hill say, when the American
people, in the absence of foreign war, get
up grand review, and kill ten thousand
traitors on the Champs de BARS of the
Potomac, all the world tremblingly stops
to gaze, and all the worlds commerce be-
comes deranged (Hear, hear.) Europe
may fight bur America cares not. Amer
lea plays with firearms 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 each
year one hundred millions of pounds Ster-
ling! Stop this commerce for twelve
months and millions here are thrown out
of employment. (Hear.) Even my
friend, Mr. Wood, will feel it, in the ab-
sence Of orders from the ship yards of the
North (Hear, hear and laughter.) |
have listened with earnestness to the bold
words of Mr.. Morse. [ meet him to-
night for the first time, and [ congratu-
late, at last, our people at having a live
Consul to represent them in London
(Cheers.) We have had enough of dead
men, God knows (Cheers.) His Union
sentiments are refreshing. Now we shall
have no more treason Matching in the
American consulates of England. His
predecessor was buying muskets all the
time-so was it at Liverpool, and so was
it with the Paris Embassy-the 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. | endorse
every word of Cassius VI. Clay, and wish
all our representatives were equally ma
tional. I say [ welcome our new CONSUL
and give him cordial shake of the hand
over his brave, bold words for the land |
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 defence of the
nation. You have astonished many pres
ent by your graphic description of affairs
in the South [ knew it must be so |
knew that the Southern country was full
of Union men, who will spring around the
flag the moment our forces land in Sa-
vannah (Yes, and cheers.) Secession
in your part of the country is fashionable,
No wonder the fair Southern ladies are
enraged, for all their crinoline was used
up long ago, and they do not make it in
the South (Laughter) How can they
be out of fashion? They believed that
Mrs. Davis would hold levees in Wash
ington they believed that Mr.. Walker
would raise the traitors flag on the capt.
tol ; but when the truth breaks upon
them, what sensation of shame awaits
them For it must be a terrible thing to
realize that they have been the wives and
daughters and sisters who have made red
so many battle-felds. 1t looks to me, / am
sorry to say, as though the rebellion were
| nearly dead-the war nearly over. / want
it to last another year. | want Europe
and England to know us better, and an
other years war will best explain our
strength | have policy of my own
Away with free trade these distracted
days. Let England have her own laws,