The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-03-19

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us to rob the treasury al Washington
wrong in. allowing us to. absorb all
the Northern spoils>- wrong in al
lowing us to- assume all .sthe civiland
military power. [Cheers] Ioitells you
that we in Secessia despise the North.
They boast.in the North of theeiir: mo- nc,
ralitv and religion---But we despise
their morality and religion. ["sShame. 81
II tell you that the North has acted
wrongly by us in permitting MS to re-
move all the munitions Of war to the
Southern ports, where they could be
surrendered into our hands, laughter
and cheers ~-into the hands Of the
tar famed chivalry of the South.
{EHear.] ,"'.5. IN Z.
| The Honorable gentleman from Ala
bama, who spoke before me, has told
1youhow the chivalry of South Caro-,
lima marched into the Mexican camp.
never heard that gentleman before
III never before heard my worthy
friend, who is, / believe, from the hot
bed of Secessia; but l must tell you
that, in what he has mentioned, he has
endeavored to deceive you---he has
forgotten to tell you that all those men
so eloquently described were enlisted
in philadelphia, loud cheers, and as
am now speaking on nationalities, I
may say that the commanding officer
of those brave men was an Irishman
>--Gen. James Shields Continued
cheering. '''.*'.',
l say that the South has right to
complain Of the way in. which the ques-
tion in debate this light is considered
in this country. Here Mr.. Train, with
biting sarcasm, turned his southern
argument on England. We blame
you for deceiving us in this great isnc
We have to thank you for Fastening
to acknowledge us as belligerents, but
we have a right to blame you for civ
ing all your sympathies to the North.
Loud applause. We blame you be-
cause all your press, the London Times
and every other of your news journals,
has given it's voice in favor Of the
North. Loud laughter and cheers, the
audience fully entering into the spirit
of the sarcasm. You cannot spare
one single journal to the South! We
blame you fer not giving every assis-
tance to our vessel Of war (the Nash
Wiley when in Southampton docks
Applause, and "Good again." Your
affections have been centered on the
Tuscarora. You have never assisted
one-half of our enterprising navy, the
Sumter, now in the Mediterranean.
l have heard, but cannot believe
it, that the reason the North has no,
caught her, is because the North wish.
es her left afoat on the ocean, to show
Europe what the North could do with
five thousand similar vessels afoat.
|" Oh, oh :" and cheers. We blame
You, and we have a right to blame
you, that you have not long since ad.
mlttcd the clans Of our great Confed.
cracy, as we were led, by the unofficial
correspondence, to think you would
have done long since. Hear. hear
Again, we have to complain that you
have not sufficiently acknowledged our
established valor: have you forgotten
how ten thousand Of our grand chival.
ry, after two days fighting, drove
ninety Of the Northern men out Of Fort
Sumter Applause and laughter.
Then, again, did we not, IN open day:
light, assassinate in Alexandria their
\ Col. Ellsworth !? You give us no cred.
it for these things; but you would, il
yeu acted justly by us, give us some
little credit on that account. You
have not done as was promised in the
first instance, and we complain that
your Lindsays, your Gregorys, your
Halliburtens, and your other members
OF Parliament, advocate, although fee
bly,, the acts of the North. Ap.
plause.
You ought to take our sido because
it is the weaker one: IF you saw a
King Charles pup fighting with bold
bull dog, You would take the part OF
; the King Charles because it was the
weaker and we complain that you
do not, tor the same reason, take our
part. [Cheers and laughter You
: take enormous credit for having dis.
+ patched so quickly men and munitions
J Of war to Canada-you take grea,
credit for having suppressed certain
dispatches. ["Oh, yes" and cheers
Remember I am speaking for the
South. Laughter.] You take grea,
credit for having suppressed those
\ dispatches for three weeks--but we
in the South keep our secrets long.
er than that-we keep our secrets not
: for three weeks, or thres months, OF
three years, but for thirty years. FHear,
hear. And all that time in the North
We were adding to the Knights of the
Golden Circle! We keep our secrets
longer, not for three weeks, but for
thirty years, we kept concealed frosn
the world our forces. Look to our ad.
mirable plan Of assassinating Presi
: dent Lincoln! ICries Of .s,shame !',]
. Il was discovered too soon by some
vile 1nlon man. or we ~mipht HAY.