Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-18
The Meeting In she Hall 0f RePre'
sentatiyes. ~


z T Yesterday when the news Of the glorious
victory at Fort DouelsOD vas received here by
telegraph, there wss univetsal rejoicing, and
q iourIegislators ieh that thsy too mast join D
the gene, al Manifestations Of Joy. Hence both
branches of the Legislature Immediately ad-
iourned, and an impromptu meeting was got up
ID tie Hall OF Representatives, with, Governor
3 TOP in the Chair ss President, The Rev. DR..
HoeE was seut for, and arrived ia time to opeI
the meeting with an appropriate and impressive
prayer 10 our heavenly Father, for His bless
Jugs and the continued success Of our arms
Governor ToD then delivered hAppys we'll
timed speech, oongrstulstsrJ over the recent
yicsories. He was followed by Hon. THOMAS
EwIss, whose ssssssmsnlike speech elcited
applause and cemmendatioh from every hesrey.
We have fullrepor. Of the speech, but have
not space to publish the whole OF IT, Here are
"a lev striking passages from it, h si
had great spprehensiohs at one time abou!
tho Trent affair. Fhad fears our Government
= vas going to commit grave orror. The in
slant heard of 1T, sat down and wrote TO the
eiI Pfesident: sWe are wrong In that natter
ti The whole history of our diplomacy tells me
400 tSa,re Wroug w ehsve always supported neu-
4 trail rights, not belligerent rights. We have
: supported the rights OF neutrals, and uttered
souf protestations Of England's doctrine Of the
rights of beilgerents. n know of no such
thing as contraband In neutral ships sailing
3 from Que neutral port to- another. And as TO
THE right of search, we have always denied II;
we never cam admit it," | said to him, to so
conduct that negotiation as TO bring out our old
doctrine. As an exesse for writing, said that
| was more interested than he, for | had larger
u uos,erity TO be influenced by it than be had. i
met him afterWard, before the matter was set
tied. and he agreed with me entirely. Sill the
affair, was not presented exactly as it ought to
have been. - o. .s.:s.. !
Thas matter has ended faVoraby. The ma |
tions Of Europe take exactly the same grounds |
in their conducl toward us. | think il may
Oe considered as settled question by the ma
tlons Of the earth, that there can be no such
thing Rs contraband in a neutral ship sailing
ai from one neutral port TO another.
osf have had fears also, that the nations Of Eu-
rSpe--especfaHy of Eogland-might arknoSl.
ledge the independence of the Southern Con-
y fedefHcys Ny greatest apprehensiors have
2 been that England might be tempted, By the
nature.of the Mississippi river, 10 Attempt to
seoare the navigation Of this great channel Of
,rs1e. She does not want territory; she wants
right OF way. Give her the free navigation Of
that river, aud Il will be worth more 10 her than
India When last conveFsed with the author
fties st WashipgtoD, Iralted this question. 1t
D has been acted upon; aud now have strong
hopes that we will in less than q week hear thatl
our troops have entered lhe mouths Of the Mis-
sissippi and landed at New Orleans. II 60 We
.aEe then out Of danger r
"a, Lieutenant Governor sTASroE, Gen. DELANo'
Col. RoBr. L. MoGOOK, HOas. WILLIAM S
GRoxsBrck, wILLnM E. FMok, JAMEs Mon
ROE, SAMUEL GALLOWAY and WILLrAM J. FLAco
then addressed the assemblage, IN the order in
which they are named, in appropriate and pa
tsfotic speeches LATTER which the meeting ad-
iourned, with three cheers fer the Union and
our victorious armies, everyday feeling that
nis was good TO baSsbeen therel2o.5i4 is9i g'