The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-02-12

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with America means the destruction of
British Commerce (OhD 1t means
morc-civil war in this happy land. (No)
Revolutions are contagious. Revolution
in New Zealand, revolution in Hungary,
in Poland, in Italy, revolution in Russia,
revolution in America-and pray why do
you except Englandl
"War with America is not like war
with European powers. 1t means the
destruction Of twenty-five millions Of
Americans or victory. l would rather
you would express no signs Of apprecia-
tion or disapprobation until have paint
ed my picture. (Hear.) Your papers
are guilty of goading you on to all the
horrors Of brutal war, and lead you to
spposc that America is your bitterest ene-
my instead of your truest friend. Per-
haps l can bring the frontier closer home
by drawing another picture.
will in few words state who is
your friend-who is your enemy. Well,
ther, France is your natural friend 7
America your natural enemy. Of course
the Americans know that your great ar
my of volunteers (cheers) is got up against
their natural enemy, America
/" Let me show you the force of my ar
gument in another way. During seven
hundred years have you not always been
friends? Iaughter) Have you not
common literature, common law, and
do you not speak the same language?
what better proof can you have that
France is your best friend than by talking
with the officers of the French Navy, who
worship England for the burning recollec-
tions of Trafalgar. The army, too, love
YOU as brother, for the sterling lessons
you taught them at Waterloo. (Laugh-
ter and applause) The merchants like
you for your having rivalled them every
where in trade. And the priesthood al
most adore you for having done so much
for their religion, and showered so often
blessings on the head Of their Pope
| (Applause and laughter.
:" Have | not proved that France must
naturally be your fricnd9 If not, then, l
have another argument stronger yet,
The people, they must naturally admire,
revere and respect the nation that took
their royal guest out of the Belerophon
and sent him to die, Parnassius like, on a
sterile rock in the Southern Ocean.-
(Hear) Oh, yes! France is your friend.
Read the Debats, the Moniteur, La
PreSSe and the Constitutional. Don't
you see how friendly they are? How diff
ferent from the hostile comments of your
natural enemy, America. A nation that
takes twcnty-three millions Of your man
ufactured goods, and gives you forty-four
millions of your raw material must natu-
rally be your enemy. Are we not always
insulting you!
Read your papers-what an outrage
that was fourteen years ago, how insult
ing to sell Erin, pale with want, large
cargoes of food for nothing. cloud ap-
plause.) Admitted, gross insult was Of
fered by our having burned down the City
Hall to honor your officers in New York
at the Atlantic cable. (Checrs.) But
if have failed to show that America is
your natural enemy, observe we outraged
all rules of etiquette in the royal welcome
we gave the son of the noblest lady that
ever sat upon the throne of mighty peo-
pie. loud Cheers That insult should
never be forgotten. (Hear, hear.) This
change of positions of France and Amer
ica may show you how uncalled for is this
uprising of your people, civilization is bar
barism when its result is anarchy.
"Americans want 10 come out to your
Exhibition next year. (Cheers.) How
can they in the midst of war, when you
will want to turn it into an exhibition OF
improved firearms. Americans do not
think that England would be guilty of
doing so bad and dastardly an act as to
strike nation when it is down. (Iear. J
1t is unworthy of great England. If she
agtates on this issue rest assured no apol-
ogy would suffice. IL looks TO me merely
rs ruse to get arms into Canada, to be
prepared for European complications, and
to take the advantage of leading the pas
sions of strong people in order to keep
up weak ministry; but there will be nc
war. (Applause.) My instincts some
times are prophetic, there will be no war
just thirty years ago placards were posted
all over the kingdom, with these words,
Stop the Duke, run for gold.' The rem
edy was powerful, the cure perfect, in fif
ty-eight hours the Duke was out of office
and the home guards did not shoot down
the people. (Hear.
"Let us respect the dignity Of our res
pective lands; respect each others pride
and do anything but dishonor each Other
rather than go to war. (Cheers.) i
America is wrong she is manly enough
to make it right. (Hear.) If England
finds herself in error, she is too proud tC
do so mean thing as to strike nator
: she thinks is paralyzed by domestic dis
cord. Hurrah for Americal Hurrah
, then, for England. loud Cheering)"