The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-28
SPITE AGAINST ENGLAND.

/ 1t will be seen from the following extract from
the proceedings of the Federal Congress that some
! OF the Lincolnites were opposed to the surrender
of Messrs Mason and Sldell, and acknowledge
that their country was disgraced by complying
with the demand of England A bill was before
the House Of Representatives making. an appro-
/ priation for the purpose of having tie United
States represented at the Worlds Fair in London
when Mr. Owen Lovejoy, Of Illinois, gave vent to
his feelings in the following stylc
AIr. Lovfjoy, (rep.) OF Ill: am very decidedly
opposed to this bill. | think it is enough for US
in all conscience, to have been humbugsed aud
dlshonorcd aud disgraced by the British nation
without now approprlatlng 30 thousand dollars
for the purpose Of an American exhibition there.
Mr.. Kellogg, (rep.) of H. inquired if it had
been through the action of the British govern
ment or OF our own government, that we have
been thus QiShonored and disgraced.
Mr. Lovcjoy-I understand how it was done
That disgrace was all that the nation could bear
| We marched up to it sweating great drops of
blood. We came to it as Christ went to the cross
saying, If it be possible, let this cup pass from
us; and yet we required to say that we did it
chterfuliy, that did it gladly and that we now
appropriate thankfully thirty five thousand dol
lars to tit out commissioners appear at the Court
of st. james. lhaSmuch have submitted
to that disgrace, we have submitted to be thus
dishonored by Great Britain, | think the least we
can do Is to acknowledge it, and to stay at home
till the time that we can whip III It nation
Then | will be willing to 20 and appear at their
| Worlds Exhibition. Every time think Of that
surrender, the words come ins;inctively to me
which -Eneas used when requested by Queen
DIDO to rehcarse the suffcriug, which had byfalIen
h0 ,f
-"Oh Queen. you require me to renew the in
tolerable grief Of that siege by relctiug it"
Every time the Trent affair comes up, every time
that allusiOn is made to il, every time that
have to think of it, that expression Of the tortured
and agonizcd Trojan exile comes to my lps-I
am made to renew the horrors which | suffered
when the news of the surrender Of Mason and
Slidell reached US. | acknowledge it. | literally
wept tears Of vcxaton. [ hate it, and | bate the
British government. [ here now publicly avow
and record that bate, and declare that it shall be
unextnguishabe. | mean to cherish it while |
live, and to bequeath it to my children when |
die; and if | am alive when war with England
comes, and If | can carry muskct in that war;
will carry it. have thee sons, and | mean to
charge them, and do now charge them, that if
they shall have at that time reached the years Of
manhood and strength, they shall enter into that
war. | believe there need for that sur
L
have gone to war with Great Britain than have
suffered the disgrace of being insulted and being
thus unavenged. | have not reached the subli-
nation OF Christianity eXaltation Of Christi
anity which allows to be usUItcd, abused and
dshonorcd. | can bear all that as IA Christian
but to say that | do it chccrtuy is more than
can bring myself to. | trust in God that the time
is not far distant when shall have suppressed
this rebellion, and be prepared to avenge and
wipe out this insult we have received We viii
then stir up ireland, we will appeal to the Char
fists Of England, we will 90 to the old French
habtnn& OF Canada, we will join hands with
France and Russia to take away the Eastern pos
sessions Of that proud empire, and will take away
the crown from that government before
| trust in God that that time will come. | trust
the pIrol.riation 8l be voted down. | don't
believe there any necessity for this surrender
[ am strongly inclined to believe that We would
have been all the stronger for this difficulty with
Great Britain, for it would have made Us feel the
necessity Of making short work with the rebels.
After further debate, the House passed the bill
by large ma j0rty.
READ AND REFLECT.-A correspondent Of the
Petersburg Express says
"Should the enemy succeed in getting posses
sion of the great eorn-growimg section Of North
whisky distlIIers permitted to 90 on in the
central and western portion Of the State, disastrous
indeed will be the consequence to the good people
Of North Carolina. Yankee fleets and whisky
distilleres the worst and most formidable enc
mics with which the citizens OF this Coniuderacy
have to contend, May we hope that our brave
soldiers will be able to cope with the former, and
that our State Convention and Legislature may
suppress the latter, and that may thus be saved
from ruin.
If the y. c. Convention had half the independence
claimed for it, it would Jay heavy every
who distilled, during the war grain not OF his own
raising Every ought to have the privilege OF
converting the he raises into wiskey if be de-
sreS to so; but when he begins TO buy mp for
that purpose while it is needed for bread, he should
be heavily taxed, and the appropriated to the sup
port of the poor while the war lasts.
and BLACASMaTNING.
The subscriber is prepared to do all kinds OF Wood
work and BIacksmith:ng, such as making and repair
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