Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-01-24

he surrounded by his own eountrymen-
say from this spasmodic display of II
combe courage, | am confident would hav
been the first out from Bull Run lou
cheers and laughter)-- would have eve
made better time than that pensioncd Il
belor Russell (hisscs) )--who, it seems, ca
slander our officers, our Government an,
our country week after week in the Lon
don Times (hcar, and no and yet al
American S not allowed to speak (yes
and 60 on.) Yonder volunteer rcmind
me of the revolutionary anecdote of tht
militia captain, who told his company t,
stand their ground until the English came
within gunshot, and tEen to start and %
round that 'ar hill as fast as thir legs wo'd
carry them-and being ltet'e lame, III
60 now (Loud laughter.) From the
boldness anil bravery Of the volunteer who
interrupted me, I am sure that, not con-
tented with being full private in that
company, his ambition would tempt him
even into the high position of the prudent
captain himself, (Lud laughter, and
complete silence during the rest of the dis
eourse,) Mr. Tram again warmly depre-
Gated the idea of war between England
and America, and urged his auditors to do
all they could to allay the hostile feeling in
this country against America. He asked
them to wait patiently until the North
had put down the rebellion He said they
might fancy that serving two nations would
be better than serving one nation, but he
would tell them the South would be but
poor customers. T G bulk of the products
exported from this country was sold in
the North. He argued that England wo
suffer more by war than America which
supplied this couatry with bread and meat
and they should rsfect upon this before
they rushed into war. He admitted the
strength Of our navy, but the time had
gone By for nayies. A great navy with
war bout twice in a century would not
pay anything like street railway. Mr..
Train reverted 70 the Trent affair, and
said be was confident that if the question
was laid eourteously before the authorities
of Washington, England would meet with
all the courtscy and attention she could
wish in return but if she put pistol at
the head of Secretary Seward and said
Give up those men, he was afraid it wo'd
raise up that spirit Of which he had seen
some mani estations in that assembly He
did not think England was the nation to
strike America when she was in trouble
Ito take advantage Of her internal dis
srsnIou5 s.'osNt4J I,-.sasO.s-~-,.~ .-~,'e.,,e.
England was too great, too independent,
to take advantage Of the weakness of any
nation Was it not so? (Applausc and
confusion They would not strike man
when he was i'll in bed, would they? He
did net believe England really bore any
hostility to America Cries of No, aud
cheers )-and be told them America bore
no hostility to England, When any Of
our great uien went to America did they
not receive t!em gcnerousl y-eyen MIR.
Edwin James. Cloud laughter.) No
matter who it was, if lie wanted a home
be would fad one in America, which was
an asylum for the exile as well as England,
The papers every day talk about having
IS put ny With so many Insults. What ali
admi, sion Take insults from man in
robust health, and then when sickness may
have taken away s,me tf his strength,
England jumps upon him with the fury Of
q tempest. (No,) England has made
two serious mistakes First, in taking in
such repudiating thief as JEFF, Davis, for
q junior partner--(No, and laughter)-
and second, in showing such waRt of faith
in the power of the Government, not only
to settle our owa- matters, but to demand
respect from Europe. Has England for
gotten our intal.cy AID boyhood cur infan-
cy of 117G? cur boyhood Of 1872? The
expedition at Port Royal was three times
tue size of the great British feet of Eliza
beth. There were but l7G ships, with
10, 900 men, against the Armada, and all
but "a of which belonged to the Crown
were privateers or merchant armed vessels.
England was the first to use privateers-
We were well up in the business during
the last war.
Were you aware that the Americans
captured ffty-six British men-of-war
mounting eight hundred and sixty-six guns?
and two thousand four hundred and forty
five merchantmen, valued at and sold for
one hundred and seven millions Of dollars
in 1912? Not possible. Who has
grown the most rapidly since these times
England or America ? One would sup
pose, when reading the history of the Con
stitution and Gucrrier, the Wasp and the
Frolic, United States and Macedonia, the
Hornet and the Peacock, were forgotten.
If everything fails there is one more chance