The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-05-06

{ ever 70 every slsnier and every c4iEmuy.
The ladies' OF New Orleans knew hetter II kel
were safe has any one Of them ever said sh'
| vas not, The OF New Orleans knew wheth
; Or their lives ard property we're sac. has a.,
mar ever said il s2s not, The poor OF Ne-
Orleans know whether The money that vas tax
ea from tie rich rebels vas fed oat TO them
Has any one OF them denied il, To hat reeorC
point ~ the only answer / shall ever make K
} the ealnmnies that have been poured upon ne
sad upon the officers every -kere in thai depart
Rent, that aided 80 successfully in carrying ou
every effort tor the good Of the country. de-
sire uow 10 say sing.e word upon the question
What are the prospects Of the var, Nv opin
ion would be no better than that Of another
man bus ie, ne show you the reason for the
faith that : ia ne, that this war IS progressing
steadily 20 a successful tern nation Compare
the state Of the country OIL January ! 1868
with the state OF the country onJSnuAry 1862
and tell me whether there bas been any pro
gress. Al that tiDe the Union armies held nc
considerable portion Of Missouri. OF Kentucky or
Of Tennessee; none Of Virginia except Fortress
Monroe and Arlington Heights noue VI North
Carolina save Hstteras; and none Of South
Carolina save Port Royal All the rest was
ground Of struggle al least aud al the res, fur
nishing supplies to the rebels. Now they hold
none Of Missouri, nsne Of Kentucky or Of Ten
nesse, for any valuable purpose Of supplies, be-
cause the western portion is in our hands, aud
the eastern portion has been 80 rua over by the
contendng armies that the supplies are gone
They hold no portion Of Virginia valuable for
supplies, for that Is eaten out by their armies.
We hold one third of Virginia and halt OF No ID
Carolina. We hold oar own in South Carroll
ma, and hope that before the llth OF this
month We shall hold little more. We hold
two thirds Of Louisiana in wealth and pOpula-
ton. We hold all Of Arkansas and al Texas,
so far as supplies are concerned, so long as Ear
ragat IS between Port Hudsoa AID Vcksbgrg,
aud believe the colored troops hold Florida, at
the last accounts.
The rebellion is redsced TO the remainder OF
Virginia, part of North Carolina, all of Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi, and small portion Of
Louisiana and Tennessee Texas and Arkansas,
as | said before. being cut of Why | draw
strong hopes from this lie that their supplies
must all either come from Keatucky, Tennessee,
Missouri Arkansas or Texas, and these are now
entirely beyond their reach To that look
largely for the suppression of this rebellion and
the overthrow Of this revelation
They have got TO the end of their conscrip-
tioR. We have not begun ours. They have got
to the end of National credit We have not pat
We be impatient? The Revolutionary war last
ed seven years. Nations at war ever move slow
ly. Il has seemed strange to me that our navy
could not catch the steamer Alabama bat .
friend reminded me that Paul Jones, with a sail.
ing ship, even on the coast Of England, bid de6-
ance 10 the whole British Navy for several
months, and that Lord Cochrane, with a sin lie
ship, held the whole French coast in terror.
So that if We viii only have little patience, and
possess our souls with littlo patriotism, 1e
shall have no reason to complain.
Bnt there Is one thing say frankly that | DO
not like ths appearance Of | refer 10 the war
made upon our commerce. Ii Is not the fault
Of the Navy Of any department OF the govern
ment but it is the fault OF osr allies Pardon
me a moment, for l sm speaking LOW to the
merchants OF New York, as this ie a matter on
which have given some reflection. Pardon me
While VIC oAauIIns 10 see wnag England has done.
She agreed to be neutral. tried 10 demon
s.--., - -" thst she, ought 70 be little more.
But has she been? Cries of no, no) Let as
see the evidence of that no In the frst place.
there has been nothing in the Union cause bat
what her orators and statesmen have msligned
There has been nothing We have done but what
has been perverted by her press There has
been nothing OF sympathy or encouragement
which they have not afforded our enemies. There
cover OF neutrality, which she has not done 10
help the rebels. Nassau has been a naval arse
nal for pirate rebel boats to re6t in-Kingston
has been a coal depot, and Barbados has been
a dancing hall to fete pirate cheftains in. What
cause, my friends, what cause, my countrymen,
had she so to deal with US, What is the reason
she has 40 dealt with Us? Is it because We have
never shown sympathy toward her or love 10
her peoples And mark me here-I draw dis
:inct line between the English people, the mas
ses, ana the English Government | think tbs
hearts of her people beat respOnsively TO ours
But know the Government aud her aristOcracy
hate US with bate that passeth all understand
ing.
When there was a likelihood Of war, Eng
land stopped the expectation of those articles
she thought We wanted. Let US do the same
thing. Let US proclaim nonintercourse so tina
no ounce of food shall 10y any accident eyel
find It's way into an Englishmans mouth unit
the piracy is stopped. Applause, and cries o.
/" good" and voice: " Let Us hear that again
| never say anything that l am afraid to say
again. | say again, let Us proclaim noninter
course so that no ounce of food from Anerici
shall ever by any accident find its way to a.
Englishman's mouth until these piraces ar
stopped. and that We have right 10 do. Blu
hear some OGector say, if We proclaim non
intercourse England may go to War but | an
not 10 be frighteded twice running. ] 20
frightened little more than year ago, but
have got over It. II is a necessity, for We mus
keep our ships at home to save them from thes
pirates. if dozen Of them get loose upon th
ocean. 1t becomes a war measure. which an
natien under any law would have right I
, enforce; and it shonld be made to apply di
rectly to the English nation, for never hear
! of a blockade runner under the French flag. 0
! Russian, or Austrian, or Greek fag-no. No
/ even the Turks viii DO It. Therefore I bay
J ventured to suggest this to you as a possible
aye, as a probable remedy unless this THU
{ Is seen to and stopped We must see to it
} We should protect ourselves, and take mani
: place among the nations Of the earth. But
hear some say that this will bring down To
> price Of our provisions, aud make our Nester
, markets more depressed. Allow me TO sugges
\ that the expOrtiOn Of gold be also prohibited
and then there would be nothing 70 meet on
bills of exchang 20 pay for our goods hut on
provisions, and We could pay tor our silks an
, satins in butter. lard, corn. beef and pork, an
, if our fair sisters and daug ghters viii wear silk
4 and satins and laces they will feel 10 troubl
because portion of the extra price goes I
i. the Western farmer. instead Of going into II
cofers Of a Jew banker in Wall street. 70
will observe nv friends. that in the list
grievances with which charge England,
{ not charge her with tampering with our :" leas
!. ing politicians" So far sany evidence hsv
: don't know that she is guilty. But what sha
> We say Of our leading politicians who hay
: tampered with herr have read that-whic
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