Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-04-22
WHOLE NO. 2429.

| ocean. 1t became war measure, which
any nation under any law would have
right to enforce; and it should be made
to apply directly to the English nation,
Tor l never heard of q blockade runner
under the French flag, or Russia, or Aus
tria, or Greek fiag-no, not even the
] Turks will do 1T. loud cheers and ap-
plause.l Therefore l have ventured to
suggest this to you as a possible, aye, as a
probable reRedy, unless this thing is seen
TO and stofped. We must see to it. We
should protect ourselves, and take man
| " place among the nations of the earth.
loud applause. But l hear some one
say that this will bring down the price of
provisions and make our Western mar
keis depressed. Allow me to suggest
that the expectation of gold be also pro-
hibited, and then there would be moth ing
to meet our bills of exchange to pay for
our goods but our provisions, and we
could pay for our silks and satins in but
ter, lard corn, beef and pork, and if Our
ialr sisters and daughters will wear silks,
and sltins, and laces, they will feel no
trouble because portion of the extra
price goes to the Western farmer instead
of going into the Golfers of jew banker
| in Wall street. Great applause and
cries Of Good" You will observe, my
| friends, that in the list of grievances with
which charge England. do not charge
her with tampering with our ''leading
| politicians" Loud laughter. So far
as any evidence | have, l don't know
that she IS guilty. But what shall we say
of our leading politicians who have tam
pered with her? Great applause l
have read that-which surprised me more
than any other fact of this war-that here
in New Yord leading politicians consult
ed with the British Minister as to when
this Union should be separated; and when
l read that every drop of blood in my
veins boiled, an l would have liked to
have seen that leading poliucian."-
Most enthusiastic applause, the cheers
being renewed again and again. l don't
know that Lord Lyons is to blame. /
suppose, Sir, if man goes to one of your
clerks, and offers TO go into partnership
with him to rob one of your neighbors,
and he refuses and reports to matter to
you you don't blame your clerk; but
what do you do with the man who makes
the offer? IGreat applause, and cries of
'-Hang himn' / think we had better
take a lesson from the Government of
Washington's Administration. though the
case Is reversed. When the French Min
an address 10 the people of the United
States, complaint was made to his Gov
eminent and he was recalled and II law
was passed preventing for all time to
come any interference of foreign Minis
ters in the politics of the United States.
want to be understood; have no evil
dence that Lord Lyons interfered at all,
but the correspondence says that certain
leading politicians of New York came to
him and desired that he should do
what That he would advise with his
Government not TO interfere. Why not?
Because it would aid the cOuntry-they
would spurn it, and would be stronger
than ever to crush the Rebellion, and 1--WE
and our party shall be crushed out v'-
Great laughter and cheers. Mark the
insidious point They knew how the
people felt against England. They knew
the heart of this people to be true to the
Constitution. They knew the people
would not brook any interference from
England, and they ask the British Minis
ter to use the power of British diplomacy
to get other nations to interfere, and
Great Britain to keep out of sight lest we
should see the cat under the meal
Loud laughter. have used the phrase
up to this moment, as you see, of poll
tician," but what kind of politicians are
they? Cries of ''Copperheads," trait
ors," from all over the house amid great
cheers. Conservative politicians. Loud
laughter. They can't be Democratic
politicians. ''Of course they can't"
should like to hear old Andrew jackson
say a few words about such politicians,
who call themselver Democrats. He'd
hang them No, my friend, don't think
4 . IL l. h
would ever catch them. (Laughter) /
have felt it my duty then, and now in
the city of New York, from the interest
have in public affairs, to call attention
TO this most extraordinary matter. 1t is
matter which arrests the attention more
han any other, to wit: that there are
men so lost to patriotism, and so bound
Up in the traditions of party, and so self
sh as TO be willing to tamper with Great
Britain for the separation of this country!
Ii is the most alarming fact that have
een-I had rather see 100000 men set
II the field on the rebel side-Aye, / had
.ather see Great Britain herself armed
lgainst US openly il you please, as she has
,een coveFtly rather than to feel that
here are men, linezl descendants of
Iudas IscariOt, and intermarried with
Benedict Arnold, who would thus betray
heir country. loud cries Of Fernando
Wood" with Kisses and cheers. He
,nows them ALL That has shown me
he great danger-the only danger We are
Il. l call upon true men to sustain the
government. (Great applause-) 1t isn't
n Administrator of my choice didn't
Ote for it or any part of it; but it is the
Government of my country it Is the only
rgan by which | can exert the force Of
he country and protect her integrity;
nd so long as l believe that action is
honestly exerted, | will throw the mantle
charity over any mistakes think see
nd support it heartily with hand and
urse so long as | live. (Applause.) /
ave no loyalty TO no man. My loyalty
to the Government (cheers, That's it)
nd it makes no difference to me who
ne people have put into that Govern
lent, so long as it has been properly and
onstitutionally DONE So long as they
old their seats, and hold their power |
m traitor and false man if talter in
nat support. This is what understand
} be loyalty to the Government
Cheers And | was sorry to hear the
thcr day that there was man in New
orll who prOfessed not to know the
leaning of the word. ('Who was it ?"
Fernando Woodt"l | desire to say that
the duty of every man to be loyal to the
oyernment, to pardon its errors, to help
.ctify its mistakes, to press it on to
'erything that it may do for the country,
ld let it carry the country on in its
,urse of glory and grandeur on which it
Us placed by our fathers for let me say
you, my friends, YOU young men, that
D man yet has ever prospered who op-
1sed his country in time of war. The
Dry of the Revolution; the Hartford
of 1872; the immortal Sew
1 that voted against the supplies in the
exican War, all history Is against them.
nd let no politician put himself in the
nv of the march of this country to glory
nj greatness for he will he crushed. Its