The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-31
BURLINGTON SATURDAY. OCTOBER 81 1863
dation stones were taken from your history;
rhen We looked for those men that had

dation stones were taken from your history;
when we looked for those men that had
| illustrated our own tongue, orators, or elo-
Eanuent ministers of the gospel, they were
I,nglish; we borrowed nothing from
| France, but here a fashion and there a
gesture or a custom; but what we had to
! dignity humanity-that made life worth
having-were all brought from Old Eng
land. lCheers.l And do you suppose that
under such circumstances, with this grow
| ing pride, with the gladness to feel tha;
we were being associated in the histor-
ic glory of England, because both you
and we belong toe race-t0 the Anglo
Saxon race-do you suppose that it was
with feelings of Indifference that we be-
held in our midst the heir-apparent to the
British throne? There is not reigning on
the globe a sovereign who commands our
simple, unpretentious, and unaffected re-
spect, as your own beloved Queen in Ame-
rica. Loud cheers.l I have heard multi
tudes of men say that if there was nothing
for the heir-apparent, and it was their
great Joy and their pleasure to pay respect
to him that his mother might know that
through him the compliment was meant to
her. Loud cheers.l 1t was an unarranged
and unexpected, spontaneous and univer-
sal outbreak of popular enthusiasm; it be-
gan in the colonies of Canada, the fire
rolled across the border, all through New
England, all through New York and Ohio,
down through Pennsylvania and the ada
cent States; nor was the element quenched
until it came to Richmond. I said, and
many said--the past of ennlity and preiu-
dice is now rolled away down below the
horizon of memory, new era is come,
and we have set our hand and voices this
week as sacred seal to our cordial affec-
ton and co. operation with England
[Cheers.] u ~.
Now whether we interpreted it Alright or
not is not the question: when we thought
England was seeking opportunity OF going
with the South againstus ofthe North, it hurt
us as no other nations conduct could hurt
us onthe face of the Globe and if we spoke
some words of Incorporate heat, we spoke
them in the modification of disappointed
affection. [Cheers.l 1t has been supposed
that have aforetime urged or threatened
war with England. Never. [Cheers, follow
ed by IA few groans, in reference to which
the speaker remarked: " / have spok-
en- on the prairies where buffaloes beloved
before" The observation provoked loud
laughter.] This l have said-and this re-
peat, now and here-that the cause of con-
stitutional government and of universal
liberty as associated with it in our country
was so dear, so sacred, rather than betrav
it we would give the last child we had--
that we could not relinauish this conflict
| though other States rose and entered into Il
league with the Southland that, if it were
necessary, we could maintain this great
doctrine of representative government in
America against the armed world-against
England and France. Great cheering, fol-
lowed by some disturbance, in reference to
which the chairman rose and cautioned an
| individual near the gallery whom he had
| observed persisting in interruption.l
| Lei me be permitted to say then that i,
seems to me the darker days, in so far as
embodiment between this country and
America is concerned, are past. [Cheers.1
The speech of Earl Russell lrenewed cheer
ing] will go far toward satisfying our peo-
| pie. Understand me, we shall not accept
his views of the past, and the doctrines
which he ha propounded. [Cheers.] But
the statement Of the present attitude of the
Government of Great Britain, and it's in
tentions for the future, occupied with the
detentions of those armed ships of war
that will take away the sting from the
minds of our people. Hear, hear And
although we differ with you in respect tc
the great doctrine of belligerency, the time
is past to discuss that, exceptas question
of history and civil war. We have drifted
SO far away from the period in which il
cumstances of the war, and your circum.
stances have So far changed that now we
can no longer stop to discuss whether il
was or was not right for Great Britain tC
assume this position she has assumed. She
has for years acted upon it and will moi
change it, and now all that we can ask is
Let there be a thorough neutrality. LOuC
cheers.] believe there shall be one. Re
sumed cheers.] II you de not send us 6
man, we do not ask for man. If you dc
I not send us another pound of powder, We
are able to make our own powder. Laugh
ter. If you do not send us another mus
ket nor another cannon, we have cannon
that will carry five miles already. Laugh
ter. We do not ask for material help
We shall be grateful for moral sympathy
[cheersE; but if you cannot give us mora
sympathy we shall still endeavor to dc
without it. But all that we say is, le
France keep away. let England keep hand:
off; if we can't manage this Rebellion by
ourselves, then it shan't be managed at all
ECheers.1 The question of war, under tn,
circumstances in which war is now carried
on i'll our country. is simply question o
time. [Cheers.l The population is will
the North. The wealth iswith the North
J, [Cheers. The right doctrines of civil gov
ernment are with the North. Cheers, ant
a voice, "Where's the justice?"l 1t will
not be long before one thing more will b
with the North-victory. Loud and enthu
siastic rounds of cheers.[ Men OH this sid,
are impatient at the long delay; but if w
f can bear it, can't you? Taught er.] Yo,
arc quite at ease [''Not yeti; we are not
You are not materially affected in any sucl
degree as many parts of our own land ar
now. tCheers.l But if the day shall com,
I in one year, in two years, in ten year
hence, when the old stars and stripes shall
float over every State of America. [Lou,
cheers, and some disturbance from one O
two.] Oh, let him (the chief disturber
, have a chance. [Laughter.l We will tax
turn about. will say the sentences, ant
you shall make the responses. daughter.
I am Il Congregationalist,, but can max
very good Episcopal minister. [Lou'
laughter. / was saying, when interrupt
, ed by that sound from the other side of tn
house, that if the day shall come, in one o
five or ten years, in which the old honore
and historic banner shall float again owe
every State of the South; if the day shal
come when that which was the accurse
, cause of this dire and atrocious war-Sla
very-shall be done away [cheers]-if tn
day shall have come when through all tn
, Gulf States there shall be liberty ofspeecE
, as there never has been [cheers If the da,
shall come when there shall be liberty c
the Press. as there never has been; if tn
day shall come when men shall have com
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