The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-04-11

could be separated, every drop of blood
in my veins boiled, and / would have
liked to seen that leading politician
[Applause.] ! do not know that
Lord Lyons is 20 blame. l suppose, sir,
if man comes to one of your clerks and
offers 10 go into partnership wi h him to
rob your neighbours bank, and he reports
him to you: you remember the clerk,
but what do you do wi h the man who
makes the effort Laughter. A voice
Hang him
l think we had better take a lesson
from the action of Washington's Admin
istra ion, when the French Minister, NJ.
Gene, undertook even to address the
people of the United States by letter.
Complaint was made to his Government,
and he was recalled, and a law was
passed proven ing for all time any inter-
ference by foreign diplomatists with the
people of the United States and again
i want to be understood-I have no
evidence of any in difference on the part
of Lord Lyons but it says, bo;h before
and after, leading politicians came to
him and desired that he would do what
d am giving the substance and not
words -desired that he would request
/ his Government not to interfere. Why
not? Because it would aid the country
not to interfere No. Because if you
do, the country will spurn it and be
ronger than ever fol- crushing this
rebellion and that shall be crushed out.
Mark again the insiIious way IN which
the point was put. They knew how we
felt because Of the action of England
hey Knew that the heart of this people
beat true to the Constitution, and that
i could not brook any interference on
the part of England What, then, did
these politicians do They asked the
| British Minister to use the influence Of
British diplomacy TO induce other ma
| tions to interfere, but to lake care that
Great Britain should keep out of sigh,
lcsj We should see the cat under the
meal Laughtcr.] This is precisely
the PROPOSE ion that they made. You
observe hat in speaking of ,hesc men |
have up to this moment used the word
poll icians. What kind Of politicians
| A voice" Coppcrheads." Kisses and
groans.] They cannot be Domocra ic
politicians. L''Of course, they cannot."l
How | should like TO hear Andrew Jack
son say a few words upon such politi-
clans who call themselves Democrats. -
['sIic would hang them.'l No, | don't
think he would have an opportunity %
do so; he never would be able to catch
them. Laughter
have felt it my duty here in the
City Of New York, because of The inter
est have III public affairs, to call attcn-
| ton to this most extraordinary fac
that there are men in the community so
lost 10 patriotism, so bound up in the
traditions Of party, so selfish, as to be
willing to tampcr with Great Britain in
order to bring about the separation Of
this country. 1t is the most alarming
fact thai | have yet seen. | had rather
see a hundred thousand men set IN the
field on the Rebel sidc-aye, | had
ra her sec Great Britain armed agains
US openly, as she is covert y-than to
| be forced to believe that there are
amongst us such men as these, lineal
descendants of Judas Iscario', inter
married with the race of Bcnedic. Ar
mold "Wood," "Brooks."l 1t has
shown me great danger with which we
are threatened, and call upon all true
men to sustain the Government-.o be
loyal to the Government. Loud cheers.
AS you, sir, we're pleased to say, the
| 4 I,,, ~
ncnt of my choice--I did not vote for it,
Or for any part of it; but it is the Gov
eminent of my country, 1t is the only
organ by which | can exert the force of
the country to protect its integri y and
as long as [ believe that Government to
be homes ly administra ed, | will throw
a mantle over any mistakes that | may
think it has made, and support it hearth
ly, with hand and purse, so help me
God. Prolonged cheering | have no
loyalty to any man or men my loyalty
is to the Government; and it makes no
difference to me who the people have
chosen to administer the Government,
so long as the choice has been consttu-
tionally made, and the persons so chosen
hold their places and powers. am a
trai or and a false man if falter in my
support. [Applause.1 This is what |
understand to be loyalty to Govern
mcnt and | was sorry to learn, as !
did the other day. that there was Il man
in New York who professed not to know
the meaning of the word Loyalty. His
SEES, croans, and cries of "Wood.'l
desire to say here that it is the duty
of every man 10 be loyal to the Govern
ment, to sustain 1t, to pardon its errors
and help it to rcctify them, and to do
all ha can to aid it in carrying the
country on in the course of glory and
grandeur in which it was started by our
fathers. And let nc say to you, my
friends-to you, young men, that no
man who opposed his coun ry in time of
war ever prospcred. ['That's so" l.
The Tory Of the Revolution, the Hart.
ford Convcntionist of 1872, the immor-
tai seven who voted against the supplies
for the Mexican War-all history is
against these men. LIE; no politician of
our day pit himself in the way of the
march of this country to glory and
greatness, for whoever does so will sure
ly be crushed. The course of our nation