The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-04-11
iJublit Aaoirs.
SPEECH OF GEN. BUTLER.

Loyal League aud the hundred gentle.
men who some time since rendered to
General Butler the compliment of a
public dinner, to extend to him in this,
as mos agreeable to him, welcome to
the city, and to testify their apprecia-
tionIand appreciation of the distinguished
services he has rendered tie country
during the present war. General But
Ter made long, animated and very tell
ing speech, but we have only room for
the following paragraphs
PROGRESS OF TIE WAR.
l will say another word on another
word on another subject, in relation to
the progress of the war and | think if
you look at what las been done for a
moment, you will see that the wal is
progressing, and that, too, successfully
20 its conclusion Look back from 1868
to 1862, and Jcli me whether there has
not been any progress. Applause J.
| Look at our changed position IN North
! Carolina look at Port Royal, and tell
me whether we have not progressed. -
Now then, they hold none of Missouri
none Of Kentucky. none of Tennessee
for any valuable purpose of supplies,
because the ives ern part is in our hands,
aud the eastern part has been so run
over By contending armies that all the
supplies are gone. They hold no portion
of Virginia valuable for supplics-that
is eaten out by heir arm cs. We hold
one third Of Virginia, one half of North
"a olina we hold our own in South
Carolina, and | ;hinll We shall, before
lie lib of this mon h, hold a Et lie
more. [Arplausc.] We hold two
thirds Of Louisiana in wealth and popu
a'ion; we hold all Of Arkansas and all
of Texas 50 far as supplies can go to The
rebels, so long as Farrsgut is between
Port Hudson and Vicksburg applause,
and | believe the colorcd troops held
| Florida a last accounts. Applause,
and cries Of 1" Good,''l Now, then, Yet
us see to what the rebellion is reduced
to the remainder Of Virginia, part Of
North Carolina, the larger part Of South
| Carolina, all Georgla--TeXas, as | said
before, being cut off. Now, why | draw
strong hopes from thus is that their sup
| plies all come either from Kentucky.
Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, or Tex
as, and these arc completed y now beyond
their reach, and Ina | look largely to
he suppression. of this rebellion and
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planse.
They have got to the end of heir con-
scri ption-we have not begun ours
Applause, and a voice, " That's the diff
ferencc.'l They have come to the end
Of heir national crcdit-we have not
put ours in any market in the world
Applause. And why should any man
be dcspondng? why should any man say
ha, this great work has gone too slow
why should men feel inpatient ! why,
the war Of the Revolution was seven
years. Why should men be so anxious
that nations should march faster than
they arc prepared to march-faster than
the tread of nations had ever been in
the Providence of God 3! Nations in war
have ever moved slowly. We are too
impaticnt-we never learn any thing, and
it would seem to me from reading history
Il speak Of myself as well as you'll
have shared wi h that impa icncc myself.
have shared viii the various matters
Of disappointment. | was saying but the
other day, to friend of mine, " 1t
To bpr
not catch that Gamer Alabama ; there
must be something wrong in the Navy
department, am afraid" and | got
quite inpatient | had hardly got over
the wound inflicted by the capture of
the Jacob Bell, when came the Golden
Eagle and the Lady Jane, and as one
was from Boston, it touches me keonly'
Applause.
He replied: /" Don't be impa lent =;
remember that Paul Jones, with sail
ing ship on the coast of England, put
the whole British navy at defiance for
many months, and wandered up and
down that coast, and worked his will
upon it [applause, and England had no
naval power to contend wi h, and bad
not 1900 miles to blockade. | rcmem-
Der that in the French war, Lord Coch-
rane, with one vessel, held the whole
French coas against The French navy,
aud that was by no means a steamship
And so it has been doue by other nations.
Let us have little patience, and pos
sess our souls with Ii tie patriotism.
aud less politics, and we shall have nc
difficulty. Applause, and " Good"
But here is one portion of this war,
am bound o say in all frankness to you,
that do mo- like the appearance Of
and that is we cannot exactly reach it
refer to the war made upon our com.
meree, which is not the fault of the
navy, nor of any department of the
Government, but the fault of our allies.
Applause.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS CONSULTING
WITH THE BRITISH MINISTER.
So far as any evidence have 1 dom
know that he is guilty, but what shall
we say of our leading politicians tina,
have tempered with him here 2 Laugh.
.er.l | have read of it with much sur.
prise excited more than by any other
fact of this war. | had, somehow, 60
an mixing of the various things that
came up in previous ms ances l wa.
not very much surprised at that, bu
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