The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-16

was seven years. Why should men be SO
anxious that nations should march faster
than they are prepared TO march-faster
than the tread of nations had ev,r been
in the Providence Of God ? We are too In
p,tient-I have shared with that impa-
tiencc myself. have shared with the vari-
Gus matters Of disappointment. was say.
ing, but the other day to friend of mine,
"ft seems strange that our navy cannot
catch that steamer Alabama there must
must be something wrong in the Navy De-
partment, I am afraid" and got Quite inn
patient. had hardly got over the wound
inflicted by the capture of the Jacob Bell,
when came tine Golden Eagle and the lacy
Jane, and as one was from Boston it touch
red me keenly." [AppIause. lie replied:
"Dontt be impatient J; remcnhsr that Paul
Jones, with sailing ship on the coast OF
England, put the whole British navy at DE-
hance for many months, and wandered up
aud down that coast, and worked his will
upon it, [applause, and England mad no na-
val power to contend with, and had not q,
500 miles of coast TO blockade. I rcmem-
Der that Lord Cochran, with one vessel, held
the whole French coast against the French
Navy, and that was by no means steam
ship. And so it has been done by other
Nations Let us have little patience, and
possess our souls with little patriotism,
and less politics, and we snail have no diff.
ficulty. But there is one portion Of this
war ! am bound to say III all frankness to
you, that do not like the appearance of,
and that is because we cannot exactly reach
it. refer to the war made upon our COM
merce, which is not the fault of the navy,
nor Of any Department. of the Government,
but is the fault ofour allies. (Applause.)
Pardon me me moment, for am speekl
ing in the commercial city of New York,
where | think il is a matter of intrest to
you. and Of a matter to which havo given
some reaection-pardon me moment, unc
til We examine and see what England has
done. She agreed to be nutral-T tri ed to
demonstrate to you that she ough to hays
been little more so-but she has been
e. No, no, no. W Let US see the evidence
of that mo-" In the first place, there has
been nothing of the Union cause that her
orators and her statesmen have not maligl-
ned-thefe has been nothing which she
could do, under the convert of neutrality,
which she has not done. r" That is sruc."
Nassau has been the naval arsenal for pirate
rebel boats to reht livingston has been
the coal depot. and Barbados has been the
dancing hall to tste pirate chieftains in.
(Applause.) What cause, my friends
what cause, nay countrymen, has England
so to deal with us 2 Il it because we have
never shown sympathy to ward her or love
to her people.
And mark me here, that make dis.
tinction between the English people as .
mass and the English Government. think
the hearts of her people beat responsive to
ours--[applause] but know her govern
ment and aristocracy hate us with hate
which passeth all understanding. [Applause
! say, let US see if we have given any cause
for this. know, think, what the cause
is but let US see what we have done. You
remember that when the famine overlook
the Irishmen in 1s47, The Macedonian frig-
ate carried out bread from this country to
feed the poor that England was starving
Applause.l When, afterYard, the heir to
her throne, arrived here, aye, in this very
house, we assembled to do him welcome in
such numbers that the very floor would not
uphold them, and to testify the appreci-s
ton of the high qualities ofhis mother and
sovereign, and our love of the English peo-
pie awe gave him such reception as Nor
thern gentlemen give to their friends and
his present admirers at Richmond gave him
such reception as Southern gentlemen
give to their friends. Laughter and ap-
plause.l What further has been done by
us? No, | have no right to claim any por-
ton of it. What has been done by the ner-
chants Of New York! The George Girls.
void goes out to feed the starving poor of
Lancashire, to which yourselves all contri-
buted, and it was only Gods blessing on
that charity, that prevented that vessel be-
ng overhauled and burned by the Pirate
Alabama, fitted out from an English port
..Applause.l And here, to-day, at Birken-
nead. the Sumter is being fitted out
It Barbados the Captain of the Florida is
being tseted- somewhere the $780," the
,abalistic number Of the British msr chants
Who contributed to her construction, ia
,reying upon our commerce and we hear
hat at Glasgow steamer is being made for
he Emperor of China (laughter,) and Il
Liverpool another is about to be launched
or the Emperor of China. Pardon me
lon't believe the Emperor of China will buy
many ships of great Britain until they bring
'ack the silk gowns they stole out Of his
'alace at Pekin. Laughter and applause]
md even now say these very ships are
'e:ng fitted out by, and our commerce
'reyed upon through ships in the hands Of
he rebels, built by English builders. (Cries
4, that's so.) And will refer to the mer.
hants of the city of New York whether K
has not already reached the point where our
commerce, to be safe, has to be carried in
british Bottoms. leern by the correspon.
lence between Lord John Russell and Mr..