Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-22


question where it ought to be. When that
Is done, who Is going to talk about the
proclamation 2 You have here, my fellow
citizens, an intelligent statement, as it
seems to me, of the manner in which thi.
thing can be settled, simply by standing
by the unconditional Union men, who al
most allof them have embraced the doctrine
of emancipation in the border states, and
standing by the Union men in the pro-
slavery states and letting them protect
themselves against the institution of slav-
cry.
FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
| am asked now and then what | think
Of intervention, and while | am here
among my old friends in Ohio, can tell
you what think myself. 1t is this If
we are weak they Will interfere, but when
despotism sees that we are strong, it will
stink away. (Applause) think we
have demonstrated some strength in the
field. What nation before ever maintained
such armies in the field, and was so lavish
Of its strength ?
We are showing our strength to the ma
tons of the earth, and if we simply 90 on
showing our strength there will be no
danger whatever of intervention. There
will be no danger, because it will not
pay. (Cheers.) 1t is true that Great
Britain has behaved very unneighborly.-
We used to think this great Auglo-Saxon
family was to stand together the world
over to establish freedom of the press,
freedom of the ballot box, freedom of
thought, freedom of speech, and freedom
for all /; but, of late years, we have seen
manifestations of very unklnd and un-
friendly spirit and sometimes | have felt
as if | wanted to take old mother England
by the hair and give her a mighty good
shaking. loud laughter and applause.)
AIN not sure that this is the wisest plan;
but of this | feel tolerably sure, that Eng
land will not send any more pirate ships
out against us; and | think when Eng
Land thinks the matter over calmlv-when
she reflects of the Alabama, fitted out in
British port, manned by British seamen,
armed by British guns land ever since row.
ing over the seas, plunderlng merchant
vessels, without bringing a single one into
any port-when they come to look over
these things they will conclude it is best
to pay the American merchants for all
the pillage the Alabama has done. cloud
cheers.)
THE NEW EMPIRE IN MEXICO.
We have got a sort of new empire upon
our borders in Mexico. Well, gentlemen,
| am not much disturbed about that. En-
pires Will not last long in Central Ameri-
ca. (Cheers.) don't know how long
this empire if it gets born--will last.
There was an attempt to make an empire
IN Mexico some time ago, and If | am not
mistaken was no great success. | do not
know that this Austrian Emperor will find
his bed of roses there. but am strongly
inclined to think that the roses will be very
few and the bed very hard. (Cheers and
loud laughter.) am willing to trust to
the future, and am perfectly sure, taking
all things into consideration, that the Eu-
ropean monarchs will, in the end, think it
best to keep their institutions at home. 1
am confident of this. (Cheers.)
| do not propose any particular meas
ures just now, Itis never wise to an
nounce what you are going to do a great
while in advance Of dong it; but think
time will come when the world viii recon
slider these things, and when this republic
Of ours will be re-establlshed from the
Gulf toward the Pole, and from the At
lantic to the Pacific, based upon freedom
and free labor; gathering strength from
our present contest, and rising from 1t
grander than ever. {Cheers.) | think
the time will come when this nation, so re-
generated and so renovated, will command
the respect Of the world, and people will
begin to regret that they thought it was
best to be unfriendly to us when we were
weak. (Cheers.)