Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-04-22

They hold no portion OF Virginia valuable
for supplies, for that IS eaten out by theil
- armies. We hold one-third of Virginia
and half of North Carolina. We holC
f our own in South Carolina; and | hops
/ that before the llth of this month, W.
: shall hold little more. (Applause. J.
: We hold two-thirds OF Louisiana, II
wealth and population. We hold all Ar
kansas and ali of Texas. so far as supplies
: are concerned, so long as Farragut Il
: between Port hudson and Vicksburg.-
| (Applause.) And / believe the colored
r troops hold Florida, at the last accounts
, (Applause.) The rebellion is reduced to
the remainder OF Virginia, part of North
[ Carolina, the larger part of South Caro-
lima, all of Georgia, Alabama and NIissis-
sippi. and a small portion of Louisiana
/, and Tennessee; Texas and Arkansas. as
said before, being cut of. Why L draw
strong hopes from this is that their sup
plies all came either from Kentucky
Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, or Texas
and these are completely now beyond
their roacn To that / look largely fol
the suppression of this rebellion, and the
overthrow of this revolution. They have
got to the end of their CONSUMPTION; we
have not begun ours. They have got tc
the end of their national credit; we have
not put ours in any market in the world.
Applause. ....
Why should we be impatient? The
Revolutionary war lasted seven years
I Nations at war ever move slowly. 1t has
seemed strange to me that our navy could
not catch the steamer Alabama but a
friend reminded me that Paul Jones, with
a sailing ship even, upon the coast of
England, bid defiance to the whole Brit
ish Navy for many months; and that
Lord Cochrane, with a single ship, held
| the whole French coast in terror. So
: that, if we will only have little patience,
I and possess our souls with a little patriot
/ ism we shall have no reason to complain.
But there is one thing say frankly | do
not ike the appearance of. | refer to
/ the war made upon our commerce. 1t
/ is not the fault of the Navy, or of any de-
partment of the Government ; but it Is
/ the fault of our allies. Pardon me mo-
ment, for | am speaking now TO the mer-
chants of New York, as this Is a matter
on which have given some reflection
: Pardon me while we examine to see what
England has done. She agreed to be
neutral. l tried to demonstrate to you
that she ought to have been a little more
50. But has she been? Cries of mo,
no." Let us see the evidence of that
No" In the first place, there has been
nothing in the Union cause but what her
orators and statesmen have malgned.-
There has been nothing we have done
that mas not been perverted by her press.
There has been nothing Of sympathy or
encouragement which she has not afford
ed our enemies. There has been nothing
which she could do under cover of neu-
trality which she has not done to help the
rebels. That is true" Nassau has
been a naval arsenal for pirate rebel boats
to refit in-KingSton has been a coal de
pot, and Barbados has been dancing
hall to fete pirate chieftains in. Great
applause.l What cause. my friends, what
cause, my cOuntrymen, had she so to deal
with US What is the reason she has so
dealt with us? Is it because we have
never shown sympathy toward her or
love to her people and mark me here
| draw a distinct line between the Eng
lish people, the masses, and the English
Government. | think the heart of her
people beats responsive to ours. (Great
applause.) But | know her Government
and her aristocracy hate us with hate
that passeth all understanding Loud
cheers / say let us see it we have given
any cause for this? You remember when
the famine overlook the Irishmen in 1917,
and the Macedonian frigate carried bread
to feed the poor when Ireland was starry
ing. And when her favored heir appeared
here in this very house, we assembled and
gave him such welcome as Northern
gentlemen give to their friends, and his
present admirers at Richmond gave him
such welcome as Southern gentlemen
give to their friends. loud laughter
and applause) And the George Grisc0d
has gone from the city of New York to
feed the starving poor of Lancashire, and
it was only by Gods blessing that she was
not overhauled and burned by the pirate |
ALaJama, fitted out in an English port
(Applause.) Yet to-day we hear that a |
steamer is being built at Glasgow for the
Emperor of China, daughter and aP- |
plause. and at Liverpool, another one for /
the Emperor OF China. But don't be-
lieve the Emperor of China will buy many 1
ships from Great Britain, until they bring /
back the silks they stole from his palace
at PekinI (Great applause.) Now |
learn from the late correspondence of
Earl Russell, that the British have put
two articles of the treaty of Paris in COM
pact with the Rebels-first, that enemies
goods shall be covered by neutrals. Why
didn't Great Britain put the other part Of
the treaty in compact; namely, that
there should be no more priyateering. If
she was honest and earnest? Again,
when we took from her deck our two SEN
ltors and Rebel ambassadors, Shdell and
& l. in FnHumRnr
according to the laws of nations, what did
;be do but threaten us with war? lagree
hat it was wisely done, perhaps, not to
provoke war at that time-we were not
luite in a condition for it-but thank
iod, and that always, that we are last
setting in n condition to remember that
lIways and every day Tremendous APP
1lause and waving of handkerchleis, ana
,ries of "GoodH) Why Is 1t that TINS
las been done? Because we alone can be
he commercial rival Of Great Britain
There has been, in my judgment, de
iberate attempt on the part ot treat
Britain, under the plea OF neutrality, TO
allow our commerce to be ruined. lCrles
If THAT is So" 1t is idle to tell me
ireat Britain does not know these yes
els are fitted out in her ports 1t is IDLE
md insulting to tell you that she put the
4 iLabanaa under 500, 900 bonds, not to 60
nto the service of the Confederate States. {
We did not so deal with her when she
vas at war with Russia.
On the suggestion of the British Min
ster, our Government stopped, with the
apidity of lightning, the sailing OF
teamer. until the minister himself was T
TiIling to let her go. We must take some e
means to put stop to these proceedings. a
was told the other day that the amount C
f property already destroyed would "
mount to $4,000, ,00Ol What, then, is t
ur remedy? The peaceful and proper n
emedy, for We must look forward to
hese matters. The Government is no l
oubt doing it but we ourselves must I
1ok at it, for we are the people-we are
he Government (applause): and when y
ur Government gets ready TO take the \
tep we must be ready to support 1t W
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