The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-04-23


guard myself by saying tha. speak now
, with reference to the present aspect of af-
J fairs. hardly know any moment in which
ny noble friend could have brought for
} ward his motion with less encouray cement
; from events. |. may turn out that these
! immense efforts which are being made
shall be made in vsi.. that the spirit of the
: South is uncopque-able as their delermin-
alton never to be united again with the
Northern States is 6nal and irrevocable
and that a time may come when the duty
of this country will be totally different
from what it is at this present moment
: All | maintain i, that it is our duty at
! present 10 stand still and rot TO proceed to
an act SO definite, SO positive--an act so
unfriendly to the United States as that of
the recognition OF OF the South.
My noble friend spoke of various topics,
of the danger vi Canadas being attacked
by the Northern Republic. and of the West
Indies being attacked by the Southern
My lords, l cannot follow my noble friend
into thes: supposilions. | do not venture
10 say what may be the future course of
events. | confne myself 10 that which J
think to be our duty now hear hear
which think is right; and if that be 50,
we must be content in future days to meet
with future dangers, and ii will not entee
bic our armies il We have it in our power
TO reflect that we have never failed in our
obligations to those which have been great
States in peace and ami;y with us. and
that it has not been through any fault Of
ours that a great allliction has fallen on
them Cheers. Wei my Lords. know
not that there is anything i'll what my no
be friend has sail tonight which would
make it necessary for me to 90 much fur
ther into this question, but at the same
time there were paris OF his speech in
which he referred TO former occasions a, 4
former instances of interference on our
part. as if my noble friend and some OF
those who looked forward TO his motion to-
night, expected that there shou be some
interference on our part in this war. Now
| wish to say only a few words upon that
which We have done in former days to-
wards Intervention. We, too. like other
States, have at times taken upon us to III
tervenc. We interferrd In the case OF
Holland to save her from the religious ty
rauny and political despotism Of Sir Phil
Up IL. That contest was halowed by the
blood OF Sir PHILP SYDNEY, aud by the
part we took contributed To her independ-
eucc. In another case-the ca>e or por-
tughl--we interfered CHARLES l., GROIN
WELL, CHARLES II. AL agreed in tina,
interference. We declared ourselves ready
to send 10000 men To the aid Of the Gov
erument Of Portugal, and we helped the
Portuguese 10 relieve themselves from the
Spanish tyranny under which they groan
ed, and IT, establish The independence OF
their State. In more recent times, when
Greece endeavored 10 establish her indie
pendcnce, we aided her in her contest with
Turkey; we rescued her from the destruc
iion which threatened her, and helped her
20 found free and independent monarchy
Take the case "f Belgium again. When
III II, l.,nf rhat a.
ble to remain under the Government oI
Holland, in accordance with the Treaty ol
Vienna. we interfered by force, in conjunc-
ton with France and the wise and happy
arrangement was made by which the free
dom OF Belgium was secured. Now. my
> Lords, in all these instances. whether the
intervention was carried Oh by our ances-
tors or IN our own times. there is no:hing
Of which An Engli hman need be a,ham-
ed. Hear, hear If We have taken part
in in,erveniions, it has been la behalf OF
: tie Independence, freedom and welfare OF
great portion of mankind l should be
sorry indeed if there should b. any inter
vention on the part of this country which
could bear another character Cheers
| trust that this viii not he the case, aud
that no interests, deeply as They may al
feet us Interests Which imply the we'll
seing of reat portion of our people, but
Interests which may affect also the free
dom and happiness of other parts OF the
slobe--will induce us 10 set an example
different from that of our ancestors, but
that when We are b,und 10 Interfere. it will
be an Interference in The cause of liberty
aud to promote the freedom of mankind
"a we have hitherto done in such cases.
Hear liz is with thi, couviolion tha
= have addressed these few remarks rs to
what has been done by this country lr
former days, and | trust that, with regard
to this civil war in America, we may be