The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-11

troops hold Florida, at the last accounts. TAD |
plause. The Rebellion is reduced to the re. |
mainder Of Virginia, part Of North Carolina, |
the larger part of South Carolina, all of Geor.
gis, Alabama and Mississippi, and small Dor. |
ton of Louisiana and Tennessee: Texas and |
Arkansas, as I said before, being cut off, Why |
draw strong hopes from this is that their |
supplies all came either from Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Missouri, Arkansas, or Texas, and |
these are completely now beyond their reach. |
To that look largely for the suppression of
this rebellion, and the overthrow of this revo. |
luton. They have got to the end Of their
CONSUMPTION; We have not begun ours. They
have got to the end Of their national credit; We
have not put ours in any market in the world |
[Applause.1 Why should We be impatient?
The Revolutionary war lasted seven yesrs.-l
Nations at war ever move slowly. It has SEEM
ed strange to me that our navy could not catch
the steamer Alabama; but friend reminded
me that Paul Jones, with sailing ship even,
upon the coast of England, bid defiance to the
whole British Navy for many months; and
that Lord Cochrane, with single ship, held
the whole French coast in terror. So that, if
We will only have q little patience, and pos
sess our souls with little patriotism, we
shall have no reason to complain
But there is one thing say frankly that l
DO not like the appearance Of l refer to the
war made upon our commerce. 1t is not the
fault OF the Navy, or Of any department of the
Governments but it is the fault of our allies.
Pardon me moment, for l am speaking now
to the merchants of News Y ork, as this is mat
ter on which have given some reflection
Pardon me while we examine to see what Eng
land has done. She agreed to be neutral. l
tried to demonstrate to you that she ought to
have been little more. But has she been?
Cries of "No, no" Let US see the evidence
of that 'No." In the first place, there has
been nothing in the Uuion cause but what her
orators and statesmen have maligned. There
has been nothing we have done that has not
been perverted by her press There has been
nothing ofsympathy or encouragement which
| she has not afforded our enemies. There has
| been nothing which she could do under o cover
of neutrality which she has not done to help
Rebels. "That is true,"1 Nassau has been
in-KiDgston has been o coal depot, and Bar.
BADGES has been dancing hall to fete pirate
chieftains in, Great applause. What cause,
my friends, what cause my countrymen, had
she SO to deal with US? What is the reason she
has dealt so with US? Is it because we have
never shown sympathy toward her OF her PEG.
pie; and mark me here; draw distinct line
between the English people. and the English
Government think the heart of her people
beats responsiyet to ours [Great applause.
But know her government and her arristoc.
1 racy hate us with q hate that passeth all un~
Outstanding. Loud cheers.1 say let US
see if we have given any cause for this? You
remember when the famine overlook the Irish.
men 1916 end the Macedonian frigate carried
bread to feed the poor when England was star
wing. And when her favored heir appeared
here in this very house. weassembled 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 Griswold las gone from the city of
New-Yor to feed the starving poor of Lanca-
shire, and it was only by Gods blessing that
she was not overhauled and burned by the pi-
rate Alabama, fitted out in an English port
GApplause. Yet,to.day we hear that steam
er is being built at Glasgow for the Emperor
Of China laughter and applsusel, and at Liv-
erpocl, another one for the Emperor ofChina.
But don't believe that the Emperor of China
will buy many ships from Great Britain, until
they bring back the silks they stole from his
palace at Pekin! [Great laugater.1 Now I
learn from the late correspondence Of Earl
Russell, that the British have put two articles
Of the treaty Of Paris in compact with the
Rebels-6rst, that enemies goods shall be
covered by neutral flags, and there shall be
free trade at the ports, and open trade with
neutrals. Why didn't Great Britain put the
treaty in the compact;uamely,t that there should
be no more privateering! if she was honest and
earnest? '-.
Again, when we took from her deck or two
Senators and Rebel AMBASSADORS Slidell and
Mason, and took them in my judgment accord
| ing to the laws of nations, what did she do but
threaten US with war? I agree that it was WISE
| ~ done, perhaps, not to provoke war at that
| tlme-we we're not quite in condition for it
but thank God, and that always, that We are
4 fast getting in q condition to remember that al
ways aud every dayl Tremendous applause,
and waving of handkerchieis, and cries OF
! "Good"l Why is it ell this has been dones-
1 Because we alone can be the commercial rival
of Great Britain? There has been, in my judg
ment, a deliberate attempt on the part of Grea;
Britain, under the plea Of neutrality to allow our
commerce to be ruined. [Cries of That is so.nl
It is idle to tell me Great Britain does not kno
these vessels are fitted out in her porl9 Il is
idle and insulting to tell you that she put the
Alabama under $40, 600 bonds not to go into the
! service of the Confederate States We did not
| 80 deal with her VIXEN she was at war with Rus
STA On the suggestion Of the British Minister,
our Government stopped, With the rapidity OF
lightning, the sailing of a steamer, until the
Minister himself was willing to let her 60. We
mus. take means to put stop to these pro.
ceedings. was told the other day that the
| amount of property already destroyed would
| amount to $4,000 600! What, then, is our
remedy? The peaceful and proper remedy, for
we must look forward to these matters. The
| Government is no doubt doing it; but we our
| selves must look at it, for we are the people-we
are the Government Iapplausel; aad when our
Government gets ready to take the step we must
be ready to support it. Englaud tells US what
to do; when there was a Likelihood of war she
stopped the expectation OF those article she
thought we wanted. Let US do the came thing.
[Grsat applause and loud cbeers.l Let US pro-
csim non intercourse, SO that no ounce of food
from the United States shall by any accident
ever find its way into an Enslishman's mouth
until the piracy is stopped. Applause and
cries of "Gooe," and voice, 'Let us hear that
again never say anything that am afraid to
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