Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-11-04

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low the horizon of memory, new era
come, and We have set our hand and vol
ces this week a. y sacred seal to our cordi
y Il affection and cooperation with Eng
land. Nor whether We interpreted it d
. right or not. is not the question: when VI
2 thought England was seeking opportuni
Z IS OF going with the South against us o
The Norit, IL hurt us AS no other nation
I conduct c1uil hurt Tie on the face of tn,
i globe; and ii we spoke some words of in
| temperate heat, we spoke them in th'
modification of disappointed Affection
Ii has been supposed that | have afore
ltime urged or threatened war with Eng
land. Never. lCheers, followed by
few groans, in reference to which III,
speaker remarked: Il have spoken OF
the prairies, where buffaloes beloved be
tcre-" The observation provoked louC
laughter. This have said-and this
repeat now and here-that the cause o
constitutional government and of univer
sal liberty as associated with it in oui
country was so dear, SO sacred, that rath
er than betray it we would give the last
child we had-that We would not relin-
ouish this conflict though other States
arose and entered into a league with the
Southland that, if it were necessary, We
could maintuin the great doctrine of rep
resentatlve government in America
against the armed world-against Eng
land and France. lGreat cheering, fol-
lowed by some disturbance, in referance
TO which the chairman arose and caution
ed an individual under the gallery whom
he had observed persistlng in Interrupt
tlon. Let me be permitted 10 say that
1t seems TO me the darker DAYS, in so tar
as embodiment between this country and
America, are past. The speech of Earl
Russell will 20 far towards satisfying our
I people. Understand me /; we shall not
accept his views of the past, and the doc
trines which he has propounded. Cheers.
But the statement of the present attitude
of the Government of Great Britain. and
its intentions for the future, coupled with
the detention of those armed ships OF
war-that will take away the sting from
the minds of the people. Hear, hear
And although we differ from you in re-
spect to the great doctrine of belligerency
the time is past to discuss that. except
as a'question of history and civil war
We have drifted so far away from the pc
riod in which il was of any use TO discuss
that, and your circumstances have so far
changed that now we can no longer stop
to discuss whether it was or was not right
for Great Britsin to assume this position
she has assumed. She has for years acted
upon It and will not change it and now
all that we can ask is, let there be a thor
oug1 neutrality. Loud cheers | be-
lieye there shall be one. If you do not !
send us man, we do not ask for a man. |
If you do not send US another pound of
powder, We are able to make our own |
powder. Laughter.) If you do not
send US another musket nor another cam
non, we have cannon that will Carry FIVE /
miles already. We do not ask for mater
ial help. We shall be grateful for moral
sympathy tcheersl, but if YOU cannot give
US moral sympathy we shall still endeav-
or TO do without it. But all that we say
lS, let France keep away, let England
keep hands otf; If we cannot manage this
Rebellion by ourselves, then il sha'n't be
at all. (Cheer.) The question
OF war, under the circumstances in which /,
war is now carried on in our country, is
simply question of time; The popula-
ton Is with the North. The wealth is
With the NORTH. The education is with |
the North. The right doctrines of civil /
government are with the North.=t CshcerR 4
and a voice" Where's the justice ply
IL viii not be long before one thing more
gill be with the North-victory loud {
and enthusiastic rounds of cheers Men {
on this side are impatient at the long de- |
lay /; but if we can bear it, can't you p I
are quite at ease; we are not. You I
IRE not materially affected in any such :
iegree as many parts of our own land are {
now. But if the day shall come in one i
Tear, in two years, in ten years hence, $
when the old stars and stripes shall Aoat :
over every State of Americl-l Loud 5
cheers, and some disturbance from one I
,r two.) Oh, let him (the chief disturb c
ri have a chance. We will take turn s
sbout; | will say the sentences, and you I
hall make the responses. am a Con-
,regstionalist, but i can make a very 1
yood Episcopal minister, too. Loud {
was saying. when interrupt s
ID by that sound from the other side of G
he house, that if the day shall come. in I
me or i've or ten years. in which the old Z
historic banner shall float again over eve i
y State in the South, if the day shall q
ome when that which was the accursed v
anse of this dire and atrocious war {
lavery-shsll be done away-if the day i
hall have come when through all the b
fulf States there shall be liberty of C
peech, as there never has been-if the i,
lay shall come when there shall be liber- I
y OF the press, as there never has been q
the day shall come when men shall O
ave common schools to send their chill f
ren to, which they never had in the e
outh; If the day shall come when the d
and shall not be divided into gigantic e
lantations, in the hands of few rich OIL O
yarehs, but shall be parceled out to hon n
st farmers, every man owning his little; il
n short. if the day shall come when the c
nipple ordinances, the fruition and privi- il
eges OF civil liberty shall prevail in eve 81
y part of the United States, it will be =
-orth all the dreadful blood, and tears, &
nd woe. You are impatient, and yet 81
+od dwelleth in eternity, and has an in Il
mite leisure to roll forward the affairs of ..
len, not to suit the hot impatience of C
hose who are but the children of day, Al
nd cannot wait or linger for long. but a
ccording to the infinite circle on which D
Ie measures time aud events. He expi- fl
ates or retards as it pleases Him; and if 81
Ie heard our cries or prayers, not thrice Il
ould the months revolve before peace cl
ould come. But the strong crying and ii
rayers OF millions have not brought al
eace, only thickening war. We accept al
he providence /; the duty is plain. So ir
'oted is this English people in the Is
18th of liberty, that it were an utterly h
opeless task for any minion or sympa- cs
lIzer of the South to sway the popular Al
lmpathy of England if this English peo- Il
Ie believed that there was none other 81
ian a conflict between freedom and sla- CT
cry. 1t is just that. am here, to be v,
Ire, in some points to cite history, but nj
r the most part stand witness to tes- W
fy what 1 have seen of things, with p,
hich / have intirc ately mingled, which 70
ave been common 70 me since my boy W
which / do know, and fir
hich history will establish beyond all ii
or controversy. 81
But let me 60 back little before my :;
me, for am not yet quite l00years old. +
laughter. Slavery was introduced into b,
Ir country at a time, and in manner. W
hen England nor America knew well n