The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-23
United States which contained, and had

United States which contained, and had
for many years contained, men as learned
and Of Is high reputation in the law, and
of as unsullied reputation FIR integrity as
any that have sat in our English courts Of
justice, and that we ought to wait patient
! ly for the decision of those tribunals
Now, what is my surprise to fin, that
Mr.. Sumner is SO prejudiced that he brings
these declarations of mine against me, 'ay-
ing that have diminished the reputation
OF the American Courts, and that showed
myself biased against the federal States
by the declariion l then made in parla-
ment! ca gentleman from the Southern
! States among the company here ejaculat-
| ell, He is not to be believed.')
FRIENDLY AFFINITY OF TIE BRANCHES OF
| THE ANGLO SAXON RACE.
I will not detain you further on these
subjects; but one remark must make on
the general tendency of these speeches
and writings in America. The Govern
ment of America discusses these matters
very fairly with the English Government.
Sometimes we think them quite in the
wrong; sometimes they say we are quite
in the wrong; but We discuss them fairly
and with regard to the Secretary of State
see no complaint to make. / think he
weighs the disadvantages and difficulties
of orr situation in very fair and equal
balance. But there are others and Mr..
Sumner is one of them, his speech being
an epitome of almost all that has been
contained in the American press-by
whom our conduct is very differently
judged. With regard to these matters
there are difficult questions; We may have
reason to complain in some instances, and
| the Federal Government of America may
have reason to complain also. But let US
recollect that we are, as have said, de.
scended from the same ancestors; that in
the courts of justice in America the COM
mon law of England is constantly studied,
and the decisions of our great judges con-
| stantly referred to as decisions to be there
respected; that our Shakespeare and Milton
are to them classical books as they are to
US; that We have the same inheritance of
freedom; that many of our institutions,
as you may see by reading that excellent
book of NJ. de Tocqueville on America,
are identical that the same spirit of lib
| erty animates US both; that we, after our
revolution, chose a constil utiOnal mon
archy as the best form of government, and
| they after their revolutions arose repub-
lie; but that thus united, having the same
spirit of the law, having the same Split Of
literature, having the same spirit of free
dom, we ought, when this unhappy contest
is over, to embrace one another as friends,
and that we in the Old World and they in
the New ought to be the lights t. promote
the civilization of men. Cloud cheers.)
Now, gentlemen, with these feelings own
almost lcse my patience when see men,
in what is called an grafton, heaping up
accusation after accusation, and m:srepre-
sentatiOn after misrepresentation, all tend
ing to the bloody end of wsr between these
two nations. l cannot but say, are they
not satisfied with the blood that has been
| she'd in the last two years, with that field
| of Gettysburg, where ten thousand corpses
of men, most of them in the prime Of man.
hood, were left lying stretched on the
ground? Are they not satisfied with that
bloodshed. but would seek to extend to
the nations of Europe a new contest in
which fresh sacrifices are to be made Of
human life, of human interest and of hui
man happiness? Gentlemen, trust that
that will not be the case. | know, at
least, that my efforts, such as they are
weak they may be, Intellectual l hope they
will not be-will be directed to keep peace
between these two nations, and to do
everything which think is just and right
towards these people; and, ready to meet
| attack if we are unjustly attacked ready
to bear our part in the contest, if contest
there must be; but yet believing that we
ought to make every effort that all these
various conflicts may end in peace, n
union and in friendship, I shall at al
events have the consciousness that l
have done my best to preserve peace be-
tween these, mighty nations. loud
cheers.) Gentlemen, it is great subject;
it affects the people Of this part Of the
world and of America; it affects the tu-
ture of stage civilization; it effects the
well-being of the black race, whom it was
the crime of our ancestors to introduce
to America, and who, if these matters end
well, will be, as l believe they are fitted
to be, peaceable and intelligent members
of a free country-(cheers)-on behalf of
whose welfare We have been ready to make
great efforts and to sacrifice much. But
we will not sacrifice any of these views of
ours to mere pretence. We have as strong
feelings for the good of mankind as any
people can have; We must maintain our
own position: and my belief is that
the people of what were the United
States, whether they are called Federals
or Confederates, will finally do US JUS
tice; and that they will observe-as, in-
deed, they cannot help observing-that in
this free country, where there is SO much
discussion, and so much difference of
opinion, there are parties very consider
able in number who sympathize with the
Confederates, and other large masses-I
believe superior in number-who sympa-
thize with the Federals; but whether SYM
pathizing with the one or the other, We
have all embraced in our hearts that senti-
ment of justice-justice we will do to
others, justice we expect for ourselves;
and hope am interpreting the feelings
of your minds when say that justice
ought to prevail.
The noble earl sat down amid prolonged
cheering.
Reconstruction.