Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-08-10

v 600 in gold. But the revolution whicl
r swept over South America had stopped
i the working of the mines. so that befor.
o the close of the war the annual. British
It coinage was less than So, O0,000. He
J navy was crippled by the war, her com
/ mercs ruined by the French DEGREES anC
$ the non-importation act of the United
a States. Her imports exceeded her ex
? ports by SOS, 100000, and the balance wa.
paid in gold For two years her harvest.
? had failed, and in 1912 she paid S2l, 900
600 in gold, for foreign grain TO feed hel
people at home.
; In that year alone her exports declined
$40, 100000. The heavy subsidies to hei
: allies and the payment of her own ar
: mics on the Continent were to be in gold
In 1872 she sent SS0,O00,O00 in gold, fol
which she paid thirty per cent premium,
to Wellington's army II the Peninsula
Her bonds had so deprecated that loan
of EGO increased her debt fl00 A short
time previous, in the midst of increasing
disaster, the reason of the king gave way,
and he sat lunatic on the throne of a
kingdom which seemed ready to go down
with him in the general ruin. This
event added new and complicated ques-
ton to the distraction of Parliament, and
gave a new weapon to the opposition.
1t is not necessary for my present pur-
pose to inquire whether justice leaned to
the side of England or her adversary
It is enough to know that she believed
it was on her part a struggle for self ex-
istence and for the constitutional liberty
of the world. Inspired with this con-
viction she stood like giant at bay, in
high debate reasserted the Justice of her
cause summoned anew, not the frantic
energy of despair, but the inezhaustible
reserve of calm Anglo-Saxon courage, and
the nufathomed resources of English
faith and English pluck-a proud share
of which trust this nation has inheri-
ted-and, in the face of unexampled dis
couragemenls and appalling disaster,
summoning to the uttermost the resour-
ces of her realm, went out again to meet
the man of destiny, whose victories were
numbered by hundreds, and whose ca
giles were followed by half the world
Increasing both taxes and loans, she
raised and expended for that year $780,
000, 900. She filed her navy to $4,000
men, and before the year ended G48,000
men were arrayed under her banners
Seconded by the indomitable spirit of
her people, her armies emerged from the
gloom of that nineteenth year of the war,
and, marching with unfaltering step
through three more bloody years and
the carnage of Waterloo, she planted
her victorious standards on the battle
ments of Paris, and gave peace to Europe.
And can We, the descendants of such
people, with such history and such an
example before US, can we, dare We fall
ter in a day ike this? Dare We Doubt
Should we not rather say as Boiling
broke said to his people in their hour
of peril:
"Oh, woe to thee when doubt comes;
it blows like wind from the north and
makes all thy joints to quake Woe, in
deed, be to the statesmen who doubt the
strength of their country and stand in
awe of the enemy with whom it is en-
gagged"
At the same period one of the greatest
minds of England declared the three
Things necessary to her success:
l. To listen to no terms of peace till
freedom and order were established in
Europe.
.. To fill up her army and perfect its
organization.
2. To secure the favor of Heaven by
putting away forever the crime of sla-
very and the slave trade. .-.-
Can we learn better lesson? Great
Britain in that same period began the
work which ended in breaking the fet-
ters ofall her bondmen. She did main
tain her army and her finances and she
did triumph. We have begun to secure
the approval of Heaven by doing justice,
though long delayed, and securing to ey-
cry human being in this Republic free
dom henceforth and forever.
Mr.. Speaker, it has long been my set
tied conviction that it was part of the
divine purpose to keep usunder the pres
sure and grief of this war until the con-
science of the nation should be aroused
to the enormity of its great crime against
the black man, and full reparation |
should be made. We entered the strug-
gle, large majority insisting that slavery
should be let alone,with defiance al
most blasphemous.
Every movement towards the recogni- |
ton of the negro's manhood was resisted.
Slowly and at a frightful cost of precious |
lives, the nation has yielded its wicked !
and stubborn predjudices against him, |
till at last the blue coats cover more |
than one hundred thousand zwarthy |
breasts, and the national banner is borne |
in the smoke of battle by men lately /
loaded with chains but now bearing the |
honors and emoluments of American SOL
diers. Dare We hope for final success till
we give them the full protection of SOL
diers2 Like the sins of mankind against
Sod, the sin of slavery was so great that
without the shedding of blood there was
no remission" Shall we not secure the
favor of Heaven by puttingit completely |
away7 Shall We not fill up our armies?
Shall we not also triumph? Was there
in the condition OF England in 1912 r.
single element essential to success which
we do not possess to-day? |
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