Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-06-17

were under full progress in the Mersey.-
Mr.. Laird was very bold in Parliament.
But the Atlanta was disabled by three
flows from the Weehawken. Vicksburg
fell. Lee was driven back from PEN
nsylvania. The rebels lost q hundred
thousand men in month. Mr.. Adams
discussed the movements of the iron.
clads boldly, and said to Earl Russell,
" My lord, this is war !" and the iron.
clads were stopped. The British Gov
ernment has high respect for the upper
dog in the fight. They will not help the
rebels a moment longer than they get
along well. They realize DR.. Johnson's
description Of patron "For what is a
patron, my lord, but one who sees with
unconcern man struggling in the water,
but when he reaches shore incumbers him
with help ?"
Igive full credit to the British Gov
ernment for not continuing the war under
the circumstances. But 1 cannot forget
the immense blockade we have been obig-
ed to mainin for more than $500
miles of coast line which has been run
by vessels Of no other nationality than
British. and the destruction of the eighty
or ninety thousand tons of our shipping
nominalIy y by rebels has been mainly by
vessels " sent forth and maintained upon
the high seas by British subjects. =
These are serious facts which we should
be unwise to overlook when we consider
the terms upon the two countries really
stand with each other, although we mil ight
good-naturedly wish to forget them.
1t is quite true that we have friends in
Great Britain Earl Russell said at
Blairgowrie that majority of the people
we're on our side. We gained these
friends in fair, manly way and |
thank them for the expressions of sym
pathy with which they have frequently
encouraged US. They did no at first see
the wit Of war o,e stoned by slavery
which was to leave the status of every
man on this continent the same as it found
it. They we're puzzled by Mr.. Stewards
instructions to our foreign ministers, and
we'll they might be. But when the
proclamation of the Pres. dent put the
whole thing upon a common-scnse footing
they appreciated our position. There
is among the middling classes of the
English people an innate love of fair play
which came to our aid, and all the real
friends we have in England We owe to
the disposition manifested by our Gov
ernmcnt to deal justly with all men of
whatever class. Let us retain these
ftiends by equal manliness. Cringing is
always poor policy, it is as bad as blus-
tering. The British Government has i'm
proved in her treatment Of US we have
manifested increasing strength and with
it increasing boldness of speech and de-
mand. There need be no fear now that
proper action on our part in regard to
this matter of the treaty will be follow
ed by bad results.
say this of the British Government
because it is with them we have to deal.
| say their conduct to US in this war does
not entitle them to any peculiar consider
alton at our hands, aud further, that the
course Of events to which have alluded
shows plainly that any forbearance to en-.
force our rights would be thrown away
and entirely unappreciated.
AS to the provinces. they are as near
ly incorrigible as people can be. Bishop
Berkeley said of the Canadians forty
years ago:
"They appear, indeed. to come short of no
British subjects throughout ut the world in devoted
ob, Gov and what a tn am
is q necessary part of that attachm.nt1 in root.
ed aversion to that Of the United States"
The SPEAKER. The gentleman's hour
has expired.
Mr.. KELLEY. l move that the gentle.
man from Maine have leave to finish his
speech.
The motion was unanimously y agreed to.
Mr.. PIKE. l do not know that there
is much difference between Canada and
the other provinces in this respect. Mas.
sau has been as active an ally OF the
rebels as Charleston or Wilmington
They have rendered them valuable assis-
tancc by every safe means in their power
and few days since saw that three ol
their pilots had been punished for plotting
our mcn.ot.war! Scmmos lighted his
way through the snuous passages OF the
British West India islands by the fires OF
our burning merchantmen, and whenever
hard pressed by our cruisers dropped in
to one Of these friendly "neutral' ports
for an ovation and new outfit. In Aug
ust last, at the small British settlement
on the southern extremity of Africa, the
people clambered to the highest points o.
, lookout in full numbers and watched tht
pursuit of a small American merchant
man chased by one Of these pirates. The
merchant vessel was seeking shelter il
this "neutral' port. She was small
bark engaged in the peaceful errands OF
commerce her pursuer powerful steam
er fully armed. One would have thot
the sympathies Of that distant people
would have been with the weak and fly
ing. But no. When the Alabama STRUCK
the Sea Bride and devoted her to destruc
ton all Cape Colony shouted for joy =
Whether distant or remote the colonies
all show the same feeling. Nova ocotii
is no better than Nassau or Cape Town
In July last the United States steame
Howqua visited Halifax for the purpos'
of coaling, and this is the official accoun
Of Lieutenant Devens, her commandin!
officer:
CuARLEsrowN, July g. 1853.
SIR-Dur;ng the recent cruise of the steamer
IIowqua under my command, II becomes necessAr
kLa af Hall 10 for