The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-14
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We see from late Eastern news that
eertaiu Confederate Bondholders, of
EoRlaud, have recently held a meeting
ia order to press upon the British Par
lament the importance of resisting the
,oir,t of Mr. Summers great speech
on the Alabama spoliation claims aues-
ton. Poor fellows desperate cases
demand extraordinary remedies. What
did those Bond gamblers expect, when
they bought the securities (?) of Jeff
Davis 4 Cot What did they then hope?
They did not expect any such event as
the presentation by Uncle Sam against
John Bull, of q long bill Of damages,
With a firm and conscientious demand
for its payment; on the contrary, they
aid expect the fair fabric of the Ameri-
can Temple of Liberty to be overtbrown
by the Southern Rebellion and that
thereby the Eagle would cover before
the Lion and not least among their
fond ssticipations was the filing of
their Golfers with American gold. What
. spectacle was this, on the land of
boosted Freedom ! in the land where
Cewper's muse SO swee,ly sung ~" We
have no slaves in England They
hoped to destroy the last vestiEe of
Liberty, on the Western Continent, and
were willing, to secure that result, to
soc the shackles fastened more secure
~ upon millions Of their race, for whose
freedom they had professed to work
and wish. Their Investments in Con-
federate securities were prompted by
the same motives which actuafed Eng
lish shipcraftsmen to build rebel pirate
vessels, and send them forth upon the
deep to prey upon our commerce. weak
en- our credit, and impair our prospects
Of fnaliy cOnquering the insurgents.
Both these classes of British enemies
to American stability know they wer.
wrong, according to international law
and good morals, in what they did, a.
we'll as Captain Kidd, in what he did.
Aud these are the men whose voice
aad influence are to infuse resistivs
force into the British Parliament, and
inves, that angus, body with moral YER
tebre. to'withstand the lightning fash
and thunder crash of Summers lega
logic and unbending patriotism and
give these Kidded capitalists one NOR.
delusiye beam of hope, that Uncl'
Sam may ignore his just demands
against John Bull, and heed the unjust
ones of them, Who in the dark days Of
revolt were in league with insurgents
Never were British nabobs more mis-
taken. They must learn that this is 8
government I" of the people, for thu
people and by the people; and thai
tSis people were not born under The
yoke Of a tyrsnt, have not been aut
cannot be subjected to the rod of th'
eppr-ssor. That Loyal Americans har'
cot fargo,ten, nor will not forget ih
struggle Of the years, from the frinl
upon Sumter to the surrender of Lee
As we'll Nigh, they attempt TO hide tn
Eight of the day-king from our weird
by holding up their musky handker
chiefs, SIS to shape the results to foy
from the achievements of those years &
patriotic strife. VIcksburg, Geitys
burg, the Wilderness, Appomattox, III
Valley Of the Shenandoah, Shiloh
aFrom Atiautu to the Sea-" Peters
Surg, Arlietam, and Richmond, ar
fresh in the memory of the then adui
population their history has bee
faithfully recorded, and that history
being and ever will be faithfully laugh
10 those who were then too young I
comprehend the events of the year:
and their logical consequences Thos
events, their history, will 10 future tin
he strong pillars in the government
fabric aud will prevent foolish expe
jpent. on the one hand, and instii irr
sistrble patriotism on the other. l.
not the holders of The worse than WORT
less paper issnes of the lost cause,
,:a h. the ennrnOe emanatlr