Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-04


is yours if you desire to 20 into the Union, go,
and preserve in your new estate kind memories
Of old ties and Of your fatherland. As TO ceding
them, or any of her citizens by way of COM
pensation for her own liabilities, it is a
thought which honor would forbid her for a
moment to entertain. | believe | know enough
Of the Canadians TO say that they do not like to
be threatened with annexation that for some
political and fiscal reasons, and because, in Up
per Canada at least, they are rather stiff Anglo
Sa1ons, they prefer TO remain as they are, and
that they find the rule of their parent not op-
pressive, because, like other American children,
they rule her. Nevertheless the day will no
doubt come when these vast and distant terrtor-
les will cease To belong to that little island and
when geography and commercial interest viii in
this, as in the other cases, assert their power.
But If the Canadians are prematurey forced into
the Union they will carry disatiection into its
yitals, combine with every other disafected ele-
ment which may now exist or which time may
develop, and instead Of being an addition to
your strength be an aggrayation to your
weakness.
COTTON NOT KING.
Mr. Sumner lays it to our charge that the Re-
belion was originally encouraged by hopes Of
support from England. No doubt it was The
South thought that Cotton was our King, and
that We must come to his standard We had
indeed sometimes Whispered fearfuly among
ourselves Of a dearth Of Cotton as a calamity al
most too terrible TO put into words the an
nouncemeut Of it come 10 US like the knell Of
doom. Rather than take part against you, the
artisans Of England, with their wives and fimi-
lies, faced starvation and let me say that all
parties in England, Southeruers as well AS North
eruers, came forward At once, and with free
hands, TO support the workmen in the distress
which they endured for conscience sake.
THE RFCoCNITIoN or EELuGEREScY.
The specific charges now made against US as a
nation, are, believe, the premature recognition
Of belhgerency and our failure TO arrest the Ala
bama. cannot regard a. specific, till u i re-
duced 10 a distinct form and ndorsed by respon-
sible authority, the charge of having prolonged
the war by our sympathy for two years. Two
years from the end Of the war take as back 20
The flood tile Of The Coufejsrlte success T. it
reasonable 20 suppose that these meu under such
leaders, fighting for such objects, and under fear
Of such penalties, in case of defeat, would have
laii down their victorious arms had they not
been supported by the sympathy Of nation
9 1000 miles off which they knew to be divided
in sentiment, which refused TO recognize their
political existence, which refused even TO give
an audience 20 their wrongs, which had fatty
declined 20 take part IN a mediation IN their
power let me ask you frankly, would any his
torIcll inquirer accept such ID theory wlrrH q
strong evidence from southern archives. ur from
some other quarter. Again say I DO NOT wish
10 iutruie for a moment into the domestic poll
ties Of this country. But, again, We could mot
help knowing the prolonged existence OF the
Coufelera-v was IN al Republican journals and
speeches n-cribei to the sympathy Of a party
here Assureiv, if the English did prolonc the
war by sympathy cr by any other means, they
went strangely counter CO. their own desires.
Dying as they were fr cotton, their one uuaui-
mou, prayer Was that the war might eli. some
prayed thai it might end iu .lyor oi rle North
others that 70 might eui In favor df the south
but all alike that it might end. As to theru, gni-
ton of Confederate belhgerency. l have in the
first place, again 90 appeal plainly TO your JUS
ticc. L, was not England only that recognized.
France recognized at the same time and other
Powers soon after. Why, then, does Mr. sum
ner, O. whose mind this fact cannot faI. 20 he
present. keep France and the other recognizing
powers our % sight, and fix the charge and LA
ability u England alone With re-e-l % the
rec -ur.ou Of the ue-IiCercury the sting % ile
charge lies. I believe, in the wori premature.
But which time was the right time, 4 submit
20 your canlor that an answer TO this question
isan essential part Of the charge against England.
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