, 1870-11-28

you, although not justifAble cause OF Her,
would. un]ees It led to 4 settlement OF tns
dleicnlty, probably result in declatiou Of wsr
y Great Britain, II TO. bolt so. And Ia
that case again would say in tho language OF
1ackscn to France:
III Great Dtitain makes thst occasion for
host'litts againet the U1itod Sta'es she but
adcH yloletce to ius'f:e, au7 could not 7ais
TO exFcso hoIself to the inst csnsnre OF civil.
ICED Bssions and the ts:1ibuiTe 7dsuonts OF
1ha,a skid, and I rspeat again and agaiut
would not declare wa1; it ia tho lsst aud
WORT remedy for grieTanees; but Jet there
are other alternatives uo1o terrible 70 I nz.
tion than H4r-loes OF hanor, 1osa OF rights,
loss OK se]tretrect- woald do everything,
yield everything, srcept aoythirg consistent
II nsaa Il ;dsi d' s..ass .aa r. .s ay
these monentuous questicne, clatnas, and
assertions Of international tights between
this country nad England. Bat more We
canrot yield or Except, and il sha dread alter
native il forced upou I'd Of AZ tppai to trms
because OF unreauited indiguities, injuries,
American. cannot fail to o5so:Te the great
temptation that this nation has for = wAr
with Great Hitzin.
Let me say nothing nov Of the keen sense
OF wrong and injury inflicted. Let na asy
Doth,Dg q TIE rising gorge At the thought
condition. to do those things to our bur: which
abe would not hAye dared otherwise 70 do.
Lei me gay nothing no : OF the fact that whit
she did VAS done to crush hated commercial
TayAl. Let ne say nothing nov OF the fact
that she hoped By her course to. demonstrate
cur1 10 al, now being wrought out by this
American government, was failure, and thus
in the interest Of despotism to crush out ali
hope Of republican liberty throughout the
world. Let NE say nothing Of the fact that
her hostile acts were dono in the interest Of
very, and whote object was to psrpetuste that
slave power which tho greed OF British mer-
chxnte aud slaye traders had fastened On our
coun try IN its infancy,
But do remember md csnuot forget thAt
We have sixteen hundred thousand n4tura1-
izen Iri=hmen in this country, every ons eager
TO ayepse the wrongs done his ms.hes-land,
tho Green 1ele OF the ocean, By British ty-
ranny. which drove him from Ler soil can.
not but remember that they require no urg-
| ing 10 join our armies in = war with their OPP
! nressors, but are prevented BY the represslve
hand Of our government, in tho ioterss: Of
peace snd in sacred regard for our treaties Of
auity, from making wsr on their own aecount.
| and that il We did not hinder them they would
| take Canada by contract in sixty days.
cannot but recs]l the truth that our South
e1u brethren, many OF the best and bTavest Of
| tueUl WHO 1cueut AStlnet tHe EoVo1ntnent,
with ram attempt to rid themselves OF the
glorious memory Of its history. are inpatient
y longing to eight once 1nore urder the starry
| folds Of the old d1g. Giye the privilege to
the brave sous OF the South to defend their
country again in foreign war, and specially
any more than By us-and It would bring "a
| al together again, uniting us with uue dag,
one country. and one destiny. In 80 much il
thi. reunion tho hope OF the patriot, that one
feels almost to doubt whether TO achisre it
would not ba worth Ill the loss Of blood and
| treasure in such q war.
Again, let me not forget that it would DO I
war upon the ocean never an expensive one
And wicre the most brilliant ltursls OF
American 1rma have been won. Ana can.
not fail to perceive that the saving Of money
by the non-inportatton Of Dritiah goods, aud
the stimulus giTen to American production
would quite equal al tho expenditures OF the
war. I can never forget thst in such wal
We have no commerce to lose, Quito Ill ou'
thlps are gone already, because Of the WAY
like acts Of Euglaudts cruisers, which VT
have 30 long suffered in insulted silence. a.
though We know that We Can sweep the sail.
Of her commerce from the ocean.
Asa Republican and PARTISAN, cannot bu
remember that whenever = country is enEAges
in foreign war. the administration Of tn
government is always sustained BY the patriot
ian of tho people. Neyar wonld that be e
! elSuAliT GemonatfaiGu - IN dcIenslFe VIA
wl.h England, brought on By the Republics,
administration. in = tirm, manly and strenuou
cndeavor to enforce the rights Of our injuyet
and deapoiled citizens. to ayenge our insulte
honor, and to maintain our fishermen in thos
rights now taken from them by England
wrongs, which their fsthers won 10
Ensfaud and themselves with their ow
right s1me. IA party man l do not fail t
remember that Of tho twenty odd hundre
| thousand votes OF ths Democratic party no
in opposition, 200. 600 at least are natnt8lize
Irislmen, WHO would stand side By side wit
Republican administration in..s wariwith Eng
land, 1reland's opprossor for nearly thousan
years, and would vote Al they fought.
As a politician, l baye An ircanrlve to auc
8 var, as its result would be tho parpetuatio
Of the Republican party In power for mol
than generation.
II, therefore, when va ask for our ju:
rights and naturalization for our losse
through her acts, England should incline I
offer us, instead thereof, such war as hny
sketcled, with such causes. with such hope
with such resuIrs, and such memories, ouet
not every yspatriotie American to addres to Ht
! Majestys Government portion Of the prsyt
I which We were taught In childhood every da
to say to cur Maker-so much mora beAutifl
and appropriate in the original than As tran
, lated by English Bishops-". Suffer us not
| fa1f into tetaptatiOp."