Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-17
CAPT. HARvEY'S REPLY,
Predicting Anarchy, Ruin and Dsysstaiisn
In the Colonies.
delivered Feb. 6. i7Ij.)

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And first of all, l cannot but deplors
the misery Of .he times and the des-
Tiny which seems to persecute our
beloved country. Can / see her. with
out anguish. reduced to this disas-
trous extremity not only by the re-
fractory spirit Of her ungrateful chill.
dren on the other side of the ocean.
but also by some of those who iubabit
this kingdom, and whom honor, If not
Justice and gratitude. should engage
in words and deeds TO support and
| defend her. Till We give check to
| these incendaries, who. with a consis-
tency and art only equaled by their
baseness and infamy. blow discord
and scatter their poison in every place.
in vain can we hope. without coming
to the last extremities. to bring the
| leaders Of this deluded people TO a
sense of their duty.
| As though the americans were fear
/ ful of being called. at a future day. tn
ttake part in the national representa-
tioD. they pre-occupy the ground and
warn yoii, in advance, that, consider
ing their distance, they cannot be rep
resented in the British parliament;
which means. if am not deceived
that they will not have represepta-
| tive power in common with England
hui intend to enjoy one by themselves
perfectly distinct from this Of the par
ent state. But why do waste time in
these vain subtletiesf Not content
with exciting discord at home, with
disturbing all the institutions of So
cial life, they eDdeavor also to scatter
the germs of division in the DeiGhbor-
ing colonies. especially Canada. Nor
is this the end of their intrigue. Have
We not read here in this land of gen,
uine felicity, the incendiary express
sions of their addresses to the English
people. designed 10 allure them to the
side of rebellion? Yes, they have
wished. and with all their power have
attempted to introduce into the bosom
of his happy country, outrage. tumults.
devastation, piliage, bloodshed and
omen resistance 10 the laws. 4 thous-
and times undone be the English peo-
pie. should they suffer themselves to
be scduced by the batteries of the
Americans. The sweet peace. the in
estinlable liberty they now enjoy,
would soon be replaced by the most
ferocious anarchy, devourlng
their wealth. annihi!ating their
strength, communicating and destroy
ing all the happiness of their exist
ence.
1t is only under the inhospitable
skies of America, only in this country,
dyed with the blood. and bathed in the
sweat, We have shed for the safety
and prosperity of its inhabitants, that
English industry cannot hope for pro
lection. cannot find an asylum. This
is what / think of our present situa-
ton; these are the sentiments of a
man neither partial nor vehement, but
free from ali prepossessions, and
ready 70 come back and shed the last
excesses of license. to extricats the
germs of cruel anarchy, 10 defend the
rights and the privileges of This most
innocent people, whether he finds their
enemies in the savage deserts Of Amer
lea. or in the cultivated plains of Eng.
land.
If there are Catalines among rs. who
plot in darkness pernicious schemes
against the state, let them be unveiled
and dragged to the light, that they
NAV be offered sacrifice. as victims
TO the Just vengeance of this courte-
Ious country: that their names mHy
he stamped with infamy TO the latest
posterity. and their memory held In
execration by all men OF worth, Ia
every future age.