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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1888
A Lesson from the Loyal North.
'The issues in the loyal States are being
closely and clearly presented. The men
who supposed that disloyalty and treason
would become the controlling sentiment of
the North will find that they have mistaken
the spirit of the American people and the
true purpose of the -contest , we are now
fighting. Many of us were disposed to
think the clamor of the Democratic leaders
a true test of Northern sentiment, and loyal
men were found lamenting over what they
considered national apathy and defection.
The mistakes of feeble generals ; the vacil
lation of mililary policy ; disasters and de
to tia Mid la all wha
"{Tlibt the uncertain chance cl war i tlae
depreciation of the currency, and the
Selfish efforts of speculators in gold and
silver ; necessary taxation and tariffs—
all combined to predispose the weak
and faint-hearted to despair of the country.
Their despair strengthened the Democratic
organization, and contributed to its triumph
in some of the loyal States, and the enemies
of the became defiant and joyful.
But the great people of this country were
not to become the defenders or the allies of
treason,. and 'when they saw that every
triumph of the Democratic party gladdened
the rebels, and that every word uttered
against the Administration was repeated by
the enemies of the Union, they paused.
They saw the deceit of their false leaders,
and they are spurning their fellowship.
We coS the evidences of this reaction in
the recent meeting in New York—the
earnest devotion of VAN 'BUREN, BRADY,
and DALY to the Union—the election in
' New Hampshire—and more particularly in
IF-1-1 P.-1
./t is mere wee-1411y Wick TercrcniCe
to that meeting that we write these words.
Not many days ago a representative from
Ohio, who, having been spurned by his
constituents for persistent enmity to the
Government and the war, was honored by
citizens who boast .of their enmity to the
Union. It was a large demonstration ; de
• Rant speeches:were made; rockets rent the
air, and rebel music was played to a shout
ing multitude. The forbearance of loyal
men, and their devotion to peace and har
' molly, permitted these scenes to pass unre
buked. That rebuke was administered last
evening. Such a meeting has seldoni been
seen in Philadelphia. For numbers, re
spectability,
enthusiasm, and, above all, for
firm and dignified devotion to the country,
it has never been equalled. Let it be
remembered that no mere election canvass
called'this multitude together. The attrac
tions of party meetings were absent—the
. noise, glitter, show, and pomp, that call
men together and excite their feelings, were
neglected. It was nothing more than a
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Union without diitinetion of party—to wel
come here some of the most eminent states
men of the day—and to honor the leaders
of the true and untainted Democracy. It
was, besides this, a magnificent. expressiOn
of the contempt and scorn of the . loyal men
of Philadelphia for. the traitors in their
ut idst, and more particularly for those who
. were base enough to do honors to VALLAN
DIGRAM, BURR, and CARRIGAN. On an
inclement night in this insidious and treach
erous mouth: of March, thousands were
found to stand in the open air and respond
with Shouts to the loyal and eloquent ad
dresses of the men, whose speeches we print
this morning.
It was a meeting of the friends of the
Union. The Governor of :Pennsylvania
presided. and by his - presence, his ability,
and,. above Sill, - W his have siaisklAwtsq—
and chose over whom he presided.
It was not a meeting of Democrati nor
Republicans; it was not called by men of
' any organization ; it rose above partisanship
=zl.
LaTv by iß43tilitOß with 611 i -every party,
They now meet together, and join -hands
in favdr of the party of the Union. We.
had a leading Republican statesman, in the
person of the distinguished Senator from
• Wisconsin,- •Mr: Doduarrt.P. He has just
returned from a Senate which he adorned
by his courage and Ability, by hisi con
sistency to trite principles, and his candor
to all. He is a liberal and sagacious man,
. and in his speech presented a platform broad
enough for all men to occupy. ANDREW
JOEINSON, the Governor of Tennessee, a
leading Democrat, a friend of jonx C.
'l3itsEcKilluiDoE—a Southern man, and the
Governor of a Southern State 7--a man of the
people, and in every way identified with
them—was another of the speakers. Him
self a life-long Democrat—a Democrat by
choice, and education, and temper—he, of
all men could speak for union, and ask the
Democracy of Philadelphia to sustain • the
war for the Union. JOSEPh A. Wmarir, of
Indiana, another Democrat ; a statesman
whom the Democracy have at all times de
lighted to honor i a representative of the
Wen i an oluquenri conservative, and loyal
Senator, seconded his appanla, and coming
from the mighty West, over a path which
haS been an ovation, he could fitly ask
the Democracy of his native State to
stand by Indiana in allegiance to the Union 1
and the war. Then we had our own
fellow-citizens to second these appeals.
HENDRICK B. WEIGHT, the intrepid repre
sentetiTe from Luzerne—a Democrat of the
Jacxsow type, and a supporter of Dotr
oLAs ; BENJAMIN H. BREWSTER, our elo
quent townsman, who has been a Democrat
of the strictest school, devoted to the organi
zation, to the discipline, to the most rigid
tenets of the faith—a Democrat with South
ern sympathies, and a supporter of BRECK
nuaDGE—united on the same . platform in
appeals to the Democracy which every De
mocrat could be glad to endorse.
And now, in view of the great cause in
which we are fighting, its importance, its
glory, its necessity, and its effect upon us
and upon our country—in view of the
demands-made Upon us by an Administra
tion of'our'clioiec.und affection L-in view
of the font that via have lITIRIFIKI avast
us a Miedi, WALMSCIFAIIIC(I, and Viadie-
Lin rebellion, why cannot nil men 'who
love the country, and who hope for peace
and safety, unite on the platform pre
sented to us by this meeting ? Why cannot
all men be patriots and friends of the
country ? The issue is before us ; we must
be for the Union or against the Union ;• we
must be patriots or traitors. The memories
of the past, the demands of-the.presont, the
hopes of the future, the teachings of the
Illustrious dead, and the. desire that our
children should have a nationality that
means freedom and pdwer—all appeal to us
to join hands and unite in defence of the
Republic. We think we speak for the peo
ple of Philadelphia when we say that their
appeals will not be made in vain
Great Dletress In Ireland.
The consequences of ill-doing often press
heavily upon the innocent. It is not for
mortals to inquire into the motives of the
all-good and all-wise Providence which per
mits this. To suffer, and also to believe and
hope, is the duty and, we will add, the pri
vilege of humanity. The revolt of the
South, certainly most unprovoked, has
caused millions to suffer, not only hero,
,but in other countries. In Belgium, Ger
many, Prussia, Saxony, Switzerland, and
even in Russia, the scarcity of cotton has
more or less caused distress among the ope
.ratives. It has been still severer in 17rance,
and heaviest of all in Lancashire and Lan
:arkshire. It may be news to many that it
has also afflicted industrial activity in the
Worth of Ireland.
At the beginning of the present century
extensive business in hand-loom weaving of
cotton was carried on, chiefly at Belfast and
Lisburn, and twenty,.thousand hands wore
emphiyed. Up to 1823, when Mr. Hums
sox', the champion of free trade, removed' it;
there ivas a piohibitive chity of fifteen per
cent: upon the importation of British eottori
goods and yarns: This protection removed
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pally fell into the hands of neighboring cot
ton manufacturers in Scotland. Still, these
Glasgow and Paisley houses had a goed
part of their weaving done in Belfast and Lis
burn. All through, from the very commence
ment of the trade, over eighty years ago,
the Scotch havo monopolized the manu
facture of book, mull, and lino muslins, and
of jaconets, sewed and tamboured muslins.
As early as 1807, machinery was invented
to 'embroider muslin; but, though a few
Scotch houses used it, the result was a
failure, and the muslins, on which the pat
terns are stamped in Glasgow and Paisley,
are sent over to be worked by female hands
in the Nolth of Ireland. In 1853, a very
prosperous season in the sewed muslin trade,
over 100,000 persons wore employed, and,
in nine months of that year, 0,750,000 was
paid, as wages, chiefly among the Irish
peasant girls. One Glasgow house paid
$2,500. • The fancy trade of embroidered
Pell off iftthh,
but so far linpfti'tal uttvr titot, to,
the close of 1800, as many as 20,000 per
sons were employed in weaving, and 80,000
in sewing muslins. The South rebelled.
The supply of cotton failed. Most of the
persons engaged in this particular branch of
trade; chiefly in Lisburn 'and Belfast, were
deprived of employment. Eight manufac
turers in Lisburn, who employed 10,000 regu
lar hands in 1860, have not now 1,000 looms
at work. Many have quitted the country.
Some still cling, when they can get work,
to the loom, the sewing-hoop, and the -tam
bour-frame, but the wages have fallen so
low that fourteen hours' work per day pro
duces only a dollar Per week, and it is some
times from 20 to 40 per cent. lower than
this.
The natural result of such a condition of
affairs was ' ably and clearly stated in two
letters to the London Times,. by Mr. Rusin
ItIcCALL ; a gentleman connected with: the
Belfast Newsletter, who- is acting as secretary
of the Lisburn Relief. Fund, that has been
1 mi 1..11 1
on MS Belfast papers, and was Milner corn
nntnicated; in private letters, from Mr.
McCAm, to Mr. THOMAS O'NEILL, a MOM
her of the Corn Exchange- in this city, a
body which, with characteristic promptitude
and generosity, has taken cognizance of the
state of destitution now prevailing in Lis
'burn and Belfast, and has appointed a com
mittee to obtain subscriptions, its own mem
bers, as will be seen, liberally commencing
it. They hope that the ladies of Philadel
phia will aid them in this benevolent pur
poie. If necessary, they will be appealed
to by a public meeting. That they may
have some idea of the nature and extent of
the distress (to which the attention of the
English public was drawn in a letter from
RICUMIDSON, SPENCE, & CO., of Liverpool,
in the Daily Post. of January 15th), we
shall add a few facts :
The distress which has now lasted over
two years has affected two thousand persons
in Lisburn, or a fourth of the whole popu
lation of that borough, besides a large num
her in Belfast and the neighborhood of both
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•wori operuslvos
now is boiled turnips, with a variation gruel
made of India meal twice a day, or boiled
cabbage sprinkled with oatmeal. Bread
they rarely can .proctu - e. There is a whole
sale deficiency of wearing apparel. The
beds are usually made of straw, covered
with ragged quilts or blankets. Local . cha
rity has endeavored to aid these wretched
people, and. much good has been done by
ladies' committees. But assistance from
other sources is needed, to prevent star
vation, and in a community like ours,
where the Irish element strongly exists,
there is scarcely a doubt that. this assistance
will be given. The members 'of the Corn
Exchange Committee just appointed, - and
the principal newspaper offices; will receive
donations.
I,ETTVL_liSitaal.—ekocso&qT/L ,
Wasnix Grow, March 11, 1803.
A good way to attain a strong , realizing
sense of private and- public duties in • this
emergency, is to go back for five or six
from thitt Moiled lii gsagath.
, upeiltlin
then tx common thing for politicians to tits-.
cuss the subject of the dissolution of the
Union. It had becomet habit of the South
to threaten it whenever any one of her de
:mends was refused, and she generally got
what she wanted by maintaining this eter
nal pother. 'Curiously enough, while the
slaVe-drivers Were howling and bullying,
not one NorthenVinan in ten Supposed them
tote in earnest, or tolerated the idea that
such a thing as disunion would ever be at
tempted. And I firmly believe that the
same feeling, almost in the same ratio, pre
vailed in the South less than ten years ago.
Suppose that, even as late as 1850, any man
had predicted the Rebellion. which we
are now engaged, would he not have been
set down as a lunatic ? And when, ad
vancing upon his prediction, he had pointed
out the horrors of the war, the cruelty of
the rebels, their utter want of excuse
or defence in beginning the conflict,
would not they,have made an object for pity;
as one sunk into abject idiocy, fit only for
close confinement in, an insane asylum ? Bat
ft after nil hiS perSunsiva parsaearanes j and
his determination to make his propbeey seem
reasonable, he had succeeded in impressing
upon his hearers that such a thing as an as
sault upon the Constitution and laws would
happen, all his arguments would have failed
if he had attempted to abuse their credulity
•by adding that men of intelligence could
be found in the free States ready to sympa
thize with the traitors, and to embarrass and
obstruct the Government in a war for its
Preservation. They would not have believed
him, if lie lied declared that. the people of
the South themselves could be 'united in
such,a contest. For had not these people
flourished under the old :Union? *ere
they not protected,. by laws passed espe
cially for their protection ? Were they not
the creatures of the Government 2 Did they
not held a majority of, its offices, from the
Supreme Court down? Did they not con
trol and shape legislation and parties to suit
themselves ' So far from aiding in such a
rebellion, they would rise" against the men
who dared to ask their assistance in further
ance of so wild and' devastating a Scheme.
But if the legend of Hifi Van Winkle could be
menu practiau, ann en mignon attlibn
.who bed slept *MI the year 1938 to the
year 1808, suddenly awoke in the midst of
this fearful I war, he would find abundant
material for indignant amazement. He
would doubt his identity, when he beheld
men whom 'he had habitually regarded as
patriotic and intelligent, synipathizing with,
and assisting and applauding the armed as
sailants of the Republic. He would find
that James Buchanan, who had voluntarily
pledged himself that the people of Kansas
should be permitted to control their own
institutions in their own way, and who had
been elected upon the distinct understanding
that he would make this pJedge the con
trolling elethent of his Administration, re . -
joicing over the reverses of his country,
organizing a party against the Govern
ment, contributing his money to . send
rebel sympathizers to Congress, and de
ploring every success of the American ar
mies. He would see the name of Democracy
used and abused as a cover for the rankest
treason, and would read with horror the de
bates of the National Legislature, in which
the President was called a dictator for having
resorted to energetic measures for putting
down the rebellion. He would see the rebel
South united against the Constitution which
had protected it, and those who had assumed
the championship of that instrument work
ing for its destruction. In looking around
for the cause of this monstrous hallucina
tion, he would soon realize not onlythat the
war had been commenced without reason,
without justification, or without pretext; by
the Southern aristocracy, but that those
who act in concert with them in the free
States were rejecting all the inducements to
patriotic action; were refusing to be guided
by the admonitions of the past and the
hopes of the future. But, above all, he
could not fail to come to the conclusion
that the antagonistic principles in this great
struegle were the aristocracy of slavery and
the democracy of freedom. Such a man, in
lilt) ming Of MO fielfi9l6ffilatillll - HMI grim;
would also perceive that, as the war pro_
gresecd, one or the other of these, principles
must triumph, and that those voters in
the loyal States, excepting the party lead
ers, 'who had allowed themselves to be mis
led into encouragement of the' rebellion,
would finally recognize the true path and
walk in it unfalteringly and fearlessly to the
end. This reaction is as certain to trans
pire as any event in nature. The New
Hampshire election is the last and best
symptom of it. It shows that the violence
of the traitors in the South, and the despe
ration and madness of their friends in the
North, are beginning to open the eyes of.
the people, are separating the wheat from
the chaff, and are 'convincing even the most
'obdurate partisans than their duty is to op
pose all who act in concert with the rebels,
and to support and strengthen the Govern
ment of their fathers. Not all the money
subscribed and raised in New York—not
all the italeclaoods:fekbAcattecl .312-o.ll.si.ea
In that Mato — not all lac fired orators Mat
in to traduce the constituted authorities,
and to delude the masses—have availed
against the eternal and irresistible principle
of sound Democracy. What is now needed
is, that this example should be improved
upon. EVery other eleeliOn must be made
a victory for the good cause. Unity of ac
tion among those who am sincere lovers of
their country must be the watchword every
where. Leagues between loyal men, dis
cussions upon the truths involved in this
struggle for self-preservation, social meet
ings in every community, great and small ;
the administration of the oath to ourselves,
our sons, and even our wives and daugh
ters ; the organization of the loyal clergy
into compact and vigilant societies ; the
preparation and publication of short, ner
vous, and inspiring appeals to men of
all creeds, opinions, and professions through
out the civilized world—these should be
made the basis of immediate and extended
combinations. so that ? before the fourth of
giiin Stilt fawn' May Fit 55 9lliBYiltir lit
favor of their country as they are conscien•
tious in their faith in a superintending Pro
'dence. OCCASIONAL.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
BRAGG'S ARMY LARGELY REINFORCED.
Preparations to Invade Kentucky.
Suppression of "Sympathizing" Journals.
FORT DONELSON AGAIN THREATENED,
(Special Despatch to The Press.)
Ditirch' : 11, 1863
BRAGG'S RBINFORCEDIENTS
A Union gentleman, direct from Shelbyville, of
the utmost reliability, and who has made himself
very intimate with the rebel army, assures me that
Bragg's army has been reinforced by eleven bri
gades, averaging about two thousand men to the
brigade. lie conversed with Early, who informed
him that as lcient assistance had been received
from the Richmond army to resist Rosecransl forces
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.20 irtfarnmt, wise is MIA of tha most
thorough patriots in the State, says the army at
Shelbyville and Tullahoma is very large, and is
receiving new arms and new clothes daily. As
usual, Bragg deals with deserters severely.
ANOTHER RAID TO_BRAADE INTO KEN
EMM
From the same gentleman, and from newly-arrived
East Tennesseans, I learn that the rebel authorities
contemplate another expedition into Kentucky.
There are at Knoxville and other East Tennessee
towns already fifteen regiments of cavalry and
mounted infantry, under marching orders. As a
confirmation of these rumors, In My estimation, the
departure of George D. Prentice, Esq., for Europe,.
is not Insignificant. In all probability his eon has
apprised Mm of the anticipated rebel excursion, as
it is well known that letters have passed between
the two persons unopened, and since the blockade of
last fall, Mrs. George D. Prentice has passed through
our lines to the,_...S.ruith_sie two or three
“meffall I can see and hear. f - ancrineu
to believe that an invasion ,of Kentucky will take
place within a short time of this date. Whether the
expedition will wait until the river falls, or go
through the Gap, remains to be seen.
THE REBEL SYMPATHIZING JOURNALS,
— """1 PIM 'O6 Miff
yvir map promoiting The 13{ilo or otrooimuoir or the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Times, and Columbus
Crisis, but General Mitchell refused his approval,
and the order could not be enforced.
Gens. Negley, Stedman, and Stanley, have pro.
}Milted the sale of the Louisville Journal in their
divisions.
PERSONAL
Maj. General Gordon Granger will take command
here in a day or two. lie is one of the beat fighting
men in the United States army, and entertains very
little regard for the life or death of .a soldier.
The speeches of Governor Johnson in the North
have produced the most unbounded enthusiasm here
among the uncontdiional loyalists.
MISCELLANEOUS...
t• large fleet of transports arrived last night, es
corted by gunboats. - •
It is rumored that Fort Donelson is again threat
ened. B. C. T.
War News from the Southwest.
CI:WIN - NATI, March 11.—A despatch from .Mem
phis says the city is full of rumors of an engagement
at Port Hudson.
General Pemberton has been removed from the
command of the rebel army in the Department of the
Mississippi. Gen. Bragg is hie successor, and has
°IP.IPTISA
Ginn. I.ongratriwt will netittlifletti 0&11.. 104 gt. old
alviaion In Aiiddie tenneintec.
Gen. Price hen returned from Richmond, inveated
with all the power he naked for, and willgo to :die
sOuri.
General Holmes is to be removed, and Gen. Hind
man sent east of the Mississippi. • Gen. Kirby Smith
will take command in Arkamme. •
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to ci The Press.”
WASHINGTON. March 11, 1863.
Extra Session of the United States henate.
The Senate considered the resolution of Mr.
DAVIS, of Kentucky, which was offered yesterday,
requesting the President to furnish at the com
mencement of the next session a statement of the
aggregate number for each Stateland Territory and
the District of Columbia, of all officers and em
ployees in the civil servic eof the United States,
subject to removal by the President and by other
officers, with their perquisites, etc.
Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, and Mr. Tnou
nnz.r., of Illinois, thought that all this information
would be found in the Blue Book, and hence could
see no necessity for the adoption of the resolution.
Mr. Davis explained that it was hie intention at
the next session to submit amendments to the Con
stitution, regulating the appointment of officers, and
he desired this information in order to iihultrate his
proposition.
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to lon innoißtion hy IU tIOg Ills words »IR Indus th
show in what capacity such civil officers have
acted," and in Ibis form the resolution was adopted.
• The Senate then went into executive session.
The Senate
will close its extraordinary session this week—pro
bably to-morrow..
Delivery of Packages to the Soldiers.
• •To the great gratification ,of the soldiery, the
Adams Express has delivered, during the last ten
days, an immense quantity of boxes and bundles to
the army, and general HOOKER, solicitous for the
welfare and comfort of his men, has made ample
provision for the speedy distribution to the various
camps of all articles hereafter sent.
General Fremont.
General Fnemoyr has not, as •stated recently,
been examined by the Committee on the Conduct of
the War,
Capture of Union Troops in Tennessee.
Onicirn , TATl, March 11.—A special despatch to
the Commercial, from Jackson, Tennessee, says that
two hundred men, with two pieces of artillery, of
Gen. 'Sullivan's divisiou, were surrounded by a body
of rebel cavalry and captured.
New Hampshire Election.
CONConD, N. H., March-10—Noon.—The' election
returns are still very close. If Judge Eastman, the
Democratic candidate, is not elected Governor by a
majority, he will only want a few hundred votes.
His plurality over Gilmore, the Republican candi
date, will be from 4,000 to 6,000.
In the First Congressional district, after making
the necessary corrections In the morning returns, it
is probable, that hinny (Dem.) is elected by from 200
to ate majority.
It will be necessary to have the official count to
decide the Second and Third districts.
The Democrats carried - the following counties:
Merrimac, Grafton, Ooos, Carroll,' and Belknap.
The Republican and Bell Everett ticket united
has a majority in Rockingham, Strafford,. Hillsbo.
rough, Oheahert , and (probably) Sullivan counties:
In the House, the Republican. will have nearly
as large a majority as last year. The Senate will
stand six to six ' but perhaps the opposition to the
Democratic party may have secured seven or eight
of the twelve members.
Pennsylvania Politics.
BEDFORD, Pa,, March 11.—At a meeting of the
Democratic conferees held to-day for the district
composed of Huntingdon, Bedford, and Somerset,
Major R. Bruce Petriken was unanimously elected
a Senatorial delegate to -the Democratic state Con
vention, with instructions to support the claim" of
Don. John Cessna for Governor.
-7- Arrival of Steamers at New York.
Naw YORK, March 11—Midnight.—The steamer
Kangaroo, from Liverpool on the 2let ult., and the
City of Baltimore on the 25th, and the steamer
Eagle, have been signalled below. •
THE PRESS. -- = . PIRLADELPHLA: THURSDAY. MARCH 12. 1863
UNION FOR THE NAIR OP THH OXINt
IMMENSE MEETING IN FAVOR
OF THE WAR.
No Party but the Party of the Country,
Treason and Spaupaihy with Treason Re
buked In Philadelphia.
GOVERNOR OURTIN PRESIDES OVER:THE
Speeches by Ilon. J. U. Doolittle, Senator
from 'Wisconsin-Hon. Andrew Johnson,
Governor of Tenn essee-Hon..T. A. Wright,
ex-Senator from Indiana-Hon. S. C. Cow
per, of Virginia-Hon. H. B. Wright, ca
lif e. rob e r from Pen n syl van la - Benjamin
H. Itre,water, Esq., and others.
One of the largest meetings ever held in the city of
Philadelphia took. place last evening in Musical
Fund Hall. It was called under the auspices of an
organization known as -The National Union Olub,
and Was intended to prepare the way for a union of
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to the libtialhft of the loyal men In Mew tiori..mi
elsewhere. The night was chill and damp, and the
heavy snowstorm of the preceding day still covered
the highways and pavements. Notwithstanding
these disadvantages, at a few minutes past seven
o'clock, Musical Fund Hall was filled to its utmost
capacity by an intelligent and respectable audience
containing men of all parties, and men who gene
rally take no part in politics. The display was very
plain and simple-a flag being suspended over the
stage, but beyond this there were no tranaparen
cies, mottoes, flags, or lanterns. Birgfeld's band oc
cupied a position upon the platform, and played a
number of national airs; "Dixie's Land" was not
among the number-that being now confined to De
mocratic clubs and the rebel army. Long before
the commencement of the proceedings the hall was
filled to Its utmost capacity, and a large meeting
bad gathered in front of the hall. •
As the distinguished gentlemen named - severally
appeared on the platform, they were greeted with
loud shouts of applause, and ;when Governor John
son, of Tennessee, made his appearance, the en
thusiasm was unbounded, the audience rising to its'
feet and cheering him, vociferously for ;several
minutes, while the band-played "Hail to the
Chief."
The meeting was called to order by Horton
McMichael, Eeq., who made a brief address.
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]lift- rannmintii 111 fallillll IRO Illtillnal TO MP,
bolt occasion to gate She objects that had sailed
them together. The National Union Club was
an organization which had its origin in the purest
patriotism, and it promised to be one of the greatest
instrumentalities in crushing out the rebellion which
now exists. [Cheers.] -He was proud and happy to
say the first word in its behalf, and he was only
asked to join in this meeting by calling upon the
Governor of Pennsylvania. [Loud cheering.] He
bad now to move that the meeting be organized by
the appointment for its chairman the Governor, one
who has done his whole duty. He would not call
for the ayes and noes-no one would dare to say no
-.and he would not ask it. [Three cheers for Gover
nor Curtin.]
•
THE SPEECH OP GOVERNOR CURTIN.
It is a high privilege to be permitted to preside
over so large a meeting of true citizens of this Com
monwealth, and it is especially an honor to be invited
thus to participate in the deliberations:of an assem
blage called for the express purpose of passing upon
aeons of vital importance to all the people of the
Republic. [Great cheering.] • This meeting of mem
beta of the National Union. League is an evidence
to the world that the fires of ancient patriotism have
not gone out; that neither armed resistance to con
stituted authority, appeals to partisan prejudice from
those In sympathy with our internal enemies, nor
any- other base appliance, have availed to stifle the
utterance of the loyal American citizen. It is no
`. small honor to you, citizens of Philadelphia, that
the idea of banding together all true and loyal
men in the hour of our national trial should
have originated in your midst. You have happily
designated your association as the National Union
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political inndelity, and thus, by your concurrent
action, secure the perpetuity et our national life.
Feat assured that the people Of the interior are
equally alive to the importance of • similar combina
tions in the support of the Government, and are
taking active measures to form kindred associations;
and, as evidence that the people of other States are
not insensible to your example. you can point with
pride and .pleasure ,to the recent demonstration in
the city of New York, where patriotism and fidelity
attracted to the same platform (Julien Bryant and
James F. Brady, Dudley Field and John Van Buren,
hlayor Opdyke and Judge Daley-all representative
men who had hitherto been separated by their politi
cal eitinities-there Speaking together . . In such har
monythat their words might be taken as the emana
tion of one mind. The news from New England
indicates that the descendant of the Pnritan ie. still
faithful to the Government, and true to the teaching
-.of his - noble ancestry. The granite hills
.of New
Hampshire are brilliant in the light of yesterday's
. achievements. New England will not be left out In
the cold, and Plymouth Rock,' and Concord, and
Lexington, with all their sacred memories, will still
be dearto..us as within our nationality:fr
It is full time that the peolile f Of Pennsylvania and
other loyal States should eatimate'the value of. this
Government. It now trembles in the balance; it is
assaulterl-by an armed force; by a rebellion the most
causelers and gigantic that history has had to record.
It to atranreihat the people_of airy part of this great
country enoutteeu.a.,a_eorget,ful alike,of our history
and traditions, and of the benetktence and perfectness
of our form of government, whlckpts secured to us.
all rights of person and of proper ty ; whose authority `
has been almost parental, and whale operations
have fallen upon us so gently, that, like the air we
breathe, it has scarcely been teat, and yet, like it, is
necessary to out Cribilenet NI a notioth'. Dot le le
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Fall To cor dially Ailllitill thus
_gone Governmont, and
who are ao recreant to their duty and negligent Of
their real interests as even to sympathize with those
who are in arms against it. They profess loyalty
to the Government, and yet counsel and advise the
people to refrain in the support of the - President,
its visible heud, and-those who in its various'depart•
menta are charged with its administration. If such
counsels should prevail, the President would be
without the , means of carrying on the war which
has been thrust upon him; our exhausted armies
could not be replenished, and the fabric of our Go
vernment would at length fall before the rude
and persistent assaults of those who are avowedly
their enemies as well as ours. [Loud - cheering.]
Those who are in rebellion against the Govern
ment have themselves the power, this day, to stop
this bloody Ivor by a submission to the - law and a
return to their allegiance. -Then the Constitution,
with all its guarantees - and compromisei would
continue to them its protection and blessigs ; and
if there be any defects in that matchless instrument,
it contains within itself the means for its own
amendment. Having banded together and set up
Government forme within tha States of this Na
tional Union, and having forseiorn the Constitution,
whilst they stand in rebellion to its authority, they
can claim no rights nor protection under it. Its
only clause which especially applies to them is that
one which provides that "Treason shall consist in
levying war - against the United States:" And
whilst those in the loyal States who sympathize
with them. claim for them the rights-which peace
able citizens would enjoy under the Constitution,
they seem to be forgetful that those with whom they
sympathize claim no such rights for themselves.
It is our Government that is in peril, and in this
the darkest hour of its peril we strike hand* to sus
tain it, and we can make no distinction between an
active, zealous and constant suppprt of our Freed
/leg And fidelity to the Constitution which he is
iliffej le RIO DISLI WINS, lie our 011OMM nwresantan
tire, sworn to defend.
Let us not be turned from this great question by
false issues. We must lay upon the
.aitar of our
country whatever sacrifice the occasion demands;
all that is dear to us In cherished opinion, in politi
cal associations, in doctrines of expediency-indeed,
everythibg of a personal or selfish ngture must be
subordinated to the unity of this great. Government.
Any institution, privilege, or Internet, which stands
in the way of the national life, whatever it be, must
fall ; and so for those who are at war with the Go
vernment, they and their interests and privileges •
will be crushed beneath its mighty triumph. This
is the Inexorable logic of events, and the inevitable
consequence of their own wickedness and folly.
We are, as I have said, at war ; engaged in a war
forced upon his from necessity to preserve our na
tionality. We have developed resources which have
astonished the world, and have put in the field larger
armies than any nation of modern times ; we have
surrounded the coasts of the rebellious States with
a cordon of vessels of war,- and have, under the law
of nations, proclaimed a blockade whlgh is respect
ed by the civilized world. This Is all recognized as
proper, and if the labor of the South was performed
by tree white men, we would be perfectlypistthatde,
even before the judgment of the refined benevolence
of this age, to cripple and destroy their labor as one
of the means of success. Can it be
. possible, then,
that by any process of reasoning, by any sentimen
tality, or false humanitarianism, the are to enjoy
this tabor, and so be enabled to ad Inne thin war,
because it is owned and slave? - rue it was a
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light of property regulated' by municipa l law, covered and protected by that Constitution
which they now repudiate with contempt:-bunt is
bard to understand why Norther= arramthy should
seek to afibrd them the protectien'of the Constitu
tion for the - security of any propertg which stasAds in
- the way of the Clovernmenti•andsvow, too, When
their piratical vessels are deitroying 21.27 mow
.:,.:. -;-&-,--- r ::.eirr, i asiiiseifieg
the creih oiour merchant met:L . :ban it. be possible
that the.dratruetion of their lateivertit, ahatiLl be ' ,le
nie d to us by those who profess to be loyal to
the Government I Appeals, too, are .made to
the prejudices of our pebple 'on the suhject of negro
immigration into the State, and it is persistently
alleged In some quarters, that as the war pro
gimes our State will be overrun, and our labor
crippled by their presence amongst us. I believe
it is well settled, . my friends, that the free
negro does not seek a Northern climate: There
are comparatively few in our midst, although there
are thousands in every Southern State ; indeed, in
every Southern city there are many who could come
to the North; and it la equally true, my friends,
that the admixture of the races is relatively rare in
the North, with that in the Southern Stake. It
would be just as likely that the masses of the;people
in Pennsylvania should move into a Southern cli
mate, as that the free negro should incline to seek a
more. Northern latitude. He is constrained by a law
of nature, and If this rebellion is persisted in; and it
be a trial ' of the strength of the Government with
the institution of slavery, the negro will notOrdy
remain in; but go to the South, when he becomei a
paid laborer there, as its climate is adapted%to his
physical conformation, his tastes, and his habits, for
In ouch a contest, as God is j ust, the Govern
ment will surely prevail. Wo all wish for the
termination of this unhappy strife . ; blood enough
has been abed ; treasure enough has been ex
pended; and, this hour, those in rebellion - have
the power to stop it. But the same cause which
justified the sacrifice of the first life, and the
expenditure of the first dollar, impels us to go on
until the Government is re-established all over till"
great country, and everything within it and ,under
it, and protected by it, has yielded to the aurorae
of law and order. It involves fidelity to the .0.:3
our hopes for the future, and, above all, our nation
and personal honor. - • ' ..'e- '
There are not many in the State who sympathize
with the mad - .ambition and insane treason* ot-the
people in rebellion-I think there are few-I Wish
there were none. The people of Pennsylvania are
loyal to, the Government; it is a sentiment inter
woven With their pursuits and their prosperityot is
all they hope for in the glory and power of the,Go- •
vernment; and their individual happiness in the fu= -
ture. And, as they were the lirat to obey the oall of
the country, they. will be the last to abandon this
struggle. ate Government has made. no call 'on
this State that has not- been answered-no relit:don
t:fon that has !Sot been promptly fired, Two hundred
thousand of oqr people have taken up arms for, the
preservation of our national integrity-thousands of
our sons have fallen in-the States in rebellion-the
rich blood of 'our freemen has sunk deep into ,the
roil,. and our people have sworn, by the covenant
thus sealed, that Ude Union shall not be distiolyedi
and that generation after generation, in the futtu - e,
shall enjoy the precious legacy of freedom given to
us by the founders of the Republia.
We have nothing to fear, my fellow-citizens; from:
thosewho sympathize with the rebellion, ar who. -
desire, from other motives equally wicked and cor- - .
rupt, to break up the unity of our Government. If
there ate such, leave them to their folly; their- ex
ample and their fate will be a warning to our chi*•
dren. As the dninken helot, by the exhibition of his
debauchery, taught virtue and sobriety to the SPari •
tan youth, en the rand conduct of such. men' will:
teach to the body of our people loyalty and fideliti:'
1 pray you, my fellow-citizens, let us be united,
MEETING
tar - IL
ern In the world's hietory Let uti this night *.i►eh
one pleOge himself totilligence in Me allotted epbere
for the accomplishment of the great purpose of this
League ; and here declare that we will use all hu
man agencies to preserve our Government, and
trotting in God, we may be firm in our hope for the
triumph of light and truth.
The Governor sat down amid loud cheering.
The list of officers was then read by Wm. 11. Rent.
DA., as follows, and adopted :
riti:BII>LCICT :
Ilia Excellency Governor CURT/R.
VICE PRESIDENT 9
John Baird.
William Sellers,
Mahlon 11. Dickinson,
James Bell,
William K. Tiers,
Richard Wildey,
Marcus 0. Buckley,
Isaac Ash mead,
Thee. S. Darling,
Thcs. W. Beane,
jabez Gates,
Richard Garside,
:Henry C. Townsend,
Jos. S. Riley, Jr.,
John R. Savage.
Thomas T. Teelter,
Paul J. Field,
Dr. T. S. Reed,
William Livezey,
Horace Binney,
Samuel Thepham,
John Derbyshire,
Thomas Webster, Jr.,
William R. White,
Saniuel S. Moore,
E. Tracy,
Thos. J. Potts,
13. B. andrets,
C. F. Elwert,
Peter Rovoudt,
John M. Ogden,
si.enaT
•
Wm. H. Barnes,
Theo: ICell t
Bpi .
oppropi oa non. a. Pr.. PK.
•-- - •
Ihu) Hon. I. R. ne.lifd. Senator . ffiem'i,he State of
WinnDein, wee introduced amid the .MOgt enthusiastic
and lively deinonetratione of welcome,- • widen baying
subsided, the honorable gentleman commenced his ad
dress by alluding to the time when the great founder of
Pennsylvinia, William Penn, landed upon the hanks of
the river Delaware, who founded a colony bailed upon
the principle of mimeo capacity to govern himself.
In after ye era, the American Congress Resembled in this
city end put -forth that immortal Declaration of ludo
pendeuce, conteining that great [
nation truh quiy and
human 'motherhood, which
.procla has become
the gotpel in the political world.
In ouch a city us Plilladelphitts7the first to. ready° the
footprints of Penn—the fret to send forth to the world the
doe' rise of nine's capability to govern himself—ought to
be the last one, indeed, to become disloyal. [Groat cheer
ing. Cries of •.• Never can be disloyal.") It ought to
be the las , one to became disloyal to the declaration sent
lack to England by the founder of your State, reaffirmed
by en American Congress, after seven long years of
toil aud blood—the power of man to govern him
eolf. They demonstrated in the Revolution—in the
sbeddinglof blood and tears for years—the truth of the
great principle. (Cheers.] Not quite a century after this
epoch 'ln the - history of this country we bud ourselves
called upon, he hoped for the lest time, to still further
maintain the same great principle. and stamp on it the
eternal troth that men can meet as one common brother
hood, and govern himself for the good of himself, his
fellows and his posterity. [Tremendous, long-continued
cheers.? It is our duty to meet the Mime, and to.detar
• mine we can maintain that great principle amiinst
traitors at home. UN newed cheering. j We are in' the
midst of a most fearful trial; we are testing it to the
mucible of Inith, which tiles it to its utmost depths; are
we equal to the contest? [Loud shouts of " Yes,"
we
front all parts of the room.) He believed we
shall go through the trial with honor, and de
monstrute to the world that, for the last time, and
for all time to come, that man, enlightened by the
D obi..principlee of Chriettruitty and science, that he is
Ealli 8 inigyaannitic
iribuird out to DtzuC s l:. El
t4v. Is the present content, WO (mut shadow forth
he interest : at one bass in maintaining the Goverumene
for ourselves and for those to come after us. If our Go
vernment fails, then do free institutions fade from before
the world, and we go backward to snore than a century
ago. Theo, indeed, may we bid adieu to political liberty
for man, white or black ; then, indeed, may we s a y that
our great principle of self-government is nothing but a
dream,, melting into eternal oblivion. (Rounds of ap
pleuae. I •
Fellow-citizens, we shall not fail. (Cries of "No..
never.") We each prOve ourselves worthy deacendants
elpatriotic ancestors, who lived in times , when were
tried the souls of men. (Great applause.) Flare we endu
rance? [Cries of Yes.] In the darkness have we faith
to hold out until the e.oming light shell dawn upon us
with renewed brilliancy ? [Shouts of Yes.] It did him
good to hoar that shout coining up from the hearts of
honest, patriotic men, for ho felt sure that we will hold
out and light this battle to the bitter end. [Thunders
of applause for several minutes.]
We have given our sons, our brothers, aye, even our
fathers, to the country, and we are ready to go our
selves. [Cheers." There is scarcely a house but what
has been shrouded la mourning because of this most
causeless rebellion. • The victims have come to our
'
own homes, to our neighbors', and there are more yet to
come. lie led been made to feel as only a father can
feel when that father Fireside oldest son stretched in death
and laid in the cold grave as one of the martyrs to
his country's cause, one of the victims of a most infernal
[ebellion. When he saw the body of his sea, em
braced in the sleep of death; when he saw his life's
blood-stains upon his manly brow, then, oh I theni
'could be pronounce a curse upon the lenders of this un
holy rebellion against the Government transmitted
to us by our fathers; then could-he curse them as
the greatest criutitals before high 'leaven, that ever
trod tlio eartb, for there are none to compare with
them. (Great applause.) He was rather inclined
to be a plain-spoken man, and he thought be could
not speak • too strongly in condemnation of the lead
ers of the great rebelliou. He verily believed that
it has not - had its equal since the rebellion in
Heaven, when that leader was hurled into perdition.
111114110.] 'Wad all hitttesti fad vets. agar_
' lam [t littlish
el 11 11 IliOlUfj
5Mt figlinatb M
eing deprieed of u
thele
political. liberty, because cif having no - voice in
Government. But have the Southerners been deprived
of any of their rights? If so, where, when. by whom?
Why, fellow-citizens; tats Government never rested on
any - other basis than that of peace. No section of the
country was deprived of any right; the South was equal
with the North; they shared with us the blessings of
proeperity and happiness; the laws Poll upon them its
upon us, like the air of Heaven ; -
we could nut see it, but
we could feel its effects; then, why should they rebel?
What cause had they to rebel? (Griefs Of None.) Some
years since they introduced the fugitive-slave law, as
one of the levers to move the Government. the ulterior
' object being the final overthrow. He well remembered •
h converentlon he had on the subject, with Mr. Mason;
of Virginia, who complained that the slaved were
' escaping to the North. In reply to a questioupropounda
cis by the :quaker. Mr. Mason replied that he thonght
a thousand slaves escaped every year. How much,
said the speaker, iseach els voworth ? Why, eight han
dl ed dollars , replied Mr. Mason. Well, how many
slaves have yon? Four hundred thousand. Well, let
me-see, replied the speaker; then the loss would be
about the one-fortieth-of one per cent. upon the whole
amount, or the one quarter of a mill on the dollar.
Mr. IN bawl Was buret-teed when he made the eaten lation
himself, and frum that day he never once, to the know
-ledge of the speaker, blenched the subject of the fugt
live-slave law, (Laughter and cheers.) There is
not, an insurance company anywhere that would not.
lie glad to insure property at so small a risk as that.
Where, my fellow-citizens, (continued the speaker) Is
there any property that does not have even legs, that
ever lost so little? .[Applause and laughter.] My
f,tiends, from that day they have not seriously disclaimed
the operations of the fugitive slave la wajnit they have
used it among their people to inflame- the - mind with_
pepularTneludice, end lead them into a rev/mutton. [Ap-
Mama] There are some who charge this rebellion to the .
election of - Abraham Lincoln. Those who assert this'
cannot do so seriously, for the mite who believes it
must ha eft very little knowledge of history. This re
hellion commenced more than thirty years ago—twenty
fire years before the Beeublivan party eras formed; it
commenced with Min (J. Gallium Of h2lllll cargail
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tircuned the eposher'o' voice that Ito had to atop- -- th 9
'name or that great man electrified the audience I Gene
ral Jack'son was in the chair as President of the United
. Stales. There was a great difference between him and
James Buchanan. General Jackson was in favor of
• ccercion, [applause;] James Buchanan was in tavor
.of Ito coercion; that is the difference between the
two men. [Applaum, and cry of 'Big difference.
When lobe C. Calhoun attempted - a -rebellion, (lona
rut .Jackson sent a thousand mata .to South Carolina,
and a couple of vessels-of-war appeared in the harbor,
'And the South.Carollulans dare not commit the overt
act• Had a thousand men been sent to Fort Sumpter,
and a couple of west Is entered the hurler of Charleston..
- there would have boon no convention there to pass the
• ordinance of Secession. Do you think they: would; my.
-
follow-citirens ? (Tremendous shouts of 'Zio, from
every part of tile mem.]
The honorable speaker now proceeded to read extracts
of a letter 'written by General. Jackson on 3Ley I, 18$3,
. a friend in the Slate of Georgia, in which that great man
warned his friend to take care of the leullieenaand I hen,
with almost prophetic Inspiration, he wrote at that ills
taet dav the " next pretext will be negro :taint's." The
honorable speaker now paid aglowing tribute of re
spect to the memory of thagreat Jeckson, and very fitly
introduced a teem et the - death -bed of the patriot hero.
There seemed to be something .weighing heavily on his
mind, and, after Much solicitation on the parte( friends,
that good old man, in thoughtful contemplation. said :
" If posterity condemns, me it will he because I did not
hae g John C. Calhoun as a traitor. They may condemn
me mole for this than any other act °troy Administra
tion."' Bad Calhoun been hung thirtyyears ego, there
would be no - rebellion now. I Jrent applause.
The speaker desired to deeply inmate:a upon the inlet's
of his hearers the importance of one fact—that the re
bellion 'was not-the work-of the present time. It is the
. result of the action obits leaders yeare ago. In support
of this be would beg leave to read a few extracts of the
proceedings of the Convention held at Charleston Hutt
pa!ied tbe oedina nee of secession
Equally significant are the declarations made in the
open session of the ' Sovereign Cenventiou.' now as.
bled at South C...arollra- & few extnuntx from the
debates hod on the paseade of the erdtaasee of Recession,
and siliss ~111 ' ,lot in us clear
111.1 th .
" Mr, Parker, Mr. President, It appears to me, with
great deference to the opinions that have beets expressed,
that the public mind is:fully made np to the mar4ocea-
Men that now awaits us. It is 91.0 spasmodic effort that
has come sudden/a upon us, but it has been gradually
r,u l nrinaltni for a long series of years, until at lost it
AO* 011ie Is that point when we may 8111/ the matter 18
int (rely right.
"31r Inglish. -Mr. President, if there is any gentle
man present who wishes to debate this matter. of course
this body will hear burn; but as to delay for the purpose
of a iliecussion, I for one am opposed toil. As my friend
. (Mr. Parker) has said, moat of us hatic„had Ude matter
wetter considerati,m for the teal twenty wars, and I
presume tee have by this timearrived at a decision upon
the subject.
"Mr. Relit. Slr, we are performing a great act, which
Involves not only the stirring -present, but embraces the
whole great furore semi to come. I have been engaged •
in this morentent ever since I entered political life.
lain content with what has been done to-day, and con
test with what will hike place to-morrow. Wo have
carried the body of this Union to its last resting place,
end now we will drop the flag over its grave. After that
is done, I am ready to adjourn, and leave the remaining
cer" emonies for to-morrow
- Mr. Rhett. The Secession of South Carolina is not
an event of a day. It [snot anything produced by Nr.
Lincoln's election, or by a nun-execution of the fugi
tire-slave law. It has by
a matter which has been
'gathering headfor thirty wars. The' election of Lin
coln and Hamlin 'was the last straw on the back of the
camel. Bnt it was • not the only one. The back was
nsnrty broken before. The point upon- which I differ
from my friend it this; He says he thought it expedient
for 1w to put this great question -before the world upon
this simple ma tter.of wrongs on the question."
The men In the days of Calhoun tried the tariff cane-
Dom but they found this would not do, because it in
terfered with the sugar-growing State of Louisiana. It
was abandoned. Then the pretext alluded to with pro
phetic accuracy by General Jackson, was resorted to,
and we lied the nation convulsed with a great rebellion.
It is the suicide ofslavery 'on this continent. [Applause.)
Let It die. [ApplawwJ Those who mourn let them go
to the funeral. [Cries of "Tharsiso."J He would not
be there Vatitahter,
zon
stay the' ri
loous re-presentative of Tonne...se. ((Great
C *art for Gov. Johnson, during which that gentionmn
mood erect and.'gracerully acknowledged the compli
ment by bowing his eilver-covered head.]
said the speaker; that man has stood like a solid
rock amid the sea of Southern secession the stood amid the
waves of rebellion, and they lashed around him in vain;
he hurled them back more effectually than any other
Man south-of the Potomac. [Great and enthusiastic
cheers.]
The speaker, in concluding, paid some attention to
Preece and Br:land, and merely reminded these, and
all other foreign Powers, that we may change our
rulers, but the Union never can be altered. [Tremend
ous shouts of approval:] -He also alluded to the great
•Ifostbwestern. Territory, who know their rights; and
were bound to have the free use-of the Mieelesippi, for
ever—even if they had to cut every levee on its borders.
[Thunders of applause.] . After a few_ more remarks on
the duty of every man, in this trying hour , to sustain
the Union, the honorable gentlemen from the State of
Wisconsin took his seat amid the must enthusiastic ap
plause. . _
At the conclusion of the distinguished Sonator'esiateCh,
Charles Gibbons, Esq., came forward and read the
following resolutions:
. • RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Government of the United States le
founded on the union of the States, which constitutes us
one people. and la the main pillar in the edifies of our
independence. the only support of our tranquillity at
'bonne and our peace abroad; of our aafety, Prosperity,
and liberty.
Revoked, That no calamity could betel the American
people so terrible in its resnite as the 'breaking np 01 the
foundations of the Government of the United States;
and, under a solemn' sense of duty to God and our
country, we, therefore, pledge to each other our sacred
honor to sustain the President, and its other constituted
authorities, in their efforts to overwhelm and subjugate
its eneinieeiby 'force of arms,. and all tho appliances of
wig, no tee only means of restoring its sovereign autho
rity under the Constitution,. seeming the blessings of
peace, sod preeervin,, ,, the liberties of the people.
Resolved, That in the atrocious war now waged against
the National Government,. by which its exigence is im
perilled it Is the plain duty of the American citizen to
sustain it with all his heart and might,_ not only for Its
own oaks but in return for the protection which 'it ex
tends to his property, his labor, bin liberty, and life;
and all those who seek to hinder, delay, or embarrass
I. s movements against the enemy, while they claim and
enjoy the protection of its lawn, stand self-contmitted
before the world of treason to their conetry, to liberty,
and mankind, and should be made to feel, fa their inter
course with their fellow-citizens, [not neither treason
nor traitors can be tolerated by honorable Men. .
• Resolzsa. net in thivmomentoua struggle in which
the ration is now engaged, we have a common and un
divided inter.eat with our petriotarinlos in the held, and
all who vulue the proud title of " Amerisan ettirens,"
in mats mining the honor of its flag and the unity of its
Government; and we greet all such citizens. or every
tongue, kindred, and persuasion, throughout the land
as our fileude and brethren in a righteous cense; anti
we earnestly invoke their stern rebuke of every trea
sonable ouggestme to abandon the cent:nit, and their
Fictive aid irk proclaiming to foreign Pow eje and domestic
foes the irrevocable will of the Ameitonin people that
"The Union mast end shall be preserved,"
The resolutions were adopted mold loud 'anti long.
continued cheering.
When the reeolutlone had been adopted. the chair
introduced the feiri. Andrew Johnson, ,Go vernal- on
Tennence, who was receivediwith lend applause.
SPRHCH OF GOVERNOR. 'ANDREW JOHNSON, OF
. ;IE:INESSER
.
lzia.V•nerrizallo — for I duple° to call you, aneh-feel
- mat , beiteeing tliet I ata yet a eitiseu of the United
; Stated, (applause...) I vanities at least to Adam, you as
"Tay fellow-citizen& 1 iegrOC at thi saute llute, la ad
ARIAS:
F. Blackburne, Jr.,
A)bert li. Foerlog.
otlx-pr..111, 31111111.;e1 , 011S 1,11031 C
At the conclusion of Governor Johnson's smooch. Hon.
H. B. WI ight. late member of Congress Iran Lucerne,
was introduced, and was received with lend Cheers.
SPEECH OF HON. HENDRICK B. WRIGHT.
De. PRESIDENT AND PILLOW-C Tinrsa OP PIIILADELPRrA:
I am an unflinching, unyielding, and unconditional
Union loan. [Cheers.] There are no bats or ifs stand
ing in my way. I am not In favor of snatalning my
government and my country with a proviso. [Ap
nlanse--criee of "good- 7 .0t course you are.") I love loyal
men, and I hate traitors. lam not one-of those who
apologize for treason, and sympathize with the men
who are now in open rebellion against the Federal
Union. They are the enemies of my country. and lam
theirs. I have been an active Democrat for a third of
a century. 1 am a Democrat now, and will continue
so during my life. One of its cherished principles as
I learned, was love of country, and obedience to Abe
Constitution and laws—to maintain liberty, and if
needs be, tight for it. [Lona continued acestanteJ
ani one of those, too, who believe that patriotism is
Pove itnitiD.l4 ilett ie , the del of &It new
. " MIT untie Viril rte
nen atmsoul. an _out down. at the painter the
bayonet. most Cool. men and eattaelara re b e llion
that the - none ever taw. The time has not yet COMO,
/dr. President, when the loyal men of the North have
made up their minds to sit down with folded arms and
eurreneer their liberties. It maybe the case with dema
gogues, but not with the masses;—it may be so with sym
pathizing Secession traitors, but not with patriots. Our
liberties cost too much to be so easily surrendered. Our
ancestors were seven tong years in establishing the
American Union, and degenerateindeed tire we if we
cannot devote twice that number of years In nutlet:tin-
Mg and perpetuating it. They sealed it in a covenant
with their heart's blood—it is hardly yet cool; and yet
do I hear men everywhere doubting if the Union can be
saved. Is it because they would see it destroyed ?
Dave they a relish for agrarianism? Would they wel
cone the guillotine? fLawhter.). Under the pretext
that this is an Abolition Avkir," they, say "let Abo
litionists fight it. " They cry 'peace, , 'when there is
no peace. • Now. sir. I am no Abolitionist., and yet lam
in laver of fighting this war to the bitter end—till rebel
lion is crushed out, and the bleeding Union restored. I
BM es anxious, too, for peace as any man living. but it
must be a peace with one Upton, ones Constitution, and
one Aug. It mast be a pease alike bontirable to the
courage of the North. as well as the honor of the coun
try. Not that kind of peace, which Northern symoa
t hirers Nil th so u thorn treascn would have—a peace which
v mild destroy the lust vestige and hope of htittutu
liberty. but, sir, how idle and delusive to talk 15f
peace while armed rebellion is in the ascendant. The
rt bc.l press say that "if the whole Yankee nation
will lay themselves at oar feet, and become oar
Abyss, we will spurn them from us. We will reunite•
upon r o terms, upon no eJediriou, with them." The
steal trader of this bogus, bastard confedenicy, in a
speech). cent ty delivered by him to the Mississippi Le
gislature, wondered, in utter amazement, • how he
could have had any love or regard fur the old Union,
conyiesed of the descendants et men from the bogs and
fens of Ireland and Szotimad. of low and vulgar origin.
With such vulgar creatures he would never again
unite." fLatzghter.) With such sentiments from the
rebel press and the great unchained leader of rebel
hordes, who In his messes at the North can
ptalk stpsnes?
The evidencee, to my Dated. are that the msu who does
so is a traitor himself. and SO I mutt regard him, despite
Lie declarations tothe contrary. Self-pride wcaild at
least make me re s en 'ithat tool and defiant Insolence ut
tereo by Jett. Davis and his abject and wicked coadju
tors.
When have rebels intimated the least desire. Mani
their parts, to reunite the Government? CA voice,
never.") At no time or place to coy knowledge. Tney
sie:r.s insolent telloy as they were the day they tired
into [be reentry's flag en Fort Sampler. Theo aronreed
mission late kill and murder. They are moved and in
stigated by the devil, sad with him only wild they make
Urals.. With the vulgar Yankees et the North (and
. they denominate all loyal men Yankees.) the descend
ants' of men who emigrated from the bogs and feint of
Ireland and Scotland. they will make no pence. They
will never reunite with we. If petite cannot be had
ou honorable terms. what ellernntiVe• -.Nave we left but
to fight for en honorable peace? Nu ,Revolutionary
rattlers were -suet at every corner- by Cowbors and
Tories, but they fought on and foofiltt through
bumbled the (- nen/Tor liberty abroad, and conquoreui
nail subdued himlit home. [Applause.] -What
nobler example can him_
follow 2 Hallowed he the pre..
vetteni. It is worthy of all imitation. Vista. impb
lug, dishonorable petteesihnjekers at the Nentixam
the twin brothers of the Cowboys of Revolutioebry me
leery,
d e'il"Y and phase an damnable andoverVorw
ering NW nits them. Can thesaetut TV of that HIRAI - Ivo %The
stabs his country in her hour of trial and danger?. The
fame of Arnold shall be the. fame of that man--the mines
of tinhorn millions are his heritage. Let all' sueh iota
their dearly beloved brethren in arias against their
country; let theta kiss their hairdo imbrued in the blood
of'hiyal thousands, slain upon tho bottle field in,defonce
•efbuma n liberty. Alt! 110 W gthri • Ni. wouill it be to hove
- pence with a 'whole country ? but how delusive the hope
-till the proud beatl of rehab. is bumbled? Then we tau
here prtiCe. (Voices, 'Ye.,"7 They Who Eon err
ern. nes roe on truth, that K a han do to under uttfaveta-
Lie circumstances. Thera are many reason, whr
[lonia feel embarrassed on tile occasion. lam suffer
ing from an intitepoaitionAnd hoarseness* which ever/-
one will perceive who hears my voice. New, I notify
you in advance, that if you have come here for the put ,
pose of being highly entertained by me, by any display
of ilielorie or.oratory. you will be mistaken, and I ad
vise you to 'let yvursolves down." CLaughter..l In
ant lent times there were various kinds of speakers that
wore called forth to Redress the people. Cicero ada
dressed hie audience,, amid never failed to• Please thew
by gesticulations, imonattotus of voice, and handsomely
roundt d periods Such was the power of hie eloquence,
that we are told he was occasionally interrupted by
cries of "That'll good," 'A spleudlct sentiment," and
sti on. The Grecians had orators of a different Main%
but who moved the People as forcibly and as unitver
sally. When Philip um ertook to invade the Grecian
States, la_mostlienem addressed himself to their good
and eretondiug. His sencimen to always seen red
elution:mai it, the minds of his audience, who, its they
tuned, had their hearts filled with the patriotism that
be impired, and exclaimed "let us fieht Philip." I
trust iu God's name, that when this audience shall have
discersed from here to-night each man Will have
his limit lined with the importance of the OCCaShM, add
his lips exclaiming " we wilt fight Jeff. Oasis, and Will
nt down the rebellion and all (ho rebel conspirators.
(Applause.] I shell. in addressing you to-night. use the
hooguage of Bobo ness and troth. I feel that we are ea
gaged in a great cause I leel that that cause to j ust end
might to be bllfillithed [A spatulas. ) What are t hr. clr-
CUMBt2.IICCR under which we assemble to-night ? We are
in the mid tot a rebeillou, to the wickedness aud cease
lessness of which history can furnish no pantile!.
birauge as it may stem, this rebellion has been pro
vided for in the Constitution of the United Slates When
we examine that instrument we and that our rsth Ors, in
illeirpOUlll,
Magi
it ht z.l , ~
Lomita mar be SligigiUtifil In tulle df robsillea
n the public necessity requires it. (Applause,]
We find that the Co" sta w
ution cowers power upon the
Government of the United s tales to itupprest ineur
rections nd to repel in vasiona, domestic or foreign,
ileum, Irepeat, our forefathers provided for a con
thigeacy, iu which the Lite of the nation might be put to
risk. Then, in coining before you to-night by invi
tation—mid I need not say that I should have done so by
inclination-1 do so not for the purpose or appealing In
behalf of a down-trodden people. Idu not come before
you to enlist your sympathies for an oppressed na
tionality. I come in the name of the Constitution to
uphold the Government, mid to inspire you with hope
for Its final success, That Constitution prov to es that the
Coiled `elites shall guarantee to every State in this
Union a republican form of government. [appiime.
)
Our forefathers saw the importance of finch a provision
as this in the national Constitution. We, therefore,
must insist on carrying out this as we insist on carrying
out every other provision of that Constitution. Pro
ceeding an the idea that no State has a right
to secede, and that uo State has seceded, we are its
AOOO citizens culled upon to re-establish a republican
form of government in every State, where it has been
os trthrown. lapplause.) Certain bad men hare at
tempted to carry out of the Union several States, in &s
-pite of the Constitution and the teethed of the people. A
bend of conspirators, gain) , of a crime worse than that
of Cattline, appeared in the United States Senate, and
boldly preached treason iu the face of the milieu. They
clothed their treason in honeyed worde,and argued that
secession Nittf. a constitutional privilege, and in demand
iag it they were but asking for that to which they were
entitled. Have you ever been struck w•t h the great
fallacy of this doctrine of secession It is a doctrine
destructive of all government. 1t is a sort of nuiversal
dtssoivent, that neutralizes all it touches. When ad
mitted as a principle, you admit a dialutegrent. No
Govel =cut can exist that tolerates such doctrine. It
originated in the Garden of Eli n, with the devil and aim
!accession is no modern doctrine in American twiltiee. I
have the ctectunento to prove that it took root in Lb:e
riaino fora voala am I minimum I I)
r r.rinTeuri . IlUllfilOat I sini 61
for [be
wk. oven, has boon only the prat*
for the execution of what loin In eau temp - lan..
They now In that the South mil be irrevocably
separated from the Borth, and that two Confederacies
shall exist for Americans. It is for the Government to
answer the conspirators in unmistakable and emphatic
terms.
In addressing this large, this intelligent, this re=
epectable audience here to-eight. I do not intend to de
ceive you. 'by whole coarse of life bits been plain and
blunt. I stand before you' to-night, a Democrat. CAp
blanse.l lem a Democrat, as that term has twee de
ited hero to-night. I have, in the whole course of my
public life, maintained nitin's capacity for self-govern
ment. I have always taken the position that the world
was my home, and every honest man my brother. [Ap
platat.o.)
I am a Democrat upon the principles of the Constitu
tion. 1 know, and you know, there is too much intelli
gence hero not to know that the design of the South Is to
change the genius of the Government. I have fought
the Southern conspiratom with this apprehension. They
contend for an aristocracy, and au aristocracy without
brains has my contempt. [Applause.] I stand before
you the advocate of an aristocracy of virtue, intelli
gence, and of that dignity which flows from nature's
God. I am for an aristocracy of labor, [applause], and
for the amelioration of those who perform It. My De
mocracy I leurned in the school of Thomas Jefferson.
[Applause.] I learned it in that school which punished
treason when Burr attempted to Overthrow tne Govern
ment. Burr cowl/10nm that he was arrested
without process. [applause. - ] I do not intend to
say much of arbitrary arrests. All I nerd say is, that
there have not been ihtthigh of. them. [atvians.] Does
any loyal men complain of illegal arrests? We are mid
that the President has no power to make themrrests. It
is said Congress only has the right. Now, it is clear that
the right exists eornewheie. In .my estimation, the
President has not only the power, but it is his duty to
ext rcise that power. [lmmense cheering.] When the
buttle of New Orleans was about to be fought, there were
a few people there who were disloyal:Jackson had them
at rested :Judge Ball leaned a habeas corpne, and General
Jackson arrested the Judge. f applause.] Do you think
that. the coon tvr sallert WM friim thlh poi'Epp ll§
lira tlult 1 lutn A MM. 10 iillgEPL Hilt fill ',Map,.
hoc C. 1
.I.Le al r ,"?.l" , natt P
,r,4t11,-...Ctririec-eet
relice. • I hold In my hand the original paper written in
the old man's handwriting, Bad I feel as if I had taken
It front his coffin. [Sensatiou.] Were it possible that
Jackson could now witness the sad scenes enacting from
the doctrine that be attempted to bury forever, the
old man 'would turn In his coffin. Were it possible to
communicateintelligence to the deed, ho would rise
from the tomb and reiterate that immortal sentiment of
his: "The Federal Union—it must and shall be pre
served.
I understand that you to-night are inaugurating a
National Union Club, and to give it a corner stone I
should like to present to you this letter of the Immortal
' Jackson, that that letter should be the corner stone of
[our club. [Applause.] W lll.you accept of this relic ?
Cries 'We will.") I nresout it to yon, then, in the
ope that you will make its sentiments the basis of your
organization. [Cheers.]
. lien. Jackson has told us that the disunionists of the
South would one day use the negro question as a pre
text for breaking op the Union. You are told, at this
late day, that that pretext could have been removed.
You were told that the Crittenden Compromise would
have eavtd the country. Nothiug could be more false.
When that compromise was before the Senate Mr. Clark
olfered an amendment substantially otferiug the Con
stitution itself as a basis of settlement. It Um South
could have got the compromise there would have been
pence. The amendment passed ; the compromise
was lost. but how? . Six Southern men retread to record
their votes. They wanted no compromise. In truth, they
wanted the compromise defeated, and its defeat they
could have made a .pretext to eo . before their : consti
tuents. I said io Mr. 13:enjamin, ' Vote like: an . honest
man for this meeter . [Applause.] He told me he
wanted 110 lecture from me, sect insisted on retaining
hie...date himself. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, subse
quently (Afire,' an..arnendment to the Constitution, so
that Congress could never interfere with the system of
slavery. What became of that amendment? Can any
thing be more permanent than that ? It was lost; The
South would not accept Mr. Corwin's .amsndment. but
itish.ted on a separation. total and absolute. Comoro-
IIIiOPR arc ail In vain. ^We must meet the roulltorn con
ktilritlOrt OK the most uto Ws. must u.st 7-ssmit
Itlrrrttfilf FyIWYTII MITS I IIIIIIIII9I II 10111(1111
f•Ea As. tp v.. KZ., . 1 -
vinue. q )lepa Ito Way to ComororoL vela.
1110 leaders, except to put theln to the sword. [Ap
p itiate.) I um for tho" Union and the Constitution,
If bank monopolies or negroes get in the way or tee
Government, they must be. overturned. ( Great aP-
I louse.) am for the Government, with slavery; lam
for it, without slavery; in either event, give me my Go
vernment, and let all other institutions go. What have
we without government? What is property worth with
out the protection of a good Government? Though we
way surer in the prosecution or the war, let it go on. I
would see all the negroes of the United States sent back
to their fatherland, rather than this Government should
not go on. I would rather see Africa distinct from this
earth, as a planet, out of the world's orbit , rather than
any injury elimild 'happen to the Government. [Laugh
ter, and applause.] It is bad enough f .1* a man in the
South.to be a traitor and sympathizer; but for a
man' in the 'NOrtli;,' who scarcely knows that there
yea war going on, there is no excuse. Were it not for
Vallandighein and Bright [hisses] our armies would
have long since advanced to the heart of the rebellion.
'iters was a time when treason was a thing to be shun
ned,as abominable and wicked. Bob Toombs said that
a lien traitors became plenty,, treason became respecta
ble. /hat is probably the noctrine of the sympathizers.
But they must La. informed that treason is despicable,
and that only loyalty ran be respectable. There is only
one way to meet t mitors,s nd that is to meet them at the
tin eshold, and if nothing else will do, to 0/route and
hang them. CApplaurej The Government has passed
through two great ordeals to obtain and retain its na
tionality. Those two ordeals exhibited a strength that
gives assurance that the third will be successtully en
countered. Thengli we have a large territory, we
have not an inch to give up to traitors. Lot. trai
tors South be punished, and then traitors North.
[Applause.] If the sacrifice to put down .ths rebellion
bee net been large enonsh, lot the price be named, and
it shall be paid. A, e you witting to give up the South
ern States to the traitors of the land? Shall you give
up the graves of our forefathers to be desecrated by un
worthy sons? Are yon prepared to surrender up the
tomb of him who was tho first in war, first iu ponce, and
nrat in the hearts at his countrymen? Aro YouPrePtrud
to 101 111100011 WOO beneath Om hero of the traitor bon•
deraoy r Should WA MAMA to such baseness. *o=l
&milt WOulil 11l HT Ellin to 1111100 M
the graves of Jackson and wasutngtou. , We must sus
hi% Mk Geirornment. If kit. ,4 a minzatration tatters, It
is our duty to inspire it with the importance of its duty,
I did not help to place Mr. Lincoln in power. Bnt he
is the lawful President, and must he supported, and
sustained. .(Applause. And let me say to the men who
are trying to found a party upon the faults of the Ad
ministration, that when the winds come, aed the storms
descend, that that party will be - swept from the earth.
This is no time for the formation otparties: If there is
no Government, what is the use of party? When the
war ts over, it will be time to hold every one re
sponsible for any fanlts committed. [Applause.] Let
us have only one cOlnpromitse—the Constitution of the
United States. if the South fails some of the traitors
must be linng; If the South succeeds some of you must be
hung. [Laughter and enplanse.]
Let me. my friends, conclude, for there are other able
speakers to add Ives you. r have only, to urge you to
standby the Government in adversity as im.prosperity,
and transmit this glorious Union to posterity with none
of its glory tarnished, nor its influence lessened among
the nations of the earth.
Peace. and Would pt et upon the aiememberfl
Ifilleetifilk 6f Mit greet lieptildie. are worse anemia.. o;*
ghe Union than those who bear acme against it: be
muse one is an open enemy, that may Actaeon and met;
the other a aeoret viper concealed, but biting with more
deadslY venom. [Applause.) • This terrible war did not
originate in the ;oval. North. For its terrible come-
QUeIICISI we are not accountable. It is no work of ours.
A autism bankrupt—a people demoralized—a vast corn
martial • and manufacturing Intend destroyed-cities
decimated of their peaceful: induetrions inhabitants—
/wend' ed.' of thoneruids ci our bizithere and eons slain in
battle—these are no trophies of cure This has all been
done to appease the dark, evil spirit of Secessionism-Is
mime that has no atonement,. antitin of blood that all
the waters of the ocean cannot efface,. Amd these are
our beloved brothers, whom. Northern sympathizers
would hug, all covired with' bloody - Ore of their
own household, to their bosom L' a- species of sympathy
which sharpens the appetite or She crocodile' to devour
its own young. 3f there ever semi atehour *Mee this re
bellion began when loyal men should stand together, It
is now, now while I speak. Peacrwith'a whsle coun
try is denied to us, aid we must flight like true men.
We must ngbt far our Constitution we must fight for
our homes end our firesides. (Applause
be safety of the Union is worthy of our best and
boileet fetfoi fa
It in our country, it is our Constitu
tion, it is our liberty that traitors are making a terrible
effort to overthrow and destroy. To prevoat this 1 ap
peal to every manly sentiment of the human heart; to
the unsullied memories of your brave and patriotic an
cestors; to the privileges which yon enjoy under wise
end humane laws; to your liberty conferred in a do
ee uuknown• and u,aenrpassed by the people of any
other nation; to those inestimable laws whits guaran
tee to you the liberty of speech, and the holiest liberty
of ell—to worship Almighty God according to the din
latea of your. own evnactience• to the comforts which
surrouud your clomeastlc heart h; to Elio graves of your
faint rilj to all riot
tnorythlna hat annoh lo
t s YOUs
ninman t! ,
A n l ll 1;
.. • L. d-. 1
;my may deacrud c
to your Oh ildre.n. f ItPl/Be UI Pia
...ow to stood firmly together and ',wear by Heaven and
earth that we w ill notpermit our liberty to be destroyed.
(Applause.) There are many [hinge connected with the
administration of the Government and of the war that
do net meet my approbation. In my Congressional
course in the past two years, I have differed widely lin
many measures of policy with the Government. But as
to all those which were deeigned to put down rebellion,
I gave it my hoinst mid unytelding support. I differed
with it on its onianclaatton measure, and those
which were of a political character. But because of
Ole difference, and because of the bad manner in
which (Air cempaigns were conducted, it none the
less •abated nay artier to save the country and nave
the MAUD. The Administration was of the B.epnbil
can school to politics; I wits Democratic. This gave
me no reason to embrace treason or sympathize with
traitors. If it had, 1 should have degraded my name
and di, honored my country. I think it wits had policy
to do many things connected especially with the slave
tot stion ; but because of this, no man can throw it into
my teeth that I committed, in word, thous lit, or deed,
an act of disloyalty. Aud I challenge the tuition tomtit
me to an official act which leaned towarde treason. I
had, I have, no sympathy with those vile men who, in
their mod nets, not only level their ghat at the Union,
but iit the heart of every loyal limn in it. My sympathies
are all with and for my country. [Applause. 3 Th Is is the
doctrine which must ultimately prevail throughout the
North. The influences of bad men will daily grow less,
and in a few months you will hardly see the maa bold
enough and widred enough to siay that he was ever on
the side of the rebellion. It may not be Rafe for him to
say em if he have the moral depravity to think so.
Gentlemen, it is your duty, in these times, to encour
age and strengthen public opinion. Our brave soldiers
are undergoing the dangers of the field; they are doing
battle like men for the cause of American liberty. Let
the voice from the whole North pour daily into the camp.
and let it be the voice of encouragement, of honor, of
praise. Let the soldier , when he retires at night upon.
io straw pullet, feel that, notwith.standing the storm
n"."B"witheuti end PIE !tug
filial - la fro id at th: ;„-.
sympathising aorta Tor him at home, who pray for the
atm.:Beef the hely ;muse which called him Ihrth, and
that t here art hem the" e a leo leaping in exultation:it the
bolas. of saviug a bleeding and almost prostrate country.
This shell servo him up to his great task. This shall
are his heart, and put strength in his good right arm.
This shall lead hint to the hattie.uuder the belief that, if
he falls, a nation shall mourn atlits grave. (Appltuso.)
And this sentiment, spread broadcast over the land, shall
drive to their hiding places. In confusion and shame, the
creetni en, canoe moo, wh °stand ready now to shoat over
the enemy's victory, and laugh over the dead and the
dying who gloriously fell upon Freedom% batik-field.
Ono would think that the deep-cut gashes of our
soldiers, sending forth their hearts' blood, would
blanche the hardened cheek of treason! It does not.
Their dear brethren who make . them "are a chival
rous people. They have sustained great wrongs, and
they.are the very salt of the earth. It is an Abolition
war—lst Abolitionists fight it out I" And this is liberty
of speech! And for the suppressiou of the utterance
of curb heresy a great conetitnttoual principle is vio
lated. May men talk and execute treason with impuni
ty. / If they prefer the despotism of Jell. Davis, let them
seek refuge under his arm. [Applause.) I have made
up my mind that I will stand last by the old flag, and
when it goes down I have no other object to live for.
For I would prefer death to despotism and chaos. And
this aseuredly will follow the downfitll of the Repablia.
With the loyal States the question now is, shall the war
be craned on with all the power of the nation—or shall
we surrender the Government and country into the
heads of traitors? That is the question... One or the
other of these alternatives is inevitable, .There is no
reason for a wise and good man to doubt. In fact, he
who stops to doubt is half way over to the enemy. I
zetorn you my thanks. gentlemen, for your attention,
and I feat that the sentiments I have uttered meet your
hearty approbation.
Ilk. Brewster was the next speaker. He spoke as
follows:
SPEECH. OF B. IL BREWSTER, ESQ
Mn. CNA 110 IAN AND FELLOW-CITIZENS OP PIIIDADELPIITA:
Nettling but a conviction that 1 had a serious duty to
110k1flkill Muhl kat , 1:7••• - Lt -** -.1
Vffi INT 1111,11triontin fit Niratiii (dant - limn iffifiny
erius . lv 334.,..11, 5, Ye Erenerie,
tieffilled I would sot foe
purposes o f: the one or the ends of the other. The orga
nization that convened this Large assembly, and the
aim you have in view. aro not open to such reSections.
For some time past I have believed that just ouch an ite
soviation was needed, and that in. t such a gathering
was indispensable to rouse the public to a conscious
ness of the danger into which traitors and thenbet
tors of treason were hurrying the destinies of our.
beloved country. (Applause 3 bloat gladly, then.
I have come here to meet you, and consult with
you about the means best suited to frustrate these
evil designs. Many such meetings must be held, and
the mind - and heart of the public made to feel the peril of
tte eosition. [Applause.) Last fall. on my return from
Europe, I was amazed and shocked to see how daringly
the advocates and spologists for traitors and their base
deeds were snatchiug at the reins of authority, with' the
avowed rairixe.e of surrendering the honor of their coun
try, and the rights of the human race, to traitors and the
enemies of mankind. Oh! gentlemen, you cannot well
feel the sting of this rebellion until you have seen, as I
have seen, and heard, as I have heard, the exul batons of
our rivals and natural foes who live across the water.
Here you may be excited by the outrages you know ol,by
the sufferings of our army, by the resistance to the law,
by the avowed hatred or Northern men and' Northern
institutions that is constantly proclaimed by the'rebele
and their leaders. But then you Pei the greatest wrong
of all le, that from this rebellion our free institutions
have been scoffed at as a failure, and we are now derided
as a race of . vulgar plebeians, rushing in a downward
course of ruin through anarchy to despotism. How this
unholy strife Las palsied tho heart of trusting, hoping mil
l ions who hare looked 'with joy at the bright rays of our
glory its it came streaming across the stormy Atlantic,
guiding them out a star to happier homes ! (Applause..] Oh!
what a &stnt crime has this been against the dignity
ot mankind ! Low basely have these men testified in
favor of despotism and against the holy cause of human
rights ! (Applause. A few days since, wheu reading
the adioirable letters of Mr. Dayton, our Minister to
France, I Paw, with a sense of paM that was increased
by the recollection that he was describing all that 1. had
suffered when be all itiled to the de.nondency exprewsd
1,11111 . (q117 . 21) joy@ Fun tint s . vain. far any fril
IL • - 1-1.1
ourb UM. brililliPll on .11..11,1
liggisa room andlionnily
unations of fugitive Mittens who lied lied their homes
to find a refuge abroad film the doom of the treason they
encouraged and upheld.
No one who bad ever felt the sharp sorrow of each
reproaches can help but resent the lawless combina
tions of Northern men to stimulate traitors in the field
by hopes of divided councils at the North. For any
part, 1 care not with whom I act, or where I am found.
so that 1 act wit). those who will sustain the law, and
stand by those who were lawfully chosen to adminis
ter it, and so that I am found with those 'who will, as
Northern men, born on Northern soil, bred and cherished
by a Northern community, spurn those who spurn
them, end spit on those who betray their birthright
and defame their fellowk, whilst they live under the
protection of a Government that guards too well their
worthless bodies, and protects their property thatehonld
lie confiscated for sympathy .with treason, (Long-con
tinned &opiate e. ]
At flint, when the Republicans entered the gates of
office, with the exultant shouts of a triumphing party.
when some al its zealots, in their wild excitement, pro
claimed opinions that were opposed to the coustitutional
compromises, men attached to the Democratic party
might reasonably hesitate tenet with them, and dread to
give countenance to covenant breakers. [a plane. ]
Their old party obligations might well restrain them from
acknowledging the supremacy of new officers, who were
supposed to represent men with whom and measures with
which they had been in open conflict for years. [ap
planae.] They might hesitate, and bravely hesitate, to
follow in the crowd of au excited and indignant Northern
public, hoping that. by their refusal to act, they could
still maintain a party allegiance and a party action, that
would shown good purptise, to doter rash action by their
old allies and associates in the Routh. [Applause.] But
when that day had gone by .• when they had followed
Southern men to the edge of the law, for the sake of the
law when they saw that the wrath of the Northern
public WaS not a partisan rage, but was the just senti
ment of outraged men ; then to hesitate. was meat:
to oppose and organize opposition; to traduce officials
acting in .^ood faith under trying circurastancee, and to
preach of 'mace, peace, when there was no ymace: was
r.essen and unmaulp . surrender of tlie noblest urine:ries
Bat ever men bravely stood by, and in which were con-.
/veros of the Unseen re.. c, rf ... 3
am a ihirthern man—hone oe any bone—fl WAL of my
flesh, 1 alit from them-and I would be a dastard and a
deg if I -consorted 'with those WM) defame and revile
them. I come of a race of men who proudly boast a
pedigree that has been honored by historical association
with every straggle in klngland for the cause of popular
liberty.. [Cries of "That's so.] Ancestors of mine were
conspicuous ill the uprising of the Loilards, and followed
the immortal Wickliffe in his struggle for .the right of
private judgment and theliberty of conecience.and when
Charles expiated his falsehood and treachery upon the
block, my kinsmen sat in the Parliament of Bnitland,de
seep dents of Franklin's, vindicating for all the freedom
they had inherited as it special property. Tears before
that, driven by religious persecution and political tyran
ny across t 1 e dark and stormy Atlantic, came that band
of pilgrims from whose head and leader I proudly trace
my lineage. Ccheere.3 The firat act of that band of
sages, heroes, usual minter was by eoleinu league and
covenant, to M ;cud thou ud theirs to obey the law. True
to say blood, I have kept their covenant. When slavery
was the law, I stood by the law. [Cheers.] And when
treason absorbed that law. I stood rip as I now stand tip
to-night, for that higher law, the law of self-preserva
tion, the law of obedience to constituted authority, the
law of loyalty to the Constitution, and love for my land
and its people. [Cheers.]
Breathes there a Mau with soul so dead
That never to himself bath said.
This is my own, my native land ?"
lam a Yankee of Yankees, and I glory in it; and the
man who reviles them reviles the best blood and the best
men that have made illustrious the history of his coun
try and the CRUM of popithir liberty. [Deafening cheers.]
I would have the country as it was if I could have had it
so; but since rebellion has reared its horrid front, and
struck down the law that sheltered ns all and sheltered
it, I ant fur striking slavery dead, as it is the pretext for
this great wrong. [Loud al/diens-continued applause.]
There hi not a principle of the Government that I
would not deliver over to instant death if it wore the
LIMO of such foul treason as this principle of involnn
tory servitude has been. fApplanee.l Who have these
rebels wronged? Their country ? Yes. Human rights?
Yes. Northern men? Yes. But, of all others, Abell.
wrong to ITorthern Democrats wan the meanest and the
foulest. 'With a majority in both beaches of Congress
az^ .1411 - - -O.! •
Ratriling DiMgarib. (ffigy mint tticirin, gel;Y:
bandedi Went, and.why shalt we Meiling° thaw,
the
daysod Cu arms Imolai:v. the +State tusett'S From the
day that. thin Government wan formed, they have,
with but one exception, ruled and coutiolled the
official power of our nation, slid that exception was
the Administration of the elder Adams. With that
exception they have directly controlled anti guided
Clintpolicy of the Government. The very changes
have from time to time taken place have
been the result of their own changes of opinion,
legislated by their own majorities, and executed by
chicials 'who represented their wishes; and yet with
all this, when, for the that time for full half century,
they lost the patronage of the Government. rind still
had full sway over the legislative branchoe 'with
which they could check, control, and hinder the Execu
tive, they abaudoned their trust, and basely struck a
blow at the liberties of their country, abandoned their
Political allies, and made the principles of republican
democracy - a scandal and reproach. [Applause.]
Are these the men that we shall act with, or have
never!") or excuse, or justify [Cries of "No, never!
Never I I would prosecute this war to re
does. rebellion and punish traitors, and I never, never
will consent to see our great republic and its valet terri
tory divided to este td•sh a second rate and hostile power
that, by treaties with our enemies abroad, shall control
the navigation of the Gulf of Mexico, close up rte mouth
'of the Mississippi and shut us out from intercouree with
our Pacific theta, where we are now just about t t compete
in triumphant rivalrywith England for the commerce of
the litil:flS, the source of all her wealth and all her. 2/10-
dern power, as It bait been the treasury of 'wealth to all
mail ns that hove enjoyed lie commerce. [APidanse
Peace! Never ! btu with submission to the laws. The
day we make snob epee= will be a day of dark dishonor
that will shadow every mnn'a door, and,spread lamenta
tion and shame throughout the land. .As we concurred
our common is rrttory from a common enemy—is we
jollied in a common covenant for our common good—we
m not net en break our faith with the pug or with poste
rity by eorrendering 40 inch of that territory, or relea
sing one manbound - by the common covenant dour no.
.ble Constitution.
At the oonclnsion of Mr. Brewsten's speech a motion:
was made be adiourn,which was carried, after there had!
been me ny 'cheers given for the Union, the Adminiatra,
Bon, and the war. Tire crowd then dispersed in an.
orderly manner, and the utmost eatisfactiou was felt by
every one, iii tbo auspicious manner with which the
National Tinton Club had been Inaugurated.
THE DIEETISIGI OUTSIDE.
In cassettuencc of the i 1111119038 cbaracter of thoduside
andienee. a meeting was orzaxised outside the building.
This *as done Mat at threonamencement of the speech
" of Governor Johnson. Thieentside assemblagewns fully
- Genet in dimension to tha inside. The crowd extended
him Eighth and L.eset half - the distance up to Ninth
street. Morton Schilabest, Pie.. presided.... and intro-:
tinted Governor of Indiana. Govaenor Wright
•vres received with the utmost enthusluga and furors.
Ills speech is as fehiPws:
MAGI{ OF liam. 3. A. WRIGHT, EX•SSNATOR
FROM INDIANA
YY.I.LOW-C/714E/41 , : / come 11CM /f)ME4/, to tendee.yo Th
ruy hearties% arknow)edgments. A native son or Penn
sylvania, vrameloyalty was hops, and where loyalty
has liourisled t connected with OM West, whore the
tassures of the Republic's box; are im rleit n tholr
gent's' Pi f) eedom as in the et/i.M.ring .0e the Mil. hail
Yon Oda evening.,To ciatirntont lhts hour the pleat.
p'eo et right discrmination i Co dlstinguish between Do
ver, meat sod the tempomry ruler tor the bone, should
bt' ear alto. No trne.Demoorot will ha mini the ohanoti
et such a distinction, :Arnhem Lincoln is a temporary
ruler. soon to mem sway. This country must not
Inver it is cs.pecially the duty Of loyals en
to stand by thete nuthority. Disloyal y to 4ritutin
laneojet so sietioyalty to the VoVernMelth Re is ti
• poenr s ror the hour. and wo are not to harard ate
country Another principle which is to guide us is
that that Government is higher than any institution
inside th e Government. Banks and railroads, and
ell like imeatutione, meet succumb to Government.
There are a Geoueand things involved in the 14.ne01,
Nations, like fee nines, go through their stages of being.
Their. independmase mute be Rot np. That father of a
rawily is fortunate' who does not go through a second
stage of experience . Al) that stands in tee way of a
family, as in [hernia , ' GI a nation, 111114 be thrust from
ante, is Hithe r who etas ne
the path. Fortunate! '
Government a Buns childr Te father must
as on the earth. In the Revo
command them. Wheat
ri for itself, the natiou Passed
true of all the Govertnieel
yearn, in the war of
lution that set up the nail*
through its Nest stage. Ala er a raw
7 , 312, the nation „ wa d gag ough its second stage , in
whoh it threshed John mat t moat dietinctly. New we
are missing throngh the third • Tett crisis o f ear national
t down oar traitor foes—
form
Are we able Ice pre
form-without and foes withem? The corner-atone of the
Government was laid in Pailatitt'elphia , in 1776, and we
et a
have now entered upon the Ird stage of our ex
faience. We showed more ts *1 mere equality in
,
our contest with Great firttairk It is welt to talk,
says the ;Meld, of tbe'Revoltrther. of your f wehaltera•
of the war of MM. lint can yOnt sot:vq rho third great
crisis? (Cries of " 017 e-have, wie hews,') All the labor
of 17i6-3e, and 1812—all mooed of ip nom •t be blotted out
unless we prove to th e dawn -trodelete of. the old wae
that there le inherent life in a Repetition-Ithat a Republic
has power in Iteelf to settle aright all the 01 neeeoas rota
ting to its policy which ever can arise Be,' what ie the
preeent controversy? It was sot 1 . 0111/13;a4 011 Lint grou ad
that the South bad , really
lost rights. We e en the war
commenced, my opinion was formed, ang :has sever
altered since- No man throughout. Ge hared aln
trvlh
f say chat the Government ever tools awe rights
11.0ln Poe thin ao. e. Et beet- ore.. dm] the
plaids( Orut moon ' Oil rata 01 =wool Tay
n ion nr thin Mann wan. n marrtlire. God )omen Chem
together, and "what GOA• bath eelnea•together. fat not
man put asunder." Have you considered aaP. toe in le'
recta involved, all the results inevitably coneeqtathrl
Certain parties ear, "Resolved, that Abolittemistn en
Sterasioniem are twintheresiee." (Laughter. ) Row dare
this be to'd Shame! an no! No, my frlendee S roes
sioniem furnishes tho• plan of uprooting the purest Go
vernment on the earth. When Secessionism fit once
winked or connived at. there Ls then nothing worth
living for but to ceaselessly battle against its percielous
influences. To Unite the Slates as they have been. tulted.
and then to dissolve the Union at will, Ls like packing'
pork, and breaking, it up again the beginning of the
Yenrl [Laughter and applauee.] When once a man
cameo talking to znethum and coupling such with the
word Democracy, I always kick him out of my core-
Penn. [Laughter. ] Ido not believe this Govere meat
is thus to be diesevered by force. One of the tit st Mitoses
said in this controversy. (I want the ear of all the Jack
son and Jefferson Democrats present.) " sin: Nei
afraid of these arrests?" The President pledges , to
support the Constitution. In regard to his duties-be a _
has the right to judge for himself. Jackson was righff - ata
in his time, and his doctrine is true now. If a Presi
dent niirightly con trues and applies his power, there
is at tribunal at which to iudge him. The Power to sus
pend the wt it of; hatene corpus in time of war is one of
the powers which have been questioned. Many good
men say that the Pre ddent has the power to do it, and •
many that Congress has that power. When the Su
pp me Court becomes the judge of the mutter, I think
it will decide that the President has the power to suspend '
the writ ofeebetts comer; and If it does, don't know
what will become of ewe of the men in this corne
tt - Ye [Laughter and applause.] Congress is only
about nine months in session. If Congress hare
this (Power, how is it ever to he exerted'
when Congress is not In eeesion? Andrew Jackson
would have behaved in what some would have thought
a lather questionable manner. He would have put the
judge himself in jail, and morn that lie had put the key
in the other world. [Laughter.] The effect of that
pro vision ter, taws. in regard to this power Wan in
tompfutat Man of man mks
" .• Intl% WU innyur 11(1111d Ul
2.,,1, f ed In tin, bander of Me rnnndent. But. why. don't
one YOU v eryh Men? we r e
...:This is a footle], eetioe
easy to an The public trial of the ante:
toe pnblic exposure and revelations, might defeat the
very object Ifor which the man was arrested. There
may be a thousand reason.' fur no trial. Is any loyal
man in Philadelphia afraid of being disturbed, by Abra
ham Lincoln? [No!] My objection to Abraham Lin
coln is that he doesn't exercise this power enough. [Ap
plaute.] I want to track some of these men beck a little.
We may quarrel at ;my time, even in times of peace.
and over a tb meandtiestiors, bat at present the Go
vernment is at stake. We must not, should not dare to
differ. At such a time as this we must be careful how
we find fault. When we drink to the drone the
cup of treason we break every law in the whale
deralogne. hay brotner, in Kentucky. a truly loyal
man, misted all his friends, in everything, until
entirele reversed. Thin was certainly getting along
pretty last. Next time, before twelve months are over,
you can't point out a single Democrat in Philadelphia
who wont put a gun into the negro's hand, and swear
'lemma always in for it, and prove it tool [Laughter and,
applause.] I would put steel toes on mules, and arm
rattlesnakes [a voice, "and copperheads "1, in order to
quell the rebellion. One thing which bas Mena more in
carrying on the war than anything else is taking the
mechanics of thocity and State aside, and explaining (7)
to them that the war was to free the nigger. IC it
warn `tfor the capital you bare in the nigger, you would
be nowhere at all ! If there is no other way to
stop Secession than to put out slavery, then Abraham
Lincoln is willing to do that. If the slaves all . Fo out of
this co untry , as Abraham Lincoln would say, it won't
jostle''—theta will be so much more elbow room for the
white man, I think this country will live either with
or without slavery. I. believe that in the order of Pro
vidence this war will separate the two races of black
and white. In New York the loss is said to amount to
ee:200,100,00U of debts owed by the South to the North.
The South has made over alfel,ooo,CO3 to emeriti u the rebel
government, by property in debts of the South to the
North. lam a colonization man myself. You under
take to mate capital out of Liberia. We ought to have
been the Bret to admit her into the family of nations, but
we did not because we halloo aristocracywb,eh dictated
la Ike fleemaresat i.;; - _ t..
TO Ingo not pi oror lo4ti tiff inorctb nut tilim
tailf. ' s see loose .
aitehltuff u troy h rv i o n aff tr!ade
of 513,0 1 1'0,001 Not to have acknowledged her WA, cut
ting mil our nose to apite your face. When I hear men talk
of the Conetitntion being gone. I would like to get those
men together, aid bring Jail Davis before them. How
has the South got such en army together? Jeff %WM
would say because I don't suffer any men to find fault
with 'my Government. Did you ever hear of any man
being a candidate for Congress against Jeff Davie mea
sure, ? No; and non never wilt [Laughter and ap-
Plallre.] To choose between that and this Government
is to choose between a reign of tenor and despotism and
one of beneficent plenty. But my friends may ask what
is to be the end of this; what le the prospect or Inter ven-
Lion ? We are a people prone to End fault. If wa
win nineteen battles, and lose one, we alwaye talk
about the one we lime. This treason wa, hatched.
according e to Stephen A. Douglas, iu the middle of lin
chnnan sAd niinietratiou. I was abroad at the time it
broke out. In the bather of Naples, in lei), I saw the
Susquehanna aud Richmond. What did they do there?
They had been heat Where, then, were, our navy, our
cannon, our implements of war? They had all been
transferred, through a welt-concocted plan. Aud what
have we done in twenty-two months? The stars and
etrmes now wave over half the t,laVe grounds... .1 haloes
in less than dimly days ace will open the Jfaoarsi pp&
and take Charleston, ( Loud applause .) Leave Virgin ia
alone, that can 't sprout a black-eyed pea. [Laniehter.]
Scripture teaches us that no people can live long where
there Le no geese. The question then is only whether
they can live , thirty or sixty data. Some are walla of
intervention. Wo raised 600,000 men in sixty days. We
'need not fear the nation that could not raise SAW) men
in sixty years. I mean John Bull. The bonier line, be.
een the free and 'slave Statesis not one hundred ' , lees,
it is twenty-live hundred miles. Whenever yen make
this a kuerills war England and France will say to the
South 'eon are nothing but a set of laud pints;, and
yea have got to stop this guerilla war.'
What glee It going On? %Ye are detain: =OW of our
men into the South ,• 75,000 men from the Sonth are
prisoners in th e North. There are at least .eale, get men.
in the South who are overawed. When their eyes are
opened, then will the rebellion cease. Many of our,,
WU Itit §Olll . Viii liarg remain anal intnntirry
invidt;..l Lszullay. ' - LILL IL. AAA_
a animas only. alley are sornrlsoa Tiro Irani
luieonere that they are fighting Kentucitlitua There
are those in the Segal who, when they dud that
the war is to raise themeelves as well cm ue, will
cease warare. !When we act all together oar, Le:elites
will end. One trouble is that we have roe much pros
perity. In too Many Parts we do not seem thoronehly
to comprehend this controversy. If we cannot bring
back the feelings of our fathers we.never eliall be able
to remain their institutions. Already have we offered
a large number of our men; but I have never yet seen
through all this crisis one father, who, having
yielded one son, was unwilling to yield the
others. Whatever the price we have to Pair
for the Government, we give it freely. There
are some men who talk about rascality, and plun
dering, ae connected with the Goverumeut. Never was
a nation upon earth with which this Was not the case. -
At the clone of the Yrench war, it was discovered that
twenty-tteo per cent, of all the expenditures had been
stolen,At the close of the war a cortnin tionnt cat his
throe Re had been engaged in speculating to cattle.
There are four large forts connected with the Austrian
Government. Under the cave, of ono of dies. Napoleon
made hi:, contract of Villa Futuna. When they Mule to
settle np acconnts,it was discovered that e.,(0.1,000 florins
hail been charged for cattle never purchased. If
you have au - thing to eat- against each revelations, I
will say that I have been a politician for thirtyem . %.
Wherever fraud and rascality go they go in pairs—
cratic and Ilepublicau. When the war is over, it will,
however, probably be discovered that there are two
dollars in every Democratic pocket for one In every Be
publican—[laughter and app!ause)—because the former
predominate.
When Is to be the end of this war? Every hour you
fight you we aken your enemy. Your condition Is not Like
that of the South. The only hope of the death is in the
divisions of the North. If we steed together as we ought.
all would soon be over. If '22,0aa,000 men cannot pat
doter. a 000.030, I hope that no man will survive in the
North to witness the shame of it. Our strength is not in
our army, navy, soil, numbere, alone it is that we are
in the right. [Applause.] I our opposed to aristocracy,
North or South, under any pretence. Inside the breve,
herott. and parries In lady Johnson_ of Tonnes.e. is
Slasakilit At ttNehtY-one ‘iitrit of agehis wife taught
laza 11. loiterv. on 11.• ranee v board.Oa: -;c6
Dinc as .,, dune mare for hewuu.lty Is the33,tl.:o,utlboi
theYorththau any other people that ever stood upon
tiod s earth. The blind, the deal. the dumb, the In
sane, arc all alike taken care of. Lear Slay a year to she
Vatican at Rome, I saw the fiageOfall .ns I found
no hag with the cluster of stare. It was because our
forefathers were the first who looked to Heaven for pro
tection, and caught from there the idea of the stars.
Take the stripe., lamh and thrash evens traitor until he
sees the stars! [Laughter and applause.] Yon am
about to engage in forming a littlo4 Club. All loyal
men should loin it. They call me out Wert a
regular-built Democrat, but some how or other
I tem out of odor with those who found fault wi h the
Government. A genuine Democrat would tell us to love
the country. The only part of th e country that really
hate is just the six hakes of ground that the disloyal
man stencil; on. [Cheer, ] They tell us it is only the
Black Republican larty—tho Man who has the most
power in the United States is Abraham Lincoln. The
next two are Stanton and Halleak. Two of the-e are
Douglas Democrats Row dare they. then. bilk thus?
Abraham Lincoln is able to save the [futon, be.
voice--` and lie will save it." Cheers.] No
man has the liberty to weaken the oo :ern
meat. If any people deserve credit, it is Phila
delphia. If the disloyal man can flnd no means to be
loyal, let him at least shut his mouth. Whenever the
order of conscription comes it will be obeyed. for *here
is moral force in the people.
The speaker here read a letter from Frankfort-on-the
Main, dated Jan. ankh, end signed by the Consul Gene
ral, Mr. Murphy. He Bays that 5,000 pounds °flint add
linen bad been tent out to this country. If the Govern
ment would permit it, 25,000 men might be sent from this
place within thirty days. After a few more brief re
marks, the speaker closed amid great cheers.
Governor Wright was eucceeded leyGovernor Curtin,.
who recapitulated In some measure, the remarks which
lie had made a half hour previously, inaide the hall.
Ron. Samuel C. Cowper, of Virginia, was then intro
duced. and spoke briefly. He alluded to the blood of
patriote whkh-bad been shed on disloyal ground, and
concluded with on elfainant animal for the nottainmrna
or the limon intact HMI Ilifinflinitt MMltilitil
then e4jonnatil antid the wittl sot embus/mum,
SEJLENADJS TO HON. HENDRICK B.
Winoirr.—This evening at 10 o'clock a serenade
will be given under the auspices of the Union
League to lion. Hendrick E. Wright, ex-member of
Congress from the Luzern° district, and one of the
speakers at the great meeting last night.
Ws are informed that the friends of lion. 3. A.
Wright, the distinguished Senator from Indiana,
have tendered him the compliment of a serenade,
and that it will take place this evening,
!'MUST THE Win Go orrl" a pamphlet, by
Henry Flanders, 'Esq., published by W. S. & A.
Martien, 606 Chestnut street..
Mr. Flanders, although a Democrat of the old
school, in thiapamphlet eloquently urges his party
to sustain the Administration In the great work to
whloh it has been called, eatreating. them "not to be
betrayed,:even in appearance, imtompposition to the
war, which is the cause of our country, nod for weal
or woe involves its fate." The pamphlet is most
seaeonable, and is welt adapted to follow in the
wake of Mr. Stille's recently-published historical
reminiscences. The reader of ens should not fail to
peruse the other. Thus fas t no attempt has been
made by the advocates oe a humiliating peace to
answer Me. Flanders' welt.put questions, for the
simple reason, we apprehend, that even to the moat
sophisticated "copperhead" they are unanswerable.
The pamphlet is a valuable tract for the times, and
should be widely circulated.
LARGE POSFITV.F. SAL 33. OF DRY GOODS, CLOTIE
rNG, &e.—The particular attention of purchasers is
requested to the large and extensive assortment of
Biltisk, french, German, and American dry goods,
clothing, &c., embracing 1,050 lob of choice and de
sirable articles in silks, cottons, linens, woolens,
and worsteds, (including a stock of goods for cash,)
to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months'
oredit, commencing this morning at 10 o'clock, to be
continued without intermission all day, and part of
the evening, by John B. Myers Sc Co., auctionee-w.
lgOs. 232 and 234 Market street. Also, 225 balehof
twine and baths.
AIICTION NOTICR—SALE OF 1,000 CARES SfpoTa
AND Snous.—The attention of buyers is ca,lied to
the large and attractive sale of 1,000 cases. boots,
shoes, brogans, belmorals, &c., to be sail by cgs- ,
) 0 8 110 this lamming, by Philip Ford nuoo-
tioneers, at Their store Nos. 525 Musket and 522
Commeren streets,, commencing at 40, Woke-3k pre
cisely,.
Ship Newa.
NEW Youn, March 11.—Antsed, ship °lawn,
from New Orleans ; brig KanagonO, MOl slhr,
Transit, from Manzanillo,