Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-20
speech of ,Ir. chatiiela.

.ThesNew York TINES coutains Che pro-
oeedingsgof Derneerstic meeting IN Cooper
Institute. Ffon thespeech of Mr. Chatfield,
who presided, we extract as follows
s.DHFiug the campaign of the
last Fall, here, in this spot and all over the
country We admonished those that have
precipitated this country iuto its present
periIs, that if they carried into effect the
principles that were uttered al Chicago and
incorporated in that platform, that civil and
internecine war must necessarily be the con-
sequence. They were admonished but the
spirit of sAbolitionism seemed 10 prevail
They said to Us, sob. they dare not fight +"
And gang of men paraded these streets
night after night, preceded by torches and
hnterns--Uen that were called = Wide
Awakes. l believe [Laughter.l In an
swer to those admonitions Of the Democratic
Party, they said to us. g What if they do
fight? We can whip The South before the
breakfast bell, and all creation before din
ner." lLaughter.] Cent? men, where are
those Wide Awakes now? Go march in your
army. Go to the van of tina, army. Go to
the situations most exposed and most dam
gerous. Go to the navy. and search there,
and you will search in vain to find any of
these valorous Wide-Awakes. daughter
and cheers.] They are not there. Laugh
teri No, gentlemen, the war has been prose-
cuted, is prosecuted at the expense of Demo.
! cratic blood GCheers.1 ! ana not saying
this, gentlemen, by way of encouragement !;
for l say il the war is necessary, and it is
now upon us, in Gods name let US prose
cute it. Enthusiastic cheers. Instead of
that, what is the spectacle? What will be
the history OF the last six months? We will
commence with the glorious victory at
Bethel from there you will go to Vienna.
and from there you will GO to Bull Run, and
from Bull Run to the last place-the name
don't remember.
A Voice-Bull Run.
Mr.. Chatfield-Well, Bull Run-and there
you will fnd these splendid victories that
are to make us not only renowned at home
but renowned abroad. What did hear to-
day, as coming from the Commander in
Chief of the Army of the United States-as
coming from George 3. Mcclellan, General?
Loud cheers In communication, some
what Of private character, to Senator OF
Congress, that he dare not fight on the Po-
tomac. l"Hear, hear" and hisses.] So
that we shall have no more battles, l trust
this Fall. We have now got in The field
some i've hundred thousand men, who have
congregated about Washington and its vi
cinity, aud this army has to be supported at
an expense Of two millions and a half day
aud yet we are to have no more battles this
Fall. Why? Because the Commander-in-
Chief has said be dare not fight Misses
aud cheers.l Now, gentlemen what ia the
English of this? Why, that this country will.
in the first place, be plachd under heavier
load of debt than any country on the face OF
| the earth. And in the next place, gentle
men, there is nothing more sure, in my hum
bic Judgment; the sun is not more certain to
rise tomorrow than that the independence
and neutrality of the Confederate States of
America will he recognized by England and
France aud by otehr European matte a .
Misses and cheers, and marks OF dsappro-
baton | inter simply, gentlemen my can.
did judgment, and don't ask any man in the
worl' To be responsible for what | say.
lCheers. l utter that as prediction, and
base my prediction upon current events
which are passing under my eye, and which,
to my mind, are uncontradictory, that in
less than six months that Government will
be recognized By the Governments of Eu-
rope. Kisses and cheers
A Voice-Never.
Mr.. Chatfield-I said in the outset that |
disliked to talk here, for have been a Demo-
crat all my life, and all my life l have been
in the habit OF uttering my own sentiments
loud cheers. And, gentlemen, let Us un
derstand that lhere-is something besides the
present moment for US to consider. If men
at the present day can be arrested and placed
in dungeon in a fortress, without any &C
cusdtiou ua'luS uetn ludue; Or no OpporIu-
nifty to prove their Innocence, and the ha5sas
corpus suspended, | ask how long will this
country be country? Gdisses and cheers ]
If my remarks are offensive, gentlemen, L
will suspend them. Misses and cries of "go
on" "go on."l Why, every one Of you
have a mind we'll as 1 have, and you
know this. | admit would prosecute this
war with vigilance, and to the end-[lond
cheers but would take care, gentlemen,
that in The meantime did not surrender my
liberties as man and as a citizen.