New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-11
SERENADE TO TIE HON. GALUSHA
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The Hon. Gau.ha A. Grow, Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives arrived in the city yesterday and
was last evening rendered sereIae at the 81 Nieho-
las Hotel Many of our citizens called upon Mr.. Grow
and paid their respects and vast assembly gathered
before the hotel time before tho hour designaed
10 o'clock for the serenade. DodworhSbaDd having
played several patriotic nrs.
AIR. +. Delafield Smith, U. s. Disrict-A,torney,
appeared upon the balcony. he was received with
loud cheerr, aud introduced Mr. Grow ss follows:
FELLow>CiTIzESs II having been announced last
evening that the Distinguished Statesman, IN whose
honor you have assembled, would be in our city to-
day. have Welded general desire that the event
,houh not pass nnuoiced. The President and bis Cab
oet after sustaining unaided and alone the honor and
tbe very existence Of the country, dnrng mouths OF
doubt and dan knees summoned the assistance OF the
national Lsg.lature. That summons Mas nobly re-
sponded to. The President called tor 10000 men;
they voted 10000. The President asked for four hun
dr.d millions Of money! they voted hve hundred nil
lions No assemblage, eave the Continental Congress,
wi live honored on the page Of history. Cheers
While we glory in the gailantry OF our Union
army, we greet to-nig ciril officer OF rare abiify
aud tried patriotism. We rally in respect 10 the autuor
Of the homestead policy, the champion Of Union and
liberty, and the WHO hnr,ed down tue South Caro-
lima "keitt tlIanghter aud spplausel. This ovation
!. not offered by party. but by the representatives OF
the patriotic people of NewYork, Of all political pre-
dileciions. We honor the son Of Pennsylvania, The
worthy in the Speakers chair OF james h.
Polk and Henry Clay elow-citizens, introduce to
you all the Hon. Gausha A. Grow, the Speaker Of the
United States House Of BepreseL taiives. lCheers.
Mr. Grow then came forward amid great cheering.
lie said:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Accept my grateful acknowl-
edgments for tho oordiality of this greeting. With
mingled emotions OF JOY and Of sorrow stand before
you: Of Joy, that around me waves profusely the
embems OF glorious nationality, and that here every
man is proud TO be American citizen of sorrow,
that in large portion Of the Republic the c aim of
American cze nship should be regarced crime, TO
be visited with crueltes which make even the savage
blush and that anywhere American roll the peaceful
homes Of citizens should be lad ia ashes and they
lied from the of their infancy, and all that man
holds dear, because they cherish with devotion the
principles OF patriotic sires and choose TO sustain the
Constitution and form OF Government they cemented by
their blood
Fellow citizens during the last decade the spirit of
human progrets has made a triumphant march
the whole world, and moss-coatcd wrongs and time
honored abuses have crumbled before its magic
power. Everywhere the chains Of the serf have been
broken; old nationalies have fallen--new national
iifs have risen; old dynasiies have perisbed-new
dynastes have been formed and along the shores of
the Mediterranean the dungeons of despo,sm have
given up their victims guilty Of no oense save that
Ihey loved only liberty. lCheers. Aud the
lind Of fable and of song is again the home of
freedom. The first exuliant notes OF disenthralled
nationaites in the Old World had scarce expired on
thu plains Of Europe when the iron hail beating on
tle walls Of Sumter shook whole continent, and
cailed millions Of to the tented field to uphold
with stout and brave hearts the priceless bless
ings bequea,hed to us by our frtherr. (Great
cheering.l i shall not trespass your patience
at this time TO discuss any Of the reasons
of this causeless and wicked rebellion against
the nearest and the dearest rights OF mGnknd, by
striking fsriciJa blow at the vitality of the Repub
Lie, wbh when it falls, shoald 30 great calamity
befall the race, Freedom, heaving sigh may wing
her way back from earth to heaven. And oppressed
down-trodden man can hug his chains the only
legacy he Gun bequealh his children. But by the
obligation you owe your children and the rev.
ereDce due your fathers, will you, ak, allow
enemies abroad and traitors at home to sap the
foundations Of your Freedom. nyou do you will be
false TO the great trust that kind Prov dence has
given TO your keeping. When you permit 80 0p en-
composing great oblgarchy to run an imasinery line
across this continent, you will PEI NIT death blow to
be struck at the hbeftes of mankind. Your fathers
hall century ago, with forecast that was character
ic Of her acts thought 1t necessary TO exclude from
this continent all TO egn jurisdiction. Hence they
purchased Louisiana, taking her from France |
her Jurisdiction lying west Of the Mississippi. For
the same reason Florida was purchased in order to
control the commerce Of the Gulf Of Mexico Her |
jurisdiction then rested in Spain, and was transferred
70 the Government OF the United States Your faters
believed it was Of the questions of vital importance
TO the future Of this country that no foreign power
should have Jurisdiction at the month of the Missssp-
pi river. Arc you willing, to-day, that hostile por
tion OF your own people should have jurisdiction Of
power to have i I cGes s Of 's MOI" '' n never
Fellow cirizens, this is but branch of the sub
ject but 1t homo TO the bosoms and business Of
every American. 1t Is question affecting your ber-
ties and those Of your children. These liberties
put in peril by tho usurpers who attempt to seize this
jurisdiction which your fathers purchased. This war,
10 war waAed by small minority of men
order to control the destnies of the country ire
spective of the wishes of the majorty-to take
by bullets what they lost by ballots. The
question to be settled is whether twe..,v
millions n LON Of frsenen ,s: a., shall permit .sres millions
cherished i.ntuions bequeathed to us by our fathers
petter than this war though 1t cost mi lions Of lives.
1t may cost blood and treasure. Our Independence
the lives of the nobsst army Of martyrs that
conseerated holy cause with their blood. Yet your
liberties and institutions were purchased cheaply
though at such cost. &c. II Ii be necessary that mil
lions Of men be sacrificed now, the result will lie
sleaply bought, The gales that sweep over our
and to-day hear the wall and the woe Of death brought