The national Republican., 1861-11-30
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GEORGE ", CURTIS on THE WA&.
On Thankssising night, Geo. n. Curtls, .Eaq.,
Of Philadelphia, gave lecture 10 Concert Hall,
Philadelphia, to an audianoe crowded to ex.
cess The subject was National Honor" 1t
was received with great favor, and Without any
demoustrationof dsspprobasion. We subjoin
few extracts:
Let % meet This rebellion as q sailor mess
tornado In the Indian seas. Let the terrors
Of war be turned against the traitors; let
those terrors purify the foul atmosphere OF
treason; but we must love fret Of all the well
fare Of our Government as the rebels love the
welfare Of their section. We must fight as
earnestly for the maintenance Of this Gov.
ernment as our fathers did for It's formation.
A bank president lately said in New York:
Take the loan of course we must take the
loan. 1.-THE Government goes, everything goes
with It." Ships must be seized If they belong
to traitors. Let the right Of habeas corpus be
suspended when our liberty Is endangered by
It II peace and the supremacy Of the Gov.
ernment can only come by thorough subju.
CATION of the rebels, say, amen. Applause ]
If peace can only come by emancipation of all
the slaves, Isay amen. Tremendous applause
We cannot split hairs We must consider how
TO save the ship. II slaves are property, they
are neither more nor less than other property.
II you can confscate horse, why not man :?
Nor need we be nervous to free them with slow
matches In their hands
The rebels slaves, being property, for the
same reason are to be released, because they
are his slave, and may be turned against the
Government. If In no other way peace can be
restored, why should we hesitate to liberate
the slaves? Braxton Bragg said, 1--WE shall
| show you that we are stronger than you, and
that We will beat you In the long iun." Tell
| me who is the murderer of the dead boy, he
who used the rifle or he who gave It to the
rebel?
take It, my friends, that the debate Is
closed. take 1t that the Instructions of Sec.
retary Cameron to Gen. Sherman, Applause, ]
| that the rebels slaves shall be set free, that
the Government will make haste to conform tu
the wishes of the people" The whole key
| note was struck In the proclamation Of Gen
Fremont, [applause,] who is now for moment
absent from the scene Of action.
We wait until the cloud that obscures him
| lifts and blows away, for the Government must
| be susta ned. Should any soldier undertake
to force any slave forward into slavery or back
into slavery, let him be dismissed; and, II an
officer, let him be cashiered. (Applause.1 We
learnt more experience last April than ever be
fore, and Fortress Monroe has been our chic
school-houss. There pedsgogue Butler taugh,
us to call chattels contraband, and Gen. Woo
taught us to call them men. [Applause.l Pa
tience, forbearance, confidence, said Gen. Nc
Clellan. These are the golden words Of the
war. When the supremacy of the Government
is restored, hold It to be beyond debate, the
question Of many years will be settled.
| We shall ask, with one voice, what kindled
the fire? do not think 1t will be enough tc
say that the rebellion was caused by u few
defeated politicians. Had this civil war been
instituted by party, things would have been
different. Mr.. Douglas was as true as Breckin
ridge was false, and both were party leaders
There are those who believe that this war wa
caused by other questions, but believe wha
Calhoun sad "Thst when we lose control o
this Government, we shall seek to destroy II,
Is the cause of the war. believe that Mr.
Stevens meant what he said in July, 1889
"that the Union ought to be subservient Il
Southern institutions" believe that Mr.
Reverdy johnson knew what he said, that tn
leader, Of the rebellion had plotted 1t TO
thirty years."
While all shareholders are not knsves an,
traitors, and bad men, we shall act after ou
rebellion Is over, as people who have pur
chased peace at q terrible price. You mus
remember that we are Anglo-Saxons, and tha
the development of liberty Is the mission Q
our race. We will be surrounded by freemel
II we believe that freemen are essential to ou
liberties. .l
True then to our Auglo-Ssxon blood, doub
not that emancipation will be effected unde
the law in this country. When England sal
"let these slaves 60 Free" they went free 9
midnight, praising God for their chains wer
not broken; they dwindled away.