New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-06


sii'u ion they gave us. AFphuse.l
Nj. Howe called for three cheers to his Exceliency
Governor AudIew. and the guests responded with
will Gov Andrew then rose, amid continued cheer
ing, and said:
SPEECH OF GOV. ANDREW.
Nh. CHAIRMAN AND GEETLEaES; This occasion, III
and by right, is mine. No part Oh Ns
honor, pertain to NE. Here pre'ent in the C!y o'
New.York, called by engagements which pertain 70
my duty, had the happiness Of finding myself In
position TO be enabled 10 unite with yon in doing honor
10 the 20h Regiment If Massachusetts volunteer''
[Aprlause.l To my old friend, Col Lee three cheers
for Col Ieel, who, with generous devotion and AM
oc alacTi,y, without moments delay or beshhtloi,
dew bis sword At my invitation, To lead regiment
OF Maasarhnsets soldier ciZeDr; and TO bls hcctul'
,li,ied officers and brave men be all these honOrs due
Upon the heads of such they even Providence ~ill
pOur liz bengnan be edc'io g. and upon their memoi.
les the fragant gTaiudr OF onr Ioelerty g. all
rest Lond applau.e.l Whatever fortunes may
heall them in T. field whether they shall return wlu
their shields be borne thrm forever and Tor"
ever be those brave men remembered ss 0monH tie
es' est, among the best, among The trnest, hrme.t
spd Il ort pai IiJic, who have, will hereafter dr'w
the sword for American liberty and constitutional Jaw
[Aprhure.l Aud how, Sirs, l Cannot at tbs mo
ment forget that our sister New-thelahd Stare 81
Connecticut Is ut this very hour rrsgninR 10 dusl oil
that was mortal Of one New. .EDglshd wan b. &C name
and memory shall ta as Immortal az The sars--lyop,
JnpplAusel the greai, the heric, the accomplished
soldier The true hearty, nd uuiueting patriot, w"o
al the head Of lis column, fell, beyonH the distant
wat.rs of the Mssissirpi. New-Englind, COnnecti'
cut, re-. lined his nshes and m'ngles hem with her
dust. Bot lis spirit, lowering over this busy ana thl,
Distracted but yet hopeful OF cnTe, and to ana
Arbitration, Il with us now aud always. To him. aud
% snch "a him. oil that grateful hearts can pay ol
solemn and ct joyful memoria., belongs He sleeps
well In his sodiers grave. Others, however, accom-
panied lin 10 the silent land, marching through the
Jordan of death beneath tie American fag for Amei
can rights. Apl lanse And Oh now hspty, nov
,geet Il il 10 de for ruch cause. lCheeTs 10 sa.h
az he and his what eau say, what better than III
the words Of the gr at po,t OF B'iIish liberty:
Tluns 70 H.. hr,dt wind, or the waters cast,
1hrr ahes u be wstoLsl and gathered Al The Last
hud from th-i ,rsiirreo du't, srouud us aud abroad
Shall ,pnng, precious ,eed Of Witnesses for God.
For Sir ihis is not for man alone, for co1ntry
aone il ia a war for homabi y, aud Tor God 10 us
was itrused this work of political salvation, Demo
cratic Republican liberty, served ~ der constitutional
forms By our fathers 10 MS, Was It transmitted In
our present has il been placed to he raiIted TO onr
pcseriry. Democratic ReInhlian nreny Is ,pe
pollticbl goapel OF time. Cheers To ur, of the
United S'ale- Of Amer a. the people Ot this Co'snu-
ii nal Federal Union, was IL connited tbs precious
charge Not for ne alone, but for all humanity,
that he, cath the shadow OF our tee oi merry Tue
cildrens children come not only Of the remptest gen.
of our own porteri y, but q" The wanderers of
I'll l,uds and cImes tbrersl; and ~ The inn lie
Father If all aud ali riits carries u the bo'om
OF liza embracing lone n.iiDnb Itof crb f'Aihb
doan thIou.h the vista Of eternal years, and
propberyng and preparing good for US all, 80
did He commit 10 us as 'he priests OF t.ls
p, liiicl gospel It's preservation aud Transmission
lot only for ourselves but for a nniOns ana p7oes
Of the earth This ten, l. war for humanity.
ChAlln.e ed by rebelliuu, ineued by traitors, stabbed
by te political as-,issns OF liberty, ;he nen OF Massa,
chusetts whom You have 30 geLe,ourly eonmeLdrd
march shoulder 10 shoulder with the men OF New
York and Of s other loyal States, having walked up
10 the tnlmpelca Of their country wee, aud their
couutty's hope, re-estatsh upon inmnt 1tle "un
daiios The rights TINS challenged and to confrm ia,
tiourl life This war Sirs, IL IN no sense seciionHi
op. IL isawar Of idea-, grant you but ideas are
universal and not sectional lAP lausr. IL Is Amer
lean only In the s%D,e that our liberty Ia American,
enbra, log within the ample folds OF ne care, oi It's
noni,.. and its ho,o ali those who residing with us,
are faithful 10 our cause. tCbeers. i cannot now
fail TO call 10 your recollection that m the recent
brilliant exploit Of OnT naval and our military arms on
IN. coast Of North Carolina, citizen Of Newly OIk
! tho vepenble AID gallant Cou modore String am
leh@srsl united his welt earned lanreis with those
that galanded the younger brow OF ha.eash ret'e
| Gtnernl-Bniler. Three cheers for Is. +. Butler.
Nor would II be rossib- to to forget that amOrY
the heroe. OF that dsy there none more deserving
of hi. couuirys houor, or OF proud mention on the
brighte.t rage of her iztoTy than the Colonel and
men of the New York Twentieth Regiment OF Volnu-
teen, under tho command OF adopt.d citizen, from
| the German Faiberland, Col. Max Weller. Three
| cheers for Max Weber. cannot describe the emo
ton which all Of yuu must have felt, and In sympathy
| with which Ill true hearts must have beat as they
head the record of that gallant German regiment hom
New-iotk wLich, upon the osse Of The darkbess oi
night nu id the rUliug sun upon That 10 them uhtiied
shore lam he'd heir frail and tossing bOas, AMI trust
ed them,elves 10 the guidance Of God, ben-ath the
,tars aud the sky cut of during al that long night
from all human sympathy and AID IN husiaelc aP-
plause. II Massachusetts deserves to be proud TO-
day so too, do the couDirymen OF Col Weber, TWO
Conpanies Of whose command compose a portion
of the gnlian, command Of Col. Lee marching "a
Massachusetts soldiers. Applause Neither rec-
iona ia any sense, national III aDy barrow sense
a exclusiveuets but universal IA American s'sies-
man.iip broad comprehensive as the icea oi liberty,
wbith 10 banded by DO land, nstive 70 no cline tue
inheritance Of no particular people OF no nhiiIn,
| cline country or color under Heaven tremendous
apI this il the OF constitutional lib
| erty and the rights of universal humsniiy. lCheers
| nn TO prophet, and 10 prophets sou. l dare not
attempt 10 cart shoroscope TO the future bat bliege
| in The guiding providence of Almighty God. know,
| II sught rests 10 human belief or even human
| sciruspess that lie who guided Columbus over tho
seas; lie VINO led our fathers TO the New-Eugl md
sore; lie who preserved them from the dargers Of the
sens and the dapger OF tho wilderness and the dsn
gers Of savage Tribes He WHO planted the seed OF tie
great tree OF liberty on The inho.pita6e shore OF
Plymouth and has waiered IL, and blessed H. and has
led US up now TO the storm OF battle, 10 all the
trial. that beset nsticns childhood and youth, viii
never desert the fa hfu the rue, Ia the gTaver and
severer but not lees needul, triai OF MANHOOD
cheersl; aud whatever others may thinsj or dream,
or fear over this poor viou Of mine, neither by day
nor by night since first the triumphant shout from
one sea TO the other after the 18th Of April 1861 |.
there cast shadow Of cloud. The American people,
inspired by confidence IN their cause aud doctIoe,
trusting In God have taken DIP the arms which had so
long Lln unused by their sides, and most noby have
rone out 20 battle. From ihe billeidsr Tie valleys,
the workshops from the railroads. from the seaside,
frou the hrhing-smacks Of our own dear old Common
wealth they have come, from every calling, from
every profession, from every eect, whe'Der Vi TO-
aon or politics. whether Of Lelisf or of uubelie they
all have come uoder tue movement Of new Ihspirs-