The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-22
speech Of the Hon. John c. Fremont, At
the Meeting of Americana In Paris.

accordance with the above facts returned by the
jury.-llowa State Reporter.
speech Of the Hon. John c. Fremont, at
the Meeting of Americans I'm Paris.
Mr.. President, Ladies' and Ge,,aen,en,-I am
deeply sensible to the warm and fattering ex
pressions Of confidence and regard with which
have just been honored, and still more deeply
sensible to your kind approval of them. They
are very grateful to me, and thank you very
sincerely. But yoL will be very sure that do
not receive them as due to myself; am con-
scious that owe them to the Partially of friend
ship and to that sort OF attachment which sol
der ALWAYS feels for the banner under which he
has fought. Fiear, hear. To him Mr.. Bur
iDgame) and tl,e other friends around me who
nave spoken to-day, represent the standard on
which old watchwords were inscribed. 1t is
thems elves who were the leaders, themselves
who bore with YOU the heat of the day, and who
have won their battle gloriously! And they
nave come among us here, with their habitual
eloonence, to convey to our true hearted coun-
trymen at home the assurance of our unalterabe
devotedness to the country, and our unbOunded
admiration of the generous loyalty with which
they rallied to its calls [Cheers.] A few days
back our honored flag was trailing in the dust at
| the foot of IN InsUent Zoe; at present its stars
are refulgent from thousand nights, sWarming
with brave hearts and strong arms in its de-
Tense [Applsuse We drink to them to day,
our brave and loyal countryRen. Renewed
cheers Faithfully, too, have our scattered
people responded to them, from Italy, from Eng
land, and from France. Well have they shown
they, too, n cross the and change their
| skies, and never change their hearts. Loud
| cheering am glad that happy chance has
brought he to participate with you here on this
occasion Here is this splendid capital of q
great nation, where near by US the same tomb
| stone records the blended names of Washington
| and Lafayette. feel that breathe sympa.
thetic air [IIesr, hear.] France is progress.
ana am happy to believe that here we shall
not see people false TO their tradit onary poll
cy. loud applause From here we shall see
| no strong hand stretched out to are the MAJ oh
| of civilization, and aid in throwing back a con-
tipent into barbarism. We expect nowhere
| active co operation, but we look Tor the sympa-
! thy which the world gives to a good cause. We
are willing to work out our own destiny, and
make our own history. Before this struggle
closes the world will recognize that enlightened
liberty is self sustaining, and that people who
have once fully ENJOYED its blessings will never
| consent to part with them. We have deprecated
this war, fratricidal and abominable; most gladly
! would we welcome back our people if they would
return TO their allegiance. We would bury, deep
as the ocean, the hasty anger which their parri-
cidal conduct provoked But they must return
at once to their allegiance. We shall not per.
| nit them to dishonor our Hag and desecrate ouI
| sacred graves. Hear, hear. They cannot be
permitted to dismember our country ard de-
stroy our nationality Hear, hear. We shall
maintain these in their fullest integrity, in the
face Of every evil and at every hazard. Above
every consideration is our country-as we have
learned to love it--one and indivisible-llout
acclamationsl now and forever, and so we vii
do our duty Loyalty, and We will make no com
| promise with treason, and no surrender to rebel
lion. Long continued cheering.
Would Nor ToUcH IT.-A great Union meet
ing was held in San Francisco few weeks ago
Some %, 900 people took part init Patriotism
and Union were manifested in every way. Al
incident is related illustrating the feeling o
Young America" company OF boys wer
being marshaled to carry the banners represent
ing the names and arms of the thirty.four States
The Northern States went off lively, but thu
Southern States dragged; it required grea
| deal Of persuaton to get the boys to carry an.
of them, but finally, one 10y one, they were
shouldered, until it came to the last, which wa
South Carolina-bere the feeling broke out in
to omen mutiny. Not boy would carry it, o.
touch it-persuasions, commands and bribe
were alike disregarded. finally, an "outssder,
a boy who WAS not posted" was enlisted, ant
by cash payment OF NIFTY cents ana large pros
poets ahead, was hired to carry South Carolin'
through, and the boy stood manfully by it al
day, mauyre, the jibes and jeers Of the remainder
JEFF. DAVIS HIS OWN JUp6H.-ln the year IL
80 jeff Davis was invited to attend meetiD.
in Salem, Mass, held to celebrate the birthdn.
of Thomas jefferson. The following paragraph
occurs in his letter Of reply:
TO make war upon the government would b.
suicidal and cannot be antci lated until niadnes
aud veuality have usurped the the seats of reas
on ID virtue"
In the year 1861 tho same man is found act
ually making war upon the government, an,
claiming that his reasonable cause is justfet
both by reason and virtue. But Davis in hi
frenzy cannot gainsay the truth of the words b,
, uttered in sobe ness and elaboration. Whatev
er pretences he may make of pure and elevate,
motives in heading the southern rebellion, his
, tory will record as he declared It must nothing
but madness and venality And, for the rcpub
. ic it is hoped he may real re that war again,
the goyernm' nj is most bitterly suicidal. LIE
! II his own judg, ment be accepted against himself
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