New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-15
10, CocuRANE,S SPEECH.

rnne's speech, hiauo 1" "4' Jidlers lasI o'o"'
inr, Oh tie occasion Of tO', presentation Of
flag:
SoLDmRa OF THE tU ST UNITED STATES CHAs-
sruRs: Brave C9lone' have word TO say , "
you to-day; i'u us' engaged IN an aru9o ~. Drose
gle. You nave pro ecuted it; you in,eh1 ~ the
cute it; you haW stood unHinchngly oe'oie hi ,a
enemy; yon ma" proved yourselves paIIotto, aod
md hled soldle' s. and ycu entiseu 81 tbot Il
Of praise your commander this da Esnd Of arr.
is proud dv ~ TO extend to you the hang Oh st.Io
halion, aoo TO declare that You are worthy ~ '0N'
eountry. - -
Soldiss, You have undergone lae0ri you nave
faced She enemy; you have stood without re-
treatiyQ before tIeir fre you have BORNE the IN
eleryncies Of the season, and you are resdy 70 au
yarce with that grand army Of which yon are part
Your country ens It's arms, receives yoo TO It's no
com. IL viii ways praise and applaud Won. its
commanders stand at the head OF the column ana WIN
Won behind them they are not TO be deferred Bnt tue
command is f. E;hconing march toWatd
The enemy axe his possessions, for they yours
they are yours 20 occupy; they are yours 10 enjoy
you are no nf Eaudes, TO ptunderers OF prop
ery not your own, but you are the avengers Oh the
law; you are the night arm OF the Constitutions under
your dag Irch PATRIOTISM and order and republican
Institutions in Your train follow peace, prosperity
and hbei ~; YOU are the servants Of these high
potenta' 8, and the arm through which they srike
Is the ar OF the worthy public servant who stands
behind this occasion, the Secretary Of War.
Sodieres, You have been called TO the field, not
marauT ers and mercenaies but as the defenders OF
h gh faith defenders Of glorious reputation,
defen ders Of our honor and renown, around which
cluster the memories Of the past, and whose feats
and performances will yet distinguish tie future.
You are led forward by commander under whom
10 serve At is pride for the highest among us. lie
enjoys the confidence of the people, and his reputa-
ton already renders pOwerless the arms Of your
enemies. BY him have won victories III the
South, and by these victories we have assurances OF
triumphs yet to come. Beaufort is ours-ChaIleston
may be ours-the whole country now 6isintegrated
ms be shortly united by the of thOse
which You are part, aud the Union more sig.
nifty to the world the intent Of that glorious motto
f. PiuribVS Uaum. Then no longer shall be heard
that fell doctrine of secession which would tear us
asunder and distract part from part, this glorious
Union bat we shall all be we have been, one
and inseparable, under the flag of our glorious ma
tionslity won by our fathers and preserved by you
lApplause. Here assembled upon the banks OF the
Potomac army the like of which the world has
never seen. The motive which has gathered that
army together never before was presented to the
despotic order; 1t was the voluntary wish,
the motive power, Of every man composing It
the power OF men rushing, as with one purpose, TO
renstate the flag Of our Union and save the Repub-
he. That, soldiers, ia your mission aud You have
commander who with lightning speed, will lead you
to conquest, and with equal speed will transmit the
glory Of your labors TO the remotest corners Of our
country. And now permit me, though the shades Of
night are falling upon us 10 indulge III a few words
as to the cause of the war. and the means by which
ii is TO be brought TO successful termination The
material aid have already adverted 10; the motive
power remains to be commented upon. On the one
sde you have the Confederate army; ON the other
eide you have the grand UDion-the Federal army.
Now, the difference between these two words, In
their common aceeptation, Is the cause Tor which
these two armies lighting. Ii ls Secession against
Federation; Federation against Secession. Nation
atty against disunoni confusion against order; an
arehy agaiust good, free, and liberal Government
"a Government made equally by the Fathers OF the
South and the Fathers of the North. We are in a
revolutionary period. The South contends for the
right of revolution. We admit the right; bat
while we admit it, we invoke the sole umpire
which NAV be invoked on such occasions-
the umpire of the sword, the umpire Of force, the
ultima ratio, that last effort TO which men appeal
when they have differences otherwise irreconelable.
They-the Souh--have resorted TO arms, and they
have compelled us TO the same resort ana II they
claim that it is of self-preservation on their
part, it is equally war OF sei-preservaton 90
ours and il we are controversy Tor very existence
then 1 contend that all the resources, all tue
means within ourselves Individually, collectively,
and nationally, must be resorted to and adopted
IApplaufe.l But some fnend-a douber-exclaims:
Would you disrupt and tear asunder the Cons
tulon p Where is the Constitution Would you
tread and rample upon that sacred instrument and
no longer acknowledge its binding force No longer
be bound by its compromises aud decreesl Ianswer
The Constitution, by the necessity of the coptro
versy is cast behind The Of the strife. May il
resthere safe until tie cent strife being overit shall
be restored 10 its original purity and force Like the
sybi leaves when lost, the remainder become more
valuable in eyes, and in the midst Of carnage we
viii clasp TO bOe0ms that instrument whose worth
has never been transoeDded by human efforts. Sol.
diers 10 what means shall we resort for our exist
ence? TITS war is devoted not merely 10 victory
and its mighty honors, not merely TO the triumph
which moves in glorious procession along streets
But it is a which moves to ward the protection
OF homes, the safety OF families the continu
alton Of domestic atars and the protection Of our
tresdes. In such are justified, are bound
to resort TO every force within power.
Having opened the port Of Beaufort, shall
be able 10 export millions of cotton bales,
aud from these may raise the sinews of war. Do
you say that we should not seze the cotton ? No;
you are clear upon that point. Suppose the mum.
tions of war are within our reach, would we not
be guilty of shameful neglect if availed our
selves of the opportunity TO use them Suppose the
enemy's slaves were arrayed against you would
you, from any squeamishness refrain from pointing
against them the hostile gun, and prostrating them
in DEATH No; that is your object and purport; and
if you would seize their property open their ports,
and even destroy their lives, eek you whether
You would not their slavesf Whether
you would not arm their slaves great APP
plausel, and carry them in battahons against
their masters? Renewed and tumultuous applause
If necessary to save this Government, / would
plunge their whole country, black and white into
one indiscrimnate Of blood so that @e should in
the end have Government which would be the
yicegerent Of God. Let have no more of this
dfHeLaHte system but let us work with will and a
purpose that cannot be mistaken Let us not be- put
aside from too great delicacy Of motive Soldiers
you know no such reasoning as this. You have arms
IN your hands, and those arms placed there for
the purpose Of exterminating enemy unless he
submits 70 law, order, and the Constitution. If he
will not submit, explode everything that in |
your way. Set fire to the cotton. Explode the |
cotton. Take property wherever you may find it. |