The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-04

lar Pacific to record nv oath ane. Win w
OF the great Empire State To-Day; lug
hour for conciIiasion 10 passed. Iappiaose.
The gathering for battle is a hand. leoeeisJ
ara the caun;ry requires that every man
.hoaId ao al. dusy. Fellow citizens. ~nas
!. ,ha, eoun,ry? l.Frsedom."l Is u the SOL.
!, 80 rs ,reads u il the gathering OF
S.ru,i,.r facsss l. il mere lscturing ana
talts Nav, more than these. Is i poEs-,
snd might, and majesty alone! No. onr
cyr,,yy Il more. far more than al these
Tn. country which, demands our so.ace, our
love. our devotion, our hearts blood, -
more than all these. (Appsasss.I our
country is the tradition of our nothessi ons
country is past reunion; our country !. p1es
co, power and pride; our country y Ia'ufe
hope and destiny; oar country -
.Idrv ,,a,h- constitutional liberty, and
.haxs all. Freedom forever. hreas ap-
,ia..e.l These are xa,chwords uDdsr which
=. 6obt and We will shout them out TILL the
s.a,s hear in the SKY in the ssormisss shoek'
I have said that the hour for reconciliation
ispas,. Il may return, but not Tomorrow,
nor neg, week. II will return, when that
ta,tered flag (poin:ing TO the tag OF stump
Ter over his head) is avenged. Long and
continued appiause.l 1t will return ~hen
rebellioas traitors are taught o6eaieuce ana
submission; /, will return when reosiiious
Confederacy are taught that tne Norsn,
though forbearing, are not fearful " VIII
return when again the ensign Of The Repao,
lie streams over every rebeiiiaus forts, aps
every rebe!ious State; then, as OF OLD. ,he
ensign Of power and dignity, and p'"Jes'y'
and The peace Of the Republic. Young men
of New York: No. Young men 81 the oni'eo
States. YOU are told that this Is not 20 De
war OF aggression. In ore sense true 10
another, not. We have commenced az
sion upoo no man through all the oroan
land. In their rebeAious nest. IN their trai-
to,o,s camn. no nan. no truthful man, can
sav ,ba, n. ha. been ever disturbed, thongh
il be for a single moment, either 10 me,
Tbe,,v or estate. The day tina. began TINS
unnatural, wicked, rebelllous warfare ,heir
rights were more secure, their properly
more guarded by us-not By themselves
onar ed more securely than any people ever
did have property guarded from the begin
ninv of IN. world. We have committed no
aggression we have violated no compact;
% have exercised no unhGly power; We have
been laval, constitutional and just. a ma
i,rity Of the Onion, we will govern our own
Union in our way. We are all Democrats,
vs are all Repub leans. We acknowledge
the sovereignty OF the people. Under the
Constitution aud beneath that Tag, let trail
tors beware.
In this sense, then, young men OF New
York, We are not for war Of aggression ;
but in another sense-speaking for myself
a. man Of honor, who has been asoiilcr.
and rs a Ssnator-i say in another sense,
AN for war Of aggression. propose to-
dny now, ~ we dad before in Mexlco-to
conquer peaceably. | propose to 60 to
Washington, and beyond. Cheers. | do
tive, fearful till the war is brought to our
midst. l will meet them on the threshold
o. their gathering, there in the very seat OF
their power, and dictate to the rebelious
terms Of peace. [Cheers.l 1t may take
$3.50, 900 ,00O-it may take $500, 900 900,
what then? We have it. (Cheers. 10y
ally, nobly, grandIy. do the merchant
princes Of New York respond to the ardent
appeal Of the United States Government.
IL may cost us 1900 lives, it may be 49,
600, it may be 49, 900 lives; what them
We have them. Great chcering.l The blood
Of every loyal citizen Of this Government Is
dear to me /; my sons and theirs-young men
they are all dear to me: but if he organ
ization. the destiny, the reuown, the glory,
the freedom Of constitutional Government,
the only hope Of free people demand 1t,
let them 60. Tremendous cheering. am
not now speaking timorous words oil peace.
I speak to klndle spirit of manly, deter
mined war. | speak in the midst of the
Empire State, amid scenes of past suffering
A Il IL ar IF h.,
Hudson above me, the scenes of the struggle
on Long Island before me, the statute of
WAsHiSGFoS in my very face, the tattered,
uuconque-ed flag Of Sumpter great cheer
ing waving in the hand which can almost
now imagine ,rembles with the excitement
Of battle. [cheers and where speak say
my mission here to day is to kindlc the
heart Of New York for war. Great cheer
ing.l War, sudden, bold, determined for
ward war this day.
The Seventh Regiment has gone. Three
times three deafeniug cheers. Let seventy
and seven more follow. "Of old.'' said the
great historian, .sbcneath the banner of the
Cross. Europe preeipitated itself upon
Asi.." benenth the banner of the Consti.
tuition let the men of the Union precpi,a,e
themselves upon the Gisloval Confederate
States. immense cheering
A few more words and have done. L.,
M man underrats the dangers OF this con.
troyarsv, Civil war for the hes. reason--up.
on the one side the worst. upon the other
al~avs dangerous to hherty-is always
fearful, hlsodv. Yet, fellow cirizaus, there
are worse things thin fear. doubt, danger
or blood. Dishonor IL worse. PERPETUAL
anarchy is worse. [Cheers.l States assoeia.
ted and forever ssvsring IS worse, Trai.
torous secession everywhere 10 worse, and
30 he dsmeaned and beli.tIsd in the eyes OF
the Old World-perhaps star after star blot,
ted out--lcries Of Never !"l-.,ripe after
stripe obseured and dimmed,-,o have men
blush for shame throughout generations to
come-shess are worse than blood. FIN,
thustastic and long continued cheerinr.1
People Of New York, on the eve Of bat.
tie. ALLOW me to speak ~ = soldier. Few Of
ynu know me. nv career has been obscure
and distant. bat l can say that have seen
son tried. u vac once my fortune to lead
the gallant New York regiment in the shock
OF battle. ! vas then leader upon the
bloody nights Of Csrra Gordo, fchcers, and
know we'll VIA, New York can do wh.n her
blood /" Up. Prolonged chsering.1 Again
and once more we will march. but not for
revenge. We have nothing to revenge. II
IL not much that Dag vas lowered (posnting
IL the the Sump,er Gag over the statue OF
Wa'hingsonl when susrd.d by 20 against
10000; IL - not much that starvation ef-
fsetsd shat the enemy could no: compel
We have something to pnnish-a. yet little
or nothing 10 revenge. The President. him
cell hero without knowing il, lehsers
says these are wrongs to be refres.ed,
enough endured. to march 10 battle and to
sie,ery. because ve don't choose to endure
these wson1s sny longer. They are wrongs
no, merely against as thew are no, wrongs
acs,ns, u. in ene sense, but against our
Uotsn. Iehesrsl against the Constitution,
against human bore and human freedom.
IEnthusiast'e Cheering This, il il be re-
vease, Is directed by those iasssred stripes,