Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-05-25

hundred millions. What theni ".
have it: (Cries Of "Good," aud ~.
plausc.
Loyalty, nobly, graudly do the mer.
chants Of New York respond to the
appeals of the Government. It NAV
cost Us sevcnty-five thousand men n
battle; it may cost % seven hundred
and fifty thousand men. What then
We have thcm. Renewed cheerinr.I
The blood Of every loyal citizen Of
this Government is dear to me. Nv
sons, my kinsmen, tho young men
who have grown up beneath my eve
and beneath my care, they are all dear
to me; but if the country's DESTINY.
glory, tradition, greatness, freedom,
Government, written constitutional
Government-the only hope of q free
people-dcmand it, let them 60. FIN.
thusiustic cheers.] l am not here to
spcak timorOus words Of peace, but to
kindle the spirit Of manly, Determines
war. speak in the midst of the EN-.
pirc State, amid scenes of past suffer.
ing and past glory; the defences Of
the Hudson above me, the battle field
Of Long Island before me, and the
statute of Washington in my very face
loud aud enthusiastic checsI the bat.
tered and unconquered flag Of Sumter
waving in his hands, which I can al
most now imagine tremblc with the
excitement Of battle. CGreat enth usi-
asm.] And as I speak, l say my mis-
sion here to day is to kindlc the heart
of New York for war-short, sudden,
bold, forward, determined war. Ap.
plause. The seventh Regiment has
gone. Three cheers for the Seventh
Regiment Let seventy and seven
more follow. [Applause.] Of old,
said great historian, bepeath the ban.
ncr of the Cross, Europe precipitated
itself upon Asia. Beneath the banner
Of the Constitution let the men Of the
Union precipitatc themselves upon all
disloyal, rcbelliOus confederate States.
Tremendous applause.] A few more
words, and l have done. CCries Of
"go on" "You are tue man. "Wcll
hear you till night. Let no man I'M
derrate the dangers Of this controversy.
Civil war, for the best Of reasons upon
the one side. and the other, is always
dangerous to libcry-always fearful,
always bloody. But fellow-citixens,
there are yet worse things than fear,
than doubt and dread, and danger and
blood. Dishonor is worse. Prolong-
cd cheers Perpetual! anarchy is worse.
States forever commingling and for
ever severing is worse. Rcnewed
chccrs.1 Traitors and secessionists are
worse. To have star after star blottcd
out cries Of "ncvcr! never" to
have stripe after stripe obscured- cries
Of" No, now]-to have glory after glo-
~ dimmcd-to have our women weep
and our men blush for shame through
out generations yet to come; that and
these arc infinitely worse than blood.
Tremendous cheers.
People of New York, on the eve of
battle allow me to speak as a soldier.
Few of you know, as my career has
been distant and obscure, but I may
mention it here to day, with gcner-
GUS pride, that it was once my fortune
to lead a gallant New York Regiment
in the very shock of battle. CApplausc.]
I was their leader. and upon the bloody
heights OF Cerro Gortlo. I know we'll
what New York can dosWh6h her
blood is up. Loud applause, and
+" Three cheers for Baker. Again,
once more, when We march, let US not
march for revenge, rs yet we have no
thing to revenge. 1t is not much that
where that tattcrcd flag waved, guard
by seventy men against ten thousand.
it is not much that starvation. effected
what an enemy could not compel
Prolonged applause. We have rs
yet something to punish bnt nothing
or very little to revenge. The prcsi.
dent himself, hero without knowing
it-and ! speak from knowledge, hav.
ing known him from boyhood-the
President says: "Thcre arc wrongs
to be redrcsscd, already long enough
endured" And we march to battle
and to victory because We do not choose
to endure this wrong any longer.
GChoers.] They are wrongs not merely
against us; not against you, Mr.. Pre-
sident; not against me, but against our
sons and our grandsons that surround
us. They arc wrongs against our en-
sign cries Of "that's So" and ap-
plapse, they are wrongs against our
Union; they are WRONGS against our
Constitution; they are wrongs against
human hope and human freedom;
thus, if it be avenged, still, as Burke