The national Republican., 1861-12-05

AT last saw IL nre upon nandtul Of btarNluB
soldiers, aud trsmple the Gag Of my country.
under footl For six months Its hostile army
mas been inenacing this capital and tonight II
Is cncamped within six miles Of here, and hence
along two thousand les Of border, seeking
the destruction Of the mildest aud best Gov
ernment on earth. will not insult this intel.
ligent audience by arguing that this Is all the
work of slavery-slavery, an emauation from
nell. [Cheers.1 E
Slavery is attempting tosend Its ministers
to foreign Powers, [volce :" That's played
out ~ plottiug to destroy the only free gov
prnmenI. Voice" Hurrah for Wilkes ~
Yes, | saw IN paper somewhere, Hurrah for
Wilkes! right or wrong, hurrah for Wilkes ~
Three hearty cheers were given for Wilkes
Some Of the tender-hearted and cautious are
afraid the British lion will roar. Now, feel
like sayirg with the old lady In Missouri, did
you remember. A Methodist minister was
travelling through there-I hope more will go
there. [Laughter.] He stopped at house
to gst supper, aud as the old lady was just
about to pour ont his coffee, he interrupted
her by remarking that he usually invoked
the divine blessing before partaking Of any
food" "Well," said the old lady, "just
pitch in !" Laughter and applause.
Thank God, we have an army now.
[Ch .ers.l Thank God, too, We have at last
navy Three cheersl With this army
and this navy now, if we will but adopt the
policy which common sense dictates, we can
crush this insane rebellion and whip Great
Britain to boot. fCbeers of approvaLl
We have been playing at this wyr long enough,
in my opinion. want to ask each man in this
assembly, How much reverence have you got
for the institution OF slavery tvoice-"Nary
rev."l How many more loyal soldiers are you
willing to Offer rs victims to that reverence
How many more Of our brave leaders shall be
sacrifcedl How many more widows and or.
phsns shall slavery make, with your permis.
sioni lVoices-"Not another !"l
ltell you that have, so far, lost my rever-
ence for that which, AS Democrat, once
worshipped; that am not willing that one sin
gle widow or orphan shall be added to the
mourners; Am not willing that another drop
of loyal American blood shall be shed for its
pre- ervationl tSensatiUn and applause.
And another question, that seems of even
more pertinence and importance to some, How
much more money are you willing to pour out
that slavery may ive' For that is distinctly
the question now.
won quite Il reputation when went to
school, as fighting boy. Every Saturday
night we fought out" / WAS within one Of
the head, but the champion, Joe Darrah, was
great hulk Of fellow, weighing twice as
much AS did and as strong rs an OK, and !
couldi't whip him at fair play. Ours was the
ough and tumble style. knew could whip
him ii waited to grow, but my reputation
demanded that should do 1t then. SO watched
for boil to come, or something to happen that
would give me AN advantage. One day heard
that Joe had been in swimming, and had cut
his leg below the knee. B., went to him and
got him to show me the enact spot. kept quiet,
and, when Saturday came, WAS ready to fight
him. Joe struck out at me; l lodged his
heavy blows. and went IN and kicked him on
the shin. tGreat laugh,er.l He beloved like
n calf and cried enough! tLaughter.1 We
are now at war with tho South, aud | am In to
whip. Voice" Hit him on the bruise " i'm
moderate laughter long continued ] You have
got some sharp fellows in this scrowd-thats just
what / was going TO say-perhaps you had bet.
ter finish the speech. tLaughter.l II there Is
bruise, u weak spot, on this rebellion, don't
we owe It to the commerce of the country and
the world, to the orphans that are being made,
to the widows and the wounded that are multi
plying, to the loyal brave who are laying down
their lives. to the humanity around us, and
to the God above us, to find that spot and
strike it, (Cheers.l And there is n sore
sspot-a bigger bruise than was ever on Joe
Darrah's shin, and you needn't kick 1t hall
AS hard rs did his Excessive laughter
and cheers.] At any rate, let us not expend
our time and money, and spill our blood In the
thankless work of soothing and doctOring the
Voice interrupting "Cotton!" followed by
great laughter.l This is the smartest audience
ever saw outside of Kansas. [Lsughter.]
was nursed by slave, and WAS educated
and graduated in the great Democratic party;
and now all ask-all that the country asks--is
that this Government may nght the traitors to
crush out the rebellion, and let slavery take
care of itself. lCheers, and cries OF That's
it'll If slavery stands in the way OF this re
suit, let 1t be promptly put out of the way. Il
war, shall not quarrel with its destiny; if i
be Of too delioa ae u texture TO survive this col
lision of armies, | say, as the Quaker did, g.
will not quarrel with Cod" tAPplause.l
But we must remember one thing: we can
not support our own army and the rebel army
too. Three months ago my army marched int
the State OF Missouri, and we found this Condi
tion of things-and ask every man, care no
what opinion he may have on this question
slavery, 10 take these facts home with him ant
reflect upon them-we found the wives, girls
younger boys, and slaves, at home, and all thu
men and older boys away in the rebel army
As the lamented General LyOn-the gallant
oh the ohivalric Lyon !-marohed through tn
State, he, in carrying out the established policy
paid thai wife your money-buying OF her, a
| exorbitant prices, oxen, sheep, and all kinds @
| produce needed for his brave army. Tha, Wit
took that money and purchased cloth with II
| and she and her female friends made 1t int
clothing, and, loading the slaves with 1t, sen
1t to the rebel army. They have had thel
slaves cultvating the farms and raising tn
subsistence that supplies that army with tn
food they eat. Now, don't you see that yOl
were in fact, by your policy, clothing and feet
ing both armies! f. Yes ~ and That's sop
| did not get much advice or instructions froI
headquarters here, but my men had som
sense, and they thought I had little. Wei
| what did we dor
Did we put United States gold into rebel pool
ets' tvoce-"Not muoh"] Not If we coul
help it. We took the traitors corn, tcheers
and his beef cattle, [cheers,l and his horse
[Cheers. voice-"And their nagurs." Laugh
teri No, for in week they came TO us then
selves. tApplause.l For The first few day
the slaves avoided the Kansas brigade, becaus
they had been told that we would whip an
torture them, cut off their fingers and stary
them. But finally, a few came to try the hal
ardous experiment. Then those within mi
came; then those within two miles, then thos
within five miles; then all came. [Cheers
They tell us that the slaves do not want the
liberty, and will not come into our army
2 Port Royal. The reason is obvious. If tn
. Government will send the Kansas brigade
Beaufort, will guarantee that in a week Il
5 slaves shall rush to Beaufort, bringing inform
tion from the rebels far and wide. [Cheers
+ All the slaves want to know is, that freedom
for them, and freedom they win have. [Cheers
Suppose go to Beaufort, and issue such