Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-06
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Major General Buffers Speech.

When Gen. Butler was serenaded at Wash-
;noton. recently, he responded in an eloquent
sneecb. We make the following extract, and
commend it to the Brecknlidge peace-com-
,,romisers hereabout, who were so loud in
,be nraises of Butler during the Presidential
campaign;
We nlace no Estates right" before, above
or bevond the Union Cheers To US our
courtTy is first, because it is our country, and
ovr Slate is next and second, because She is
mart of our country and our State. Re-
newed applause Our oath of allegiance to
our country, and our oath of allegiance to
onr state are interwreathed harmoniously and
Teyer come in conflict nor clash. lie who
Joos his duty to the Union does his duty to
tho State; and he who does his duty to the
State does his duty to the Union-"one and
insenerable, now and forever" Renewed
oonhuse AS | look upon this demonstra-
t;on of yours, believe it to be prompted 10y
n love ofthe common cause, and our common
country-a country so great and good; Il
Government so kin |, so beneicient, that the
hand from which we have only felt kindness
i; now for the first time raised in chastise-
ment. NJ ny things in a mans life may be
worse than death. SO to a Government there
disintcgration, worse than the shedding of
blood. Cheers. Our fathers purchased our
liberty and country for US at an immense cost
of treasure and blood, and by the bright
heavens above us, we will not part with them
without first paying the original debt and
the interest to this date Loud cheers
We have in our veins the same blood as they
shed we have the same powerof endurance,
the same love of liberty and law.
We will hold as a brother him who stands
bv the Union, we will hold as an enemy him
who would strike from its constellation
single star. Applause. Bat hear some
one say, " Shall we carry on this lratricidal
war? Shall we shed our brothers blood,
and meet in arms our brothers of the South ~
would say, AS our fathers did not hesitate
to strike the mother country in the defense of
our rights, SO we should not hesitate to meet
the brother as they did the mother sensa-
ton If this unholy, this fratricilal war is
forced upon us, | say, "Woe, woe to them
who have made the necessity Our hands
are clean our hearts are pure; but the Union
mnst be presoryed!'
Gen. Butler was interrupted here by an
intense cheering. When silence was rcslor-
ed, he continued:
AT all hazard of money, and, if need be, Of
every life this side Of the Artjc regions
lCheers If the -. .OOO Northern soldiers who |
are here are cut off, in six weeks 10000 will
take your place; and if they dielby fever, pes
tlencc or the sword, a quarter Of a million
will take your place, till our army Of the re-
serve will lie women with their broomsticks,
to drive every enemy in the Gulf. Cheers
and laughter | have neither fear nor doubt
of the issue feel only horror and dismay
for those who have made the war. God help
them we are here for our rights, for Our
country, for our flag. Oar faces are set South, |
and there shall be no footstcp backward
Immense applause He is mistaken ,yho
supposes we can be iutmidatcd by threats or
cajolcd by compromise. The day Of compro-
misses is past.
The Government must he sustained cheers
and when it is sustained, we shall give every
body in the Union their rights under the
Constitution, as we always have and every
body outside of the Union, the steel of the
Union, till they shall coma under the Union.
iCheers, and cries Of Good, % on" 1t isl
impossible for me to % on specch-uakiue;
hutif You viii 90 home to your beds, aud
the Government viii let me, viii ro South
fighting for the Onion, and you wiu follow
me
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