, 1861-11-04
GKRR1T aMITH Oh THE WAR.
He Criticises The Government.

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He Criticises The Government. =
Our Choice, Emancipation Or Defsat.
Ges1st Smith delivered IN address last eve-
ufpK 1t the Church Of the Pafftans on The
stsEe snd Noods Of the Country" The church
/ was crowded in every part By large and en-.
thnaIasac xudtence, compristng many ladies.
Davis.
Mr.. Oliver johnson introduced the speaker
| Of the evening to the meetiug. Mr. Smith,
after the applause with which he Was greeted
had subsided, said that he would read reso-
luton, which he Honld leave to be voted on
BY the meeting after he had spoken to it. It
| was 90 faIlowB:
| RtaEred, Thst in the Judgment Of this meeting,
onr beloved country viii surely perish II our xqlers
shall persist In recognizing the right Of the rebels
AZ fepeeg the hep On
their complexion, or political, social, OF domestic
condition, or sha1l not be intent to save the coun
ee % u
forms, OF constitutions; or shall not substitute
the cure, swift. summary, and sweeping processes
| Of martial law, for the uncertain and indirect
forms Of civil Law. lApplause.1
| Mr.. Smith commenced with a brief history
| Of the course Of events which cu1minnted ID
| the present war. He eald the original plan Of
the rebels embraced the conquest of Wash
jDgton, New York, and Boston, and the over
Spreading Of the North with slavery. Their
sion. Their hopes were not eatirely ground
less. The Nor4h was fast sinking down to ac-
cept az law and truth the Supreme Court de-
cisiGn that the black man had no rights which
The white man is bound to respect A little
more patience On the part Of the South and
Wh North ;I-o1r ho..A heo
carried to the side OF the South aud Of slavery.
The speaker said, though he had argued the
right Of secession, he had never advocated &c..
cesEion for the carrying on Of the most shame
lees and sweeping piracy that the world has
ever known. Those who ace trying to eslab.
liEh government for the enslaving Of the ID
boring man, lave no constitutional Or revolu-
lutlonary right. Applause They have no
right save right to be conquered and pun
lRned. They have no rights whatever which
respe-t. [Great applause. They are the enc
mics Of the whole world. That being go, and
considering the power and justice OF the North,
Why have we not crushed This rebellion
The American nation has been conquered
ty-the Government. "Save the country" was
the cry Of the people. "6ave the Constitu-
tlon, save Slavery" Was the miserable Govern
meat substitute for that glorious shout. To
saye the Constitution is very contemplate
object when the Government is at stake. TAp.
plause. The Government seems to conduct
this war to int1ict upon the rebels the least
possible amount Of harm. [Cries OF s'That's
so," aad applause] General Scott has made
very nice calculation to prove thst if We Kill
one mere rebel than is absolutely necessary ne
are guilty Of murder. Had the Government.
instead Of its ruinous and fastidious policy OF
picking out tie means for the war, used .!l
means in its power, the war would have been
at an end in our favor, and We should have
saved tho eY11pf lad 70 nF
Of money and tens Of thousands Of lives. The
epirits OF brave Lyon and Baker, and hundreds
OF others in this country, have zone M to the
great tribunal and carried with them the accu-
sation that the Government had murdered
them. Our Government murders brave sol
dlers by Withholding help from them IAn.
p1ause1 ALI the speaker asked was, that tie
Government should resolve to save the conn
try at whatever expense to this or that CON
stitution, or this or that Institution, He only
asked the government to be In earnest, The
South is terribly In earnest. They make their
slaves work for them, while our soldiers are wea-
ry and worn with the labor which the slaves do
reluctantly for the rebels, but would gladly do
for Is. App1anse.l Much Us the South loves
tlayeTy, she loathes the North more, and will
emancipate her elaves when it becomes
considering cur former trucking to the
South, sud our reluctance now to s,nite her
powerfully the sonth has rnnoh raaenr ~ ~
lcathe and despise us. The North was in ear
Fest ct the fall Of Sumter, but the Govern
ment has been successful Ia tanning down that
ea1nestness into cool, enIyelling, seryile care
Ter slavery and the Constitution. The Gov
eminent Employs the army in capturing and
1sturnirg runaway slaves, and is in great
alarm because Fremont exceeds By little the
limits Of a mere enactment, TApplausa.
hisEes, and three cheers for Fremont The
fIes1dent is step for slavery, and Fremont
step AGAINST slavery. Why does not the Pres.
dent remember that other enactment Of the
House Of Representatives, that it il NO part
csWu15 ana return fugitive Slaves, Ap-
i;s .o tno 1ee"t ~ nn'uS ~ h1aFes Is giving
~ ~ iHe eAehy: Inc government refuses
!le nelp OF 1nalans or negroes; and, it it
Slss. Iae I Inscription on lts monument will
DE-, "Dlea " excessive mercy a2d excessive
fehEement~" Applause and 1aCghter.} The