The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-04

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war Of duty because have right bear our fathers
name we insult and degia e their memories by giving
up the institutions won by their blood to be toddcn
under the feet of traitors. (Appausc) II is OF
duty, because We have right To bestow names
upon our children stripped OF their grand and glorious
inheritance of freedom which rightly belongs to them,
and for the transmission of which but the APP
pointed agents of those lustrous men who, having
It with their swords aad with their lives bequeathcl
it to and to their descendants forever. applause
II is war of Duty because devoted as we profess to be
to law and order and good government and TO the high
interests of civilization II behooves MS TO rebnke and
castse and punish those crimes committed through this
rebellion not only against but against the very race
to which we belong, all over the world (Al'ause) IL
If finally Of duty because we have assumed to our
selves as people the special championship not only OF
the right but of the capacity of the race for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS applause land that rs
sumption has boon accepted and recognized by the lovers
OF frt ION everywhere And now, with the men and
nations OF the world looking upon US and towards u.s. as
strife IN our MIDST, we have no idea of permitting the
sacred cause to be smtten down and crushed upon the
battle fields OF the South to perish there amid the sco
and oors and tanns Of the kings and despos Of Europe
Enthusiastic applanse) How anxiously and with what
confidence have the enemies Of freedom the world
dced the day and how have they ongcd for its coming
In the essential anagorism Of their institutions TO
aad the intense abhorence which feel to that system
Of government which gives honor and the fortunes Of the
earth to the oing millions of the GARTH lies the secret
of the hatred Of tyrants to And how gladly would
every Of these yrants this day behold mt
of us, In the skies, could they inscribed upon
II these words:-"in memory Of the great republic
mcnse applausc) What record for human.y
would that bel Fellow citizens, do but utter truth
the disoyalty which is found in our midst but more
especially found at Washington and in the border States
from tie beginning OF this unfortunate war to the present
moment. This evil has now assumed proportions of
such magnitude that its correction ut this time has bc
come first and paramsunt duty on the part
Of those charged with the administration Of tho
government applause, and cries Of "Thats sou
Its prevalence has been marked by all that treachery
and by all those which have been its unrans
characteristics In other lands and IN other times. Next
to the worship Of the Father q our Spirits the gnndest
nature is sceptibe is the love Of our country ZAP
plause.) When that sentiment has become corrupted
placed the whole moral fabric seems to tumble into ruins
Immense arparse) The public and private prongacy Of
borne testimony e1 to by ali history in all times until il
has nigh grown into n proverb that the man who will
betray his country will bctray his God Apphuse) He
will beray his friend and his Kindred and II need be- he
will bcray the very we OF his bosom and the children
of his oins Cries Of CHATS SOY Fellow citizens,
SUPPOSE you lived OF those cities where there
fire engine and also paid company operate it:
and suppose that your house fire. and tks
company whose engine has been summoned to the spot s
vigorously engaged in expgushing the flames, and sup
pose you observe from time to time some parties seaty
slipping through the crowd and as occasion serves cut
ting the hose with their knives from which the water Is
70 spout in all directions on the pavement and on the
streets how long do you think would the presence Of such
be b pc nesa a mem on
you discovered that number Of them were
members of the very company who received
salaries from the funds TO which you contributed would
y0u not in the first burst Of you Indignation feel that the
punishment would not be too great for them they
thrown into The flames they had thus been indirectly
fcedngS (Applause.) And yet this has been precisely
the condition of the government Of the United States
with regard to IT'S traitors ms mas oeea from inc very
vernment know that there arc those who look
with more liberation at those offences which
Perhaps / am too harsh. (Crcs of ono, no'
But must say this, that the men who in our own midst
them with secret Information, by advocating their
cause striving To dissenson among ourselves
ny se 1S are mere a es , e
govcrnn, and the country than they actually bore
arms against US in the Amy Of the Confederate States
ment can do much to correct this evil. Bet how
much more could be done by the crushing power
Of public opinion branding ms infamous socially ard poll
tcaly dsoyalty, wherever and whenever II is
tered. (Applnusc) These dsoyal men arc morally at
least guilty Of the death Of those who fall in defence
fallen by their hands tho battle ned. (Appause.)
In your raiir, ad cars, on your steamboats,, in
social circle, disoyalty must be branded and blasted
as leprous and a loathsomc thing Enthusiastic
applause) When, therefore, fellow citizens, You meet
these men, be it Cnangc in the social circle, and
they offer you their hands, look well at them, and if
that thoir hands red with the blood of the
brave mcn-your kindred and your friends IL
may be-who persisted, and are pershng STILL on the
reeking battle fields Of the country. (Apllause.)
Turn away from them with disgust and Indignation fell
low citizens. know that there mcn-fcw, IT
is truewho do sincerely believe that, the question OF
public honor of view, this republic be sevcrod
that peace be patched up iud that the
thereafter live prosperously ald peacefully
fore. No false fatal thought crept serpent
like into an American bosom. (Applause) You might
as well tell me that the AT which has been turned irif
above the cataract Of Niagara will have tranquil voyage
If you will go and stand many Of have DONE amid
the ruins Of the crumbed empires of the Old World and
nsk them, they will tell you it is deluson If will
go the cemetery of nations and lay your tho
scpuchres Of those young but glorious and high Spirited
nations that have persisted AMID the commissions of civil
strife, they will answer yon in accents Of broken heart
edness at is deluson" But You will not listen
to the voice Of the past, go to Mexico and South
lands, blessed with the finest climate earth
occupying a soil of exhaustess fertility, and
living amid rivers and lakes and mountains full Of gran
deur and inspiration, and they will lift up their bowed
heads and amid dcmoraliZation poverty and dishonor
they viii tell you it Is a dcldson cloud appausel Eel
knowthat the spirit Of loyalty ut this time dwclls rich
and abundant in the popular heart Of the North and
West. But do besecch you, you who have deep stake
in the present and in the future Of country you
OF culture and of fortune, and of moral powerl do i'm
yet to that power and the fervm Of tina, loyalty.
II it grows cold amid the calculations Of avarice,
craven under the encouragement Of defeat country
will be overcome. What need is patriotism
which will abide the ordeal of fire, patriotism which Is
purged from all senshness, from all fear which is heroic
and exhausess which vows with every tn OBJ Of life
that If repulsed it will rally; stricken down 1t will
rise again. and that under the pressure OF crcum
stancesdeleat, sorrow suferngshall tho national
missed. Enthusiastic chcers.) What need Is patriot
ism which rises fully TO the comprehension Of the actual
awful peris in which institutions placed and
which is eager to devote every power Of body and mind
and fortune to their devcrancc-a patriotism which,
celebrating all party ines-( hnrras) land entomb
ing all party issues says to the President Of the United
States, sHere lives and estates; them
freely use them boldly but them successfully for
looking the graves Of fathers and on the cradles
Of our children, we have that though all things
else shall PERISH this country and government shall live"
cloud appialse) II is such patriotism as that and
such only, which will conduct you 10 victory
l rejoice to believe that that spirit has been
everywhere awakened throughout the loyal States.
The capitalists of tho country have come nobly for
ward-(chcers) land, rissiag ALL have exhibited gram
deur of devotion TO the country which, while viii
tonsh the people of Europe has inspired the admiration
and gratitude Of every true American heart. (Appause)
All honor to them. They have proved that II there is
much gold In Wall street. there is more patriotism there
(chears) mot SIMMER patriotism which honrishes amid
the peans OF victory, but patriotism which struggles
and sacrifices and suffers and is prepared to put all things
hazard in the winter Of adversely and IN the very
hour of national defeat. Unless this country
can thus feel, the Of our national life,
which is now obscured, must go down for
evcr amid storms and darkness. If all our great mate
rial interests are crsed to the earth by the shadow
which is passing that SUM- what would be our oondi
ton that shadow should deepen into the nigh. of per-
manen defeat? Is there nothing TO live for but the gains
Of commerce, nothing but the establishment OF our