Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-07

another point, Of which he thought a practical
use could be made. The time now-thanks to
that glorious order which 90 gratined and re-
joiced all our hearts yesterday morning-the ne
cessity for bounty has gone by, but the necessity
for raising an equal amount OF money for other
purposes has not gone by, and that must be done.
Applause Are we les. patriotic than those VINO ~,
have gone before US, ICries Of mo ~ "No!"I
No, gentlemen. Before Rome attained her great
ness, the wives and children Of her soldiers were
the children Of the Republic, and they were
taken care Of as such want every man 20 now Sss,
relieved from any responsibility Of the care and
support Of his wife and children. Applause
Gentlemen, every able-bodied man WITHIN THIS
nation owes an allegiance to him (the President)
who ats before us, and to the Government he re-
presents ICries Of We do" and applause.
Acknowledging, then, this allegiance, 1t 10 our
dutv At his calf 70 shoulder our mus ket and enter
the rsnks. fCries Of We will doso"l n
The best way to find out traitor 10 TO ask him
10 contribute his money to the support Of this
Government. (Applause, and "Thapst."l When
man makes excuses, and says that be Is faxed at
home; that he 10 not citizen Of the District that
he is taxed this way, that way, In other parts OF
the county-I set that man down al little mean.
er than rebel, because his stinginess outweighs
his patriotism. daughter and applause And,
gentlemen, IL there are those (and 1 have no
doubt there are) who will refuse to contribute at
all, those are the men whom want watched.
them, and when they do anything that requires
them to be otherwise disposed Of, in Heavens
name let Il be done. Loud applause.l n
We all owe allegiance to the President and the
Government be represents. We have been told
this was a time OF depression; but there never
was great work accomplished without times Of
depression. There were dark DAYS In the Revo-
luton Our cause !, no less holy than was that
breaking through the cloud. The President and
Cabinet were using every means to execute the
laws Of the country. The President has a firm
hold upon the affections Of the people. "A voice,
10 n a during ms
he has been In once, has any man except the Father
Of his Country, got such hold upon the hearts
and affections OF the people' lCries Of "Never,
never" and applause. Never Never! Let US
tell our children of him as the honest President.
IA voice, ''He 10 that" The man who shall stand
second in the history OF this country only 70
George Washington himself. GCres Of CHATS
90" and prolonged applause man who, dur
ing all these scenes Of trials, aud during all the
fears and conflicts Of civil war; never, no, never,
for one moment swerved from his fidelity to the
country and his determination to support the
Union and bring II back to its original integrity.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Loud calls were then made for President Lin
coin, who came forward amid loud applause, and
spoke as follows:
Fellow citizens believe there 10 no prece.
dent for my appearing before you On this occa-
sion, [sppiause;l but Il Is also true that there is
no precedent for your being here yourselves,
Iipplause and laughter And | offer, In jus,ia-
cation Of myself and you, that, upon examination,
have found nothing In the Constitution against
1t. (Renewed applause j, however, have an
impression that there are younger gentlemen who
will entertain you better, voices "no, Ego on,"l
and better address your understanding, than /
will or could; AID therefore will detain you but
a moment longer. ICries, Ego on" star and
feather the rebels D" / am very little incliLed, o.
produce some good byit. voice, "you do that;
20 on ~ The only t1ing think OF just now. not
likely to be better said BY some one else, is mat
ger Ia which we have heard some other person
IL L. .I,kI 2 d..
n.'l There has been very widespread attempt
- have quarrel between General ii cCiellan and
the Secretary Of War. Now 1 occupy posi-
tion that enables me TO believe, at least, these
two gentlemen are not near 50 deep In the
quarrel a. some presuming to be their friends.
lCries Of "goed."l Gen. McClel!an's attitude
IL such that, In the very selhshness OF his ma.
i1rs Re cannot but wish to be successful and
I hope he ~ii; And the Secretary Of War is
precisely In the slime si.Iato1. IL the military
commander In the field cannot be succe.sI.t,
not olly the Secretary Of War, but myself
for the time being master OF them both-can-
not but be failures. Laughter ana applause
l know Gen. Mcclellan wishes to b: successfpf,
and / know he does not wish 1t any more than the
Secretary Of War for him, and both OF them no
more than | wish IT. [Applause, and cries Of
Eood."l Sometimes we hear a dispute about
how L.sly Enep General Mcclellan has had, and
those who Would disPsrsgs him say he has had
parage the Secretary OF War insists that Eeaeral
Mcclellan has had Z very small number phe
tssiS for this Is, there Is always very wide DIFF.
ference, and on this occasion perhaps wider one,
between the grsne total on McClellan's rolls and
the men actually At Tor adty, end those who
would disparage him talk Of the grsnd sstsl CT
paper, and tLose who would disp1rage the Sscfe.
taIy Of War talk OF th9se at present a. for duty.
Gen. Mcclellan has sometimes asked for things
that the sslrstsry Of War did not give hiB..
Mcclellan Is not 10 blame for asking for what te
wanted and needed, and the Secretary Of War is
not to blame for not giving what he had not 10
o. "a a n PFt nj nd
And | say here, 30 far al know. the Secretary Of
War has withheld nothing from Mcclellan With
out my appreciation, and have withheld no one
thing at any time In my power to give him.
now."I 4 Ltye no accusation against him. be-
n. re he 10 brave aAd sbie man. [Applause.
And and here, as justice resuiIss RE 70 do, to
ale upou d, vseh what has been charged pbog
the Secretary O., War, as Withholding from him.
i have talked Iona than expected. | avail
myself Of my privilege o, aging no more.
The President retired very ."ortly after the de-
livery Of his address, amid apPis.~'
SPEECH OF HON 9 5. BoUTwgLL.
Hon. George 8. Boutwell,, Commissioner On IN
ternal Revenue. was next introduced. he said
be was stranger and from Massachusetts. Whas
ne proposed 70 do, was to carry on the war In
side Of the water or on the other. Cheers ] The
battle WIS not only for this generation for this
century, but for all time. The people Of Massa- /
chusetts would give their last man and last dollar
until the Dag waved from the Lakes to the Gulf
He said Mr.. Chittenden proposed to ferret out the
traitors; he (Boutwell wOdld go further, and
ask why there Were traitorsi II It were not for
slavery there would be no traitors Slavery was
the beginning Of the war, and freedom would be
Its ending There was no other solution, and az
an American citizen, he would proclaim no peace
until slavery ceased. How and when IL was to
cease were questions he would submit to the
President and his Cabinet; but he would say
that the faster he and they marched on, to that
extent would they meet the gratitude Of all man.
kind. The speaker referred TO the late riots In
Brooklyn, Cincinnati and other cities, and ar
gued that the proper solution was universal free
dom for the blacks, with permission to people
the cotton States az freemen. He would praise
God as he never praised him before, II he could
hear that South Carolina was free, and dedicated
to the black population Of this country. The
blacks would naturally 60 South, and then II
would not be at all Troublesome to the laboFing
classes Of the North. But II the old Union Is e.
tabiished with slavery anew, the slaves will es-
cape and flock by Thousands to the North.
We must take choice. Either abolish
slavery, or else allow the North to be over
come. The doctrine Of immediate emanci-
patton Is the proper solution Of this question.
All this was based on the proposition Of the
President that compensation should be made TO
loyal owners, but not TO traitors. Slavery was
far md fhae Of he hOlo