Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-08-15
War Meeting in Washington.

War Meeting in Washington.
At the war meeting in Washington
Wednesday, Mr. Lincoln President of the
United States in obedience to loud calls, ad-
dressed the people as follows =
Fellow Citizens-l believe there Is no pre-
cedent for my appearing before you on th.s
occasion, (aFplause) but il Is also true there
is no precedent for your being here yourselves,
(arplause and laug hter) and | oiF,r in iasti.
tcation OF myself and of you, that upon cx-
animation have found nothing in the Con-
stitution against 1t. (Ranewcl applause.)
have, however, an impression that there
are younger gents who viii entertain you
better-t Y oices No, no: none can do
better than Yourself Go on. f)-and better
address Your understanding than | will OF
could. propose but 10 ,ietain You mo-
nent longer lCries -'.t,o on, - Tar and
feather tue rebels. 81 am very little in
ciined on any occasion to say anything unless
| hope to produce some good by 1t. { \ voice
-" You d. that. 60 On. The only thing
think Of just now not likely t. be letter
said hy some one else is matter IN which
we nave heard some others blamed cor what
| did myself (yoices-"w hat is liz There
has been a very wide spread attempt to have
quaTrc. between Gen, Mcclellan aud the
Secretary Of War. Now | occupy a position
that enables me to believe, at least. these twp
gentlemen are not nearly - dep in TIE
qaarre! IS some presuming - r thetr frieads
(tries Of good y Gen. McClcilan's attl-
tudc IS such that in tho very selfsAnc>s OF
his nature he cannot bal wish t De- sucos-s
i.,l / !, l.. =. g..
9t " u Is precisely IN tt s.tne situation
II the military commanders ia the field can
MT be successful, ~; Only the Secretary 81
War bat mys.i. for the time b.in- the mas
ter of them both, cannot be but failures -
daughter and APPLAUSE know General
Mcclellan wishes - lie successful, ami !
know h does not a.sh II any mon than the
Secretary Of War tor him. aud both II them
tog Their no more than WISH it. {tpri4uss
and cries Of good. y Sometimes W have
a despatch about how many mcn Gen. Me
Cielian has had, and those who would DIS
pgraSe him sly he bad very large number,
and those who would di>larAse the Secretary
Of War insist that Ton. Mcclellan had Il
very sinai. number The bass for thus is
there IS always u wide diTrencc-and Gil
this occasion, perhaps, 4 wider 9ne-i,etwecn
the grand total Of Cen Mcclellan rolls and
tie men actually fit for duty, and th8sa who
would disparage him talk OF the grand total
on paper, and those who would disptrdEe the
Secretary of War talk Of those at pr s.,nt ht
Tor duty. Gen. Mcclellan is not - blam.
for asking Tor what he wanted AMI ncciel,
AMI the Secretary Of War is Hgt 10 blame lni
not giving when he had none u give, tap
plause and laughter, and cries ot " good
| good. And | say here, 50 far as | know
the Secretary Of War has withheld 10 on,
thing at any time IN my power - Siye Inn
4 ovid applause and voice, " Glye hin
enough now. | believe he is a brave al
able man, (aprlausc) and stand here, q
/ justice requires me II do, to take upon my
s,ll what has been charged upon tae Secrr
tary OF War as Withholding from him.
have talked longer than expected to- (crie'
Of no , NJ 80 on)-and now avail myself
Of my privilege OF saying no more.
Mr., trittcndcn, Register Of the Treasury,
made a stirring opening speech, His r.
marks were patriotic and pointed. aud hi.
illusions 10 tue Efforts to eiect traitors from
from the Departments and from the City d
Washington were heartily endorsed by th,
multitude.
Ex-Governor Boutwell,, Commissioner o.
/ Internal Revenue. when he announced that
he came from Massachusetts,, said that what
/ they proposed 10 do in this war was t. carry
! it on in sunshine and storm against all odd:
on this side Of the water or the other They
rallied under this banner not for this genera,
ton lone nor for this century, but for al
generations on this side OF the Atlantic unit
our flag shall wave unpolluted from the great
| lakes Of the North TO the Gulf Of Mexico
and they meant 10 take the last man. the las
| dollar, the last hours labor Of the old Com
monwealta ere these men, with treaehery OF
their lips and treason in their hearts, shall
accomplish what they have undertaken
! (Applause) If Tonight news OF disaster
should come, every heart, though dismayet
for the moment, would be nerved for renewed
efforts IN the cause Of liberty and humanity
Mr.. Crittenden, who preceded him. said b,
/ proposed TO ferret out the traitors, lie woulC
here say, that if it had not been for SLAYER,
there would have been no treason, and whei
slavery shall cease to exist, there will be n,
traitors. applause and cries Of good -
Gov. Boutwell, continued at some length
closing By saying-If the people declare viii
courage that slavery shall cease, let this b
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The following were among the resolution
which were unanimously and enlhusiasticall
adopted
Resolved. That we the residents of tn
District Of Columbia, hut having among GU
number citizens Of every portion of tn
country, regard the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of tn
Union as an event not to be contemplated i.
any contingency whatever, it being forbidden
alike by our geographical, commercial, socia
and political condition, by our domestic an,
foreign interests by the shame which tn
world would attach TO us did we suffer il
accomplishment and the worthlessness o
what would remain to us afterward by thu
mighty interests involved in the Union an,
the vast sacrifices which have been made j,
its defence; by the hopes of the living an,
the memories Of the dead, and we delibcrateh
and solemnly declare that rather than wit
ness its overthrow we would prosecute tn,
present war until the towns and cities Shout,
be reduced to ashes, (applause) our field
should he desolaJed, and we and all that ar,
gr b. - saaa rass t.aIlsael s..t -.I