The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-06
SPEECH OF GEN. FREMONT AT BOs.
TON.

feel deeply the honor Of having been asked
to appear before you. l am grati6ed that you
think can say anything which will aid in the
object Of these meetings. But trust that this
object, so far as it relates to the enrolment of
volunteers required, has already been attained.
The events Of the past few weeks have made
80 apparent the necessity tor immediate rein
forcements that hope nothing else has been
needed to procure prompt response to the call
of the Government, and to that mute but strong
appeal of your friends in the field, who to-day
constitute our bulwark against the surges of re-
bellion.
The chances of war do not admit of delays.
The enemy is pushing it forward With renewed
vigor, and the loss of q few weeks, or even q
few days, may involve disasters shameful to re.
cord and impossible to retrieve. In this con-
dtion it will never do to let differences of opin.
ion as to how the war should be carried out in
terfere With its vigorous persecution. First Ell
the ranks, and leave to those who stay at home
the obligation of shaping the struggle to its
proper ends. lsa3
But Massachusetts needs no other Indictment
to her duty than the certainty that she has one
70 perform. Under this impulse her people will
come forward promptly and nobly, as they al
ways have done. [Cheers] She will be always
true, az in this contest she has been POLITICALLY
true to her historic record. The infant that here
in the "Crsdle of Liberty" strangled the SER
pent, is ready in its manhood to DESTROY the
hydra; and when see, az have lately had the
opportunity to see, what kind of men they are,
each one filing place in society, instructed,
intelligent men, heads and supporters Of families
contributing by steady labor to the wealthtof
the 6tate-wben see such men going by thou
sands and hundreds of thousands to the field,
my anxiety 10 not in regard to the number who
go there, but it is that their ready obedience
aad Affecting confidence in the Government will
be met by corresponding care for them in the
field, and that these concentrated energies will
be directed to results worthy, of the sacrifices
they are making. [Applause.l q
Therefore, / indulge myself in the pleasure of
feeling that the object of this meeting is not 90
much to urge the necessity for further troops as
to furnish IN occasion for encouragement and
sympathy to these now leaving for the field
the assemblage Of friends on shore to greet the
parting ship-and 50, with God speed to them,
I turn, with your permission, for moment TO
the duties resting upon those of us who, for the
time being, are left at home. aa' s.g II
had just now expressed my anxiety that We
should obtain from this war results worthy of
the sacrifices We are making. How this shall
be done and in the speediest way, is the ques-
ton which threatens still more TO convulse the
country, and is making Of the nation one great
council Of Wal. And It is right that the people
should in this way jealousy debate their vital
interests Not only is this their inherited right,
bought by the first revolution but it is also their
sacred duty to keep themselves we'll and cur
rently informed concerning the progress Of this
revolution and to make known their wishes con.
corning the manner in which it shall be control.
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