New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18
WEsTCMEsTRR COUNTY.
War Meeting Mt West Speeches by
rsaac e.. Williams and the Hon. John


Isaac q. williams and the Hon. John
R. Maskia.
A meetsg, very numeroUsly attended, was heid OF
Wednesday nigut at the Town Hall, fremont, TO
concert prompt and etieecious measures to oDt'lI
fairness and Justice in the enroment of citizens iaoie
to be drafted by the Government under ns Ieceh
call for reGnforcements BY unaniuous consent ME-
GEORGE w. De VoE vas called upon to preslGe over
the meeting Mr.. DE Voc having read the puohc
notice for calling the meeting declared the hieeun4
Organized. He had heard. he said that an attempt
would be made to disturb the meeting ana ne feared
the rumor had prevented several from a'ttiulnA'
He hoped there was no train III the ruinof III thtTo
WAS any one present who d sagreed IN the object OF
the meeting. ht him leave. lie hoped no one wonld
render himself liable by any attempt at violence
All that re could cay was, that 81 long AZ he was
Supervi-or he would do all he could to uphold law
and order at public meetings. Cbeers.I
Mr. TAPPAN moved q al Committee OF five he
appointed To draw up resolutions. The motion icing
unanimously agreed to, the Chairman named the ol
lowing gentlemen as the Committee: Mr.. Tsppau,
Nj. Stanton, MIR. +. Grote, Mr.. Henry W. L. Mali,
and Mr. Samuel NJ. Purdy
The COMMITTEE having retired loud call wac
made for Mr.. ISAIAH G. WILLIAMS to address the
meeting, to which that gentleman promptly re-
npohded.
Mr.. WILLIAMS said: do moi know that m ms.
whose business IL l. 10 talk III the way oi hls puuIc
sll;ng should at any time Roy tnat he FELT embar-
raised when called or TO address puohc meemg
And VET On tAis occasion, | confess thai DO ieel
some embarrassment. L received no Lo'Ice tia'
should be called upOn 10 make speech, ana nave
had no time 10 arrange The order 81 nay Thoughts
Bat am embarrassed on another account. Shal
talk frankly to you Nobody will be dlspleased
Tpis ~ n free cOunryat least II was 60 before tue
war. Wen | confess bel embarrdssed-a weight
. seems 10 Cypress me. l End that 10 not breathe
freely. Why Mat are We here for to-nignt IL
IL 70 take into consideration the mishilest sutlee.
that ever weighed cb tLe hear, OF man. We All ieoi
tlif: and vet in this district, with Voi pOpuia-
lion of 900 this room il far from being Iliod. There
is some trouble IN the camp Tins patriotic meeting
tells us that there is difficulty No tongue can
magnify the importance OF the sui lect which oceu-
pies the mind OF every patriot citizen. The very
axteuce 81 the nation is al stake. Its desuies are
iremtln. in the balances OF war. Bat there Is a
difficulty In the way. There Is 10; one VI US VINO
world rot spill the last drop OF ms bio"d III .ie
def uge If Cur atiOnary, ana vet there Is bu. ttc
exterral show OF enthusiasm There is trouble ia
III. cam. | hear it complained that somehow or
other our armies are not wei managed ibere Is
feeling il many directions mat onr Uehe ra!s
ere 70 blame. ! have had some s1cn iechn2
mvself. some taiuk that the President is
rot oue mp 20 the mark. Well L en-
~, eutrely satisfied on that point myself IS sa1
taa, he South J. unit, While the North Is dlNidrd
on Tnany subjects hearing materially on the snccesso
prosecltion OF the war. Can it be possible Is the
VIZ a iust VIZ Loud cries OF - yes y Then why
ewe not a. uuitod as we teheve tie South 20 b.
Whatever uay - our Opinions on she suoject Of
STATE Rights o. the one hand aud Of the Overrc1Ig
nnihorilv Of centralized Government on the Other
"a have NV own opinion these questions d;
well as ors,ars-tls is the time 10 dscuss, or
to adjust tle question. We Were the greatest mliou
on IN lace 81 the earth. We were the trees. p.Ol lie
on whcpa the lignt If heaven shed its rayi- IA
voice We arc."l We were the hsrIi-s'
The uott prosperous, the rnos, united people within
tue breed limits Of civilized Government I.eo world
behed with wonder orr iscTeasiug power, our
i.r.s1 .yf.alth he Tedera
sueug,h. Can any State, or any number q States
possess tho ri ht TO break up nation rendered thus
pows5fui by Union? This iathe question. do no
care r the doctrine o. state Rignts. Union nad'
u a nation, great powerful aud Tree; cad we have
"A rrht to maintains ourselves as nilien against I'm
treason ol any numbers OF States WHO %o"il oieN
us u.. Cueers. l believe this to he the trT
uriYoi2le ON which shfuiG act IN ttis cI,is, az
whoever opposes il is 10 my mind an enemy TO h
cvun,ry, 20 liberty, 10 crIhzatOn--srav, au ene'l
10 God aud Iust.ce Lend cheersl IL Is to GaiI
tain this principle that the present war wa oI.;i
nated n j. 10 carry 1t tt.ongh 10 sGccetsiu issl
that this war must be pSosecued With all the pvTe
of men and money that this great country can tom
mAnd. Why, all the evils Of Pand0fas box IL
loose upon the country would not equal the dsaster
tha, would result from concession to the principles
that have produced the rebellion. 1t 10 our right
is our duty 10 oppose with our utmost luight, witt
orr utmost MEANS, and with the best blood We pos
scsp doctrine iraught with national disaster sDC
ruin. Under our national compact, if one State b,
permitted TO secede, the whole fabuc fall e
the ground. and shall we stand by ana toe
work Of nearly q century thus reasonably de
sir0yed Here have we been for eighty-six year,
building mp tie great fabric oil our nation al cost Of
untold millions. We paid $1,000 600 for the httle
Stage OF FoIida: we bought the whole West with
hard money; purchased large regions from Mex.
leo with Northern geld, and with Northern blood, III
order 70 make them forever part ana parcel Of the
Union; aud shall we not maintain and defend thai
which is our own l repeat II is not only our
right hut il is our duty, 10 maintain our nationality
EurODe Wisheg 30 severed. H. IS natural tba'
she should. sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in a late
suee.b, which il about tie most candid speech thai
has been at red in EGG Land the subject Of OuI
affairs admits this plainly. He tells us that 1t s q
The ijseTe,t OF England that the United State;
should be eeyeTtd-that we wee becoming too
strong ID the interests Of the balance of power.
Canning said tbe same thing with 1eiereDgc 10 the
revolutionary struggle Of the Southern Continent.
MLeu a. Acd for a reason WHY he had recognized the
iIdependenoe of the revolted ; .ansb Colonies, be
re bed that lie had called into existence States in
iho New World 20 redyess the balances Of the Old.
All Europe echOe1 his sentiment. But let England,
let sIi Europe thEi. feel az IT may, 60 10 fOi
M country 4GIus, the world. DeaieniIg cheers.
Let England France Prussia, let every nation OF
Europe rock from ilscsnter, stand for my country
in ali its strength IN all its integrity. Renewed
eheers.l Let England become, II tHat is TO be her
fate ia The destIny OF latlOns, place over winch
tie inmates Of the sLall SWIM, and on which
the rank sea-weed shsli grOw-!et her AJAX beneath
the Wild stl-waycs. VI lat matters II 10 as what
becomes OF other countnes Let Us hold our own to-
geiher. All the world sage night. We have the
example OF England We have the example OF pam.
DID they suomIt 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT without IA
struggle! Ireland Lar threatened more than once;
instantly the Brilish hoa has rOared, and the land
b;,a brlstled with Batish bayOnets, sent forth TO
maioiain supremacy At whatever cost Of patriot
blood. Oar war just war, waged not Tor I'M
righteous conquest but SIMPLY 10 ward oil the great