New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-16
The l.t Of Secretaries was then read, as follows;
GEN. FRRNONT's SPEECH.

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Edward A. Mann.
GEN. FRRNoNT's SPEECH.
Gen. FnEnoSr then rose, amid deaiening APP
plaus. lie endeavor,d several times To make HIM
sell heard but II was quite impossible for him TO do
co. from the cheers that the twenty-five thousand in
front OF the platform uttered again and again. Hats
| and pocket handkerchies were waved fu1ously,
aud amid the cries Of 90 IT, old Pathfinder you are
the General for US, he said II IL hardly necessary
10 say that this great sseemDage has been called to
CONSIDER the situation OF the country, with the object
oil adopting such 40 will enatle you 10 re-
rpOud most Immediately and most effectively TO the
Presidents call for troops But, at the same time,
t Ia expected that this occasion will be used for such
an expression Of your feelings and opinions as viii
satisfy tie country that the enthusiasm which char
act.iizsd your meeting held here last year as now
becomes you should be settled resolve, and that 1t
is not The ideas possibilities Of the day that you
should consent 10 disneinbermeDt of your national
territory. Loud cheers and cries of Never J
The people realized that decisive struggle, which
would tax their utmost energies, is now 10 come,
and that upon the Issue OF this struggle depends the
| lie Of the nation. Immense applause. The South
has resolved itself INTO great army, TO the support
Of which all It's Industrial energies ana resources are
directed. You, too, will hnd 1t necessary TO call into
immediate activity your immense resources 10 meet
tho emergency. Cheers. For bret time now
war must become the business OF the nation.
| Cheers. lou must show your sodlcis that they
have not only your admiration and grH..Ude for the
services they have rendered TO YOU. but that they
can rely upon yonr cordial and prompt support and
thu. they have their great Reserves III the masses
| Of the people. lCheer.. By tins eXpression the
Executive will feel assured Of an Intelligent, har-
mOnous and effective cooperation, and foreign Gov
ernments will recognize that We intend TO MAINTAIN
our historic place in the family Of nations AT Tie head
of the great Democratic IDEA cheers and that Tor
the faAe of Liberty resolved To maihian this
Union. Loud cheers. The men chosen to address
you to-day are among those III whom you are accus-
| toned to place confidence, and whose opinions on
these subjects more OF lesr reflect Your own. I'M
mense applause. | will now introduce to YOU other
speakers.
At this uncture the excitement Of the assemblage
appeared to DO understandable. They shouted No,
no. You 70 on; we want to hear you" But the
General quietly seated himself until the uproar had
partially subsidized aud then introduced DR.. RrFUs
| ". CLAnks, of Brooklyn, who well received.
SPEECH or DR.. RUFUS ". CLARKE.
| GENrLlNEs: 7 shall take nv text on this occa-
sion from the book Of Daniel--not Daniel the
! Prophet, bur Daniel Webster loud laughter for
! he has said and somewhere written, Liberty and
Union; Que and iuseparable, now and forever"
loud cheers. The Union Is measured by ths
mass gathered here, representing all parties and
/ Liberty is Represented by Gen. Fremont, who
presdes over YOU loud cheers.l I re-
member very early in this struggle that the
South had taken the old nag bad walked IN process
SION buried II, aud supposed IL was the lat OF tie
American flag. But, gentlemen, l believe in the
doctrine VI the resurrection. Loud cheers, and
shouts OF &" Good, good" | believe that the flag,
cursed as 4 is with rebellion ia the South to-day,
will yet rise and iOat proudly over them.
IrGe Rev. Doctor went on 10 say, that he was not
tlere 10 appeal 10 any passion that he WAS not
there to make speech, appeal to thu passions OF
tho people, but hi- sole bjcct was 90 excite in the
breasts OF his ieow-ctizens increase OF patriot
ism 40 that they would joyiuily and without sesi-
tnncy respond 10 the call OF tho President. 10
enable him TO pour troops TO the assistance OF Gen.
Mcclellan to capture the Rebel capital without delay.
The object Of their meeting to-day VAS TO main
tain their national existence. IL was the desire OF
the North that they should live. Europe had said
that Repnblcau institutions were a failure. They
lied, and they knew il. Cheers. But they have
LAID, and Will have to lie very sill Tor the future.
! lCheerr. He thought that European nations had
| some respect Tor NJ. We had done all we could 10
conciliate the nations of ths earth. When their
+, population starving, We sent food
10 relieve them, AMI when we found one Of their
vessels in the Arctic regions brought her home,
| Gifted her, and sent her from whence che came.
ID was their design to crush US, tut in this they
| would be frustrated. We have simply told the ma
ions Of Europe that desire to exist, and it, when
this rebellion is finished, they persist in interfering
WITH w. we VII ,bOw them VIA. We are able to DO