, 1862-08-11
SPEECH OF HON. e, r. WASH.
BUKNE IN NEW YORK CITY.
Hts Reception by the Germans there
-Eloquent VlMdtcatIon of the 37th
C0nsress-HIa Views on the Conduct.
nE 1f4 WaF


EtHtlA VI uu1 HOst 10nenLlM HefRan etttzen8
congregated at the Fifth Avenue hotel, to
welcome the Hon E. B. Washburne, NJ c. Of
Illinois. On account Of the friendship of Mr.
" for the Germans and his uuttring activity
for their welfare, be enjoys their esteem aud
confidence throughout tho country.
Tie call was signed bs Slgismund Knufmann,
Frederick Kapp, DR.. Vressman, Herman Ras
ter, Andrew Whitman and Others; while the
committee was attended by Col. Naumann,
Dr.. schWareenberg, A. Goetze, 2. Wagner, F.
RAnchfaues and others.
Mr: Nashbnrne received the gentlemen with
that heartfelt frankness which chasacterIzes
his personal intercourse. and especially
greeted his former acquaintances with great
warmth. sIgiRmund Kaufman, Esq, late
presidential elector, then addressed Mr. ". as
Mr. WAsnBunsE: In behalf Of your Ger
man trienes greet your arrival in this city.
Accept our thanks for the sympathy you have
alHsys shown to our couaIrymen- We have
watched your course in Congress, and permit
MT u, me 10 say yoa have shown yourself to be
proud OF 5ou- In times when Incidence, In
difference and corruption seemed to reign su-
preme, you stood up against them all, and no
matter how elevated the positions Of those
might be against whom you had to oct, you
did not finch in doing your duty. You belong
to those who are for q vigorous prosecution
OF the Wat, Yon want every one to take part in
suppress1ng this infamous rebellion, no mat
ter OF what color he may be. May you long
be preserved TO this country aud may Jon not
10 this nation, which band of rebels threat
ems to wrest from her. We will long remem-
ber this pleasant interview, and may you al-
ways consider 1t as an evidence OF sincere al
facnment to 5our person, as true represent
atiye of the people,
A1r. WTashburne replied substantially as fol
lows:
MR. RAUFHAET AND MI GERMAN FRIENDS:
I can hardly tlrd language to express to you
my deep sense of the honorYou have done me
in the friendly call yon have made upon me
this evening. The expression Of your kind
hit. Kautmann Is gratefully accepted as an indi-
cation that my action as public man has se-
eurtd the appreciation OF my German fellow
citizens. My acquaintance with the Germans
has been lorg and somewhat Intimate, and I
have eSerrcce iyed fIom them the most heartfelt
Kindness and the most earnest support; butin
any service may have rendered them, have
only Performed most pleasant duty. have
known them as good Republicans, aa patriots,
as lovtrs OF liberty, as true and loyal men. I
could 1eysr sympathize with that illiberal
ejEn:horn., I breasted 1t when it WAS In the
hight OF Its power and when it was riding
upon the crest Ct the popular wave would
never consent to prescribe men because their
eyes did Lot first see the light in the same
tOuAht n3 OHI. AL AUuQ ulEu HOW zee
and acknowledge the Injustice Of Know
nottingham. Those very foreign born citizens
who were to be prescribed BY o3ths, are now
rallying to the defense of our flag in such
numbers as to make the very earth tremble
beneath their tread. Your brave German
Generals Sjgel, Max Weber, WilIieh aud
others, are illustrating the glory Of the Ger
mans on all the battle fields Of the country.
The German common soldier Ia honorine
bimselfand making great name for his couu-
! tr3men, BY his persistent courage, his cndu-
rance, and his devotion 10 his adopted country.
Germans. They are men whe love liberty
ard late slavery everywhere Their efforts in
| ove1tbroWigg the slave democracy, and in the
election Of a Republican president, entitle
| them to the grateful thanks OF every lover OF
The country. l have recognized to the fullest
extent, their claims upon the administration
| and the country, and it has afforded me pleas
| use to lend my feeble influence in their behalf
fouEd that while there are many to speak for
| Others, there are but few to speak for the Ger.
mans. The president has eyer been disposed
| to act with great ltera1isy to the Gsrmaus
| His appointment to positions in thearny, and
bis civil appointments prove that. In Gov.
| Chase, the secretary Of the treasury, the Ger
mars have true ard tried friend. The secre-
tary Of War, hfr. Stanton, has been Vitt to
recognize and rewara merit In the German
soldier. shall never forget the promp .itnde
| with Which he appointed, OF my appsica. ion,
the incorruptible and accomplished Major
| Kappaer on the staff Of Sigel. In fact, gensie-
men, there is everywhere the most kindly
feeling toward -FOUR country men, and this ter
| rihle contest IN which we are engaged. is
binding all true and loyal men together, Of
| WhateEt nationality, as If with hooks OF steel
{ Perhaps, my friends, you will pardon me If
ltalk little, more in a conversational way
than o1htr~lse, about come other matters. /
might, perhaps, very properly, say. word OF
| the ftrnrfnER Vh5rh hon ;uaf obi T
know it has become fashionable in some cir
! clts, mere secession than otherwise, to de-
nounce Congress; and why Because that
Congress WAS Republican Congress, and a
loyal Congress. It Is called an Abolition Con-
grass, but that very epithet is the highest tri-
butte to its loyalty. 1t has been well said that
to call man an Abolitiaaist is the most IN
| failirg proof Of his Loyalty. believe distin-
gu1shed functionary Of this city had recently
FroEoEed to play the Cromwell. and 60 down
will not say, ia the language Of Mr. Cor9in,
he would have been welcomed with bloody
| han6s to a huspitable grave" but will say.
think. be would have had a jolly time on that
occasion.
But what has this Congress done !? Il has
passed HoIe acts Of great and lasting import
ance than any Congress since the foundation
/ Of the government, It has passed the home.
stead b5n--an act Of legislation so dear to the
Germans, and their long and ardent support
OF the III easpre has done much toward secur
ing its passage. No patton on the face OF the
globe has ever passed Ian Of such magnih.
cent benedcence rs the homestead bill-gTant
ing its domain to the citizen upon no condi
lion but that Of actual settlementand eultiua
ton. Then. there is auother act that will li7s
in histofy-the act prohibiting slavery il
every foot Of the territory Of the United
Sta1ss. While Congress might not have thu
power to abolish elAVery in lOyn States, it }l7.
the power TO prohibit it IN all the territories
and who will not say it has exercised =
nobly and glorinusly, and in such 8 ray, tia
its hcnifcent influence will reach down to ths
latest prosperity. But the crowning act ,
glory Of this Congress is the bill abolishirt
slavery in the District Of Columbia; that &C
which has stricken the shacklcs from til,
limbs Of 5000 slaTes in the capital Of th.
country. and wiped out q great blot from th,
Dational escutcheon. No vote that / have eve
given in Congress, in a ten years. service, is
matter Of so much just pride SIS that. Thel
there is the Pacific railroad bill passed, whic,
viii open ~ ~ ~ iron path way to the golde!
: sands Of the Pacific. Thensth is the Agri
! cultural college bill, which has also bee,
peesst, SO that the Sons Of the farmers cau b
educated. And then thereis the Confscasiol
bill, which It carried out in the spirit in Whfc
it was enacted, will go far toward putin;
down this accnfsed rebellion. Added to tines
bills, and all the Others which hAs been neces
sary to carry On the government in thes
And how, my friends, among all the angr
po1tents in the horizen, what do we mos
want as 8 patiene We want q vigorous an
: determined policy Of administration. va
, | glad TO hear your organ on this occasion, II
: Kauinlann, speak OF that as he did The tin
, has come when this contest for the suppres
: sion OF the rebellion must be Waged ID ea1
nest: We must nov "cry h7Yoc and let sll
{ tie dogs of war" The sword must be dcas
: AID 'he scatbara thrown away. The nation:
!As is II Imminent danger, and It must he d.
, Tended at eyerg cost and every peril. "
. have played Mar long enough-too lon}
!; There has been too much tenderness for rebe
aid rthel Egmpathisers. ALI this must /
, changed. Our soldiers must no longer guar
!. the property Of rebels who are in arms asaia1
/ their government. and who hare turfaite
= = every claim to life, liberty and propert
i Tbs mnst come to an end, and the COUNT
halls the order Of the brave Gen Pope on tn
| subject. with delight. It 81 looks to business,
+ We must make use of an tie means kno IN I
t. civilized warfare, it ne mean to: put dow
tLis fearful rebellion. I shall take new cou
q ! with oil the co1Eage and energy denaasded
e the eNgencfes of the times. Gsnerals who's
= vho1e fcarts are in this gfEat struggle, an
n rho are ready aud willing to use the negro:
=. either as laborers Or soldiers, in the way the
u can be Insde the most useful II Is hig
= time that. this terrible squesmlsbne'
e "p]ayed eut." NOW say, let it perish, 10.
IL ever ard ever. il hes made wicked, teTribl
'e war on the republic, md let it die. Let tt
r. Inscription upon its tomb be: "slave1
made waruPon the republic, and slavery VT
70 more" We already hear the earth r.
q ps then take hope. We will hereafter,
y trusr, have less strategy, and more faghfin
y. We want to use the bayunet more. aud th