The national Republican., 1862-08-07

time no mas been IN once, mas any man eAoept
Ss and n psop G
Of never" never" and applausel Never
Never Let us tell our children Of him as the
honest President. IA voice. " he is that."l The
man who shall stand second in the history OF
self. tCriss Of "that's 90, and prolonged sp.
plause.l A man who, during all these scenes
Of trials. and during all the fears and conflicts
OF civil war, never, no, never, for one moment
swerved from his fidelity to the country and
his determination to support the Union and
bring 1t back to It's original int gritty.
The speaker retired amid great applause. d.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Loud calls were then made for President
Lincoln, who came forward amid loud ap.
plause, and spoke as follows:
Fellow. citizens: believe there 10 no prece-
dent for my appearing before you on this oc.
casion, tspplause1 but It is also true that there
Ia no precedent for your being here yourselves,
Applause and laughter.l And offer, in just.
ication ofmyself and Of you, that, upon exam.
ination, have found nothing in the Constitu.
tion against il; Renewed applause.1 I, how.
ever. have an impression that there are young.
er gentlemen who will entertain you better,
tvoices, no" go on,"1 and better address
your understanding, than will or could; and
therefore will detain you but moment longer.
[Cries, 60 on."" "tar and feather the rebels, "
! am very little inclined, on any occasion, TO
say anything: unless hope TO produce some
good By II; IA voice, you do that; 60 on."l
be better said by some one else, is matter In
| which we have heard some other person blam.
ed for what did myself. Voices, "what 10 itr'l
There has been very widespread attempt to
| have a quarrel between General Mcclellan and
tion that enables me to believe, at least, these
two gentlemen are not near so deep in the
quarrel rs some presuming TO be their friends.
[Cries Of "good."l Gen. McClellan's attitude
such Z. that y the schemes a. Of his
| / hope he will And the Secretary OF War 10
precisely in the same situation. II the militia.
| ry commander in the field cannot be successful,
not only the Secretary of War, but myself
not but be failures. daughter and applause. ]
know General Mcclellan wishes TO be success.
ful, and know he does not wish It any more
than the Secretary Of War for him, and both Of
them no more than ! wish it. Applause. and
cries Of "good."l Sometimes we hear a dis.
pute about how many men General Mcclellan
| has had, and those who would disparage him
say he has had very large number, and those
who would disparage the Secretary Of War,
insists that Gen. Mcclellan has had very small
number.
The basis for this is, there Is always n very
wide difference, and on this occasion perhaps
| 4 wider one between the grand total on Mo-
Clellan's rolls and the men actually At for duty,
ouu tuooo " NJ Wouiu uibpdI dso NJ" VAIN VI tHo
grand total on paper, and those who would dis
parage the Secretary of War talk Of those at
present ut for duty. General Mcclellan has
sometimes asked for things that the Secretary
Of War did not give him. Mcclellan is not to
blame for asking for what he wanted and need.
| ed, and the Secretary of War is not to blame
| for not giving what he had not to give. Zap.
plause, laughter and cries OF "g0oa."l And
| ! say here, 40 far as know, the Secretary of
War has withheld nothing from Mcclellan with.
apDrohatiOn and | huya withhold M
one thing at any time In my power to give him.
wild applause and voice "give him enough
nCw''l ! have no accusation against him.
believe he is a brave and able man. Zap.
plause.l And stand here, M justice requires
me 10 do. 10 take upon myself what has been
charged on the Secretary of War, as withhold.
| ing from him. | have talked longer than ex.
pected. avail myself Of my privilege of say.
| ing no more.
EX-GOVERNOR BOuTwEIL's SPEECH.
Hon. George s. Boutwell,, Ex-Governor Of
assachusetts and Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue, was then presented to the au-
diencs
He said that he came from the old State of
Massachusetts,. This was the first time bis voice
had ever been heard In public assemblage In
this city. He then asked the cause of the pres.
ent rebellion? He did not hesitate to say that
it is slavery. Without slavery there would be
no treason, and without treason, no rebellion
| We shall never crush the rebellion until we
crush slavery We .hall give the whole Of this
admirable address In our next issue.
Mr.. SWEET, Of Illinois, then addressed the au.
dience at some length in an excellent speech,
| urging an earnest aud unite rally for the
Union, aud pledging that Illinois will do her
share in crushing out treason.
| The Chair then expressed regrets for the un-
avoidable absence Of Brig Gen. Cochrane, and
then introduced General George F. Shepley,
Military Governor OF Louisiana, who addressed
the audience in his usual eloquent and earnest
style. He came from the State of Maine He
gave many thrillingly interesting incidents Of
the capture and present mode of governing
New Orleans. His remarks were well received,
and at the close, Gen. Clark arose and said, that
Gen. Shepley was the man who hung the first
traitor at New Orleans. [Applause.l Gen. g.
| said that honor belonged to Gen. Butler.
| Gen. Shields was discovered upon the plat
form, and loud calls were made for speech
from him. In response, he arose and made O
speech full Of earnestness and patriotism.
The Chair then introduced Hon. Robert J.
Walker. who made calm, dignifed and states
man like speech, urging the Presidents eman.
cipation policy with great force.
| Hon. Richard W. Thompson, Of Indiana, was
introduced, and made patriotic speech, 10
which he announced that he was no Abolition
ISL, anu proving IL NY Tue enumeration OF OlQ
fashioned proslavery sentiments, greatly tC
the delight of small portion Of his au-
dience.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mayor Wal
ZACH retired, and Vice President Lewis Gle
phane assumed the duties of the chair.
Il Mr.. Clephane then said that he wished Ia
show the audience that soldiers can sing as wei
as fight He then introduced the Glee Club o
the Second District of Colombia regiment wht
sung. with spirit and effect, the song" Coins
Down 10 Richmond to Plant the Old FLAG
There The song was greeted with heart!
applause.
II SENATOR uARLAN's ADDRESS.
} Senator Harlan was then introduced, ant
made spirited, eloquent, and characteristic
speech, presenting the anti slavery view Of th
present contest, n the course Of which he urge,
with great force and telling effect the use o
negroes in our army, to the great annoyance
of those whs were pleased with the pro SLAYER,
, views Of the preceding speaker, which wa
: express d by irowns and wry faces.
/. We shall embrace the earliest opportunity Q
! giving Senator Harlan's speech in full.
The Chair then introduced one oi the citizen
Of the District Of Columbia, Col. E. G. Caring
5 ton, district attorney He was opposed to th
+, introduction OF party politics In the presen
criss. He drew II vivid picture Of our countr
!. US it was before this rebellion, and portraye