New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-31

want: lGreat applause. Look for a Ilomeot q
the circumstances under which this Adninia,ra'io
TOOK mp the reigns OF power. James BTehana
lmurnurs OF indignation and the thieves and tra
tors who gathered around him had left the counir,
a hopeless wreck slpOst in the article Of death
Under these trying circumstances, Abraham J.incoll
enthusiastic spplausel, an able, honest, mexperi
enced man, came to the aid of the Government.
do not doubt that bic warmest friends and the warm
est friends of his Cabinet officers, will ADM, that
mistakes have been committed, and considerab .
misakes but that they have labored faithfully and
earnestly TO save this country, L can myself DeaI
witness applause] and 1 do not believe tbst
even in this heated canvass npy man has dared 10
stand mp before you and say that Abraham Lincoln
was not an honest man, trying TO save bis country.
What do these gentlemen propose Do they intend
70 snpersede this Administration by revolution ]
Inc more andacious among them have dared 10 hint
II. IL they dared openly to svow 1t they would 10
covered with infamy, and would not receive one 10
athousand Of the votes which will now be gwen ~
unrenecting men for their ticket. Does II need m
argument to prove that If this Rebellion liz
put down as all it must be done within tho
TWO years and a few months during which
, PIT. Lincoln must administer the Government
Wnot, tnen, can any honest patri,t, whose heart
looks alone 10 the preservation Of his country.
oto sustain and strengthen Abraham Lincoln
Advise him; admonsh him, If YOU will: end tell
You no mao receives the plain talk Of homes. men.
whether political friends or opponents, with more
ADfaI.m IlGGOih.
admonish him, If you win, bat strengthen and sas.
tain him. Applause. Give him your lives and
fortunes and sacred honor, to aid his honest efforts
TO put down tins rebellion AID I venture TO pro-
mise that bsfore the end Of bis term the sun win
shine upon land unbroken IN its territorial uteg.
ity tappllnsel; uDdiminished in lie great proroP.
ions, land OF peace, land OF pfO.penty, Q
Land where labor is everywhere honorable, and The
SOL IL everywhere free. Great apylg1se.l MIR.
Lincoln has told you that be would save this country
win Slavery IL he conld and tie would cave It with
out Slavery If he could. He has never said to You
that, II ho could not rave Slavery he would let biz
country co. Applause. believe that that honest
patriot would rather be thrown into molten fur
mace :hsn to utter sentiment infamous. IIe has
said TO those in rebellion against the United Slater,
give you one hundred days to return 70 your ale.
glance. II you fail 70 do that, shall strike from
under You tina. institution which some Of Won seem
to think dearer than life, than liberty than country
than peace;" and some of us, let me add, appear 10
entertain the same opinion. Gentlemen, 1 stand
by Abraham Lincoln Tremendous applause. Il
is wise; til holy. ask YOU 10 stand by him and
sustain bin ia it l." We will" we sill."l I
know, ior have sometimes felt, the influence OF the
oiium which the spurious aiiscrscy who have 20
largely directed the destnes of this nation for three
quarters OF century, have attached to The word
abolition They. have treated il, and too often
taught 10 treat II sone low vulgar crime, eome
obscure oense not TO be spoken Of in gool society or
mentioned in fashionable psrlors i know there arc
many men still influenced by this prejudice But let
those who, in this hour OF peril thus struggle for
life and DEATH shrink from that odiun, stand aside.
The events Of this hour are too big for them. They
may escape ridicue, but they cannot escape con.
tempt. Their descendants, as they read the annals
Of these times, and hnd the names Of
those who came to the rescne Of their Goyero.
ment in the hour Of its greatest trial. viii
blush for shame. [Appanse. You are told by tie
OF this antiwar party which Is spsingus
up that they Uiu give you peace in ~ days. be-
lieve them. Bat, good God what peace!
pes.e which breaks your country into pieces;
Mexican peace; Spanish American peace; peace
which eternal war; Agpan. wass
,,bsr time which does not acknowledge the south.
orn Confederacyf L. Is thus they intend 70 give
YOU peace-by cutting your coantry in twain,
Let Inc ask you for a moment II you ever looked ~
the map Of your country which IL is proposed to
bring ou,-tbis new aud improved map Of Seymour,
Van Buren, Il Co.-the map d these lie, EN- go'
eeographen- llaughterl-a country 1850 mes
loaC. and but little over 100 miles In the middle
Why, they couli not make such a country stand
until they got the map lithographed-nay no, even
until they got it photographed. Renewed laugh
teri All the great wa,ercourses, all the great
channels Of trade, severed in tie middle.
No; the mandate Of nature the finger u
God, is against any such Observance of tbs
country. Il can never be divided by slave line,
or any other line. II you are not prepared 10
ederaey and take this peace which d offered TO you
in ninety days. there are but two alternatives pre-.
scented to you. Tire South has unanimously de-
cared that she will submit 70 no restoration OF the
Union, and will under no circumstances come back
into the Union. What then are We to do We
must either 10 over and join them, and adopt
their laws and their social system, or We
must subiugate them to our laws and TO
our system. Abraham Lincoln tells yoa that
he intends to subjusate them. lAPPlsusel
your soldiers u the field say that they nieei 20 cub.
Iugae them. Sleeping tonight upon the cold ground
as they are to sleep tomorrow, perhaps, npon the
OF TO sleep in death forever, they say.
- Surrender never' Great applause Gentle.
men, what do yoa say do yon propose TO surrender
+" No, no; ueverr' What is 70 be the voice Of
New York upon ths question: j. 1t 10 carry cheer-
ing words TO those brave an suffering soldiers lsis
TO reanimate and encourage thcmi Or is II 20 tell
them thar their State is against them or against
their cause And what for the gallant
dead! What Cor those who have fallen in battle OF
fallen BY disease in thousands aud tens OF thonsandsi
HIVE tiey been sacrificed all in vain Have they
been sacrificed in an unnecessary, as Mr.. Seymour
would saw an Improbable war Are these the
words which we are to carry TO those hearts made
desolate by this wari 10 the fathers aud mothers.
TO the wives aud children of the heroic dead
No, gentlemen, never Let Mr. Seymour
say to them, if he has the heart 10 FAY
IL that they fell ia ~ unnecessary war;
| shall say no such thing. When it IA my loo
10 meet any Of them, shall cay: 7" our Aiilsnian
fell ia glorious caise He gave his life TO save tho
fs of his country in war forced upon him b. sell
fish, savage brutal arslocracy. All honor TO him:
ali honor to bis name And may mercifll God
mitigate the Affections OF those who mourn" said
at The commencement Of INV rcmarss that if We
would meet this Issue properly, must appreciate
the imminepce of the peril. / tell yOi now,
that here in New-York you stand face 10
face with the enemy. Here are the mini0Ds, the
instruments, the tools of that aiistocrscy to which
have referred Here too, are the agcnte, aud hele,
too Is the money OF that other sympathetic arieoc-
racy upon the other side of the Ataatictlose PEG.