The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-09-05
Gen. Corcoran in New York.
)LPU WITTMANN,
Chairman Dem. Co. Commit


/. is impossible for me to find words 10
express my heartfelt thanks for the splen>
did ovation you have given me TO-DAY and
the kindly greeting that you have gathered
here TO give me this evening. Blu. the
creates. support Of all to me is the convic
ton that you have not turned out to day
to do honor to me, nor have you gathered
here this evening to do honor to me (cries
Of Yes, yes y. No. All those 100000
voices that cheered as passed along, TO-
day, were 100000 hearts ready to support
the Constitution, and the Union to pre-
servo inviolate. This assemblage which IS
gathered hero before me this evening, |
presume, came here 10 hear what have
70 say-something Of my past experience,
and something Of my Intentions in the fu~
ture Ny experience in the past has been,
/ perhaps, lit.Ie bitter, but not without,
| hope, its good fruit. Daring the time
that my hands have been tied | have learn.
ed something. | have been among the
| people of the South, and have learned
something of them. know them better,
perhaps, now than numbers who are lis
! tening TO me. | can assure you, gentle
men, that whai may be considered, and
what seems apparent as the gathering of
! those men he spontaneous gathering of
! those mems not such. They are gath
cred together by the strong hand Of men
at the head of great despotism-a des
! poiism the blacklist and the foulest and
the basesl that ever reigned over man.
! (cheers). The South-the Southern
States have now gathered all their power
tho young, the old, the lame and the
! blind, and they are coming, they say north
wards. But | have been proud, on my
arrival in Washington, the very first day,
10 be called upon to address the new levy,
the new men who have rushed at the first
call Of the President, and who were the
! first 10 arrive in Washington-and they
wero anxious to present themselves before
me, compliment-and from day to day,
and from town to town, as passed, was
giatifed to see regiment after regiment
rushing to the defence Of their National
Capital-rushing on with the six hundred
thousand called upon By the President Of
the United States, and rushing on with
a purpose; and am certain it will be ef
fective in crushing out this rebellion Cloud
! cheering). In accepting the honors that
| have been paid to me in the various cities
through which have passed, | assure you
| [ did it as a public servant, having no
hope to dispose Of myself or my time, and
having been convinced that | might be
able TO effac. some good (cheer.). have
allowed myself, | might say, to be perse
cuted by my friends daughter and cheers
A Voice" Three cheers for the Brig
.de."
General Corcoran-Gentlem that is
very veil would like to have done more
for some brgades, but would like to hear
you cheer for the Union cheers | wish
| the citizens Who now listen to me and those
who may read what say, TO understand
fully that | do not come here for the purN
pose Of raising troops 20 elevate myself to
any position, for the position | now hold
! has been oiven to me without asking, and
is not encountered by any condition what
ever cheers |. | am not here to remain
amongst you. l am here on duty. am
! here because asked leave of the President
/ Of the United States, through the Secreta
| " Of War, to come to New York to raise
my own troops. thought there were
men enough here who would join me and
! fight with me again tremendous cheering,
mingled with cries of Good good, " so
/ there are, " and a voice, Put my name
down there first on the list" at which the
cheering was renewed(. Now, gentlemen,
| if | only wanted a Brigade-and that Is
! really all did want or do want to COM
mand mysef-I might have stopped at
I Philadelphia and not come on here at all
! TcheerSl tell you, gentlemen, in all
! canLor. that had the offer made me IN
/ Philadelphia Of no less than four regiments
Tcheers but did not accept it. l &C
cepted only one, and held three in reserve
for the old Empire City and the old En-
pire State great cheeri2giI All IT.; ssi q;
tions-all my best hopes and wishes have
ever been with New York and its citizens
here where first knew what i: was to
find friend in America cheers and,
gentlemen, when you see the humble Mi
chael Corcoran, who landed III America
without a dollar in his pocket wonder
that you turn out in such surging masses
to DO honor to one cheers, and calls for
Order" Keep quiet," i say | almost
wonder that men should turn out in such
numbers to DO honor to a follow-citizen
who can boast Of nothing except his de-
yohon to that glorious flag immense
! cheerincl. | need not talk to the people
of New York Of what their duty is. or Of
what their efforts ought to be. The city
has molly, unhestating periodically
done its duty since the commencement Of
| this war cheersl And wouid to God that
every one and every part of every one Of
the free Northern States had done its duty
as New \ ork has done hers, and The war
would have been ended six months ago at
least. But it is not for us 10 make com>
parsons Of city With city, county with
county, of State with State, or of individ>
ual with Individuals is not for US TO
compare Irishman with German, CT either
with American cheers but it is for US
and it is our first and highest duty to
endesvor As a people to vie with each 9th
er in being foremost to enroll ourselves I'm.
der the banner of the Republic to resist
the tyranny and despotism OF jeff. Davis,