, 1862-06-24
Tf)G Urtht&tte>
HON. OWEN L0vEJ0I
At Cooper Institute New York.

Ing welcome He spoke for nearly two hours
and half, in the most original, energetic and
effective style, both as te matter and manner.
His speech Was 1eplete with argument, il1ns-
tEation, logic and denunclation. It brimful
pieIY, and eIoquence. Re fairly held the aa. f.
diedce enchained with the charm Of bis dec
and the convincing power OF his
imitable, and well worthy OF his histrio1c fame.
In fact, the entire speech was one Of the most
successful efforts OF the Kind ever made. OF
course our space viii not permit OF even g
sketch Of the speech, but the following vsTt9-
tin report Of the per0ration will afford a fair
specimen OF the style:
The adoption By both houses OF Congress,
by large vote, OF the resolution which the
President sent to CouErese In March Last,
forms another distinct landmark in our pro-
gress freedom. ward, which is the road to us
tlonal salvation. Some think the butter Is
epread on rather thin in this resolution. But
tile Executive rail-splitter understands his
business. He knows that the thin end OF the
wedge must first enter the wood. tLaughteE;l
Did you eyer witness the process OF rail-
nhktng? The operator first takes the iron
wedge Eharpened at one end to thin point,
and strikes it into the wood, just SO it will
tu.tain itself, and then with the mall drives it
to its bead. So the Executive has taken the
Abolition wedge, and struck it into the log OF
slavery, [applause] and low the heavy mall Of
Abolition mus, let the blows fan till it ID
driven to the head, and the log riven IN
twain. [Great applause-1 But mark, il
the blows have to be little easy at first, or
the wedge flies out [Roars Of 1aughter.J It |
is not worth willie to strike 30 hard as to |
hnve rebound, for that would retard the
work in the long run.
The President is like 8 man driving horse |
In the tells of . buggy, and leading another /
behind by halter-strap. The ono in the |
shafts is most superb an1mal-broad between |
the eyes, small ears, short around the throat, |
st;1e full and hard, short coupled, and can
clear ditch and hedge, high-apirited and FAST,
and in ali points JUST such stecd as the pencil
Of Rosa Bonheur would delight to trace,
and such as Bonner or Vanderbilt never drew
i dlene Rnd Of te esnao esn Do
nothing but hold back; he jerks and says
back on the halter; he has large head.
striking auricular Development; his ribs are
as distinct as hoops On barrel; his hip
unmistakable evidence OF never having made
the acquaintance Of the oat bin, aud his
caudal destitution is precisely that Of Tam
O'shantcr's mare after she had made the con-
vulsire spring which brought Tam SAT-: across
the running stream, where warlock and witch
could ma follow. [Grcat laughter.] It is very
! ! awkward managing two horses in this way. as
| ! know from experiment. Renewed meEri.
| ment.l Now the President knows that the
| horse Radical that he is driving can 60 ahead,
style into the executive chair; [Iaughter;] but
| he is little afraid that this meItlesome char
| ger cannot be trusted going down hill other
wise he would let 80 ofthe old rackabones that
do not propose to dash ahead so as TO throw
the President out or break the carriage, but
| 70 steadily that the executive can be assured
that ne is srfe with the Radical steed, down
bill as we'll rs up, and on level ground, and
then he will drop the strap, and let the old
/ ffy-u 1F1fn IN
| IThunders of applause.l I am for pour
ing on all tho steam that the machinery
will bear; but it is better to get into port
few hours later than to risk the explosion Of
believe Ill do, believe all he does. Zap
plausa and laughter.] II he does not drive as
fast ar would, he ia on the same road, aud
1t is question Of time. The great tide OF
events sweeps onward under guiding power
| Of q experimenting Providence, bearing With
il President and Cabinet and Congress. Safe
pilotase is quite as needful now Us propu1slVe
power, for there is q semi-secession foe
crouel,ing in the jungles Of sham Dem
ocracy, ready to spring upon the Union forces
any success. There may be an eddy in the
flow Of this great river, but the restless cur
rent sweeps onward. [Applause-1
TIE first message the President to which
have referred, recommends tue 9oollshment
Of slavery by 3 system Of gradual cmanclpa-
ton, to be carried out under the combined
md co-opczatiye auspices Of Congress snd the
States. He uses tie word d5oIishHacnt. I
should have used the word abolition /; but
have consulted Webster, and find that abol-
1stment means abolition; SO TINT, while VIC
differ in the termination, we do not differ in
the determination. fApplause.] In the first
J | message the President says he does not desire
that this rebellion should descend into a re-
morscless revolutionary struggle, and, to ayoie
that urges the border States to e1nancipatc then
slaves in the mode indicated As the oa1y mems
of a, ,oidiug remorsclcss struggle, and tellE
tile shareholders distinctly that the means in
diepcasable to the suppression ofthe rebellion
must and will be used-that if the slayehotd
eEs do NOT voluntarily brcak the yoke, som'
one else must IAprlause.] In the seeont
mt ssage he disavows the order of Gen. Hun
ter, on the ground that it is only conpeten
for him to give such orders. An Engisl
mass performed by hierarch Of the Roma'
Q church in Paris. was SO struck with tue i'm
posing rites and the dignity OF the high priest
that he said to his brother kiog OF Franc
, that he would never allow u subject to pei
form such an imposing. ceremony So tn
president reserves to himself the honor c
Z cmancipating tho slaves. [ApplauRe.1 I i
not b1 me him. If I were President and Con
nlazder-in-Chief of the army and navy,
: would make proclamation Of freedom n1ysel
t, No one should take from me tho glory al
fame Of such transaction. I would hare IN
name forever associated with that act {
liberation, and let it float down through tt
= ages thus associated. [Applause.l And
it,, if they do not hasten the good worl
(, "Tou c4nnot," says he, "nlistake the siy'
% Of the times'' You have it in your poWe
in the providence Of God to do great Wol
Of bcneflcence, such as the world has rare
at once The tide Of. events sweeps onwar
give you few days more of grace It
/. better for all that uen should do it. This pr
> position is made in good faith. But # #
will not, I will I hare the power. I Ia
the right. It will be my duty, and will
If. You must take the consequences Of 20
at neglect; "because I called, aud sc refused
II stretched out my haud, and no man
gardcd it; therefore, I will laugh at 70
. when your fear coneth as dcsolation. and 70
. destruction Us whirlwind-' Applausc.1
II the President does not move as rapidly
you desire, if he is over scrupulous Of form
40. it is some compensation 10 know that the co
Jul ma1lder and chief Of more than half 1nilli
Of soldiers, and who il frequently under
,1R, necessity Of acting without authority Of ID
vii. take no undue advantage Of the pow
for the time almost unlimited, that Is plac
'e* in his hands. II is something, yea, much,
, premacy ofthe law, though from the temper
,1o urgency to some slight extent infringed up
ti'o will Ie restored uuimpaired. Let Us, thcu, 6
tl.c President cordial, loyal and sympathis
- | support. Applause- Never mas Ffeslde
Sz not even Washington, been beset with SO III
trials and difficulties as environ him. The II
dc1 is, not that he should make mistakes,
that lie should make go few. 1no more do
his anti-slavcry integrity, his ultimate q
e<1 slavery action, than d. my OWL. Applau
In the words which Webster put into
ttor north Q: the elder Adams, II sec Gle;
wv through this days business" The rebel
8 will be suppressed. Stand aTestruck
ovtrpeweTed in the awful presence OF
grand ard sublime uprising Of the people
= This nation. It is the miracle OF the ms,
listorS OF the world. The flag Of the Un
floats over more loyal armor clad men t
Co., the flag Of any one nationality ever flo:
over before. England when the honor Of
national proTess WAS at stake, in the Grim
- war, could hardly muster 25 900 men-
)k. The recent call of the government reyel
the unconscious reserved power Of the peo
demonstrated that q million Of men wou1i
spond TO the call Of the executive. The re
Be- lion will be suppressed, and American s1a.
r. Will be swept away, and the theory OF our
- crnment be 4 practical and glorious reality
ST see the future and regenerated republic re
E5 ing queen among the nations Of the earth
tH f1g, after this baptism Of blood having bee
Nh the symbol Of universal and impartial !
4B DOM There is not Shareholder to
In OF destroy in all its holy mountain, not q
&H Ter OF scourgc for the limb or person OF
1E innocent. Nay, I see the whole continent
HB process Of peaceful assimilation, conve
III into republics like our own. behold
2k gepius Of liberty standing upon some
- peak Of the Rocky mountains, OF Of the Al
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