Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-26

the recent elecii0nf That has passed by, and
men can nov calmly consider its bearings aud
contemplate its results. IL was Dothng more o.
les than this: whether the American people
would 20 to the ballot box and there decide that
they we're ready 10 give 40 all their constitutional
rights; whether they would decide in favor Of
the monstrous doctrine that all our freedom and
all our liberties we're 10 be held at the discretion
and option of any one man, that one man could,
in the first place. declare that war existed IN one
corner Of the Confederacy, and. having establish
ed that TACT. that he could g0further ana declare
that the loyal people of the State of New 4 ork.
who had two hundred thousand men in the held.
and fifty thousand slain soldiers lying in their
graves, had forfeited aud lost all OF their cOnst
tutional rights because there was rebellion IN
South Carolina or in Virginia. My friends IN a
few short years our opponents will never believe
that they contended for such principles as this.
| do not charge upon them that they wished to
violate our rights. have no unkind feeling to-
ward them
You have sent for Us here 20 night To rejoice
with you over election to the particular capaci-
ties ia which 10 serve you. | suppose YOU
want To know What am going to do az Governor
will tell YOU that the first act of nv administra
ton shall be a great act of executive cemency
shall extend my hearty pardon to every one of
our political opponents. no matter how harsh in
denunciation how bitter in attack they may
only going to pardon them. going TO bless
them also. We going TO give them all those
advantages of freedom of speech, OF freedom of
action, which we have demanded for ourselves.
IApplause We say to men now, who but
little while since in their excitement, ia their
madness. in their passion, Il do not speak this
harshly, Tor. my friends, We have all OF US made
this kind OF mistake; we have all lost our good
temper at times, and been sorely tried in these
W. hes fpal
two years ago, when not the most
amable people in the world;l we saw to these
men in all earnestness and in all seriousness.
that we have been struggling for principles that
concern them as deeply as they concern Us We
attempted to admonish them before the election
came on, and they will remember our words, that
amid the excitement of this war; and their deep
feelings in regard to the condition Of the
try, they allowed themselves to be carried to a
point beyond what their judgment will approve
ia calmer and more dispassionate moments. And
the day Is near at hand when we shall be as
daily thanked by our political opponents as we
now ourselves cordially rejoice over the success
we have achieved.
But this Is not the occasion for making a
speech | have talked too much. perhaps. du-
ring the last two months, and it is not for that
that YOU sent for me We came here to night
TO enable YOU to learn what kind of man We
have sent TO Congress We want to see and
hear for ourselves this evening whether he is
the right kind of a man 10 make speech or
not. You do not expect Governors to make
speeches You sent me TO Albany, and him
(Mr kernanl IT, Congress, instead of sending him
To Albany and me 70 Congress-,howing that in
your judgment he is better calculated To make
speeches and address public a semblage than
am. Therefore, my friends want him to hay e
an opportunity to speak to YOU to nj .ht. for can
hardly enter on the subject. | can hardly say
what is uppermo>t in my mind and yours without
infringing on a particular piece of property of
his which is called the ninth resolution. Ap
plluse.
Now, my friends of Rome. nv friends too of
the county of Oneida, | congratulate YOU that
we have had political revolution here that will
bring new men into the field of action. From
this time on, the county of OneiGa is to resume
its former great conservative position. Look
where YOU will over our State, there is no county
that has done more to secure our victory than
the county of Oneida ; and there il spot in
the county where the Democrats and conservative
citizens have combated more vigorously. MOI e
efficiently, than here in the town of Rome.
Standing here, We at the very topmost point
of the great victory we have achieved, which has
been wrought more particularly in the county of
Oneida than in any other county. and more es-
pecally in the town OF Rome, beyond any other
portion of the county of Oneida.
thank you. my friends. so far as am indi
vidualy concerned, for the cordial and kindly
support you have given | thank you that
that all the harsh accusations brought against
myself affecting my character and my loyalty
have made so little impression on your minds.
Applause When | WIS elsewhere. where | was
stranger, where | found that men were perha Us
inclined To listen TO these accusations TO whom
WAS introduced, and who were surprised to find
that was not as they had been induced to sup
pose-a man with very red nose and a very
truculent eountenance, said that il they would
only wait (ior | was not disposed to discuss my
merits and demerits) would abide the verdict OF
my neighbors upon the accusations which had
been mtle against me- felt grateful 10 my as
sailants that when they had said things against
me they were always careful to say things that
were not true | was very much afraid they
would say many things that were true, 'shich
might have embarrassed me very much. There
fore made tins uggestion-knowing your gen
eroSity your unwearied kindness to myself and
your readiness to overlook my weakness and to
accept my good intentions Tor good 8ctS-that in
stead of beng put the stand with regard to
my own character aud my loyalty, that all these
questions should be referred to the great home
jury of the county of Oneida and would stand
or fall by their verdict
Now, my friends, when you reduced the oppo
stion majority more than two thousand five hun
dred in this county, felt that you had sent me
away 10 the city oil Albany with good certih-
cate of my character. Applause ia the per
Torrance OF the great duty which the people i'm
posed upon NE. will try TO vndicate the good
opinion which ,ou have expressed of me. Amid
all the trials and difficulties | may have to en-
counter. will labor to justify the favorable YER
diet you have given my behalf.
can tell you this that wherever | may be-
whatever position | may occupy. wherever may
travel over this great land of ours-and you
have heard during the election that | am good
deal OF traveller. Laughter, you have been told
more than once that have visited the far " est
aud quite familiar with the wilds OF Wiscon-
sin-that | even sought refuge there-but wher
ever | am. whatever part OF my country | find
myself in whether at the South or on the plains
OF the great West, or in the extreme North my
heart always turns hOmeward To the glorious old
county of Oueida-and although Lam now TO be
separated from YOU for long period OF time,
shall look forward with anxious longing TO that
moment when again | can make my home in
your midst. and again resume my own proper
pursuit. which i that of dairy farmer in the
town OF Deerfed, engaged quite successfully,
ia the manufacture OF cheese: that my affections
my thoughts, my interests, shall never he and
never have been withdrawn from the home TO
which am warmly attached, and from the
county ct which am truly proud. | thank
yOn, then, my friends; from the bottom OF my
heart. again / thank you. y OF that you have
battled tor me in this cOntest--it was not for me,
t, Of ali tha ,,riu,.tptal Of