Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-13
raK WASHINGTON WAR NsIrlSG -oLD Ans sPIECH.
At the war meeting" in Washington, last week, "0id
Abe" delivered the following spe oh

faK WASHINGTON WAR MATING old ABS SPEECH.
At the war meeting" in Washington last week, "0,d
Abe" delivered the following spe oh
Fellow ei'isons: b,lieve there Is precedent fer
nv appearing before you en- this occasion (applause)
bu: Il is also tia! there lie no precedent for your
h,og here youiselyb ,ppa nse and laughter aud Of
Ter IN Min ai1G OF lnyself and OF you, thGt upon ex.
animation, ! have found nothing Ia the Colst i'm
lg,its. t. (R.GtWed applause |, howey r, have al
tnprss ,n that there Younger gentlemen who will
entertain you bgtter (Voi,es-'So, no, none can do
b-te, than yourself 20 on aud better address your
isrstandiug THAI wi c1ud, and therefore propo,c
bat 20 deu IA you moment LOGGER. (Ories OF &, on
star I'd feather the reblL) AN very Title inclined
on ary occasion to say y,tlg, unless hope TO pre-
luce SON, good BY IL. voice-"fou do that; go
o1D
Tae only thing think Of jas. now not likely to be
ha.t saii BY some one else, IA mater In which We
,s card come other person blamed for what did my
sid (Voices--"What is IL Y) There has been very
nj e soread attempt 10 have qlirre between General
Mcclellan and tho Secretary OF War. Now occupy a
position tia enables 10 believe al least that these
w. gentlemen not nearly 60 eeep 10 the quarrel es
acme presumiag TO be their !rendl (Odcs OF good
General hcOlelAns aail1dS 10 that in the very
6,hness OF bis nature h5 cannot bat wish to be
q, sfu snd hops be sll, and the cretaIy OF War %
cree ,Iy 10 the same situation II the military comman
der 10 tie I'D cannot be successful not OILY he Secte
taiT OF War, but myoeNi I)f ine umS O5hk, usti II
n IN both oa1no, but be failures Laughter and sp
plAUSe
kooE Isasfai Mcclellan wishes 10 Dc success al, and
know he does lot wish il y more lhsn the cretaTy
of War for him and both Of theD together no more
than wish L. (ApplAuse) S)me;iuss We hsve dis
mite abou how msLy men GENERAL Met Ian has hs
ard those Who would dsprSgs bin say tbs. he has ts
a yery large plumber, aud those Who would dhpsrsge
the sscresry of War insist that General hcOesc has
had very small number.
TIE u as for this s that there Ia always very vide
# renee and on this Occaaion perhaps, wider one
be veeu The grand toa Gen McGe ans rolls and the
mea actually d for duty and thoss VINO would spar.
az. him talk Of grand totals on p.pef and ho'e woo
would dsparsRe b, Secretary Of VIZ talk Of those at
present at Tor duty.
Central Mcclellan has toms im5s ked ior 'hiag5 that
the Secretary did not give him and Gen raj hcCeiaa IS
not 10 blame for asking for what he wanted and needed
and the Secretary of War ia not 10 blame for not gSog
when be had none TO give Applause and laughter =
And cay here tha, as lar as know the Secretary oil
War has withheld no one thing at any time 10 my power
n Give him. vivid APPLAUSE. aad voice exclaimed,
"Give hin enor gh fo7.J
have no accusation against hin. | believe he Is q
brave AID able man (,pplause); and 5 aud here, as
Justice qaies mo to d. TO taxa myself what has
b,en charged upon the Secretary Of Wa Is withholi
men from him. have talked longer than expected 10
do (cres Of no. o. 60 ou,) and nov ! avail myself OF
my privilege Of saying no more.
Tne next spesk was ex Gov. Boutwell, IF Mas, chu-
sets He said that what the people OF Massachusetts
proposed to do In this war was to Garry ii on 10 suuths
and storm against ell odds. on this eide Of the water
on the other They ralad uudsr this banner not fer
chs generation alone nor for this injury, but for
generators aud centuries this side Of the lsuc,
until our shall urpouted from the GrSat LItes
in the North to the Gulf Of Mexico and they meant TO