New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-16

peient to take the responsibility, remove MIN;
but while he is in command, allow him
TO command. There il no General under heaven
that could ever tucceed with sn enemy in front and
an army Of deractors and denouncers TO tight IN bis
rear Applause We can raise these U0 o00 men;
but If these intrusive meddlers these woud-be Gen
erals in Washington, are not brought down to their
proper level by whitening rebuke OF the whole
reoIe, we NAV be left hereafter in the funess Of
national calamity to bewail in sackelcth and ashes
the men who are our national rulers.
Three cheers were given for Gen. Mcclellan.
The President read the letter from Secretary
Seward.
The Hon. DAVID S. CoDDISeToY was called upon,
and next addressed the meeting, as follows:
SPEECH or THE HON. DAVID s. CoDDINGTON.
FEILow-CIIIzESs: in this hour OF alienation,
tumu, and disaster, no man has night TO SIT stu
while the Nation lies bleeding upon its back. We
are here to-day in the darkest hour of National
existence to declare TO the world that the Nation
aty of America cannot be dissolved, either IN the
swamps Of Chckahominy or in HE councll-chambers
Of Paris or London. Applause. We are, under
martial laws, bound to obey every draft upon our
lives or our purses, to save the Government which
has shielded US with the strength Of giant. III
bunders and reverses have wasted our strength,
the enthusiasm Of this days proceedings will Illus
trate abundantly that We still try to redeem our
errors and 10 relieve our heroes. We may have our
WedhntbsCt, iutN ttlNc W p'iiit
sneer or round Off Secession taunt, but they never
vet have succeeded in viiiatng the nstona cbarac-
ter. If Secession IL right then all law all order,
all regulated society Ia wrong. II Secession cannot
be put down without war, then war IL the highest
duty and the beet business OF the American citizen
more profitable than merchandise, moro beautiful
than poetry and for the time being IS sacred as the
ministry ITSELF We may blunder sometimes we
may fail often; all nations who are not yersed
in the science Of conic. viii fall but by degrees
\ h 10 al lid in tba at of and
shall come 20 be very efecual chronic portable
slaughter-houses. Laughter. When Abraham
Lincoln was nominated, ! laughed at the C0nven-
ton; when he was elected, tremblei Tor the
country. But since lie has been inauguraied, j
have learned to love and honor toe man who has 20
faithfully welded the scepter VI his country. APP
plause. Was il not IA sublime spectacle to sec the
President OF the Uuted State: pouring the balm OF
his synpathzlng presence into the serted ranks oil
the wearied but honored Army OF the Potomac
Abraham Lincoln confronting George Il. Mcclellan,
the embodied representative OF national authority
shaking hands with the genius OF American raiety
When the South struck at the President o; the
United States, they struck st man IN the stocks,
cooped up by Judicial decisons, pent III by egisa-
tive restrictions warned away from all phianthropc
mischief by the hosts of hostility in the legislative
branches Of the Government; all his officers at the
mercy Of opposing Senate, and Gil their pay ~
the mercy of sn opposing House. the whole re-
sources Of tho Government ut the mercy oil both
House ana Senate. Inc SCUM IaupneI NJ ofNE-
worked, under-fed soldiers who ran AZ Bull Run
The South boast of their Washington. Yet we learn
from tho records that IN the war OF the Revolution,
OF the 90 900 Irvates engaged IN tie war, but
20 600 came from the South; ana Washington would
have seen an Engli-h gibbet az an English elon, had
not Northern hands taken up his Virginia clay and
nodded il into MI immortal statue Applause
The Soaih are like full-breastei spinsier whose
figure depends upon cotton and when her bastard
clild Secession--poor infant was born, it rooted
.I.rf. a
dead for want Of nourishIneut. Laughter.
What have thoy done ia this war; hey have
aiyeu us two or three laDd-checks, and one steam
fight. daughter. Tie Merrimgc, by diyerling
the army from the james River, has cot us 90
O00 900, which would have bought about 800 Moni.
tors and they would have saved US perpetaaly from
war with any power.
We have yet much to accomplish War is q cruel
aerns i've; but that peace Which removes Us from
danger without relieving us from Disgrace, disorder,
anarchy ditintegrston, Is no better. The question
is not of the march Of eyeuts, bat the march Of
armies. The progress Of our Institutions depends
upon tie speed Of our bullets. At Ills moment,
where they r.in the nation IS sale; where they
slacken, the Union reels. We want no lamentations
over the var but the snews Of war. Lei u shed no
tears, but volunteers. lLughterl All the fire and
pluck that be spared from peaceful labor, lie, II
float through the burly channels Of successful
ferocity. We must show the world that a. we nave
made law we can fight for law. The blood Of our
brethren SUMMONS US TO the battle field; and IL we
can only respond 70 the cal win the creates,
victory tho world ever cav, tho victory Of demo-
cratic virtues arstocraic vices, the victory OF
labor with intelligence over labor without morals,
the victory Of law, order and government over dt-
union dislntegraion, coutaggaIi0n and damnaiion.
iAIplause.]
The President then introduced the Rev. Dr..
VIs1os, who addressed the meeting as follows:
SPEECH OF REV. FRANCIS vNToN, D. d.
FELLOW. ClTrzEvs: I cannot decline 10 III my
voice 10 behalf Of the cause fer which we are here
gathered together II is question Of honor-of life
10 vou and OF freedom 10 you and TO your children
or Of diehonor, slavery aod death. II is crisis IN
our country | have served our country IN her
army for ten YEAR, and speaking US military
man | tell you we have not lOst an action IN this
whole war. Bull Ron was gained by the par les set
against each other and never would have been lost
bui for sudden unexpected reiniorcenens and Nc.
Clean now in hls late change Of part has conquered
tho Rebels in distinct actions, accomplishing
The aim which be went for, and disconceriing them
in their efforts t. overrun him. Applause lie ID
now nearer Richmond than ever be was before. He
has now tie support Of that right Of the pablo
service, the Navy, whose iron bolts are worth TO
him hundred thousand men; and for that support
he went through tie change OF front 10 the james
River and all the fatal results Of that passage
wherein we lost TO- OD men, and the enemy 2o,OOo.
And now we want re-eniercements 10 meet the con
contTated power of the rebeliioUs Cen
erals They were my friends at West
Point, and my correspondents. and men who, be-
fore hi. Rebellion, counted gentlemen. But the
Bible says Rebellion IL wtchcraft; !" and 30 il
changes mems natures. These, gentlemen formerly,
have now become foes, our detractors, and our
would-be murderers. Their attempt is now to over
throw our glorious army upon the banks Of the
james. Shall this be donei [" No." "No."l Then
let the ranks be filled. Let the example Of the
Of Secretary Seward, who has enrolled himself as
private in New-York, be initiated by us all. Zap
pause.
NJ. Il.