The New York herald., 1863-04-10

j. II. CliNOr0, Cuhr1eS lhnlor,
VIM. Cullen Bryant. r. Dale Owen,
David dudley Field. =. ss
The dinner ves laid with thirty five covers, and was
Cotton up In The highest style Of the culinary art.
Mayor OPpvKs opened the proceedings saying that their
guest this evening had done much any In the
United States 10 the prosecution OF the He had had
peculiar dicuities 70 encounter In the enlistment Of
troops n his sas but still be had succeeded In sondng
70 the nsd % large and - well equipped force any
State had sent in prop ortion 70 M population. was
known tha. Indiana had many conservative pclti-
Lord Lyons had alluded to-as base and con.
temptple men a. any whom he mayor 0p
health OF their guest, Governor Morton, OF Indiana.
Governor MORTON responded. He took tho compliment
sent 70 tho war over ono hundred thousand zap.
pause) At least half the population OF Indiana were
born in slave States or OF Southern parents The same
was true 10 large degree, Of the States OF Ohio and I'LL
nols. This was an important consideration, which must
not be lost sight Of whom they consider the
Another consideration not 70 bs lost sight Of, was
their geographical situation. New York, Penn
sylvania and the New England States wore on
me naan.c WIN H. aaa tne esa'es S o. Uno
through the Mississippi river For forty years after the
settlement Of ndiana it's commerce was entirely depend
concerned they had never had much dependence
the lakes All the traditions Of the people Of Indiana and
navigation and control OF the MISSISSIPPI river (Applause
Within the past few years howsver, they had begun to
have intercourse directly with the seaboard through the
railroads to New York; but railroads did not IN
all respects as we'll as the river communication did But
since the closing Of tho Mississippi the railroad rates
The people Of tho East and Of the West should
be drawn more closely together. (Appause.)
The people Of Indiana had the impression generally that
South mad been their chief customer because they
had sought that way to Europe. AS TO this war, what
was 1t made forS He knew that Southern sympa
thizer said it for tho protection Of South.
rights but the very first official decara.
tion made by tho Southern Commissioners 70 Earl
Of any interference with their rights the part OF the
United States government II war was made Tor the
Of i. 1
war be ended? How should poace be rcstoreds
There was three ways suggested. The first was
the Unon with the New England States left out and
the third by sdppressng tho rebellion and conquerng tho
rebellion, and be favor Of the hitter mode Zap
pause) The rebels had repeatedly declared that they
would mako no peace short Of having embodied with
.ns S s aS
Washington, which would not be much loss the loss OF
the control Of tho Mississippi river and the raising Of
Southern copfederacy OF Northwestern confe eracV
That would also bring about the establishment OF
enced no reasonable mind could suppose that the wok
would stop there. Tho scheme Of leaving New England
ben .ss.sd ss..Sa u~d out ~ s
insisted that we must reconstruct. They said that
could not conquer the South and ha, could not exist
the suppression of the rebellion That must be done
By the army and the navy and 70 do the ranks Of the
Il could only bs done By couscyipsion. (Appause Con-
ssquenty the enforcement Of the Couscriptou law be-
s q Ss ala %
wsai The rsDks Of the army to be recruited. II
wss because he wanted the war 70 fail on
There we're scod maay persons opposed to tho conrcrp
tion act but who the authors OF that lawf Who
we're the men who had engendered . state Of public,
opinion which had suspended volunteering The govern
sa ss da o1s .', e 70 Ssi Policy but party
standing with broken constellation declaring
rhat the war was being waged fer the purpose OF promot
ing negro equality and thus creating OF feeling
che community which had enectually prevented all
the cSuacpou sc @ and these were the men
who should be heid responsible for IL. (Applause)
Dessron bad been encouraged Thousands OF letters had
been written 70 the army encouraging 10 desert and
for every deserter some man had TO be drafted Those
who encouraged desetion aso the authors Of
the Conscrpon act and should be held responsible for
IL. Among the best means for ending the by sup
pressing the rebellion the opening OF the Mississippi
here was lie Missouri and Between Mcur snd sss sss
Gull ~erethe States OF Arkansas and Louisiana. II tho
government opened the Missssipp river and kept by
gunboats then became an impossible gulf 70 the rebels
The government could then make the conquest Of the right
baAk thoroughly aud completely. He would also execms
OF every plantation Sppause All west Of 'p II. M
sissppi river should be free soil and Homogeneous IL
wSsS be then IF free 0% The M;P ,ys 70 the p.
secured everything to the west oft Texas would ready
fall. Tho conquest Of those thros states could
seu 3: %aas ss soil oenS mads s%' rae
soil the rebellion would be fenced IN applause }
Not only would the South not reconquer those States
the west bank Of the Mississippi river but she would have
no induccmcnt to do So ApplanscJ Thus, the rebel.
lion being confined TO few old slave States, 1t would
steadily perish OF ts rotteupess. (Applause.) He
believed that the opening Of the Mississippi river would
q itself, prove fatal 70 the rebellion. When
Mississippi river they should forever have OK.
tinguished treason In the North vest (Applause)
He believed that the most mportan, step govsrh
take and he believed that the government had
mad its attention called towards IT, He could not doubt
that the execution Of that measure would Of ITSELF be
1he rebels, being confined 10 the OF the Mississippi
without The possibility Of extension opportunity of ex
speedily The laughing stock and contempt of man
kind lApphussl Another instrumentality 70 which
dom 70 Ss saSee pusss And h Mss o@ ,Se S .,~s
prucple as the con6soaton OF rebel property (Appuse
fbo loyal people c the Northwest. thought they had 10
FUTURE prospect outside Of thie Union. (Appsuse 10
their intention 10 fight III victory accomplish
Cd and the Union restored: lApplause) 4 the United
vcksbura now thsy would rass another army and ry il
again (App,sse.6 " they failed another time. shey
sc.,d make .'%.s .os 70, yss 90 :s.n !.
ssus, The rsSsoa nusl b crusSsd rhs COST o. failure
Ss co.s sacos eAppsuss he failure % supprsa s~s
he rsSsea would b sSs usssr dssxuciion q the nation
~gs.s Ssss s~. called for .hr.. oh. 70, Governor Nor.
ton (Htp. hip, hurra.l
Nr. h. b. Finr neg tcaheA upon. He declared that
ha chic pucsude shout The oondions of peace and
~ tIase fos ~ sstahIishmeut II lhs United statss
hAa ~ complete control q ths hsssipp, valley he
nethne hefore the oountTy but ags Of freedom and
sievy thsy were basd 10 their present. ecort open
The hssslppi they should have several years a
war. The strifs would bs'ony more intense and bitter
and would end ~ Lass N The subiuescu sxtrmnAttoa
q tbe sIssAsss spd supporters 81 The rebsou. ZAP
plssss b. they should ssrs: 70 = :. ,snominicas
new guarantees and new ne ~ sIavery thsy but a
tho beginning u dsasts IN o separation The sspa
ration could not be permanent The peace would bs truc
war would Inevitably follow. 1srocf aud bloodss than
thr now IN. N We should have . ssstlsmant.
with nov concessions slavery, the spirit cf people,
huhled Tor Tho time, would rise again and sutsr with
rcdoohsd nrc and strife only terminated for The mo-
nent. (Applause.) The end would be Inevitably the
subjusaon or the determination OF the present d
southern people Union wH a. inevitable - was In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS peacs could only fellow
aftor victory. (Applause) 10 conclusion he Proposed
the heath Of their friend and guest, MAJOR General wool