, 1863-04-17

needing, no doubt, the Scriptural Injunction
Eat. drink and BE- merry, for to-morraw W
| die" The example which has been set By tht
States OF Wisconsin and Connecticut, as vel
will be followed on Tuesday, with an untuis
takat1e emphasis by the great metropolis O
The Northwest. Again, in the election of Tin
Onion ticket, il will send greeting to good anf
loyal men all over the country, and lift the
hearts and nerve the arms Of our heroic sol
when Chicago is prepared to rcnounce eithc1
her position as the commercial empo
rum of the Northwest, or tho position
proudcr still, as leading the glorious
cause Of the Union. The one is dependent
upon the other, and VIC arc prepared at the
didates such majority as shall leave for the
tutnre no hope nor comfort for auy sympa.
thizers with treason.
To do this nc need no additional incentives
TO cSertlon. Our enthusiasm is inherent in
and hcGotten Of the great cause itself. Our
hearts beat our own time, and we keep step
to the music Of the Union. The heart Of the
whole country IL sound to the core. The
tide Of renewed patriotism is rapidly rising.
which Shall carry everything before it. Tic
ftuii1ess attempt Of Mrs. Partington to push
back the Atlantic Ocean with her mop, was
not more fruiilcss than will be and attcn,pt to
resist the onward, rushing current of Union
feeling, and they who attempt it viii be drift.
ed high and dry, on the bleak and desolate
shores Of political defeat and disappointment.
Gentlemen, give way to tho next Mayor
Of Chicago.
TIE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The following resolution was offered:
Eestlrfd. That VIC, the members Of tho tTu,or
Clnb' recommend that the foowin. named ccn.
tiencn be added to the Union Ticket dominated by
the Convention This dry. To-wit:
For CAief Ehginefr-U. T. Harris.
F1,tf A,tt: EHgintf,-M. ". Powell.
Second last. Eagineef-W, y. Batchau,.
These being the same officers who hare 20 ably
discharged the duties Of their respective positions
curing the past year.
SPEECH OF THOMAS B. BRYAN, ESQ.
Mr.: Bryan the Republican Union nominee
for 3fnyor, WAS then introduced. Cheer uuon
cheer followed his appearance. and the nIost mast
Lively evidences Of qualification were maui
Tested BY the entire audience. Tie welcome
was oAe Of which any man, however 1,fvh his
position, might well be proud. 81r. Bryan,
said:
Nj. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
is by Eour choicc, and not bs mine, that 1stand
to review the rcasona which induced my disiocli.
nation to accept 4 nomination. or that pTomptcd
me. as Is well known to urge it upon others, even
to the verge Of importantly Tls is, however.
the proper occasion for me to explain what has
elected leon eome s comment and enquiry, my entire ab-
1ence llo., ~! IN I9as city OF the Union
warmly the g,sat ptnciR5sse which andele that
the, maJoralty in connection with myscif.
And nd, even n,,,s s,nee It recently pleased the
tentIon, towarmy eali % me ont in MI their cir
solnmnf, my reply to which was called for, trans-
nsanee E7a j. ,enane tsa exe
With lips eeafed Is to others, 1 have sttdiouelv
aIst3insd ,1 from doing or saying ought in ny own
bch1 and hence nsiths1 printed nor suggested
ting1e ticket for delegatesto the nominating con.
vention; remaining quietly In my Office trrin. pl
f tne p,lm!asy meetirgs an elections and in short
influence their choice. aftcr election
Recreant should be to every sense of gratitude,
mcns. srcn nomination, TINS ntieriy unsolicited,
and rendered to me by the assembled Union re-.
~ Gf ny isowc.tzsns Unworthy
unite with them IN zealous efforts for the triumph
Of tirir ticket at the ensuing election,
rolitcienF am told. hare ways peculiar to them
se!.cs: ltls sud that generally. no sooner does
cal change, change in sentiment. q change in
d1ses. change even In friendships, II not In bed
lcllowf: the whole outer and inner man becoming
transformed into new hcing 20 that his new pfo.
tograph is scarcely recognizable By his old friends.
To day he cEalks his political facet the whitences
; 81 az Aibino, to morrow he ehaFcoals 1t to the
NIT, mrr he the habit ofs'cmagogucs, whose e!as-
tfcity of conscience 1c..Ie.s their sentiments as
va'iable q are the eolots Of chamcleons. But as
institutions. let us 10 II, my countrymen that
rs somc compensation amid the manifold ills low-
ing from the present rebellion, re may at least
shall have purified our political atmoEherc. 1T
iDdell{Sle ai;enlet, Whatever 4' nal ssa shall Gi
:a, 70 1ds into p?paIs3 aso1 apsa
the back Of trickery. For one I hold That 50 ftr
from deception being e1cusable in the politician
snt, z! f e &c is on the
because Of the prominence Of the pernicious ex-
anple, utterly drtest that political descneracy
scitolerates the sinking Of the honest! Of tho
the admiration for that certain kind of snartness,
ccs as'onaly displayed in political jcgglesy. were
tloq az h o s of 4 sss
ever eactifee may, candidate necessarily in
enE; compatible with catncst pnrpose. true dignity,
and honest zeal, no candidacy, and no ofIire c;1
cyef involve the sacrificed Of my manhood. Never:
Fellow citizens: The role tssac.s Union or Dis
tho corner stone Of the Southern Couf,d.r.cJ."
instisated the rebellion. The intriguing nniuions
Of ne tatanse majesty hare fo7 halia century Oh
~!ich to indanle the minds and "nie The htar,s'
or The Southern people. than whom naturally q
61arsr OF uooler race does not inlab, the uArth.
Tie wsapone furnished by this arsenal have never
been ssicathcd, hut asc to this day valuable au3il-
arics TO the CpcIncry Of the Itself, Tho upas
trcof political dseontsnt planted in the rank soil
o. South Carolina. ard wstered BY the hnnd OF
John =. e:tlioun, grew to such mammoth size as
10 eep1can its branches over the entire South
and in its dank and ucIioGe shade there epruncfup
a growth Of trrason and Of Southern Cop
rcIhtads. threatening the overthrow Of the Cor
yehnn ysmS s1eh IN ws:d "a. tc origin Of the
:droitly rlayed. Millions OF good and peacsfui
siilzeLs, whose pfrjudiccs agaiast the North had
been unremittlgly, nurstd and panlcrcd to, but
who rould hare indignantly repclled any inlpsach-
Of thousands, inpefesl By sudden excitement aud
eide Of the ,naicontcnte, soon reponird OF thsIT
ipttEons folly but alas too late, they wcrc al
ready bond ~ land and toot under q military des-
End iht m eonscEipts.
The dawn Of Sunday. Mr.. Chairman.
sens Iea IN ne second anniversary Of the fsll Of
sumter, an anniversary 10 be celebrated through
all time in ths orgies Of treason a. in ill., halls Of
,ylants. :Etcry gun fired at TINT doomed fortress
Ie noTe %us1c 70 luz ca5 e. and icy the heat Of des
plophcsi! that those cannon sounded The death
k,1ell ot thr II putl;c that the flama that rolled IN
the temple Of Liberty. Sir. 1t is the purnoss
oftEcse vast asschlagcs Of Union men to di.nroy,.
those prophesice i is the province OF the Inion
Leagues. now ramifyirg throughout the nation tn
link together the hearts and hands OF ftccrnen in
tue United support OF the Government. and in the
main tcnance Q! that blessed canse. baptized in tho
aud lives of their children. Surely when this sa-
cred cause Is impe1icd, the tr patriots Of the land
Ehould bury and stand shoulder
TO shoulder in the ranks Of the Union, to maintain
its integrity, and to uphold the majesty Of the law
Now. to my mind, there appears to be- but the
orc great issuc between the unconditional
lnion men on the one side. and the
disunicnsts on the other, care not what names
they m0y respectively assume. The Union men
conceive 10 Stand pledged to a hearty support Of
tic 6oFcn meEt In its efforts to suppress the &C
enfsed rebellion. Their platform as hare more
tlan III oheS claimed Is simply lorIng derofion and
~ .nNe1 tae .Rdttfy 10 TIE Union. All who stand
ne1r party prejudice into the purer air Of patriot.
saai t1 Ana ;,ow as opposed to this uncompromis-
iE ioyatS Tue atmosphere In this latitude has Of
NV oeen somewhat heavy with threats or seceaeon
Ing Nosth Elcnchcd hsis, efowIs. and rrIInaces
~ ~ 49, Ens'ana, have reminded me Of tAe yelpinC
gestures Of Mississippi raftrnsn - or oo h
ttea;e! lEe masss tna whore huge wherjs cause
| thr masters bile. ol1i'loG up
Listen to Fernando Wood a.cadfu, ,nn,ta,;,,.
Of wrath to tue President, shrea,enfnr tn rcrn'
tionzc the Government, probably viii EVEN;
eye the dictatorship viii .e the tP ns4i
saTs this worthy, that without We h.re = ct.n,,
Of mt asurcs. 60 help nc God We will have a
change Of men. Wfthont ="
respoEds to the ro:ce which has been sent f1orn
Ohio. rcnnsylrania, from Indiana and giofions
uron the potential voice Of the people, thus cx.
pseseed In thunder torce. that as Washington WAS
tho flret President Abraham Lincoln will be the
last" Listen, also, to The rawlings Of another
anarchist, Iser1eol, Of Philadelphia, who l,tely
satd: ITO what advantages arc VIC 70 turn our
tnceeteeff One Of the first things IL the putting
down Of the Federal Goye,ntnentf" Such Ia the
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