Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-02-04

Now, Mr.. President, it may asked
and that question | desire to answer
in brief summary manner-whdt Is to
be the end of all this when are these
things to cease answer, first, the wal
is not to cease until we secure the saliva
ton of every inch of the territory of this
country. Dark as the hour may be, who
can tell what may be accomplished IN the
day of peril by the energy of a,free peo-
pie fighting for right and humanity?
know that many men seem to despond.
We hear upon the streets, as we go thro'
the multitude, occasionally "a man des-
ponding. / can conceive how a man
might despair on any other snbjeet but
his country.
But, sir, is there anything in the histo-
~ of the past eighteen months which
should make nsIdespond? Is there any
thing that should make US go with heads
bowed down? True, the wailing. the
weeping, the mourning in the land is
enough to make sad the heart of every
patriot but has the government accom-
plished nothing? But little more than
eighteen months ago an administration
went out of power which, according to
the language of Mr.. Douglas, had seces-
sion in its very midst for over twelve
months, planning for disruption, taking
your guns, sending your navy off into dis
| tant seas, so that when this administfa-
tion came into power there was no navy
at hand, no money in the treasury, no ar
my to fight the battles of the country ;
and have we accomplished nothing?
Sir, rejoice that we have a government
to-day, and rejoice still more that one
half of the territory claimed by the reb-
els Is now under the national flag. re-
joice to know that we have made a block
ade of three thousand miles, the greatest
blockade the world has ever seen, and so
effective that no nation in Europe calls it
in question. 1 rejoice to believe that we
have possession of the great city at the
mouth Of the Mississippi. l rejoice that
we have an army, that we have govern
ment, that we have country, that we
have currency, and, if we do our duty,
we shall be able to sustain the currency
and the country, and thank God we are
living this day to do something TO bring
about the salvation of our glorious repub-
lie. 3D.. -.... ...t,..l t.,.lr.s %
/ am no military man; but if my opin-
ions were worth anything, l should like
to have seen the army on the Rappahan-
mock and on the Potomac stand still.-I
want to see the Mississippi opened l
want to see Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
and Missouri cut off from the cotton re-
gion. | know that there is not foot of
grazing land in the Southern Confederaey
when you cut those States off from cot
tondom. know that over two hundred
thousand head of cattle have crossed at
Vicksburg from the grazing region west of
the Mississippi, to give life to this rebel
lion, in the last twelve months. | want
the Mississippi river opened by Western
boys as it soon viii be, in my Judgment.
Then ! want to see those rivers which go
up into the heart of cottondom lined
with our gunboats. In other words. l
mean this: I ioaEt to see o1s hundred h0us-
0nf Shareholders r1oiniag one cay, and I rant
10 see million Of negroes running The other
Applause in the galleries. as l
The Vice President-Onderi viz --r-r
Mr.. Wright Icant 10 strike hs heart of
he rebellion- want te get around its
throat; and when you do that. and not
before, viii you see daylight want to
see five hundred thousand bristling bayo-
nets directed against the heart of the re-
bellion. Then / want to see another
thing done in the South: 4 want to see
the disloyal man left behind our armies
as they advance. Gentlemen may talk
about conciliation, they may talk about
this policy and the other; but you must
come to it sooner or later. This may be
a war of determination but this country
has to be saved, cost what it may. If the
army had cut off the railroads in the
South when il had possession of them y
if the fire, and sword, and the fagol, if
necessary. had been used to take the
means of the rebels out of their posses
sion, you would have been nearer peace
to-day than you are. 'A' 20
Sir, thank God for another thing 1t
is that we have now a General in the ar
my who IS equal / believe, to the present
emergency; one who Is lighting for his
country, and not for the Presidency. j.
am glad to know chat we have General
who can show that by his side one or more
of his staff officers have fallen; General
who dare, in the dark moment of this
late terrible battle, which has thrilled
the country, fly through the midst of the
conflict, heading. in the trying, trembling
moment, with Sapoleonic courage, his
heroic cayalrymep, and lead them ,thro'
fame and sword to a crowning and glori
GUS victory. will give his name 1t is
General .Rosenerans, the hero of Murfrees-
boro. Applause in the galleries $50.
3 NECESSITY OF THE GoqA, B., st1
Mr. President, Heaven only knows
what may grow out of this war but if it
should result in bringing up the manhood
of the nation, and the patriotism of the
nationI;it viii be a rich and happy consul
nation. r-..-.r .,f- ..--
y In conclusion, what is the demand of
the hour? What is the prayer that leaps
this day from all the hearts of the loyal
people of the whole land I 1t is, il !
may here answer the interrogatory, that
that those who are ia authority should
feel as they feel, a profound, intense ap-
probation of the pefils that environ our
national life, and for all to rise TO that
grand elevation, that sublime conscious
Iless that we are nation and not par
ty; that this great war is being prosecu-
ted, not for party aggrandisment nor men
who are partisans, but for national preSer-
walton, honor, greatness, perpetuation aud
power teaching, through every act, the
great mind and heart of the American
people, our national existence as supreme
over party, supreme over every other M
terest, and that no power, no interest,
should stand in the way of our nations
unity, her laws and constitution. which
wicked rebellion is trying to destroy.
Whatever may be the end of this ter
rible contest, i at least have the consci-
ousness of knowing that in every act,
from the time left the old world TO this
moment, I-have attempted ia my humble
way, Ito sustain those in. power, and to
sustain my country in this its trying hour.
I have entered no party caucus have
known no party name; and God being
my judge, | will not until We have coun-
try redeemed and-sayed. '- -7----
ID A thoughtful. Dutchman suggests that
Dr. Watts was thinkipgof Holland, when
he wrote the hymn commencing SHARK
from the tombs doleful sound J. Mine
ears (nynheersl attend the cry" .-@'5