Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-03-13
APATRInTIc SPEECH

/ lOFn hope at Fredericksburg, where he was
severely wounded, attended public meeting
at Indianapolis, on the evening of the 18th o.
February, and made speech. We quote the
Indianapolis Journals report. He said
/ He had seen since be had been at home
proof in plenty; in speeches, in resolutions
and newspaper articles, that the army was
suffering from FIRE in the rear. He said that
/ be was Democrat, though born a Wing, and
meant to live and die a Democrat, but he had
no word but of condemnation for those who
faltered OF failed to stand by the army and the
/ country. I" The Constitution as it is and the
/ Union as it was was his battle cry. He had
| fought with it, and for it, but we could have
no Union and no Constitution till the rebel
lion was crushed out. Applause. He was
an Indianian, and ne loved bis State as dearly
as any man, but be loved the Union more
About the flag of Indiana, glorious radiance
shone that lighted the whole country, but
still brighter shone the radiance that glowed
round the baEner of the Union. Great ap-
plause.] As high as the flag Of Indiana had
been lifted in this war, still higher rose the
flag of the Union. Renewed applause.] To
preserve that glory the war must go on until
the last armed rebel is driven from the field,
and the last seeding State forced to submit
to the Constitution. There could be no peace
but an honorable one, and no honorable peace
could be obtained without the suppression of
the rebellion. An armistice, dishonorable
peace, was only renewed and interminable war.
For the men who forced the country to sub
NIT to the rebellion, or acknowledge the Con-
federacy, degraded the nation and disgraced
its army, would have to fight that army when
it came home. Applause. The army will
never submit to the disgrace of conlessing that
it is beaten by the rebels; and those who
force such a result upon them, by machina-
tions at home, or by refusing it support and
encouragement, will see the time when they
will beg the rocks and mountains to fall upon
them, and hide them from the vengeance Of
that army. Great applause. He denounced
all measures looking to an armistice with a
soldiers vehemence of patriotism. AE armis-
tice, he said, was nothing but proposal to
give the rebels a chance to recover their
strength, and renew their ability to attack us.
| There was no honorable or safe course but TO
fight to the last, aud if the people at home
would only unite in holding up the hands of
!
last three months. He spoke of the procla-
nation, and he said he thanked the President
| for it, for it took away the main strength of
the rebellion. He was an eye witness to the
fact that but for their slaves the rebels could
not have resisted twelve months. Applause.
! He believed in depriving the enemy of what
ever they could use to our injury. They had
used the slaves to feed and clothe themselves,
and to fight us. He would not consent to
| fight by the side of negro. and the Presi-
dent would never require him o do it, but he
would take negroes aud let them fight negroes.
[Great applause Why should the rebels use
slaves to kill white men, and We not use slaves
to defeat them? The rebels had no right to
claim exemption for their negroes from the ef-
fects of the war. They had no right to sin
gle benefit under the Constitution. They
themselves had begun the work of abolition.
The first secession ordinance was an abolition
proclamation. The first gun fred at Fort
Sumter was the first shot at slavery. 1" That's
So" and tremendous applause. He was no
aboltionist, and the man who said he was,
was a liar. Laughter and loud cheering. l.
But he had no desire to give the rebels the
benefit of cur Constitution, when they have
trampled it under their feet and are using
! their slaves to destroy the Union. He spoke
OF the army of the Potomac and said that the
report of its Generalization was SANDER. Ii
was as gallant an army as ever entered The
field. lie paid glowing compliment to the
good conduct and high courage of he army,
which was loudly applauded. In regard to
the entiments he had expressed, he said that
when the audience saw him they saw the old
l4th, and in the l4th they saw the whole Po
tomac army. The 10th, the goth the 9Th and
the 9th, with the gallant old Coley (Colonel
| Colgrove) at its head. [hearty cheering at the
name of Colgrove,l all felt as he did. He al
luded to the attempt to demoralize the army
and the associations at home to encourage and
protect desertiers, and denounce them with
unmeasured bitterness. The soldiers hated
them, be said, and would yet punish them The
knights of the Golded Circle are doomed. fire
mendous cheering. He repeated. q" the K
G. C'S are doomed" When the army comes
home there will be no cave or rock that will
hide them. Their internal efforts are too vel
understood, and the vengence they have invo-
ked will overtake them. The scorn with
which be spoke of their secret and reasonable
meetings was scathing. He said he could re-
spect an open rebel, who met him with arm:
in his hands, but for one Of those vile, ab6mi
nable members of the X. q. c., be loG'hed him
He also spoke with deep feeling Of the letters
he had seen, written by relatives at home tt
soldiers, urging them to desert. These letters
he said, would yet prove sore wounds to thost
who had written them, for the true soldie
would remain true, and the recreancy of {
parent would only teach him that his paren
was unworthy of his respect. He concluded
by begging all parties to give up their party
cries and purposes, to look only to God anC
: their country, stand by the army and the Un
ion, support the laws, and pray for the success
of our cause. He sat down amidst a loDs
and enthusiastic uproar of cheering.
; Be HoPEFUL.-We advise all who feel de
spending in relation to the successes of tn
) Union armies the past year, to read the fol
! lowing remarks made by Gen. Butler, at a re
! cent meeting in Baltimore:
Alluding to the progress of the war, b
: said there was much very much to encourag
: in the progress we have made iD the past year
Let us post the books and see how we stand
I A year ago when be passed through the city o
5 his way to the southern coast, how did we the
: stand? The rebels had all of Missouri, Ken
: lucky, Tennessee and Arkansas all of Vii
: ginia, except that portion under the guns c
} Arlington flights and Fortress Meuroe.-
Now we have all of Missouri and all of Ken
: lucky, two thirds of Arkansas, at least ha
+ of Tennessee, and Rosecrans s-thank God-wa
i there, and good for the other half. we hav
r two thirds of Virginia, third Of North Car
olina, all Of Florida, large portion of Louis
, lana; and what was left of the bogus conledt
8 racy ? Texas intriguing with the French En-