Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-11-12

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pagn The evening stormy but that had no influence
to keep back the crowd. Hundreds who could not gain
| admission to the hall were turned away.
Hon GEORGE RAIHBUN opened the meeting with an
able eloquent and comprehensive address, occupying
4 ly hour in its delivery.
When Mr.. Rathbun concluded the house fairly rung
with calls for Gov. SEWARD, who, being present,
forward and greeted with such reception as was
before given to any speaker in Auburn. 1t seemed
| as though the people would go wild viii enthusiasm.
Order was finally restored when Gov SEWARD proceeded
| 10 address the meeting.
GOV. Stewards SPEECH.
My Friends: am sad and anxious tonight for cause
that you VIII uDderstand-o0 sad and anxious indeed
be able TO express could wish The gratitude feel for
the welcome you have gwen certainly too much op-
pressed with private soclude speak acceptsbly upon
am here by accident and by design have per.
sstently declined you know to political can.
vases debater have bad two reasons for this:
First wanted the internal we'll the foreign enemies
OF the United Stairs TO that this could
stand OF It's strength without resortng popular arts
of selfdefence Secondly, thought that Admnistra-
ton that could not stand without speaking itself must
fall even all lie members should engage in its vindica-
ton. Nevertheless, being here xpecedy feel that
would seem cnursh to refuse to show that the friends
OF the country have the sympahes and the gratitude of
| the Administration of the country.
What then, shall cay aud dol will forget myself
we'll as can while utter sentiments of cheer
uness and hope concerning the condition IF our country
and its cause do not forget that cheeuness hope.
fuDess, hab ua cheerness and hopefuness give offence
10 certain quarters We have class of patriots who
ride them, who IDS SO upon having the political skies OBJ
scured and the political throughout all her changes
presented under eclipse do believe in cheerunpss and
hopefnlness in elgi0n in D., tics it is faith and
dependency that OvercOmes mountains and scses
heavens The general who, raranguDg his army on the
Of battle shou express fears of defeat would be
to be defeated The statesman who apprehenis that dis
union inevitable would be to produce dissolution
The Christian who believes that he has mmted the IN
pardonable sin will never work his salvation He who
iupateny Teeos the councils Of hope in political action
ha etan INN, data
realized as bad citizen he ia bad Christian who
in his faith because hudred generations have
passed away, aud all these things not vet fulfilled
You will succeed my frien s, to / know you
will succeed by signs other than those which excite your
hopes Of success The country 10 dangrrt Is to
BE- rescued by the Government You will succeed be-
you for the Government in voting sustain the
Administration Your opponents commit the fatal error
Of supposng that they divide the Administration from
the Government, aud support the and sc.rd the
other No man eau serve Two masters Consider this
point for moment. 1t is only through the Adminisra
ton that the country put forth the effort necessary
for it's II you discard this Administration of the
Government by votes, you bring better one
to its place. You then have practically inerregnum
from this time to the 4th OF March, 1865 An ierre gnum
Of sixteen months in the very crisis of rebellion You
would repeat even in more dangerous way the great
though then unavoidable sortuue OF the inerregnum
which produced by the election of Abraham Lincoln
in 1860 leaving ames Buchanan in the Presidency un
tn 4th of March 1861 During all that period the ship
Of State necessarily and unavoidaby dred and dashed
itself against rocks OF lee shore The American peo
Our opponents do not They do not see be.
they have surrendered themselves up faction
But will show them how they can see it, There are
two hundred thousand American citizens in arms in the
Southern States against their country. They look to the
election of to morrow with soictude than they do
to the defence Of Charleston the siege of Chattanooga
Ii you could pass the baotb0x through camps eyery
of them would vote for the administration of this
Government by Horatio Seymour Valandgham and
against The Administration Of Abraham Lincoln You have
enemies in certain classes of society all over Europe
a far ha Ama
can insurgents Ii the baotboxes could be opened at
Lsirds shpyard in Liverpool, in John Sldes house
in Paris, there would be vote for Seymour
and Vaandigham. aud new iron.cads would escape from
under the brad arrow, in mpregnablr In array
innumerable, aud would have superadded to this ter
ribe struggle upon land tenend contest than
the world has upon the high seas The instinct
Of enemies Is iafallble.
You have friends il at home defending the Gov
ernment and the country Every who meets the |
enemy in battle knows what he i. fighting for He ls
fighting for the country Pass the ballot box through the
UDion camps give the soldier pass reach the ballot
box at his home and he vutes he fights for country
and for the Administration which he il Identified
with his country. You have freuds in Europe. The
great mass of socety the Continent from the White
Sea TO the Mediterranean from the Atlantic to the Black
Sea- the friends OF the United States The great mss,
of society in America from the Rio Graude to Cape Horn
the friends Of the United states Send the baobox
through all those regions and the votes would be counted
ten thousand to Que for Abraham Lincoln and against
Seymour and Vall4ndgham The instinct Of
disintertsted friends is iniuIIible
But must not forget that opponents object 10 al.
lowing soldiers to home to vote The objection s dis
loyal we'll ungrateul and is therefore crime IF
the soldier mt not 10 be allowed furlOugh TO reach the
ballot box why cid Gov. Seymour refuse allow the bal
Otbox t. into the camp He answers that il ia I'M.
constitutional Why then OBJ ct to the soldiers going
home to votef Tht ia not uncunsiiu They do not
to quarrel with the of the soldiers voting
they seek To deprive him of his vote altogether They al
INV the soldier to fight for his country because they can
not help it, but they seek to deprive him the privilege
OF voting for it, because by clamor they think they can
prevent It, Who these soldiers that have come home
to vote1 Every of them citizen and an elector
There is not unwilling involuntary soldier or con.
script among them they your and brothers aud
mine, as Intelligent, as well trained their oppo-
nents better entitled to vote than you or for they have
gone forward to the battle, while have been content
with staying at home and making contr buttons sor-
in themselves but nevertheless contributions in money
instead OF blood Not allow the soldier vote for the
Government You saw what came Of it by refusing to
allow hin bis vote last year You voted the
down in his absence aud then obliged to call the
soldier from the front in face Of the enemy back to the
State to restore peace order and safety at home NOT
allow the soldier Has the soldier only t,e rights
to anguish the hospital to die on the battefrd and
to be carried Into capusiy il this the SUN Of the col
dles rights tel you tell you that the soldiers
of this war Will vote thousands of ,hem morrow
many more thousands every year hereaerand they will
SIT IN Judgment upon parties ia this country throughout
two generations, and determine the verdict Of poster ~
10 regard 10 them.
have another ground for knowing that you will succeed
to morrow You nave the right side upon D ain pract.
cal, simple issue. Our opponents do not see this they
have suffered faction TO blind them They say that they
are voting down tins Administration because Il 10 ncom
peent aud ought to have been elected Tbey saw
In tba