Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-29

90 hQaess a. SAD Tue negro Sanls
symb0I-HOw can we give n 20 him. The qfietest
way is to. put bip in limited, States uniform, with a
Minnie rife 10 bis right hand. (App'ause Send John
g. Fremont to Charleston. Cheers for Fremont) Now
love Hunter aud respect Butler. ] believe a SaSton
and Ethiuk'a Hooker brave soldier and noble one
but we pressed for time aud we cannot manufacture
regulations, but the name Of Fremont has been 4
household word with the slaves since 1856, when
they believed that his election would be the jubilee
of their freedom They would not need the evidence
of written proclamation 70 believe that he bore
freedom to them on his eagles. (Applause.) The
Presidentrmeans well, but hayey no Ieorfdence in
the counselors abont him. have no confidence Ia
the son of New who stands at his right hand to
guide the vessel OF State in this tremendous storm.
Cheers mingled with hissesJ That Is right; honor
the man who expresses his opinion. not speakhg
of the motives OF Mr. Seward but when a man Is dying
a mistake in the medicine is as bad poison. Laugh
ter) The question is whether his Il the satesman.hp
Of the hour and il not then by every theory of
parliamentary government he is bound retire and let
another occupy his position am not speaking Of his
honesty. do not speak whether General Mcclellan
was honest not but ak what the result of his
cOaduct? If lind way better to serve JEFF.
Davis than he did would like to knowit. What say
is II Stewards philosophy which he announced with re-
gard this great struggle is opposed the proca
nation Of the President the policy of which the nAtion
has accepted according to every principle of parE-
mentary government the Premier retes when the idea
he thus opposes comes into powell What did We choose
Abraham Lincoln for? 100000 people said he rep
resented all we consider necessary TO the safety Of
the State Suppose when he was chosen that Mr. Sew
ard went 10 hin and said r You have been elected but
will take the Presidency, if you please" The reply
would be- "No, you defeated, because the people
did not like your ideas" On the 4th day of Decen-
ber 1860 James Buchanan wrote message to
Congress aud, it Is stated, that before he sent il
he submitted il to Seward, and from that time
tall March 1851 no fortnight passed that he did not
consult your New York Senator with reference the
policy OF the government Rghtfuly aud magnanmously
Mr. Buchanan took to his counsels the of the
republican party And for the history of the closing
months of that administration, written with
son. say Mr. Seward your Secretary of State has his
share OF the responsibility Applause and Misses y
Thurow Weed denies that Buchanan aud Seward spake
each other tho subject of the public affairs the
time but if he inquiries of Judge Black, he will tell
him the they took to communicate. On the 4th
March the present Minister TO Portugal began TO tee
graph TO South Carolina the result of Cabinet meetings.
aud when the Government seized the contents of the
telegraph Offices they seized the kilograms Of thai trail
tor, the last revealing the plan for the defence of
Fort SUMTER so reasonable that Harvey dared not to
sign it, This telegram laid before Seward, and yet
he sends the wIter of these treasopabe kilograms 20
Portugal represent this Government. In August tue
President laid before his Cabinet this proclamation and
Blair aud Seward the only members opposed to it,
aud Seward telegrapbs for his Siamcse twin Albany
and when he got to Washington the proclamation
smothered and to Massachusetts, Senator Seward said
Il smohered IT, and the best service rendered 10
the nation was when l smothered it," In conclusion,
Mr. Philips said he thanked God that our flag dosts in
the thanksgiving of the slaves and such breeze never
waited banner to defeat He would not believe that
the hottest act Of the nation was 10 be IFS last.
The new John Brown song was then sung, aud the as
sembsge dispersed.