New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-26

vision they almost 0ely tue EMIL Vi TUG Bicaoo'
mechanic of our time, there would be profound peace
there but with the peace the eternal run the monu.
ment of an empire destroyed, the great witness OF
the folly of a race who had not the power TO pre-.
serve the greatness that they reached That knd Oh
peace it is easy TO procure (Cheers.) You may
have seen in passing along tho streets, two prints
from beautiful paintings emanatlng from
master. i'm the best sense of the word; one repre-
sents an empire in war; and the other the condition
Of peace, and that picture OF repose has ofien be-
wiiched and delighted me. The plain which in the
first scene is depicted covered with the horrors o
war, in this represents the disused and unlmbereo
cannon with the grass growing round il, and the IN
sheep looking in that aperture through which
the balls of death had been discharged. IL Is beau
tifu 1t is sublime picture. In the Gladiator, spar
tacus turns TO his native land though far away, and
among bis last words are:
Peace 10 tipkling on the she pherd's bell
And siogs its song with the resper."
Peace, my couutrymen, Is the great conQueror, De-
fore whose majestic presence and power emperors
aud eml Tres, commanders and armies, alike dlsap'
pear. Peace is the great conqueror, but we neither
want the solitude of the Egyptian desert, nor the
angry controversy OF opposing races, SUCH Us ais
figure the Southern portion OF this continent. we
beg on the Bonded knees of our very souls and nm
pl0re Heaven TO give us peace, but only upon the
condition Of the perpetuity Of our Republic, and the
honor of the land for which we ought to be willing
to die. Loud applause.l Now, why must this wal
40 on 1 ray TO the Democrats, " Why must
the war 20 on 7" You cannot step II un.
less you consent that two armed empires shall
exist on this continent according to the Southern
view. They tell you that they will make no treaty
with you, and therefore any peaceful propositions
are absurd We do Mt want 10 suhjugate the South
on the contrary if they will lay down their arms to-
morrow every man in this country, With the excep-
ton Of fanatics Of a.. parties, 10 whom l make no
allusiOn, will say, the Constitution remains, and
.,ty haH La taaH N
every portion OF the country. You refuse 10 accept
it, aud therefore we struggling not only for the
Constitution Of tho United States and the
Union as our forefathers bequeathed it TO US,
but we are struggling for something far
more than that--to preserve for the people Of the
earth one free government, and If we do not succeed
in that contest, no such thing will ever again be
known on the face of the earth. lApplause.l You
stand here and croak; you cayil; you speak about
violations Of the Constitution. OF Illegal arrests
agree with you that these things wrong, and the
courts of justice Of your country and the ballot
boxes are open TO you to remove IRON authority
or 10 punish in just and proper way,
any Of those who have infringed the great charter
Of liberties or done injustice TO personal right
But we have no time 10 attend 10 that now; the
enemy Is before US, as the olo bluff brusque honest
soldier said in the Revolution when addressing his
men, " There's the enemy, IL we don't beat them
they'll beat u.s." ApPlause.l When we have won
the fight when the clarion peal of vi:tory salutes
the gadaened ear Of all the people OF the North,
and we told we viii be- that the South Ia con-
quered then aud MOI Till then will the true Democrat
turning away from scenes Of carnage OF authority,
IL despolls, or Of power In any quarter, resort TO
the peaceful provided by his oTeathorr under
the Consiilnton TO correct any into which the
Administration may have fallen. lCheers.l Bur,
until that time. man, woman, and child at tie
North, with o0e loud voice, should insist. however
great the horrors of war, that the war shall be
prosecuted until we triumph, that the name
Northerner" may be that OF him who Is not
iaferior any man on the face Of the earth and un
til We have secured that honor and rcnovn for our
country which IL owned and prided itself upon and
justly allowed TO boast OF IN all the glorious rec
ord Of our past. Loud applause. Why, my fellow
countrymsn, after the meeting AT The Cooper insti
tute in New-York, every gentleman WHO took part
in 1t, and especially those who spoke there, received
letters from various portions Of the United States.
allude 70 this in spirit ofegoiism for that woud Ia
unworthy Of the time place. alude TO il with your
kind permission. Tor the purpose OF returning my
heartfelt Misunderstanding out the profoundest
depths Of my hearfo the gallant soldiers from the
Corporal up 10 the Brgadier-Gcnersl, who have
done ne the eonor for the little service that was
able 20 render on that OCCASION not 10 thank me.
but TO say TO me what thank them for, and W hat,
il Almighty God should call upon me now 20 lay
down my life, would be q most glorious consumma-
ton under divinity, about which | could be happy,
that the soldien in the field are inspirIiod when
they know that toe Copperheads in the North do
not represent our sentiment do not represent the
sentiment Of the democratic army; and when the
army comes back 10 what remains Of II, we will
open our arms and be grateful "a to men who have
periled their lives 10 orr cause. Applause. | wish
] dared TO you como Of these individuals. One Of
them has covered himself all over with glory,
although he out II the ranks OF civil life and
knew nothing Of the soldiers profession scarcely up
10 the moment when he disting u.hed himself amidst
. ia nd nd In "a faarf al
and bloody encounter. he ia an intimate friend Of
mine. lie saws, You cannot imagine how hard IL
has been for us 10 keep bold front 10 the enemy
when our boys" speaking OF those who went from
the State aud City of New-York. "haye thought
with regard 60 those they left behind them that they
really iet no interest in the question whether they
survived persisted; and the poor soldier doubted
he laid down his life or came back manged and mu-
tilatcd TO bis family, which 10 worso, whether there
would be one vote Of thanks 70 him from
those with whom he had been associated"
To all these gentlemen who love their
honored me, take this occasion 10 return my thanks.
want 10 ray TO them and 10 this country that all
all the speed which any man may employ, although
he were gifted like Webster, 10 nothing IN COM
parison TO the career OF any one young man,
who in tho prime Of life, in the morning
time, when gladnes. and Joy should DO over him,
has turned away from his comfortable home, and
passed the Threshold which those little feet had
worn in childhood, bid adieu 10 mother and sister,
perhaps to sweetheart and gone down TO the deadly
swamp Of the Chckahominy, or is now upon tho
banks of the Rappahannock, suffering all the prya-
tons Of war, actuated by patriotic impulse. What
do you think Of the man belonging 10 the country
in behalf Of which he has 70 exposed himself who
would not give him bis sympathy Think,
too, of the women Of the country giving
their richest treasures-of more worth than
the mines Of Goconda or the treasures Of
California, giving not merely their jewels, bu! those
m IN % farfn IN ln baf le
ton of the country. With such examples, aud with
the adfnonitions of history and the teachings of
PATRIOTISM ought not TO say that for the presery-
alton of tho United States Of America the Gov
eminent 10 entitled to every dollar and
every man essential to its triumph Applause.
L.