, 1863-12-28

the senato-chamber filed. So do L He /:
Tor having thcm as they arc. am for max.
ing them SO hot that a STAKEHOLDER cannot sit
| ~ them. want the States back, and speed
ny back, In their full strength, that We may
say to France, "Go home and take care ot
your own tottering throne; leave Americs
to herse1f." But before we receive those States.
nc will provide, either by parchment guar
natees here or BY national laws there, that
there SHALL be peace and democracy forever
RheR peace ts once declared. Mr. Sumner
has thsery that the States are al gone, and
there is nothing left but territories. Robert
Dale Owen has theory that the States are
only dormant Mr.. Seward has theory that
they are as muck alive a. ever, only kicking
On the wrong side, do not know whether
tscy are territories or States dormant, or
States in wrong condition. AL know is
that the home Is vacant, and I mean to clean
1t out before they get back. Laughter and
applause, mean to mike the platform
F.. such that they may come eaftlY back and
soon back, and back in their natural strength.
do not ocquicsce in Mr. Summers theory
unless am Obliged to. will take Mr.. Lin
moro. But think that three years Of costly
and bloody War entitle md enable us to get i
great deal mere, and do not man to give M
until am convinced Of the contrary. MI.
summers theory has one exceedingly bad fea-
lure. The strongest cord in the heart next
~ VIZ AOfE VI Lut UIl0u III t3L1LE pf10e, l
want tho old Massachusetts, the land Of Eudi-
cott and Winthrop, and the Pilgrims. So
does Andy johnson in Tennessee, and SO do
the speeches. Unioniets OF Mississippi I
would saTe the State alive for them by action,
That would enable them to bring it back IN
their own method and their own time.
OUR PRESENT DUTY
Meantime, all that devolves upon us Is so
to shape the Constitution, that when they
come back they cannot como except On
ons condition, md that Is, that they b Free
States, It may be said we have no power 10
amend the Constitution Yes. By the law
which says the people may amend the Con-
stitution, you could make Lincoln the Hered-
position to bis son; T you ] could do do as7tains S u
By common law, If q man is attacked, he re-
tires to the wall, aud uscs any weapon Ae can
reach to save his life. International law SAYS
If you are attacked, go to tho wall; when
you get there yon IRE at liberty to use any
means to preserve your life, abolish dynas-
books to asy cxtent. In &c our fathers did
not abolishGcorgc 1H.-they abolished Kings,
saying that King-craft was fatal to them. IN
loss, the people Of England did not abolish
th1ones-they said the divine right Of Kings
had proved fatsl to England. We have reach
cd that point when, in national life, wc are
to abolish the system which tries to cut the
jugplar vein Of the nation. Mr. Lincoln said
once: I would try to save this Union With
out hurting slavery" He showed hc knew
nothing about it. There are men who talk
about the Supreme Court rs Webster did in
1850, but as Webster would not today If he
were living. There was minister In Massn.
chuEetts who always refused to baptize ba-
by who was born on Sunday. [Iaughter]
What you want to-day is statcsmansbip
that eaye, This IL the ho7r Of rcyolutiongry
conyulsion-" The lions bloody Jaws give
evidence that We lnyc the right TO Shoot him |
to-day. Bnt there arc mo4 who advise yon
to wait until he pares his own nails and pulls
Elis own teeth.
Loud calls were made Tor Horace Greeley,
who finally rose. He snid it was hardly time
10 make Presidents, and he Ind not quite de- |
cidcd that NC were TO have another. Laugh |
Ecr-1 He wished to say for one that he |
thought tho largest man In this Government |
Fas the gentleman who had been ccusurcd |
largely to-night-ttat was Gov Chase. He
hought about the frmest Antf-Slarery nan,
n spite Of what We had heard tonight, was |
his man-a statesman who had been fighting
With the hardest command, and whose bat
les have all been victories, so far. Perhaps
10 may be, perhaps he may not be, coed can
iidate for President The duties Of tho White
House, or Of the position Of either Of the
'ccreteries, could not be envied. He admired
lie confidence Of the people, Which he had
ot alEays shared, for be sometimes had been
bed, not knowing whether he should wake
cy. We have seen the time, within two
ears, when two votes to one would hare
cen given in this city for jeff. Davis.
Ihe Chairman then proposed three cheers
or Abraham Lincoln, which were given
earthly, nftcr which the meeting adjourned