The New York herald., 1863-10-24


were the following
a COMMON UNION 10 MAINTAIN TIRE PowKR, GLORY ATp$
NrEGRTY OF The NATION.
PIxpGKp NATIONAL UNION.
I ONE FLAG, ONE COUNTRY, ONE DEsrlNy
COMPROMISE WITH TRAITORS
NO EEUTRAIS IN THIS WAR.
rnE FLAG on OUR UNION shALL iIoAr OVER SUMTER.
The meeting was organized by ,bs appointment Of Mr.
Charles H. Marshall as Chairman. Mr.. Marshall returned
thanks briefly and introduced the FIRST speaker the
Hon. Henry s. Lane, Of Indiana.
SPEECH OF SENATOR LANE.
Mr. LANr--after the cheers which greeted him had
subsided-addressed the meeting. lie said gave him
pleasure to address the people Of New York
sion interesting him and fun OF hope to every
loyal and true the country. (Applause) Here,
IN the metropolis Of the nation, he might make bis plea
for the country. He trampled under his feet the BE-
hess OF party. He knew only the country, the
whole country, and nothing but the country. ZAP
Pause.) He had no partisan speech to make He
had n higher mission and o holer work-to speak
on behalf OF his poor, bleeding, distracted country
He should speak tonight to willing auditorsto the peo
Tween her two great rivers herself the witness and
monument the bene1cent effect Of free institutions and
,nS eVsr
berstons Of people TO the terrible arbitrament Of
the sword the Ss was whether this great @ hs
but two partiesthe loyal and the dsloya (Applause)
He surrounded by life long democrats, BY men who
were democrats when democracy meant something
when 1t meant devotion to human rights and the
liberties Of the people These men he hailed as
therhood that ever bound together. He
was also surrounded by bis old whig compatriots,
fields who followed the fortunes of the far seeing
statesman incorupble patriot and fearless orator. the
lord Of the Lion Heart and Eagle Eye Henry Clay OF
cause but what was the pretex aleged2 That the In
sttution Of slavery was In danger BY the election OF
republican President The institution Of slavery never
earth than II at the inception OF
the rebellion For the truth Of this he referred 70 the
speech CT Alexander n. Stephens the demigod Of cop
perhead doatry oil over the country. He showed how
the Citenden compromise would not have secured
peace But j. was said that the war must be brousnt TO
. close by conciliaton aud compromise What had they
as !reemen TO compromise? What wrong had they donef
They had simply elected President Of the United States
under all the forms Of law and the constitution. They
had the right do IT, and II they gave up that right
they slaves ready made to the hand Of anytyrant
have additional constitutional guarantees the subject
OF slavery What guarantees could be given them9 He,
70 ""x o
He would negotiate on the bloody battle field. His mes
sage Of mercy should be sent at the cannons mouth and
on the point OF the sabre and the bayonet (Appause
slight interruption here occurred in the II, In con
sequence OF expressing disapprobaton Of this
him out"
nr LANE remarked that he was accustomed 70 such
sntsup.ons and did not regard them for, sl.nosgh
esspTssshsad &c Tss the city Of New York
had spkled the door posts and Intel. Of the halls Of
state national Legislature with the blood Of tho poor
and yet the angel Of destruction would not pass
them BY Why were tho people OF the North divided in
regard to the war; The reason given the radical
legislation Of Congress and the arbitrary acts Of the Pre-
sdent-o that man whose very name was the synonyme
for honesty ard purity OF purpose. (Apphuse) Ono OF
these radical acts Of the President proclamation
son was w well ssarded i. gave he rebels sufncieut
warning ITO fee from the wrath to come" The aboi-
sn ss e. The ,ao Of the
s obi ect TO establish the supremacy Of the laws,
and the emancpa'i0n was but means 70 the end an n
srument in the hands OF Providence to record the great
est gandest edict which revolutionizod human
Lane had been considered rather conservative home
(Iauehcr lilo was conservative Of the rights Of free
punishment OF treason and Of traitors. And slavery
was TO die in this struggle he was not 70 be expected 70
day. n provide sa
should not look single slave IN chains,
be would have it SO; and yet he was considered 10
his own county rather conservative. (Applause.)
Why was the Conscripon law necessarily Because mise
rabie sympathizers with treason had discouraged enlist
ment and volunteering and encouraged desertons In the
army. If the CONSUMPTION law was odous, these men
were eh1rgeable with IL. Thank God they had had no
conscripon Indiana, there men had volunteered
fll tho ranks OF the army. As to the exemption
clause, he had voted against II, because no know
by instinct that !. would be made handle Of by misera
BILE demagogues and his coeague-a Hebrew OF the He-
brews-voted for IT, As to The abolition Of slavery 10
tie District Of Columbia he voted for that bill as war
measure. And whyY He saw that the wealthy slave.
holders OF Washington cty tho nucleus social and
poltica around which secession rallied and had spread
Washington Not one The negroes Of Washington we're
20 day and had been for years the only self sustaining
5ss,se" me s'e ee.as oa Do,unoa usnIor Inc
gress and ONCE holders paid salaries by the people,
Sn. n1 ser9 1Ns % ss 81 sastspos s @ asgh
he had 10 say that if the white man was more In
tegn or more virtuous than the negro, he far
mis- superior and no legislation could affect that condition
Men voluntarily selected their associations he would
TO his rebel sympathzng friends that the negroes
bad already got the start " them daughter. }
All that could be said upon the subject OF suspension
Of the writ OF habcas corpus, had been said in the
Senate by John c Brecknrdge, now a general In the
rcbe army aud formerly Vice President Of the United
States
Since no misnamed the Morning Star
Nor man, nor nend has fallen so far.
As 10 the question Of arbitrary he would take the
case OF the late Clement +. yailandeham( Kisses )ss
an illustration Was that an arbitrary arrest He un
derstod an arbitrary arrest TO be without warrant and
without charge dercndng on tho caprice OF the
officer. But here there was not only warrant but there
were sworn charges connecting him with the uerance
OF sentiments thai were IN their nature reasonable and
eacaaied 10 paraySe the arm Of the national government
He wos arrested by military authority, tried by mill
Sary trihuf and condemned writ u hibcas corpus
ws then sued out before Judge Leavitt democrat OF
andrew Jackson's appointment The writ was dismissed
because Judgc Leav decided that he had jurisdiction
Wei, what followed Either tho military or the civil
court had Jurisdiction. Judge Leavit decided that he
had none and necessarily followed that the military
courts had Jurisdiction, and that tho conviction legal
and proper. These supporters and admirers OF Naan
deham we're not real democrats. Oh To night, on
tho bleak mounaias OF Georgia, democratic and repb
lican soldiers share thcir midnight bvouac. On the
bo1dy heights OF GetysbuVg they on common grave
thelr blood mingllng common torrent, spilled in
the dc cnce q the uuon and Coz sututnn (Appiause
la his hcart Of hearts he ncnorod democr ats az
these bos human language FAILED hun, and he had
words by which 20 expeclorat his sonse q anmosity 10
the rebel sympathizcrs Of the WORTH They heard
The expression used OF " sNGtlern brethren" No
rebos brethren OF his Ie h1d hut one brother,
VIII al hffnaa md "A
rebel against tho government no would ss God was his
Judge, take him IN hts arms as Abraham dld Isaac, and
oner him on tho altar Oi his country, (Checrs Asto
tic rights &C tn Soath--what rghts had they "a
voice" Tie hater.i) They had de Moyed AZ TIER
sgns under thc Constitution, aud bad 90 night bu Two
.shls.a divine and legal right-a ceal right 70 DC
hanted % traitors upon earth and divine right
" % damned as traitors cgoaftor (Appause)
INC only rosd 10 sety and peace throuNb vigorous
ana snec ssiul war. (Appsuse) The omsns and signs
ot the times we're all hove,uL Thcy hal alreN Ndy msdc
Non0eftu advance. towards the sub usaton OF tho
oeuon' They held Mary and In their grasp--or rather
ia yanl held herse IN the grasp Of the tniou Ken.
trcky Was 10 day ~ true and loyal any state on
Union. (Applauso) They held Missouri, Tennesses' n