The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-18

LITTLE Rock. Oct Z. 1eBs. -
As&O1 DIEIk,s sPEEeHs = IS
Remarks, af, sssneIaa Ga rffsaa attise5
sasa HnltimOrc Union Meetxng.
General Garfield, late Chief Of Staff in the
Army7of the Cumberland made the follow
ing eloquent speech at the great Union meet me
ing held in Baltimore on Wednesday evening
before theleIeetion: isl sasssis.s ti'is9sss 8
Fsllow- Citizens. ever I had 4 right to
speak, | have lost it. lave no right TO
stand before syou te-nigbts Hjsenly because
want to see the faces of these men that I
consent to stand out and look at the faces be-
fore me. 1 have said for the last two years
/ that this isthe time for work. and not the
time for talk. ButI have, not, sincethe 19sIls
OF last month, seen such a mass as 7this.7 It
was my, pleasure then TO see the f:.en who
had the sharp decided argument in their
hands on the plains of Georgia, and + am glad
to tell you that they were, ike You to-nighe.s
unconditional Union men. On the other side
were our eliemies, just as Oh the other side of
| the ballot-bex you wifi have your eileriies
/ The 18th of last month was reciseiy hat
the test7of the next monsh1wi be to- svoiiA
! the same .sliaep, determined, u1icehditi6inI
Y t tsst.sAlid though there was B. aed. mfitila&&
t on and slaughter, yet, as the sUnfdh men
! stood in their bloody boots shIil night eaffe
karo and them, and as they won their great
icahlpaign, througli much blood, you wsll win
yours. On the 18th of this month We had
the pleasure of voting for John Brouglf-L
some voted IN cartridge bioss, sonle in cigar
boxes, but we all yoiea.sa Yon are in such a
i contest as never dreamed of seeing at this
| early day ia the State of Mary1andE That:
rrd f.,l5.
the smoke and gore of battle-FRKEBoM-i
rearing her clear brow and is shining sotit IA
the smoke Of this contest and we shall see
her eye to eye; As / came through Tennes-i
sre and stopped at her Capital. found a h.
I ering ike this, though not SO large. II hey
offered some resolutions which it wouldhase-
dohesyour hearts good 10 hear. The first
RESOLUTION was !" We will support the Union
at all hazards, and forever % 2 and seeondly.l
IN order to do that most etfectually, VIC will
/ put down the last svestigs of sias cry. from
/ our Safe. 70 put that down most effAcu.
ally, We viii put blue coats and blue pants On
/ every capable black man in the Safe. We
Will increase The power Of the Union army
4 by decreasing the power of those who sup
ported and voted for, ,disunion and rehellion.''
The soldiers and loyal men of Tennessee are
unit on this question. ] beg leave TO an-
4 slavery is dead and only remains to be buried
i liLasiSbter and applause. 3
+ would that could tell this audience to-
tnight the character of those men We have
met in the mountains of Tennessee and Cor
gia.H As our army advanced they came from
4 the caves and rocks where they were driven
| by their oppressors. They have come down
4 to joi.4 their hands with us, intending to staLd
by US in arms, until the last vestiSe of tyran-
ny and secession is rooted out forever And
next tosthe joy of their deliverallce was the
Joy of those men when, they gEasped the old
banner again. [Applause. have seen the
1 old men come out and draw from their breasts
4 the little flag Of freedom which they had
worn for months in their hosoIlls, rejoicing to
be able to aoatlit again in the light OF Guass
sum- lApplause. Never was there such a
lstime for such people. The people of these
l.up and say that this Union shall be preserved,
and everything shall be putout efAthc way
You are putting something outef the way in
4 Maryland. Tits being. put out of the way IN
Missouri and Tennessee. and it will be put
i out of the way whereverTour armies adyailcc,
i Until the nations shall shout g glory glory
8 freedom from slavery and oppressioE.'' APP
4 plause,'lI / have but one more sentence TO
add. For, these two and a half years I have
been where could see something of these
men whoiare attempting to bear down our
Country. i have talked with many of them,
and they are bold to ayow that they propose
to build up as0thes Right Reverend General
Polk told me- not aeommon govenment, but
a government of gentlemen, of men of mon
! ey, men of brains, who hold slaves; a gov
ernInent such as the people Of the Old World
! will not laugh at. They intend to have their
1 Count Bragg Ilaughtefl arids their My Lord
4 Bsauregard. You mtieisilis, whe.rejaice that
God has given you strong hands and stout
4. hearts-whow were not born with silver spoons
i in your mouths--ire to be Inudsills a long
4 time. s5sS 5aia5 ssii85 ssIef5s s5sa7 i aail
liz This is the dream these frantic men have
before them. And it is that. dream which
q the pphelders of the Union are about TO dis
4 pei forever. When these things are done tie
Union is redeemed, Maryland ii redeemed,
anaswe are one people again. 8 z .sgaiI
Il / have no right totalk with you.my friends.
You have to hear those who, belong to YOU.
[Cries of ;, 50 on.' and applause l have
seen what the people Of Ohio have done. |
have only to rejoice that here, where The
blood ran in your streets only a few years
ago. now no freeman's blood can be shed with
,impnnity.s [Appiause.