Daily national Republican., 1863-07-08

who are a. Justly entitled TO our gratitude as
they. therefore do not upon this occasion
And now have said about as much ss !
ought 10 say in this impromptu manner, and,
IL you please, III take the music. tTremen-
dous cheering, and calls for the President to
reappoar. -r.. .....
The band played Hail Columbia, }" and the
crowd marched to the War Department., where
the Secretary Of warwas called out, and re-
spouded as follows:
sPrRcH OF SECRETARY STANTON.
l thank you very sincerely, very fervently,
for this token OF your respect and confidence,
and hope that IL will not be long before you
may have an occasion to rejoice In the triumph
of our arms over tbt. rebellion, wherever tue
rebels will be arTayed against this Government.
[Cheers. You are celebrating tonight VIC
tory achieved BY Gen. Grant. tCries Of" good, ~
"good," and applause.l II was declared to
US in those noble words we love to remember,
81 shall move Immediately against your
works." Cheers.1 The first declaration Of
that kind was made In the face Of the enemy
by Gen. Grant at Donclson. He has moved
against their works, and tho result is-vicks-
burg. [Cries of good" and "bully for
him."l The same strategy, the same bravery,
The same indomitable energy which has driven
the enemy from the banks Of the Susquehanna
and Mississippi will ere long drive every rebel
from the field and every Copperhead to his hole.
And I hope that before this year shall end, the
same gentleman who, under general orders,
rendered the thanks OF the Government 10 Gen.
Grant, will announce to him the thanks of the
people for clearing the Mississippi, and an-
nounce to them the clearing Of the rebels from
every battlefield.
One more word. To the glorious army OF
the Potomac and to the glorious army OF the
Mississippi be forever renown and honor In the
hearts Of the American people. [Vociferous
cheerng.]
sHEEcH OF GEN. HALLEcK.
Maj. Gen. Halleck then stood forward and
said: 1t Is now nearly two years since I took
command of the Army of the West, during
which time Gen. Grant has served under my
orders. During that time he has fought fifteeu
battles, and won fifteen victories. (Cheers, loud
and long.1 On no single occasion has tha,
commander and that army been repulsed. liz
Is now three-fourths Of the way down the Mis-
sissippi, or was on the Fourth. To-day or to-
morror he riu be in Port Hudson. [Cheers.
The enemy talk cd Of watering their horses ID
the Delaware, llaughter,1 as Beauregard hat
said he would water his horses In the Tennes
see. tLaughter.I He did not water his horse,
in the Tennessee, nor has Lee watcrcd his
horses In the Delaware, because General Meade
was between him and that river. ["Good."1
Union men and Union horses will very soon
drink the waters of the Mississippi from its
source to its mouth. [Applausc.l
The Secretary OF War then called for thre,
cheers for General Meade and the Army of tn,
Potomac. The response was loud and earnest
Major General Halleck then called for thre,
cheers for General Grant, which were givcr
with will, and afterwards, at the General
call, the crowd rolled up nine trcmendou
cheers for the Onion.
Addresses were then made by Senator vii
son, of Massachusetts,; Senator Wilkinson, o
Minnesota; Hon. Mr.. washburnc and Hon
MIR. Arnold, of Illinois.
The citizens then repaired to the residence o
the Secretary of State, who respoded to theil
call In substance as follows:
SPEECH OF SECRETARY SEWARD.
He assured the people present that he was
glad of such an occasion to address them. In
the beginning of this domestic trouble he was
opposed to the waring of war; be thought and
desired that 1t might be put oil. If that were
a weakness, there was a warrant for Il in Tho
character of Him who died to save the world
II It pleased his Hsav, My Father, he desired
the cup to pass fr"m Him; If not, he would thcr
accept 1t.
lie waited until the war was made, not h,
US against our brethren Of the south, hut b,
our brethren of 'he South against us. S,lf-dc
fence was the nohlrst cause in which people
could he engaged. With ths no nation tha
had the least spark of popular virtue could per
ish. He waited to receive the war, not tc
wage 1t.
In the beginning he said that the war NIGH
ne ended in ninety days. He still thought tn,
same. II might have been ended In ninet,
days, in six months, in one year, in two years
It could have been ended in ninety days ii ind
viiuals made the requisite sacrifice. No nat lor
could be saved without sacrifice. To serve th,
Divine Being, we must rcnounce fame, for
'une, and treasure. To serve our country, W,
iIust repounce the SAME, and If necessary, sac
rince our lives In its defence. As for himscl
he ha, been from The commcncent for his coun
try frs. He laid aside party. The Presidency
the Vice Presidency, the Sccrctaryships, wer
all laid aside. He forgot Tie past. Let tn
dead past be buried. Every one kr ew his lifu
long position on the slavery nestiou; but duiin,
this struggle he kr .w hut onc issue, and tha
was, " Save the cDnntry wltl slavery if II mus
be, without IL Il vDu cam If lie could no
save the country, lie was here at the Expense q
all he held dear To he buried in Its ruins. Ever
one of his family of an aye and sea suitabl
even in the service Of the nation.
ht lndl Ht knew tnlt u
Gulf States sereded they would be encourage,
| by all the dcspOtisms on earth. If the rebel
| lion triumphs, our children would see the las
vestige of free, republican institutions on I'll
continent. lie would do everything In hi
power to save the kcpublic, or die In the at
tempt; "and," s.id he, "if fall, let me fal
! in the public streets and be buried under tn
pavcments, and LIT the assassins Of my coun
ty's liberty tread upon me until some ayenge
arse to restore the liberty of my native land.
Cfall the men In the Union cause, Andrew
johnson was his file leader; and he believe
thpt Tennessee, under his guidance, would soo
he fully represented in Congress. Indeed, h
thought that the time would soon come whr
every star which had wandered would be Drougll
back into the glorious constellation. We woul
are Virginia and South Carolina made into
Union sandwich, of which North Carulin
would he the ham and mustard. We w0ul
see the Confederacy divided into four parts, b
the Mississippi and by the armies of Rosecran
and Hunter uniting. The Confederate natio
would then he very inviting to foreign nation
when II desired TO enter into alliances and max
treaties.
After finishing his remarks, Secretary sewar
introduced General Martindale, who In a clea
and distinct voice made brief but patriot
speech. He congratulated the people upon I'll
promptness with which they obeyed the recsr
militia call. lie hoped that an emergenc
would not arise which would require their sc