East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-02-24


you you must not have any party and
yet appoints several thousand tax assess
sors and commissioners all over the
United States, exclusively of one pnliti-
cal party; who finds it necessary To az.
rest aud lncarceratc in eve y portion of
the United States democrats. IL lac
does not want any party let him put one
republican in prison by way OF showing
MS impartiality.
The President Of the United States
csnnot rescue hinscH FROM the impnIa
ton of party politics who rcmuves from
the command uf the army Mcclellan,
ano who never yet has been abla or
dared to assign IA reason for doug 1t
who not only gave him no other con.
mani, but ighomiuotsly orders hiu, tu
the rear, thus nOtoriouslv dcpriving the
public of his services, and for what
raid To you three mouths ago tonight
that 1t WAS not wise or prudent To pass
upon the acts of the administration at
ali without giving il - chance Ia he
heard, and that should wait aad hear
what the reason was for the remoya, OF
Mcclellan, and have waited for three
Il IL
assigned forit.
The President ~ the United States
who removes gnl.int and glorious sol
dier like Fitz John Porter, and restores
Tom Ford, must not come AMI tell rs
that there - no party in this thing, aud
that democrats must comhineln supper.
at tho administration, AMI prosecute ,he
war to oyeTturn the institutions If the
South, aud To- deny their own notions of
constitution and law. wO3't say it is
childish in ;hc President, lie might
order me arrested. Ii ~ an indictahle
ofense TO hiring the government into
contempt, and il is miracle TO me how
Lincoln has escaped Indictment so long
But, gentlemen, | have detained you n
great deal longer than / intended. 1t
10 10 O'Clock and must go home. ]
don't know what YOU do.
Mr.. Van Buren, then adverted briefly
~ the necessity of having a united
democratic organization m this city, and
Ealing upon tie party to leave both the
Tammany and Mozart factions and
TO unite as one political party. We
could only have success in this way,
and it would be better for ALL II had
east his last vote for any man nominated
by either the Mozart or Tammanr FAC
tions. The leaders Of ,hcsc organiza.
tions should come together as Que party.
lie then concluded as follows:
And now let me say one word to you
In conclusion; for AIN not one of those
who despairs of the Republic | say
that twenty millions substantial free
people, every man. woman and child OF
whom knows that he or she is living
under the best government that was
ever devised, with a prosperity TIL
within little while, unbounded, a free.
dom-thou2h locally and partially inter
rupted-greater than ever WAS known
in government before, unusual happi
ness, extraordinary position in the
world, and We only an infant republic
say twenty millions of free and Ell.
lightened people, who have this gov
eminent ut stake, viii not allow it e.
perish ] DO not care what may be the
feeling of Interested and infatuated men
do not caro- how cXasperatcd the ar
mics in the fed may be- though un
derstand, no matter how bloody may
be the battles in which they are cG
gagged, half an hour after the battles
are ended you cannot tell the opposing
forces apart they eat together, talk
together, their pickcts live aud Joke to
geiher, give each other notice when an
other battle is To be fought, and, per
haps, renew the battle tue next day ir
the same bloodthrsty manner, to max,
peace and make friends together agar
in the sate cordial way atnight. Nov
this, one day or other, do not know
when--tl.e past ASSOCIATION that has ex
listed between us, The present substan
tial prosperity that we enjoy, the won
derful future that is before us, thu grra
Republic that we are holding up to III,
admiration OF the civilized world, ar,
inducements tha. must compel the set
Element of those difficulties and tn,
restoration of the / lion and tue tutur,
happiness of this people. In that faitl
] am always ready to do anything iha
may contribute to the peace OF liz
country, TO make any sacrifice OF my IN
dividual time, or means, or e&erlio2s t
promote peace between the diiieren
members OF the Confederacy AMI To re
ptore the Union, determined only 4
submit to nothing that may bc disgrace
ful To us as a government, aud ye
equally determined to advocate every
thing, no matter what may I've the ha2
ards attending it, that promises tn re
store the ancient prosperity aud homo
of the United States Ut America.
Mr.. Weeds Reply 10 Rev. Ncnr