Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-09

his friend, 81 have had dreadful dream !''
"Did you dream of death?" "Worse than
that" "Did you dream of the devil ?"
"Worse than that" "Well, then, what did
you dreamY' II thought was back in the
state Of Maine" (Great laughter) That
class of people can never be defeated |
am .i,ua sorry to say it, l am an unwilling
witness. Here
civilization has found its last resting place
There is no place to which to go back; civil
cation knows no reorganization, it has no re-
fluent wave. The people of the south in the
single state of Virginia would never employ
the necessary physical power to redeem that
exhausted soil. Nobody will say, after my
discourse closes, that have been very eulog-
istlc to the south, but seriously, in the pre-
sence OF my God, in the exercise of the best
capacities that-I know how to employ, say
to my friends of the south, however gallant
and chlYalric, and persevering may be their
struggle in the field, all history will be false,
all analoges fallacious, every promise to the
human race an absurdity, if this people who
have conquered the barren east and conquer
ed the ocean, and are willing to conquer all
circumstances Of prvation, shall not own the
whole Of this continent before this country
exnires. cloud and continued applause.)
John Van Buren, spoke upwards of an hour
IN defence of the mann object Of the meeting
and in the spirit of the reSOlu tons. The adj
mlnistratiOn had done many things which he
disapproyed. Congress had closed its session
by making the president in effect Dictator
But he desired above all things the end of this
rebellion. While che was convinced that
justice demanded that the whole power of the
country should be lodged by congress in the
hands of the president, he would bow in ST.
lence, whether he approved or not" He al
alluded to his own relations to the democratic
party, about which he had received various
recent admonitions. He thought on the whole
that party was sound and loyal, but it was yet
to be tried. "They may, as in 1913, go wrong;
but they will find the proper road and be all
right. As tar as he was concerned, however,
he thought it was about time to get out of the
car and foot it; and whether he would stop
the car and get in again was a matter for flu
ture thought. loud cheers and laughter
In any way, however, he was for vigorous
prosecution Of the war and for sustaining the
government in a general assault in every
stronghold of the rebellion. and in ninety days
the people would be astonished at themselves
Tor ever believing that it had such wonderful
strength as they have supposed"
Several letters were received from distin-
guished men, among which was the following
from secretary Seward =
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, }
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1868
To the honorable George OpdyEe and OH
erS, NeV York :-Gentlemen: thank YOU for
your invitation to the meeting to be held on
the 9th Inst, designed to resolve itself into a
loyal league OF Union citizens, and | deeply
regret that public occupations here prevent
my acceptance. pray that my name may be
enrolled In that league. | would prefer that
distinction to any honors that my fellow citi-
zens could bestow upon me. 1t the country
lives, as L trust it will, let me be remembered
among those who abored to save it. If Prov
Idence could dlSdppoint the dearest hopes of
mankind let noe my name be found among
those who proved unfathtul.
subscribe to your proposed resolutions in
their exact letter and in their right loyal and
e"f"'-'''s sP'~is' rrouid reserve natl,;.,--
whatever from the sacrllce Which may be re-
quired by the country. He that preterreth
himself, his fame or his fortune, his friends,
his father, his mother, his wife, his child, his
party or his section, above his country is not
worthy to be citizen of the noblest and pest
country that God has ever suffered to come
into existence. No one of us ought to object
when called upon to reatffm his devotion to
the Union, however, Internationally. L
would cheerfully renew the obligations OF
denty to it every day and every hour, in
every place at home and abroad, as often as
any citizen should question my loyalty, or as
often as the renewal of the obligation on my
part should seem likely to confirm and
strengthen any other citizen in his patriotic
Restitution The re-alfirmltion is wholesome
for ourselves, even If it influence no one
else. [ am, gentlemen, your obedent SER
want. VIM. IL. SEWARD.