Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-25

city of New York their General Burnside isses) ans
here in the name of this assembly thousand and tens
OF thousands inside and outside, request the Admins
tration to give General Burnside this district for bis
command Tremendous cheers with groans and Kisses
for Burnside And if this conflict must come, if the
revolution must commence, want the powers that be
70 try their hands upon Us. Uproarious cheers) Eel
low-ctlzens may have uttered tie language Of trea
BOD. daughter. $50 o." "No."0 / certainly said
more than the lapgua uttered by our amented and
glorious friend, V allandigham who was struck down
Tor II. lCheers for Vallandigham) l may be the
most glorious martyr upon the altar of nv country
CNo0 ask your attention and quiet for moment
till relate you an anecdote of Gen. Washington
When young man, he was as we all know, planter
upon the Potomac river He had large and fine plan
tation, and had neighbor who owned an adjoining
plantation, with whom he had dispute about the
boundary line between the two His neighbOr was q
tyrannical, despotic resolute That's Abe."l
He probably cnnceived that he was the owner of the
disputed boundary, but Washington honest resolute
desirCus of infringing on the rights of others finally
believed that the title TO the disputed line was in him
self.
One day he walking with bis faithful servant bv
his side, and in these times my friends it the prac-
tce to go these large areas comprising thousands
OF 1e5, with armed servant Suddenly be found
himself right the disputed boundary, and before him
bis emmy, the claimant The claimant stood before
him. holding rife in his hand, and he says to Wash
ingtoD "Sir, 60 back don't you closs that Ine"-
Says Washington, calmy, II will cross it," The enc
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cross that line | will kill you" Washington coolly
turned to his servant and SAID John do you hear what
that man says? John, intend to cross that line
When be takes aim you take aim, and John, when he
shoots me do you shoot him" laughter Now, my
friends, the application that make is this when one
of your ttow citiz ns be it the humble individual
before you any other one shall be taken in the dis
charge of his rights aid in the maintenance of bis
do you strike DOVE the tylant. Loud applause and
cheers MI friends am opposed to this war because
il ia n aitu So E,VPn aGm ito
gaty ard constlutonaiy, admitting that it is really
presented for toe purpose of Union admitting that
there has been Of these encroa hments upon our
rights admitting that the Administration had done
nothing but what they were empowered to do, and
what it best for them to do-1s,y it is failure
that we have undertaken what c>nuOt perform. No
revolted people that have kept independent Govern
ment for twelvemouth have yet been suhiugated
and purely agricultural people in the protection of
their domestic rights have yet been suhiugated
since the world was founded
Even laying history aside, tie history of this two
years shows that whilst we are brave and deter
mined, whilst we have thrown our best spirit and en-
7rgIes, and an unlimited amount of treasure into
his contS whilst our have fought as men never
ught before, yet we have only gained defeat humiia
ing to sectional pride, destructive to all our mate
al Interests, aud annlhiatng to every Sc rt of liberty
Jandor should compel to admit before the civilized
world that have been beaten and cannot succeed in
What we have undertaken, and appealing to the same
common sense principle that you and / would appeal
In every affair OF life when we cannot succeed
is prudent and wise, honest and ennobipg to admit
ur failure, aud that we must back down from our DO
ltlon. Now, my friends, | could 20 on-t' 60 on" Il
somebody in the audience became Objectionable, and
here were cries to put him out'O I could detain
Gu here for another twelve months had I the physical
nd intellectual power to do it, to give you reasons why
e should declare for peace, and therefore let us all
mite IN this glorious enterprise let US sve our coun
y, even what lett of it, before it is totally DESTROY
| and lost forever. tCheers) Let US declare for
7ace and let US declare that the party or the man who
ivocate the prosecution Of this war is false to the
emocratic creed, and should be cast out from among
as Democrats. (Slight cheering) :