Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-17
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Secretary Chase at CincinmatI-IIIs Speech
to the Citizens.

to the Citizens.
Hon. SALMON Z. CHASE, secretary of the
treasury, arrived at Cincinnati on Monday
last, on brief vacation visit, and was wei
coined most enthusiastically by an immense
crowd of citizens, who greeted him at the rail
road depot with savos of artillery and a grant
military and civic procession. The distin
guished visitor was then scort ed to the Bur
net House, where, notwiths standing heavy
rain. the crowd was considerably augmented
and bent on having speech. In a few mo.
ments Mr.. Chase appeared on the balcony,
and was greeted with lively cheering. He
said;
FclloW Citizens;-It will be with difficulty
that | can make myself heard, even by a
small portion of this vast assembly. When |
look upon this sea of faces, when have seen
my fellow citizens all through the state eager
to meet me, | ask mvself-what have done
to merit all this kindness? And when | look
back upon my career | find nothing in it, ex-
cept the very simple performance of very
plain duty. And, during all my past years
may say have only wanted to know what my
duty to the people was, and then to ask God
for courage to do it. (Applause.)
| have come among you, fellow -citizens on
a visit to my old home. remember the time
well, when where we now stand was simply u
great square, entirely unoccupied, save by a
man who has now gone to his last rest-Judge
Burnet. | used to come here as a little boy,
to play, and to see the Judge, for he was my
great man in those days. And now what do
l see? This proud city, with its splendid
architecture, with its beautiful churches, with
its crowded workshops, with its schools and
with all its means Of culture and development,
and with all its means OF diffusing prosperity
and happiness. And when | see all this pros
perity, all this cOntentment, in the past and
when | see all that is hoped for in the brilliant
future, ask, what has produced it? And the
answer comes at once to the lips: Intelli-
gent, free labor, the hands of the masses of
the people. And out of these same masses
have come those who have governed the
country in past time, and who are to govern
1t in time to come.
Now, fellow citizens, what has caused this
great trouble in the country? This simple
thing, and nothing else; the refusal of the
aristocracy Of the country to recognize the
right of the masses to govern them. (Great
appause.) But, fellow citizens, l tell you
the people will govern in spite of all the aris-
tocrats that can be crowded between the Ohio
and the Gulf. (Renewed applause.) The
time was, not very long ago, when we were a
united people. The time never has been when
We, here in Ohio, were not willing to do just
Ice to the last extent to the south. Why,
when | first left you here, went to the peace
conference at Washington. and what did we
do, radicals as they said we were? Why, we
asked these gentlemen of the south Just to
join in saying TO their people and to ours,
that there is nobody who wants to trench on
the constitutional rights of single state or a
single citizen. And we besOught them to join
us in doing what Kentucky and Illinois had
accommodated a national convention
and settle all the points between us. They
refused to do it. Why? Simply because they
had determined that the masses should not
govern this country; because they had deter
mined the slavery interest should govern, and
il they could not get that they would break up
the republic. After this refusal of theirs Mr..
Lincoln was inaugurated, and you all know
how lenient he was with them, that the great
est complaint was, that he was too gentle with
them. | suppose that he might have got
along IL little faster, but we labOred patiently
with them until the firing on Sumter, and
then came the struggle inevitably. We all
went to war, and my judgment is that when
a man has work to do he better go at it with
all his might. And, recently, we have gone
at it in dead earnest, and are making the reb-
els feel that they have strong and resolute
men to deal with (CheerS.) Sometimes
began to think that could not raise money
for paying all the troops, but somehow or
other we have got along, and the patience of
the people has held out. Now we have our
own gallant Ohio men holding the gate of
East Tennessee on one side, and another
holding the other end of that state. And I'M
der the lead of another Ohioan, Vicksburg
has fallen and the Mississippi is open. And
under the lead of still another, our guns are
being directed on Charleston, and very soon
her walls will be buried in the dust. cloud
Cheers.)
Then there are men from Ohio-soldiers
and leaders as well-who have sealed their
faith in this cause with their blood, or are now
in captivity to the rebels. When was boy
here, there was man with whom was asso-
ciated; | refer to General Lytle, a democrat
of this city. He gave us a gallant son who
grew in our midst, respected and endeared to
us; and when his country called he broke the
social ties that bound him and rushed to the
field, encountered the enemy bravely and fell
nobly in defending the honor of his country.
The last message he left us was to uphold the
cause. be faithful to the republic, see that the
government is maintained.
Now, fellow citizens, what have we to do :?
We have SIMPLY to go to work, each in our
places, and do our part. You would not have
seen me here to day, if l had not first taken
care to provide for the soldiers. (Great
cheers.) had paid off all the claims of eve
rybody and found the snug sum OF $25, 000,-
600 ahead, ready to pay the soldiers with on
the LIST of November; | therefore thought
had time to come here to vote. CHEERS }
Now, what have to do? Simply to vote for
John Brough (Great cheerS.) And see that
every man on the ticket gets as many votes as
he. More cheers.) Thus we will make a
record upon whichthe whole country will gaze
with admiration and pride; and | will tell
you that the gentleman waiting and watching
over the border, as well as those in the south,
will be vastly and gloriously disappointed.
(Great shouting and applause.)
And now, thanking you from the bottom OF
my heart for this unexpected reception, i
pledge you that whoever may fall you will find
one IN an who will always be true to the rights
OF the masses and the wishes of the people,
Mr.. Chase then withdrew to his room, annie
great cheering.
Tribute TO the Late George Summer.
Correspondence ofthe Y. Independent
The curtain has fallen at last on the career
of George Sumner, the most brilliant, accom-.