New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-10
OUR COUNTRY, NOW AND FOREVER.

OUR COUNTRY, NOW AND FOREVER
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PLEDGED TO MAINTAIN THE NATIONAL UNITY.
MAS p. IN. the meeting was called to order by JAS.
KELLEY, esq who nominated Chairman Of the
meeting
ELLIOT c. CowpIv. who on taking the chair, said;
FELLOW CITIZENS: Ny first duty is to thank you iof
tie honor conferred on me Ivaue as II deserves the
high compliment Of being called TO preside over so s'
an ssseubaae of Ioval citizens and unionloyins men,
who KNOW no section but their country and 10 plat
form but the Constitution and the laws Ulcers lhis
great eaheding is happy auguy oi thc qSep i.V' WY
entertained 70 the speedy success OF me none 'sv VIC
an have az heart-tho cause of the Unioni Ms fcsofa
ton; its preservation; its pcfeiniy lrlcM
arplause.l The Government bong derived from rom
Tie people. the people must watch over aoN
,rotost H. Every man has a trust imposed upon
lima duty 10 perform and owes II 20 himself ana TO
lis country iightully 10 fulfil thai trust-eorle,sy 20
rertorm that duty Our institutions. thank God are
none Of the Medcs and Persans stamp We have no
laws that cannot De rcpcaeG-no Constitutions HAT
cannot be moulded to existing wants, hut while they
eYist We must stand by them ut every hazard cheers
md maintain them al every sacrifice. Appliance 1t
is not enough ihat We pay our take ana i,
,he GoyeremcBt with alacrity The Consttu'
tion cannot protect itself. for it is N fact
bu. piece OF parchment unless sustained b! the
let ne than invoke all good citizens 10 unite heart and
hand in restoring the Constitution to lis practical AG'
D.nsirsiiop aid Just supremacy throughout ID. Whoe
ud Cheers And let all other issues take care Of them
selves and abide The fortunes OF way. These shan We
speedily emelse IRON. this tefrile conflict purer nobcf
vis.r and become d. tie future The past LlaicG
and happy people. Loud applause.J GenteIacn VIII
not detan you longer. have the honor Of presenting
10 you the oraio~ q. tae evening gentleman VINO J
am happy 10 say has the whole evening him.clt ard
Will occupy it wisely and well present 10 yon tie
distinguished statesman Of Maryland the Hon. Henry
Winter Davis l'rconged anG enthusiastic applause
Mr. DAVIS said. Fellow citizens Of tie United states
fCheers A wear ego 10 the prophetic OF NJ Seymour
great Conservative power commenced 10 grow IN the
land like the tree OF Tie prophets vision which Was 10
spead its arms until they covered the whole earth and
IN the branehes thereof the birds to ind place
for their nests year has passed by and that plant
Aas proved 10 be OF tle passing nature 81 u, Iopt
soulG The high hopes that then inspired TIE genie
wen who had carried the great Central states Of TIC
Union are now Lot 50 brightly colored, Their sue
cess has been their ruin They attained the OPP
IoriGni;y Of WELDING the power Of great STATES
which put their pradence 10 sleep, and allowed TO
escape from them the real purposes and views which
they had been successful before the people III sqiins
Since their advent 10 power the riots Of New OH have
Illustrated who II Teioslble FOR the origin OF TIE war
Loud cheers That is topic which IN New ors
STATE We have long since ceased 10 discuss observe
here our opponents consider IL topic tormentlng 10
their political antagonists one Which may even yet de-
lude fcu and 10 which therefore, they yet d.
rect their datribes. Now. upon this have had no
hesitation from the beginning lie party ray II Is the
South that is responsible 70. the war; another party
say is tie North; and II our political opponents mink
Ia, tley car make anything by the admission l am
willing 10 admit that the North is responsible for tie
war-Trsponsibe for the because without the war
The nation integrity could not have been maintained,
he national honor could lot have been preserved
sulied the men Of the North could not have
avoided humiliation lapplause) But II oar Opponents
wish TO press the question little further back. shall
IeIea, y declaration that the North IS still upon dlher
eui grounds responsible Tor the war They 10 annex
e 1enGs, they who repealed tie Missouri ComPolse
fiey Who supported the Border HUMANS IN h iAsas
llef Mo Struggled 10 IA TIC upon al uIN IiNN
people Of The Iccompon Constitution he! WI" urifd
a us.iortv tie y.f 70 establish such govern
ikey rred upon heir territory they WHO during
long wears accepted ever Limitation upon The Consuil-
lion which the dominant party OF The south thought
necessary 70 tie preservation Of iheif aris"cTWlc pow
and at the dctaiOn OF these men !ald oesti woe
regions Of the ConstitLtion-plaeed there D.! our
fathers for benctt-the men who dId
that are responsible for the war iApllaus'.J
Bgt for the seymours and the Woodsards
l. Troi EN- ont but for the Nalandiehains n.d ihc
Woods .hisses whore would the war b. But ioi thst
great ca,s of Northern gentlemen Who taught the south
iit nothing that cOuld be ashed would be refused thhi
no Humiliation was too low: that no ieTfiyersH"h "as
too abrupt and Illuminating 10 oay their iasoIOu1 iol
The men who taught them that ihey hed the northern
party that was with them al their beck and pOwef-Dut
ior them. there could have been no war. lAHmuseI.
But for the who joined james Buchanai Ia decai
Ing that the Constitution had lett the GoteiHment
tHwerlcss the face Of an armed enemy! there ooud
have be-, no But for the deluslon spread woe
over tie Land that the beginning ~ the war III NE
south would be the be ginning o! the war IN ne NoTt
there could have been But for this declaration
thai tie whole body Of the men who lad been acting
with tie South would have continued 70 shield them III
the day ~ battle you would have had no war. lAP
pause Ave and with all those things you would have
had 10 war had il not been for another and much more
respectable class Of indyidnals gentlemen WHO rom
mistaken sense % sympathy iOI what they supposed 70
be the weaker side conceded with the gentlemen whom
have described ia yeis different terms, WHO went IT,
the brink and stepped back before they leaped such
men as Gen. John COchTane and Gen. Logan but Tor
tie cOgi,ensnce Of those gentlemen WHO lent respech
hty % what would otherHise would have been trans
ta,eut and wretched bargain FOR yOwer-but for them
Tie south could have been 20 mlsed ht 0hup"se
that the great Northern people would ever De cOiehito
so1 the errng sisters TO 20 Ia peace. These are NY
views respecting the origin ofthe war And how shall
be ended By iorcei Who VIII make ~ By coinln"-
mse Who viii propose terms Of COMPROMISE An
srin.siice, They who suggest that Suggest that we
slouG uarayze the national arm and leave defence
lees ~ it, enemies. Peace blessed ana gracious
peace Men Of the United states that beauty IS to be
sought across the battlefield. lApplauseJ There are
asayed in who did not 80 70 the battlefield 10
play Hey went there 70 efectuae the PuiIoses % n
long NE. reso!ately bent on ,aunph %" '", On
union On any o terms og'ea can r S% with
Independence. lApplaase.l Submission sub
mission with arms IL tlriT hands. Even az iH'' II"
now driven from great regOns OF Territory c"oPd UP
within tie space Of i've siates instead Of eleven many
Of their armies disoIganlcf many Of their OIIesses
taken dying almost cf the necessities Of life. ~ them
Submission with army in the field is "a thing not 20
be talked Of not be dreamed Of If there be people
IN then midst that contemplate submission, the leaders
Of The Rebellion viii turn on them with one amy WINE
they ward YOU of with the other army. II tAeTe De
ieope N LS0r oi submission their voice - diI'eb
down their throat they dare not utter ~ hoy have
not ,he power 10 make 1t ehectual II the. could
Ind words. And re for the leaders, ihet hirrtK
Tor empire and destruction with them u tie only
alternative Arms yourselves men Of America, With
teni0d power for you sti have before you 10 clidB
pay but hard blows end elsanguined heds ana 1t IS
on! scToss them that peace Is 20 be sought lApp.duse
are you under the delusO that there are Union men al
NE Soa'h' Certainly there are some Do you suppose
mat MAJORITY Of any Southern State II the question
were eit to morrow between Independence and reunion