Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-05

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UNION LEAsUE- Weekly Neetin0.-Ths regu-
IL p%siS s a.. e hs 1cssSi q NTH
street. Mr.. J. Btown presided.
eight o'clock gTscis;' the &c ChsII%sn
ono Of the Representatives from California. He
said: Your chairman saw at to introduce me as
an object OF eurloslty-a speaker from California.
We arc very different in QUE attach ments tow ards
w SS% ye them an Soa %orthS sSsIr si,Ss
ton. The people whO now have control OF that
state are a generation that were born and reared
we're yours their dead kindred lie buried In your
6hurchyards, and their kindred 60 up and down
His old home was in the East; the earliest mo-
ments Of his life and the dawning Of his under
standing he received in the East. When his mem.
DRY goes back to times, seasons and places familiar
70 his boyhood they were golden moments Of his
life. That s what att ches California TO the East.
ern states that IL what makes California a. loyal
As any State in this Union, Before this generation
shall pass away another bond shall bind US stu
SoSST ,hs IN ,b line o. sos an
shores together in one bond Of brotherhood. But
this 10 not the theme now.
Before the great argument that 10 being worked
out now is with artillery, musketry and soldiers:
battle, in yhioh the Union arms triumph, Il not
riaced and the ieid OF battle Is drenehed with the
best hi cd ofthe Union, but then 10 Is ono blow
struck upon that hard crust that seems 70 have
etratcd except by hard-fought battles, To-day the
mind Of the loyal IN every State IL full OF pre-
the true issue Of the war looking TO conclusion,
hence battles have got to be fought until the pre-
Is relieved OF these prejudICes God viii not allow
turiss.
this great calamity That Ia half told ard half
realized now. We must assemble together a. one
lind It e fer the salvation ofthls Union. Men and
money getting seems TO DO the great predominant
Idea , OF ,Ssv American ps,SSp they al desire 70
the midst Of stern, bloody, desperate, fAvAginE
war The predominant question seems to b.,
what has been done after three years Of war and
thes.criice 1.-TWO hundred thousand our friends
this war they had bright hopes OF the future and
golden seasons, and Opportunities seemed 10 well
up 10 their nntieipAtions Of the future.
But their lives have been cut OF, and they have
gone down bathed in blood, and in this awful
havoc Thousands Of lives have been expended; yet
the Legislature of the nation has not given the
to the people. slavery is the sole cause OF all
this, and no man dare deny II. Until slavery 10
wiped out there VIII be no peace. with thi. faot
and you will find men that oannot reconcile them
selves to the idea as the conclusion OF this matter
age have got to be set free. He then spoke OF the
amendments 10 enrolment act Of 1861, paused carly
IN lnt ptehtnN ~ iOnkteaht and alluded to
the compensatipg Of slave owner Tor slaves taken
as soldiers he said he did not believe In the Gov
Crnment OF the United states acknowledging the
institution Of slavery anywhere, and no such pro-
vision should have Been put into that law.
He then spoke Of the opposition this law had
met In Kentucky, the interview the State author
itles had with the President on the subject, and
concluded on this point that our Government
when these slaves shall be set free, and their own
ers will not get single cent Of compensate
The masters are in deOt to them. Kentucky 10
under conviction OF this fact and each OF the rest
of those States Missouri has had her trial, Della
ware stands righ', and gallant little Maryland IL
slavery from her soil. The spirit IL working In
Kentucky, and In 1855 she will vote away her
This inquiry is often made, and he repeated Il
again, " What will we do with this great mass OF
humanity when 1t becomes free !" He was not
line Of that classic country and got part OF his edu-
cation there. He would A.bwer the question part
of RS TIy s viii sG &c %s snS hs
What, IN Gods name, have they ben doing all
this time, What has been the boast OF the sfatei
Representatives gathered here in these halls
Mr.. Hammond, OF South Carolina, in a speech in
ing OF divided country, and that there might be
war grow out OF the agitation OF the slavery ques-
ton between The North and South, .,a while Civ.
lated 10 the southern States said that ne laborine
CldtS ofhe South are sldrsi The negroes, II they arc
and their masters viii have to ascend TO the dignity
Of labor. The master gives no support to IN,
to guide HIM he Is born slave, and kept In bond
age by his fsllow-man, who pretends to swn him
aud lNbors for him under fear Of manIels, the iet
tes and the lash. Strike of these Instruments O
bsrberism, and the freed slave would mere thar
double and treble the wealth that he wsuld do II
Whist will we DO with the slave when he be-
comes Tree Better ask what will we do with tbs
@po Labor The great NoS made 20 Of aSuH
and that iS what has given 1t its power One o.
the frat lessons given TO man is "lu the sweat O
thy brow shalt thou earn bread,n He who triO
to avoid labor Ia lets than man.
The speaker deprecated the idea OF short war
he said the rebels woui light on with desperation
until forced to let their Institution go. Time hal
got to be taken and % viii ne;
tlment In the North. We need not look for ohildi
play in nreinia; the rebels win nsht yet with dss
fascination with them, their sole idol, tn cir all
When this war ends We will nnd all this Ian,
upon with so much pleasure and pride-upon whio
so many men who have fallen upon the battle
Held looked upon in their dying momsnts-wil
wave over It, Every man, no matter what hi
color may be, will be free, and we will again EMO
our free Institutions, rsclperatsd and fsnovSte
brave fathers, brothers and husbands.
MEETINGS To-HIGHT.-The anniversary @
the FreedmAn'l Relief Association Of the DiItric
OF Columbia will be held at the Union League hal
on Ninth street, this evening at 9 o'clock. Az
dresses VIII ne made by senator Wilson, eN Gov
Boutwell,, Judge Kelley, and DR.. Hedge.
The Kansas Union Club will hold 4 meeting q
No. S7S PennsylvAAiA avenue.
special meeting Of the committee on Voluntee
enlistment will be held al the Council Chamber
CITY Hall.
FOUNDRY CHURCH FAR.-The fair at TIL
church, corner Fourteenth and @ streets, opene
last night, under the most favorable auspices, q
houSh the ladies have not yet completed their a
Tangements. The room was comfortably hIlet
and the ladies are determined to make II q plsAl
ant place Tor social and friendly meeting. W
noticed Iprinkling OF gallant oficera and soldier
in the throng. The object to which the proceed
of the fair are to be appropriated II the enlArg
ment of the church to double Its present capacity
1his worthy object will commend itself TO all OF