New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-28

those of Mobile and Atlanta viii pronounce the
doom finally and irrevocaby Of the Rebellion--the
worst and greatest that occurred sDce the arc
angel fell from Heaven Cheers.J
Col. RUSH c. HAWKINS then read the list OF Vice
Presidents which was adopted;
The Hon. JoHS H. WaIIE read the resolutions. which
were unanimously adopted;
The PRESIDENT introduced the Hon. MONTGOMERY
BLAIR who spoke AS follows;
Speech OF THE HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
FELLOW CITIZENS; IL | ever doubted that
my heart dictated to the right course feel here To-
night, by the response which you have kindly given 10
the favorable remarks which have fallen ron
the chairman that / have not mistaken the
popular heart-tllt the road 10 true honor
and the affections of the people * at all
fee everything tie popular cause. Applause some
of my fTiends-verv good friends indeed--have qnes'
toned the kindness Of the President 70 me
in debating my resignation under the circumstances
Of the country. Let me tell You, NY friends that the
President has at least the support Of those who are
nearer 10 than any other people on this earth re
tired hy the recommendation Of my father 20 the
President of the United States. tLond cheersl he
has passed that period in life when ITS huinors us re-
wards or It's gories have any charm for him. lie looks
back only aud forward only to the grandeur
Of this nation, ami the happiness oil the peop'e
who are growing up under the CONSTITUTION ana
the Union and he would not permit n son OF hls 10
stand in The way of the conscrpon and the support OF
she LOYAL and patriotic chief magistrate who now Leads
on to suocessnot for anything that TINS earth couia
assure you did not intend to have made TIE slightest
auson 10 insignificant person ~ the one who is
addressing YOU tonight. This call commands my whole
heart, and mere man OF meu have any
share in the consideration OF this hour (Appause.
We debate the questions Of The war-lhe Peace
and the Mon They all the immediate issues 10
be decided hy your votes in the election Of President
and people that lived held greater stake 10 be
secured lost 10y bringing sound Judgment uuswerNed
by passion or prejudice, TO weigh the momentous DE-
cisOn In the grave discussion pending throughout the
country and involving the fate Of the greatest and best
balanced Republicans Commonwealth that ever existed
yielding during almost century Of ulal. the most be
MI sus ever spTinkiDg from ans government ana
crownng this Continent with glory, sha only bring
into simple and recert facts that bear upon and
ought in seems 10 me 10 influence the Nations Will The
il the great event that engrosses the deepest m
terest, not alone OF the people Of this country
hut of all civilized Europe. What was its be.
giBningi Tie Chicago Convention noninee for
the Presidency in presenting himself as lite
candidate declares the preservation Of our Union
was the sole a,owed object for which the war was com
menced.' IL this gentlemen IN taking his new attitude
towards the traitors who commenced TINS war IN
co<iousy accommodating himself 10 their tone OF feel
he fact Bat ns Re ~ NH t. g ~ % w:
the sole avowed object for which they commenced
this war; Does he wish n Danish the remembrance
that buchanan. when he became the nominee of the
Cincinnati Cony ention pledged himself through his
AtOrneyienernl 10 secure tie secesSlonltt3 vote IN
that body thus: whittier thou goost WIZ go-"leTe
thou lodgest VIII lodgethy people shan be my people
and thy od my God" II Buchanan was never true to
anything ese lie has been true 20 treaso1able en-
His nTst movement was - M aghlhet Nun
SAL In which the power of the government wac as
socinted with snch myrmidODs az Buiord ard TITUS,
who brought their Southern levs 10 assist the border
ruans OF Missouri drive out Free State settlers aud
give fhe State 10 Slavery Here the tTst blood
was shed in this OWL Murders of Northern men
were committed by the secrrt Society called the Golden
Circle not much in q spirit of cruelty or revenge as
20 alarm and expe from the South the whole body OF
migrants whose presence In the south might nDarss
the contemplated overthrow Of tbe Nationa Govern
ment The bodies Of such victims, denounced at MO
lonists we're hung up in errOrum along the railroads
and by the riverside in view OF plssengers. Inc bo'I
shed in Kansas in war for the conquest OF aregioh
making the highway N the Pacific, for the pur
pose Of anne,ing with it New Mexico and California
10 the Slave states preliminary 20 the conquest OF
all Mexico and thus completing the golden circle
around the Gulf. With this object, hbustering at
tempfs made cotemporaneour with the
seizure " Kansas and both had the countenance o
Pachansns administration. The most direct and
overt aets Of treason in conuexion with the con
spirators Of the South az this early period. were
tue frauds and force employed 20 compel Kansas TO De
come Slave state An army under Harvey being sent
10 as.st in compelling the antslavery majority oil the
state 70 submit 10 the Iecompton tonstiutlo3. Inc
step in this OF Treason was the distribution OF
the arns Of the United States from all their nrsenas
and cannon foundres among the state sathoties favor
able 20 Secession. These preparations made the lead
Of the conspiracy in both branches OF Congress de-
nouneed against the Government over which Ian
colin MAS elected 10 preside. They let not day pass
without pronoancng speeches in the Capitol TO ire
the Southern heart and the three months session pre-
cedne Lincons Inauguration was uslered III ny Buchh
an with message, pTocIaming that 10 coercion could be
used az ans the nsHrpaon assuming state authority TO
break dOwn the Government Of the United states inns
presidential proclamation accompanied WITH he reno
val Of sry II the United States to remote frontier
under the command Of Gen. Iwiggs notorious
nullifer, wiki q view 10 It'd disbnndment ana the
sending our naval force into distant seas. Vas soon
followed lw the capture Of the forts and ships OF tic
United States in Southern harbors the customhouses
and post Offices. The Government mails ANA money!
arsenas aud munitions OF were every where taken
in the Secession States ard with these means III hand
and the military order armed ana provided from
the Government stores, they coerced state ater one
ont Of the Union where the people voted against inc
nro,osnl The sham conventions voting ordinances OF
accession were not in more than one sheiH
instance, returned by majority of thc iegal
sufFrages and not one Of these assemblies was
lerifinaiely conYoked. being called 70 subVert
The Constitution Of the Uni'ed States and coun
tenance the treason Of cOnspifnt0rs WHO lofcins
nut down the national power ciVl and nllnthrl WITHIN
ihier confines Was not this ware J his was IN Bu-
charan's time. IL wcs not the less war because ne
tainely and treacheT0nsly submitted toit Whea In
coin came in they fred from batteries built win the
connivance Of his predecessor to command Tie ana
forts Of the nation in It's harlors. upon the pubc YES
sells bringing provisions 70 the iori ana 10 ihhAe ,ne
war fragrant they poured red hoi shell INTO 1Drt sum
ter Illuminated the land and sea with The names
dragged down the flag. the ensign OF the hepumN
and its glory. emblazoIed with the constellation
II stGrs-tbe emblem of the Union that coptituted
the nalion-and took II as trophy OF INC conquest
for which the commenced. 10 was c0nn.Dceu
for the destruction not for tue preservation OF the
Union. General Mcclellan. by implication. having
charged President Lincoln with commencing tLo
war for the Union, thon' imputes dcrelicton To
him. IL should have been conducted" he adds, FOR
that object only and in accordance with those principles
which took occasion b. declare when IN active ser
vice." What were the principles he then took ocea'
sion 10 declare President Lincoln In the letter from
Harrison's Landing. 10 which he refersf They were;
First-"The Constitution and the Union must be pre-
served whaey may be the cost in time. treasure aud
blood" Now. the pence party 70 whom he drects MS
letter making this acceptance, eliminates the President
for following ont this portion ofthe Generals direction
S.coadThe rext direction ia. the Government must
determine upon civil and military policy covering the
whole ground Of national troubles" IL Is vcIy re-
rnarkabe that neither the Convention. In its platform
Nominating Gen. Mcclellan the Cen in acccptinG