Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-01

has long delighted to honor and res pect.
He will speak TO you tonight, and 1 mead
not bespeak your attention to what he ma V
offer. introduce 70 you the Hon. Salmon
P. Chase, late Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Chase, on cOzning forward, was re-
eeived with immenHe enthusiasm, the ap-
plause lasting for several minutes. He
spoke as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS:
Mara than forty uaors afs., -, a {; ;,.ai ataaro-
er that ever hoated on your lakes came to
anchor off what was then the town ol
/ Clev veIand, and from it a little boy was
sent ashore to find his way to q school in
The central portion of the State. Ever
/ since then, boy and man, he has drawn in
with his breath the spirit which has made
| Ohio what it is, and he is indebted to the
schools and freeInen of Ohio for all he is.
/ That boy stands before you tonight Tgreat
/ spplause] 20 thank you for the confidence
which you have felt in him, and to express
| hehOpe, which that confidence gives him
some grounds for holding, that he has been
| in some measure serviceable to the State and
to the Republic, and that if he has nOt-been
so, it has not been for the want Of honest
purpose, and earnest effort, to do all which
he could do for our common country. EAp-
plause.l
/ come before you to-nightto speak of the
things which engage all hearts and minds
| I cannot hope to offer a single new thought,
/ or TO suggest single motive not already
before you. But l have thought it is we'll
in this canvass to add line upon line and
preeept upon precept, IN speaking of the
/ things which concern the salvation of the
Republic. I can only hope to excite in
your minds some more ardent end earnest
desire to fulfil your whole duty or this most
! im portant occasion
THE GRANDEUR OF OUR FREB ELECTION.
The first thought that suggests itseIf to
NE is the very fact that in the midst of
/ civil war so gigantic as this is we are able
| 70 conduct such a canvass. In no former
1 age, on no former occasion, was such
/ spectacle ever witnessed. Nowhere else
/ upon the globe is such q spectacle posi- Bile
| that of holding any election in State or
republic embroied in civil war. We are
about to elect whether we shall continue
the administration which has conducted
the war for the past three years and half
for four years more. The people meet and
discuss quietly and calmly whether or not
| they shall make change. 1t fills me with
gratitude to think that I am citizen of
republic n which so great a spectacle is
possible. [Applause.l
THE CANDIDATES.
The next question which presents itself
is this: What is our duty in the pending
canvass2 In order to answer this question
let US ascertain who are the candidates be-
fore US, on what grounds they are
presented and by whom they are sup
ported. You all know that there are two
parties in the field, with two sets of caudi-
dates-the great Union party, with Lin
coin and johnson for its nominees for Pres
ident and Vice President, and the 0pposi-
ton party, which presents General Nc
Clellan aud our fellow citizen, Mr.. Pendle-
ton. These are the two parties and the
people are to elect whether or not Mr.. Lin
coin, with his character and Judgment, is
to be preferred TO Gen. Mcclellan, with his
character and experience In making these
choices, people are Influenced by far differ
some by this reason, some ty that. But
in every great canvass, questions ara pre-
sented of such tren endous importance
that we almost forget the candidates in
thinking of the cause. And now what
do the candidates represent. Both clai
to he for the Union2 The convention at
Baltimore, as you Will remember, declares,
with a elearness which there is no nnistak-
ing, that its object is to preserve the IN
ion of the states, and to restore and main
tain the rritorial integrity of the repub-
lie. The Chicago convention also claims
to be for the Union under the ConsGitu-
lion"-and their candidate saws in his let
ter that he, too, is for the "Uniou under the
Constitution "with all possible constitu-
tional guarantees 10 the states now in re-
bsllion." At first blush there doesn't
seem to be much difference between the
two parties. But when we come to eonsid-
er the matter more narrowly, good deal
of difference is palpable to me, and shall
endeavor to make it palpable to you.
THE UNION PARTY FOR THE UNION.
There is no mistaking the position of the
Union party. Its very name defines its po-
sition. No one doubts that Mr.. Lincoln is
sincerely, earnestly in favor of the mainte-
nance of the Union Of the States. No one
doubts that all that he can do will be done to
preserve that Union. [Applause. No one
doubts that with his consent noton tot or
one title of the soil of the American Re-
public shall pass from under the American
flag. TGreat applause And need hard
Iy say that no one doubts Andy JOhnson's
patriotism. [Renewed applause.l He has
been tried in the ire of party and of perss-
cution, and has not been found want.
ing. Loud and continued applause. i
Nor is there any doubt about the
position of their supporters. No
one accuses the Union men of the country
of q disposition to give up one jot or title
of American soil. Among all the ACCUSE
this has not been made. They have united, |
willing to forget all former political differ |
enees in their resolution never to give up |
the Union. rApplause.J This has been so |
everywhere. In the slave States the Union |
men have been willing to do the most and |
suffer the most for the old flag for which their |
fathers fought. [Applause.l Never did |
men suffer so much for their political faith, |
hardly ever for their religious faith,-as |
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they are all with US. They all unite in the |
support of Lincoln and Johnson. 1t is so /
in the slave States which have not seeded. |
No doubt rests upon the purpose of every /
Union man to restore the Union at every |
sacrifice, and never to allow the rebellion |
to succeed in alternating a single Citizen or
q single foot of soil from the American re-
public [Great applause.] The intentions |
Of the candidates, the platform, and the |
people, of the Union party, are equally un-
mistakable.
TEE OPPOSITION NOT THE DEMOCRACY;
And now what is the position of the
opposition-who call themselves, by no 1
titieth 1 know Of, the DemOcrstic-parJy. |
Veal know that it is notthe old Democratic
party, Itsleaders are not the old Democratic /
leaders. Most of those who led it in former
times arc now beyond Mason and Dixon's
line, fighting to maintain the rebellion, /
and most of its Northern leaders are nowin
tho rank and file of the Union party. But
this party is opposed to Mr.. Lincoln. 1t
has right to be, if it is so on fair and
legitimate grounds, and opposes his election
with fair and legitimate means.
"rHE UNION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
They declare for "the Union, unCer the
Constitution" What do they mean by this
limitationS I became familiar with this