Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-30
Gen. Burnside In Chieage-What he ssv.
about Order No. 81. 's

Gen. BURNSIDE was in Chicago last Sstnr
dav on his way TO the scene of active duty
and was received by the Board of trade 7,
the evening he spoke at Bryan Hall, where be
was welcomed in a speech by DR.. BRA1yARn
who thus alluded to the Generals famous o.
der suppressing the Chicago Times:
1t has been our fortune in the discbarra
| of your public duties to incur the disnIeaspro
| of some who under the pretence of liberty of
| speech and liberty of the press have given aid
comfort TO the enemy. Prolonged cheeringI
/ For your conduct, sir, with reference TO such
we offer you our hearty thanks. IDeafeDing
| cheers And we cannot but believe that has
| the order you issued for the suppression of
| certain paper in this city been insisted on
| il would have resulted in change of topa
and conduct highly beneficial TO the country
and her cause. [Long continued chee-;ng.l
In his response Gen. BURNSIDE gave lis
! own views on the subject which..are interest
| ing, as the first expression made by him pub
| licly in reference to the order and its rcvoca-
| ton by the President. He said:
have never felt that there was anything
wrong done by me, unless | felt that had
| neglected to do something | ought to have
done; and l never afterwards felt that | had
that had done what was right. Cheers
Our friend had an occasion to refer to an act
OF mine which affected this community To
considerable extent and had the appearance
at the time of an attempt to stife the liberty
of speech and the liberty of the press.
am as much an advocate for the liberty of
speech and of the press as any man on the
face of the globe can be, but when am sent
into department TO command soldiers who
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who should be strengthened in all possible
ways by giving them encouragement, and BY
giving them cloths to wear, and food to eat
| and recruits to fill up their ranks when |
| find men in that department opposing all
| these means OF strengthening the soldiers
| in the army, viii strike these men in pre-
| clsely the same way that | would an enemy
in arms against them applause which contin-
! ued for some minutes.) 1t is my duty to my
country and my duty TO my God, TO strength
| en- these men, who have daily for years, en-
/ danCered their lives in the presence of the
/ enemy. | would fail in my duty if / did not
| risk all | have in this world in the way of rep
| utation or position or even life itself to de-
| tend and strengthen these poor soldiers who
| are in the field risking their lives in defense
| of their country. cloud cheers.) That is all
/ l have to say in reference TO this order which
I issued, and which was rescinded | am
| and hope to continue to be only a subordin-
| ate TO the President, of the United States
and could not possibly do anything that would
/ withdraw from him my entire support in any
/ act he may order for the good of his country.
| because l believe him to-be an honest and
/ true man. Loud applause. That he has
made mistakes there can be no doubt; We
have all made mistakes. But to say that he
| has made mistake and have not, would be
very silly, that is it would be very insubordiu-
| ate--certainly. Laughter / have no dispo-
| sition to say anything more Of the matter ]
| entirely acquiesce in all he has done, and
| feel now this night just as | felt the moment
| | issued that order which was rescindC 1t
was issued as l thought for the good the
| soldiers in the field, but feel now just as /
| felt then, that the President is doing all he
can to sustain the Government of this r7un-
try, to preserve its liberties and est tlsh
peace throughout all its borders, over very
inch of its territory. [Cheers.l