, 1864-09-30
GREAT SPEECH OF HON. S. P.
CEASE,
Delivered at the Immense Union
Meeting in Cincinnati septem- :.
bef 25th, 1864.
A Review Of the Political
Situation.

Situation.
Gov. Chasc delivered the following epeec
to an audience of q, 600 meu: -.
. Fellow CITIZENS: come here TO. Mol
Tor the purpose Of joining my voice and y,
efforts with 5ours for tue election of Il,
coin and JohnBun to the CHEF MapIstrac
ana Wee G., tAaglst1acy of the nation.
kno" that ths people are to do this work, an
l,as .aas VIE Wnati , Or sny other speaker may ss
-tne triumph OF tie glorious Cause Of Uci1
ana freedom, represented By these cand
dates have before spoken 10 Won of I'll
meme. 6nt The theme Of Union and treedon
will not be exhausted in tlte land untii IL
last rebel has laid doHn hia arms, and th
last manacle falla from the last slave
lChsere, mud "That's eo,nl And inst q,
long as this battle remains to be fought.
wish to be on hand to take part in TIC con
test. [Chce1a WA
/ THE BEGINNING OF InR END.
Fe4eW Citizens, We are told all the Tim,
thst this ~nr wss begun by the Repu olicans
z. a. UT enemies constantly join In tbat re
s1ct them OF Misrepresentation. In 1861, no,
1onE alter the War began, The Congress Of tbt
United states pAsstd a resolution, upon thf
motion Of Mr. Crittcuden, that this War had
It's origin In the unholy ambition Of Soutb
eln otsunianists. and for that resolution
every man In the House of Representatives
On every side, yoted, With single excent,nn
OF valiandigaam, believe, who declined to
vote upon the first clause OF the resnlnt1on
ihis PROVES what l have said, that they
themselves declare that the War was begai,
" the Southern disuhfonlsts; md Ii tt vas
CARS? no'ccs, mo. no"i Eyerybod5 VINO
| hes taltn any interest tu the atfstrs Of the
ccrhtf5, Inows that this war, SO far from
bt1ng Erscipieated by the present President
or LIE AoDln1ss1ation supporting h1m, had
OF this Administration.
one ~oro farth=r What cause had thor
1of war! WHAT was in oanYer til At they
sG ssrs interested in Vsices-'sThe Niger;
tnomastV tnsiavsV:"l They thought SC, OF said insy
anouEat so; but was there one man 10 Gin
clhnati. ole man throughout the length and
breadth Of Ohio, kno~n 10 arg Of you. VINO
aes1fed TO itte1fre with slavery ia Ken.
tpcky! l''No, no."1 Not one. Whr. We
to'd lhem Wien Te met in the Peace Confer.
ence in February, 1851, over aud over again.
Ee1utnen, you have nothing to fear froo,
aoe4 ene p.opie OF Tie Tree States. It you ara
content "iih your slavery III The elayc Stytcs.
You can have It; but If you wish to force
slavery Into Ohio or ans ter1i,osg where Ohio
lien ere E11ng to work sou cannot take II
mere That was not enaangering them in
!Aachtnc6y, or Virginia, or Souta Carolina.
ne were ~u'tng to let then alone in that
matter, and they told Us that all they want
60 Vas TO pc let alone We were willing to
let then4 alone, Eo fur rs thar an ;stion wt.nr
All We Askcd was that they shou)d let ma
people tn tie free tsrtitory alone Was that
steap attempting to interfere u the sn.lleet d.
Fret! Eaet Not at al Bnt they were not con
70 rule Or ruin the republic. We did not
choose to submit to their rule We did not
choose to submit to their doctrines. and we
SIMPLY satd, 1.-THE people OF this laud :rule
the eonntf5, and what rbey determine upon ]
% Iae choice Of thsir President, and By tho
mnst oe the policy Of the country" THIS
was what We used to tht1k was Democr4cr.
people. - 'as
Nov, fellow. citizsns, that was reasonah,o
asked OF them nothing unressonabie bn. m
they csme 10 Us and taid: You must sub,nIt
70 I'LL our wishes IN respect 10 thie fnstltn-
Ton, Or we will dissolve the Union. Ana |
t1ey chose to take the election or Lincoln a5 I
ne ttsrai OF the people of tAis cvuu-
sons 1ne %e5s 9 not going to submit
nIted her hand against the Union OF the
states. But tven then the President FORE
oo1e' ne choec to Tait ard see whether rea.
een might not restore these men to their
senses ,eea he asked them to stop aud listen to
:
rsfussd, md actually fired the drrt eun upoo
fort sumter. With that bruke out this war.
Aggaessofs IN the beginning. In the contfnn.
aDce, In Inc cud, the whole responsibility nj |
fhis thing was with them. They made up ID !
H.; 1her ls9s ~ that Ne shoud not maintain tlts
fight for II. ] know thnt they recSened
theJ Tere to hive help here in The Eorrh~
That they were to meet with 70 resjetance,
3ut "hen tfcg struck the UA1on OF tie States
they struck that which Was dear to every
american heart as the apple OF his eyc. The
atE!unSle authority OF the people, repre-
scented By the Government, must be main
laihef In this country.
FoCR TEARS OF FAILURE.
Thus it was that We went into fb;s puar
and now they tell rs. In their Chic 4go plat. 4
otm, that the war las been prosecuted fnr
our years, and that 1t has .een a failure. Ta
Tolce, Oh what a failarer'] And beeanse
: tas, has eeen prosecuted for four years, and is
Mcclellan ano let him flush it! TDersiyc
Now, il the first place; has II been nroae.
'utsd four Years? It began in april, 1851.
I'd this is September, 1864: + think au3
lat It can ~ mt make "nth the calculation and
hen' has It been failure2 Voices, "no.H
aimed an the Successes we desired. Soma
,hlres nave moved q little slower than We
hou2ht they shoa1d. It Was certainly SO
,an, LILLE ~ famous camPelsn OF which the | :
t1ddle and end: Laughter and issrs.1
crtainl5 thought that failure; but las It
cen failure throughout! Don't Tou re- :
'emoer here, eometlue ago, when Won
ooid Tot seld boat to The Mississippi,
u 'ne1 @ me whole territory on either bank # :
as lined BY rebel batterles. Wei. tn thsss '
ave al disappeared. When Fatragas went :;
lat The 1orls, Jackson and Phi1llo, and mrt =
leir ''invinciole 1eel' upon the Mlssls: ionls :
ID oy one Of the g1audtst achievements !.
ao@n 19 hl:tory, took New Orleans, and =
terwards Hndson was taKsn bT Ba,ass Huu =
'en the Mississippi was opened feom thr y
'urce to the mouth. Was that f,iinrsS .
'oice, 1T was rebel failure."1 o. 1he v
coassr when Burnside wtnt down and r. r.
Ok Roanoke 1slatd, and established The g. $,
,!on nag a. hewbtrn, WAS that faitnres +,
forts At Rilton Head, and sileuced thcir y
ns BY his nastesly 4eltievement, vas tut ~
ailurey ['No''] Well, these resi1lts are e
!at those gentlemen call failures. y
Three Years ago Kentucky was doubtful: T., ~
Kentucky, think, will vote the Union ID ID
tt."l That, then, is not failure. Teunes- u, -
}, 40 far as disunion Legislature cnuld ef. Il.
tit, WIGS taken cut Of the Union but now " -,
tnessee has a Union Governor in ANDY -
bison, about as loyal a man IS bre,thes. ..
that Is not failure. Missouri mas uouo ot. -,
!; but Missouri is loyal to. day. 8o,- West "a,
gtnta Was taken out Of thu Uu1on. BIT ~ ~
ct Virginia Is State In the Union TO-DAY. i1 oi1
short ne have taken back from the rebefs ~ ~
that which they suddenly usurped from t. ~
st lesst one third OF what they had, and ~
is not 3 failure- - -
ut more recently, Fausgut, who accom- 3. g,
ned the sublime victory at New, Orleans. ~ ~
himself lashed to the main-koo and Ie n
sed ty the rebel batteries at Mobile, and cn
a1hshed himself In the harbor there. This
'ot . failure. tChe-rs.] And Gen. Grant 81
olalng on, With that characteristic obstI- 49,.
: :, OF Lis, to Petersburg, and has taken 66et
e!don Railroad, and broken up one OF 81 81
, most % valuable neans OF communicating ;56t
u h,cnuoId; and now, as part Of thls wn
le Plan Which his been 80 successfully ~
faea M out, Pill Sheridan, [tuuultuous ~
~ - aha eAouts, another Ohio boy, in,
sses. mas whipped ono Of their chosen eho
1ste ~ tne Shenandoah Valley aud after rio,
ing Wrapped them till they lied aud made A0'
.ntl stloDs stand, In what was consider y
y =. AnpieEhaols position, be whipped him ~
-, sao FL rGut Nun 1unhing oil toward esn Ias
aGoad. . tCbeess And i'll am n IT d. tne
.so, enusheh-tecuGh boast no pro. peo
t!c ssgucI}-tn:s action of Sheridsu, in est
for Lee to hold Kscbmond is,raa+ Is b
erE.1 I trust Vie shall hear eood = a a1s in t
re the October election from E,an+ at bee
,mond. 1 feel very Confident ~ aha1i imp
re The Presidential ELECTION: END VIZ con
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