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Having established an underground,
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result 81 car fgl observation, long ex-
peneuce, ana uarestraincd intercourse
with tie officers now prisoners 81 war
10 this c,ty. Use your own judgment
ia giving Il publicity a all events
correcl Tie false statements made by
our enemies North aud South, that we
sympathizc with the peace movement
nov Oh foot n the North, and con-
denim our Government ID not accept
ing such terms as that father OF lies,
Robert 0uld sees iit 10 propose, IL
may also serve a. an indication Of the
sentiment OF tue whole military and
naval power Of our people, for when
we reflect that there is not brigade
in our army, not squadron N our
navy and, strange 70 say, not State OF
the original thirty four but what is here
Represented, il is not, in my judgment,
assuming 10 much 10 claim that the
opinions aud language ofthese officers
may be accepted as the index OF the
feelings, wishes and intentions OF this
army aud navy. Keeping IN mind
also, that this body Of men IS compos-
cd Of the veterans OF 1851 pupils Of
Bucll in the West and Mcclellan in
the East, and Of all subsequent levies,
il will surely be granted that no col
lection Of men with the same degree
Of intelligence and experience OF the
paodus oyerandi and practical results
Of this war can be found. Ia these
premises, will give you the prevail
ng, may say, the unanimous senu-
ment of one thousand United States
officers.
"Walk with me through the prison !;
YOU mark the Gag n discussion going on
In litlIe groups, while the Charleston
Mercury passes quickly from hand TO
hand that paper cost a dollar; II
contains the Chicago platform. Here
is group Of Western men-lloosiers,
Wolverines, Buckeyes, Logan's Egyp-
fans, Rousseau's Kentuckians, Car
ter's Tennesseeans- who, from
Cairo to the Gull, have redeemed the
Father of Waters; have redeemed
five States, aud whose brothers in arms
are to-day driving Hoods shattered
columns from out Northern Georgia,
occupying the Gate City ofthe South.
Listen 10 that big cayalryman who
rode with Grierson. He is now on
the second resolution, which says we
have failed IN lie experiment Of the
war That is a lie. 1t was an ex-
periment-it is not now. Does not
The conquest, as we'll as the re-organ-
ization Of the States we have passed
through, prove that the present policy
towards the rebels must result in Ger
tain success? Have we lost one foot
Of acquired territory since the war be-
gan No, gentlemen, the fellow that
peuned that resolution, and the men
that ycted for it never felt the glori.
GUS flush Of victory; never felt the
gratitude Of liberated thousands new
er knew the reality Of our triumphs.
This man was getting rather eloquent,
when Buckeye from YaIlandlgham's
district bluried out, i don't care for
your liberated thousands, but that res
olution is an insult to every man in
tie Western army, and | would ike
to experiment on every whipped dog
that voted for it, These men seem
belligerent, and ! would advise the
perpetrators OF that resolution not to
mingle much in Western military cir
Giles. There is another group Off
GERS Of the army Of the Potomac-one
Of whom says tell you, genilmen,
the Chicago platform has got US on tie
question. We have fool
ed around Richmond three years and
have not got in yet but ! do think it
very mean Of Gen. Mcclellan TO twit
us with il; we fought for him, we low
ed AID trusted him aud now he has
deserted us, utterly obllvos ofthe fact
that he had more to do with the unsuc-
cessful experiment Of war than any
other man on the American continent
Now listen to that Jack Tar. lie
helped 10 cut The chain at Fort Jack
son, and has caught torpedoe, in ev-
cry river in the Southwest. Con
found that resolution how old Farra-
gut will swear when he finds the Chi
cago convention calls him whipped
No, sir. Jack knows better. We |
always have whipped tue rebs, and in
tend to keep it up, although il is nigh |
ly hard 10 be iegislated out Of grog I
So much we have heard and not yet
4 dissenting voice; ard in this reso-
luton, which in our. judgment, con-
tains the whole policy of the Chicago I
there is but one sentiment I
among our officers here. II is that Of /
indignant contempt for the men who
frankly own TO an enemy, a hundred
lines beaten and chased By Us, that
se are whipped, that we cannot sue
,eed, that i've millions have beaten
wenty-three millions. We ask our
friends, those who regard our honor
lnd feelings, not to make any such ad
mission Tor US. We satisfied with
,ur success, and will yet restore our
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