, 1864-09-03
The sprakcr then retired, the: audience giving
threc cheera 1t the clo.e. :



Hon. John Wentworth, OF Chicago.
Fa11ow CITIZENS: At this late hour 1t certanly
IL r. expected that shall MAKE anything llko !
public speech: but IN response to your expressed
Wish, / Rll eay lew words
nm q man Of to!eEance. am foE free speseb,
shades Of opihlon. all prindp;ea Of politics, all
conditions Of life. This much we owe to the spirit
and senins OF our Institutions. Oar beautiful city
II snd sa EroS t. IL presea, growth, and bas neysf
ret been aisGzaced By, q mob. With
In the past week $ great Convention,
tile views from those You entertain, attended oy
concourae Of thousands, assembled here, and yet
I..ture Jou as one Of the custodians Of the cty's
Pr to seep he M psaee dub dur III ths e1ce@ens ne I Of
tt past five daye. And rhy ao2 Why was there
not violence, outrage and disorder? Because, gen:
opinioh, and 10 ol uni,er.a tolerst,on. Becsass, @ as
= people, We endorse and exempllt7 that widely
known maxim Of Thomas jefessoa, :. that ersor
can be sateJ tolerated wnle reason and Christian
You VINO differed from our: friends so recently
hcrr had m opportunity Of examining their Side OF
stilutlon Of the country aud the old .fla5 OF our
ia.hcra, ttcy had the Opportunity to bhoW II II
their s}mpath1es were with the eallant ao.dterg
cess urou the points Of their ba1onsss, they could
VIII lhs1i. When the ~1ews came that Sherman
volunteers were rushing to Grant al the rats OF
thou:aId dnY, dldn't 3ou hear these men N thsls
street a,senbial es and in their msetings IN rnls
sherman and: Grant, lCf4es :ol 20. no.I
ney 5s s T oas sss 81 sspase d1s aa
she nj ~ came tyer the elsctric Wire that GLORIOUS
old Farr4gnt had holsted the Stars and Stripes over
Fort Morgan, and the rebei aag had come down In
humiliation, cid Jou Eco tint body 0l able, saga
c!ons representative men, rae In their seats and
With up!ilted hats and swelling Voices mako tho
"wlgWsm rinEi lesiss Of No. no., a1d a 1s,:, sa
heor siuslc word onl their oraeles or orators of
sympathy with gallant Eo1dteEJ who arc hs2siag
deah Y ,he eia Or q The fnnd & y pfIaslD!ss
ntIon Of thoes traitors ars who are striving to
destroy the best goIernmeut TIE ofld e.ef saw
BAT The burden Of thelE song Was pe;ee, peace.
Stop sighting, they cried: keep yoo5 sotdieE5 rom
AID wten Jetf Davis cor1es North again, as ha did
year ago, he WI go TO them and 9se our 1ntlu-
eGce to 1hduce hum to. stop shooting upon us.
aoas ssea e enoo
say 10 him now In Gods name stop and give ns
peace, for ..blesaed, are the peace-makers.' -
jee1son ' DAVIS entered Congress about tho same
| jear that did. / huvc met him often and knew
5 Ts 1n nat there ef 5nss ostTssa M
placed c 1t ar West Point, and your fathe1 and niue
mistas Of judging b1 bis head rather Ihan hssr,
and did not notice she Viper that a. was r coiltns
il possible to death. When his achoo!bcy days
we're over. JEFF. WIS sent out West out Vest here
ut the Government expense. and spent ye.r Of 60
| and shooting grouse At Government expense and
eattrg tham nimsels. Laughter He then mar
riet into the heGover1ment-hls W1fo being dau IL
aore1nment; so re- % veil to sas Me1,eaR ~ AID re- Re:
| turned to become Secretary Of War and to gtlity
lie Eallaut soldtesy ot Illinois for their part ugy1
sell called him out bat on this particular occasion
JET. didn'tco.ne out. l9ssat laashter-l
1o5 gssss ind ass,s Wssa " 5s
| to be Eecretar5 af War he woke up one morning
and suddenly dlseoyesed tha: be h2d lo:t HI,
rights llausn:sE 1es ths aaa who h3d ~ afe pu
md raired the unbo'y and the helfsh banner ot re-
| volt. And there arc men Or At least tnost
TIE form o5 wnS nena 60 dqTa hin1
saT. @Wo know, JEFF, you havn's had your rights
| Tiere IL much left yon might have had by putin!
hanaa 1ea 1na
S Slsesed ,rs tie psaeenake:s:" ;lUprotious laugh
When tpoke iFon thsss step. s tss weeks age
tbs oiher platform was in tho ae,d- We have !
nav. The Democracy have sat In convention. ant
its Uniform II made. It's principles enunctated ant
il Candidates put forth. Their flag has osly on
empleu, that OF pence. So am for pace. ba
With tbis differences; Wnnt an honorable peaca
they oiegracefnl surrenuer-.
When traitors IRE upon rhe fag Of my country
IEnow OF but one duty-that OF Resistance
Tberc ar6 many things IN this wRT winch deep
" dep'ore. But We must remember that wss al
Wa5t pr,uct 1t calaales that are inseparable frnu
lis existence; snr whatever may be The petty siew
ri lndlridoa.s n.t,1l the nou-important eyfn.s an
policy Of ,hs struggle the man tnst Hi not stan
by lis eonLtr5 nav, and fo.ly and faithfully sery
!: amopg ghpnor4b'emen. tChees..)
The k;aeeEs ot the ,soush want no peace, sxeer