Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-03-25

Tammany Hall, in New York, has long beer
known as the Democratic national wigwam. It's
chiefs are called Sachems and Sagamore's and its
ritual is a sort of imitation Of ofabOrgnal customs
and forms. 1t has its secreet councils and pub
lie festivals. Its valuable corporation property
is managed by venerable trustees. Tammany
has given law to party leaders, rewards to party
servants elevated favorites, and struck down
opponents. In former days it has stood by the
South and Slavery, and expelled the high and
the low who did not bow down to the black
idol The heroic has ever been pOpOulsr in
Tammany and now the War Democrats have
possession of the old wigwsm. The Tammany
Sachems are on the war path. Monday evening
TammanY Hall was packed with an enthusiast
tic crowd, to hear speeches by the Hon 2. F.
Purdy Generals Hancock, Meagher, Viele,
Schurtz, and Hon. James 7. Brady. Every
patriotic sentiment uttered by the speakers was
loudly applauded, and the war spirit ruled
The object of the meeting was to aid in filing
Gen. Hancoek's corps, and enable that gallant
soldier to take the field We have room only
for an extract or two from the speeches of Mr..
Purdy and Mr.. Brady, widely known as old
New York Democrats. Mr. Purdy said:
We have met here for political purpose,
but to vindicate the cause of our country, which
is more important than the advancement Of any
party. Partisan as l am, and as l expect to be,
the cause of our country, the preservation Oftbe
Union, and the Constitution, and the supremacy
of the laws: In the language of one of our most
distinguished New Workers, would say, shoot
down the first man who insults the American
flag. TCheers. Those who are not with US
let us brand them as traitors. We must make
no step backward. Now is the day, now is the
hour to let voice go forth from old Tammany
that will say te the constituted authorities, that
iek Init int tho oifxr Of
York, and that is, to defend the Union or die in
the attempt. TCheers.]
Mr. Brady was introduced and greatly cheer
ed. He said:
1t is.a long time since l haye spoken in
Tammany Hall / do not think it is my fault.
TCheers. 1t is thirty -one years since firstin
! the halcyOn hours of life, breathed such words
| as might utter for the Democratic cause, and
never SINCE whatever the tongue of slander may
have said, have uttered any words unbecom-
! ing the faith in which was educated-the faith
of Gen. Andrew jackson. CCheers.
ANY man, and every man, who in the face Of
this Rebellion with the sentiments proclaimed
by the South to the North, for one moment per-
mitted himself to talk about peace, except upon
the principle of restoring the authority of this
Government over every inch of our territory,
was seoundrel. Cheers. have seen men
| in the eity of New 7 YOrk continued Mr.. B, whom
| know and could call by BGIne, lurking in the
portieos of hOtels-I could point them out with
in one mile of this place, and / could prove the
charge upon them, and, SO help me God, | viii
attempt to prove it if they present themselves
before the American people for their suff1ages
how they steadily read the extras proclaiming
the defat of our arms, and ehuckle over any re-
verses to our cause. Cries of Shamef J.
Shamel'' it is a feeble word to express the in
fanny, the debasing and damning infamy, that
belongs to them to the very echo of eternity. l
would not insult the word shane by applying
it to those miserable, debased, dastardly, dirty
towards. Cheers.
There is one fact which should not be forgot
ten. Right or wrong, the North has relied up
on itself in this struggle IL did not ask the aid
of any foreign power; but the South, which
claimed all the chivalry, basely, at the moment
of the outbreak, bended the plant hinges of the
knee, and lowly and obsequiously sought that
Louis Napoleon and Great Britain would come
over to help them. Laughter1 And before
the war had continued long, it was ccnclusively
demonstrated that each section of the American
people was superior to the authority of England
in the fight beg of you, on the bended knees
of my soul, as long as you think the American
name worthy of any regard, to consider whether
the position which have assigned to the North
does not give it a deserved eminence. Standing
by itself in majesty, disdaing any aid from that
power OF Englanu, Whlcn mas nothing better to
do to-day than to murder New Zealanders and
japanese, and leave Denmark out in the cold,
though related to it by blood and marriage
But look for you, who viii enlist under my
friend, Gen. Hitchcock, one day to avenge the
insult which the nations of the old world have
attempted to put upon us, and though it may
not be true that the Cossack shall let the velvet
snout of his horse rest upon the waters of the
Thames in England, yet hope to God that the
banner which | see before me may be carried by
our posterity from a people ranging from the
Aroostook to the. Pacific, and may teach the
whole world that as we were peaceful in our
prosperity we were fearful in the hour of our
revenge. LCheers.