, 1864-09-13
The Lumbards will be present to sing,
Gov. Yates mud Wm. Pitt Ke1Io~rss
AnnnfHtTnGnE1.
TIE QUESTIONS Of TIE IfUR.
Speeches by Ex-seoretary Chase,
Gen. Burnside and Gan.
Hooker.
Letter from the Late Com, Craven,

Eat the late centennial anniversary Of
Brown University, Gov. Chase, OF Ohio, in
response to call from the Chairman, spoke
as follows:
Ar: President aud Gsn&lemen-I hardly feel
as If had q right to speak In this assembly;
1t Is gathering of brethren around the 1acni.
u altar. Another reasoo Why l ought not
to make . speech II, that have noae to
make 1t is true TINT for several years I
have been making s.otcs; but speech i. not
yet ready.
I have seeu several fxces here which re-
mind me Of the early scenes Of 1861. In
February OF that year met q number OF
patriotic Rhode leland men in the city OF
Washington, upon tue Invitation of the Gov
e1per, and we put our lie ADS together to see
if wc could lot coLtriVe eomt basis Of peace,
We were not US fortunate as pcace-mtEers
oueht to be. It might have been otherwise
Ia these brethren Of ours In the Soath,
though Te now unfortunatcl. are Obliged to :
term them rebels, had they been willing to
listen to sound 1eason.
But I remember one thing said by the
Rhode Islanders Was-they were oyerilowing
with devotion to the Union, a. We II we're,
culiar-tley said tie people in Rhode leland
wire Eo patriotic that no earthly fnducement
could drive them out Of the Union, SO that 1t
followed logically that Rhode Leland would
be the last IL II, and she Wculd be Obliged to
pay the national debt. 1t ADDED to tne ex-
IRENE nggray4tloo Of the case that they were
able to pay It; it wonld not have mattereds so
much it they Ind net BEEN able
Well, think by the blessing Of God this
Onion will stand. There is not = heart in all
this presence which does not invoke from tue
Divine Being the p.rpetutty Of this Union.
Differ how We m.y, VI all ngrcc in that; and
lit me- say to my friends here in Rhode Isl.
and, as the Union is to stand, no natter what
CLOUDS mar lo~er, the sun will ret shine, and
centennial anniversary after centennial ami
| 'versary will come round. long after the e1-
istence and permanence Of this Union IL es-
| tsblished; and allow me to say that Of course
| Rhoce Island will not have to pay the nR-
| tlona1 debt; and let me earnestly advise that
the came amount, or ut least quarter of It,
! be paid over to Brown University.
| While sou have been here inda'ging in mu-
t tra1 coLtldescee, Jou have called for =
| stranger from foreign land to say to you
| some words Us to tue sentiments that exist
| on the other side Of the water, and you have
| called npon citizen Of Rhode Island
u.s. cltizes OF the Union 1 an citizen OF
! Rhode Itland-to eay few words express
size of American feeling.
1 bad tue misfortune myself last tall to be
somewhat quoted u EnglApd as tie author
Of some Expressions which Were not alto
gethtr Kind. I said then that thought our
mother England had not been precisely just
III her dtallhgs win ds-a lille less than
magnerimous, great deal leas than Kind,
and tbat when the Alaba1a went forth upoa
the ocean, built IN u British port, armed
with British cannon, manned ~ British col
Etere,
"Freichted With euraes dark rpon the eca,"
I could not help thinking, old England,
ebonld ike to get hold of Ysur hair and ciYa
Tou 4 GOOD shaking,
ATt4 IL ia never best to dlsruIee your real
sentiments We old receive the Prince
-of wales tcrc: re received him With rush
Of Genuine. earnest American feeling. Our
hesTts went forth to him Is the represents
tive Of great branch of the Anglo-S.xon
family beJond the water. Every heart In
Amerfca was thinking Of the time whcR We
should be a great people II not under ona
coYerpmtnt, and one great people, animated
by the came ideae and standing before tbs
whole world as ths representative of consti-
tutional liberty.
That is the way re felt when this rebel
Hon broke cut, and When men IN tne mad
! 1ess Of their devonon 70 slATery aongat TO
pull down fhe plllafs OF 1ne REPUBLIC, ana fe
1ufn Ter 1hat lore ana EusuuE emouoa,
which went forth to the hetF OF the English
crown, &c lind cold and aFsf1ea look1, IN
klhd ahd upgenerous sehtlment1. Huatlng
US IN the no1r OF onr Calamity. Pl[ates sens
1o[tn upon tne aea, 1o" coma VIC iesl otner-
T5e than 6osu'e to England-"e uo 1eel 30.
an9 "e le9l 30 JeI
out He oope iot pet1er osJ9; 70 AoH1
1nat 1ne tlme Ml1 come when England VIII
zee 1nat she consnite neither her true lnte-
IE.ls ~. ae. .5ae aonor In nn,1asernA sga-