The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-09-29
SPEECH OF MR.. SEWARD AT
AuRURN, N. u SEPT. ID, "a.
The Victory DIT Atlantd-1Ae Prest-
dential Election-The Chicago Con-
a,entinn-The Slape1u Question.

vention-Ihe Slavery Question
Ny DEAR FRIENDS: It's SO that l
like to see you come marching to the
time of national airs, under the folds
of tho national flag, thank you for
this hospitable and patriotic welcome.
1t proves that though you deal rigor-
ousIy with your public servants, ex-
acting reasons for their policy, energy
In their conduct of affairs, and expla-
nations for failures and disappoint,
ments in their administration, yet you
are nevertheless just, because you will
lingly allow them to rejoice with you,
when you have successes, victories and
triumphs to celebrate. The news that
brings us together is authentic. ca
voice, edo you think it is reliable2 Ply
Yes. Here is o telegram which l re-
ceived this morning from the Secretary
of War: ......
evan Duzer reports that Sherman
advance entered Atlanta about noon
to-day. Particulars not yet received.
EDWIN STANTON. " .
GThree cheers were given for At
lanta.1 Now this news comes in a
good shape. It's pleasant to have a
grand result at the first, and it pro-
tracts the interest OF the thing TO have
particulars coming in afterward. Yes,
YES, we can wait for the particulars
This victory comes in the right con-
nection. 1t falls in with tho echoes of
the capture of Forts Gaines and Nor
gan, which 1 understand to bo the
Particulars of Farragut's naval battle,
in the Bay Of Mobile, battle equaled
by no other in American History, but
the naval achievements of the same
veteran Admiral at New Orleans and
Port Hudson, and all these have no
parallel in naval warfare, but the bat
ties of the Nile and Trafalgar. A
voice, "I wish we were all Faraguts, j
Well my friend l know the Admiral
well, and | confess we all can't be
Farraguts. Indeed very few of us
can. But we may take this comfort our
selves, that as a whole people, we can
appreciate the veterans. We can also
appreciate Sherman who has perform
cd the most successful and splendid
march through q mountainous and
hostile country recorded in modern
history, and in doing this we show
ourselves inferior in virtue to no other
nation. By the way, everybody ad-
mired Farragut's heroism in climbing
to the topmast to direct the battle
But there was another particular" OF
that contest that no less forcibly illus
tratos his heroic character
Admiral" said one of his officers
the night before the battle, "won't you
consent to give Jack a glass of grog in
the morning enough to make
him drunk, but just enough to make
him fight cheerfully." " Well" repli
ed the Admiral, "t have been to ses
considerable, and have seen battle OF
two, but / never found that / wanted
rum to enable me to do my duty.
will order two cups of coffee to eacf
man, at two clock and at eight o'clock
| will pipe all hands to breakfast il
Mobile Bay" (Hurrah for Farragut,,
And he did give Jack the coffee, ant
he then went up the mast head ant
did it.
The victory at Atlanta comes at thu
right place. The rebellious district il
in the shape of an egg. 1t present.
equal resistance on its whole surface
Buff you could only break the shel
at either of the two ends, RichmonC
and Atlanta, the whole must crumbI
to pieces. While Sherman under Gran
has been striking the big end, Mead
under Grant has been striking just a
hard blows upon the lesser end. TIL
whole shell will now be easily crushe,
for it has grown brittle, with the eS
haustion of vitality within.
VOLUNTEERS.
This glorious victory comes in goo
time for another reason. Just now W
are calling upon you for three hur
dred thousand moro volunteers, if yo
will-drafted men if we must, to en-
the war. You were getting a littl
tired of long delays and disappointe
expectations. In Indiana a porto
of the people instigated by rebel plo
ters, at the Clifton House, in Canad
were importing British revolvers
boxes which passed the Custom Hou'
as stationery, under pretense of arm
ing to defend themselves, but real
to resist the draft and bring the Go
ernment down to ruin, through SUI
ordinate and auxiliary civil war;
True no arms have been importC
here. Yet delegates went out fro
among you and sat down in council
Chicago with those Indiana conspir
tors, and agreed with them not on
that that importation should be d
Tended in the election canvass, b
also to demand the cessation of Il
war, upon the ground that success
restoring the Union is unattainabl
Already, under the influence of Il
cheering news from Atlanta, all II
discomfort and dependency have d
appeared We shall have no dra
because the army is being re- e-enforc
at the rate of five or ten thousand m
per day by volunteers. Cheers t
the volunteers sm'i IN. s.rg
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
May I not add that this victory
Atlanta comes in good time as
victorv IN Mobile Raxy does IN vim