The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-07-06
From the Washington Chronicle.
SPEECH OF Hon. j VI. HOWARD. DE-
LIVERED AT TIE RATIFICATION
MEETING OF THE NOMINATION~ OF
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON. HELD IN
FRONT OF THE PATENT OFFICE
JUNE I5. 1S64.


LIVERED AT TIE RATIFICATION
/ MEETING OF THE NOMINATIOS~ or
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON, HELD IN
FRONT OF THE PATENT OFFICE
JUNE 10. 1S64
We owe an apology 10 Mr. Senator Howard,
Of Michigan, for having omitted TO print The full
report OF his speech 81 the late Union meeting
IA tins cEy 70 rsuiy the nomination Of Lincoln
and Johnson. We now lay before our readers
the substance Of his remarks on that occasion. Al
though Mr.. Howard Was elected 10 al OUT the
term OF Mr.. Bingham, and therefore has been
buI short time IN the Congress OF the country,
bis great ability, courage aud consistency have
been OF immense service TO the friends of the
Government in this terrible crisis We could
desire no better thing for the common cause
! than that the Legislature Of Michigan should
re-elect Mr.. ho~Ard TO the seat he 50 Aoly
hlls for SIX years irom the 4Ih Of March. 1895:
Ms. PREsiDESr AND FKLLow -CIrIzrNs As
one Of the representatives Of the great North
vest, greet you. region OF country ~hich.
at the formation OF the Constitution, possessed
scarcely thousand white settlers speaking the
Euglsh tongue. now, In 1854 With The united
voices OF rs seven snd half millions OF free IN
habitauts, invoke the rest OF the nation TO stand
firmly by the old Uuioni The genus OF ths
NO'th~est Is awake. Never doubt her Her
love OF liberty. her love Of nationality, her love
OF the Union will prove too sIrong for ali temp
tatons. She has been insoently aud arroganty
promised by The e0els the free navigation Of
The Mississippi, aud other commercial advanta-
ges, n sue would withdraw her po~Srfu hand
ffom the present cOmba with traitors. You
have read her hrm reply in the heaps Of her
martyred sons II DonelsOn. Shiloh. Vicksburg,
Port Hudson, aud other fields where they
sealed WIIh their blood their fidelity 10 Ihe
/ great cause.
/ only speak worthiy Of their character when
| predict the continued display Of the sane he
roic devotion Until this oAse-born slaveholders'
conspiracy shall be totally oVerthroWn, and its ty-
rant leaders be made 10 bite the dust. l only
speak worthily OF their cOAraster ~hen say
they ~ill forever look with adherence upon ev-
cry attempt 10 break up the Union OF tie States,
as they DO with dsdAu upon she offer TO thieves
20 give what the true owners have abundant
power TO retain aud hold, not ouly against a set
oi crazy pluuderers, bot against the World 10
arms. They will make 10 terms With traitors,
but those of unconditional surrender.
As Nnr'h sssfarn man I hail tha nr~asnn
as Que OF high import lt vndcates not only
The wisdom aud justice Of the fathers of the Re
pubic, but, what Is certainly not less worthy Of
OR regard, the justice OF Heaven. Seventy seven
years ago those reverend ancestors, by the IA
nous J,ifersonian ordinance, cousecrated shat
east territory 70 ffeedum. Ia The language Of Mr..
Webster, " tLey impressed upon the very soil
an iucapacity TO bear up any but free men"
The demon OF slavery made open war upon the be
nehceut Government OF our fathers The moment
President was elected from the same old North
west. Its imps sought TO entIap aud sssAsinats
him on bis way TO tbs capital. but a protecting
God shielded bis days from the knife Of the as
sassin, and enabled Abraham Lincoln TO show 10
The world that the principles Of that ordinance of
freedom had sunk deep into his heart The
proclamation OF emancipation was but natural
outgfOwth Of those principles. Was il not the
Jastice OF Heaven that thus snRtched up the
representative OF the free Norlh-eest and made
him the standard bearer aud apostle OF the
friends OF free government against slave driving
Treason, Wac il not a recognition that the
ordinance Of 1851, like its prototype, the Deca-
lsrs'iOn = i"HePs "denee, was an inspiration OF
a'Slnv justice Ia the hCas - oss fathers aud OF
the purpose Of Heaven, that the people distin-
guished by il, should "a they have done, act a
leading par1 in maintaining its priuciplesf Else,
Why vas an humble peasants boy, born in slave
holding Kentucky, penness aud iriendless,
transferred to the old NOItS west TO become there
the high, II not the highest illustration of the
political as well as the social fruits Of those prin-
ciplesg And ~hy, else, has il happened that
the present heroic leader of our armies lcheersl,
I OelOIe tue point OF whose 5WOrd TIE rebel hosts
are sinking a~sy-hOw has il happened that
the gallant, wise, and fearless Grant is also a
child of the old Northwest, lGreat applause
With these striking signs before you, do nos
doubt that those States will remain true TO the
cause We have IN hand do not doubt that they
will stand faithfully by him who, Ia the midst Of
unparalleled difficulties has for the last three
and half years borne our standard onward sith
al eye single 10 the good OF bis country and the
permanent maintenance OF the free principles
which constitute its true glory do not doubt
tnat Mr.. Lincoln will sgain receive the votes Of
the Northeastern States as he did in 1860 Let
not the rebels, let Dot those who sympathize
with them Al home or abroad. indulge the deus-
ion that the North~est will ever fail or falter in
maintaining the honor OF the flag and supporting
those faithful public servants who defend the
| Constitution aud the Union. Let them not IN
dUige the dream that she will, IN the coming
crisis. forget the debt Of gratitude the whole
country owes to the tried. sagaciOus. aud honest
| Lincoln or 10 the almost martyr life Of the true
hearted and resOute johnson but let them be
prepared to those elder daughters OF the old
Union coming hand IN hand with their fair sis
ters from the other side Of the Mississippi 70 the
Capitol in ] 665, aud, by their votes. saying 10
our chosen candidates, Well done, good aud
faithful servants; confde 70 your honor, we
entrust to your patriotism. the Government Of
the United States and We enjpin upon you 20
see that fhe ,ear for the popular Government be
pToseclifsd 10 ,peedy and sticeessfsi elosei