Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-03

GREAT SPEECHES
Hon. Lyman Tremain and Hon
Samuel Galloway.
AT BRAINARD'S HALL, NOVEMBER 2
The Issues Of the Hour.
Analysis Of the Rival Platforms.
The War Not a Failure!
The Crime and the Punishment
OF Treason.

L1ell WIS packou aHu laLuIueu Dy AhuAoo 1hu
gentlemenof the highest trespectability and
intelligence our city can boast, to hear the
words of truth and soberness, of hope and
cheer, which the honorable gentlemen
from New York and Ohio might have occa-
sion to utter. The rash nearly equsled
that on Monday night, when Hon. s P.
Chase addressed our citizens. About half
past seven o'clock the speakers who had
been announced made their appearance on
the stage, accompanied by many of the
leading citizens of the city. They were
greeted with tumultuous and IOng-contin-
ued applause. When this had subsided,
q. B Hurlburt Esq. introduced Mr.. .Tremsin,
ofNew York, whoIwas gr- -eted with perfect
storm of welcome, and who proceeded to
address the immense audience as follows:
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES:
I. q citizen of New York, salute you,
citizens of Ohio, as fellow citizens, having
ono common birthright The name Amer
lean citizen, ever honored, has become
dearer than ever before by reason of the
sufferiugs and blood which have been pro-
vOk5d by this civil war. l come to speak
to you words in favor of uphOlding this
government, this Union and Constitution
which our fathers sacrificed so much to
secure, and which they have transmitted
to US.
Returning from q canvass in Illinois and
Michigan, can testify to the enthusiasm
Of the masses everywhere. The enthusiasm
is unparalleled, and gives unmistakablo
evidence that the people are alive TO the
issues which engage all minds AMI hearts.
Nor is this enthusiasm strange; it would
be stranger if it did not exist. When We
see the country shaken from center TO cir
eumferenee, conspiracy in the Northern
States, gigantic frauds practiced, rebel
bands present in force in all our border
cities, it would be strange indeed if the
people were not aroused. Lethargy at such
a time would be the sleep which herald's
dissolution.
l come to discuss the issues involved in
this canvass. For three and a half years
We have been engaged in a life-Gnd death
struggle with q gigantic rebellion which
purposes the destruction of this Govern
ment We fancy we hsve dealt it blows
which must eventuate its death, but it still
struggles. For the first time during lis
existence the American people are called
upon to render a verdict on the merits of
this war. The war is the all-absorbing
topic shall it 90 on as the Baltimore
Platform proposes? or shall there be ces
sstion of hostilities as the Chicago Platform
demands7 These are the questions, and
the people must givo them definite
answer.
Heretofore all parties in political can
vases have been equally loyal. But now
the question is deeper and broader. 0n
the verdict rendered on November Sth, de
pend the perpeuity of our institutions and
the solution for all time of the problem.
whether free government can or cannot
exist. Heretofore we have demonstrated
the ability of the people 10 carry on free
government, and under it to wage formid-
able wars with foreign powers, but now we
are to be brought to the test, and must like
wise demonstrate that we are not tending
to the rocks and breakers, as foreign hostile
critics declare, and that our Representative
governmental has suficientintrinsic strength
and self-prOtecting power to insure its
safety over aud beyond the combined
Vaccinations of Southern Shareholders and
European Aristocrats.
Democrat as l am and have been, have
always believed that the American people
are able to govern their own affairs; but
whatever slight doubts may have some
times been entertained, for moment, have
been removed in this campaign. [Cheers.]
I find the people everywhere are intelli-
gent, and clearly perceive the issues.
The will of our people is as fixed and
inexOrable as the laws of the Medes and
Persians they have solemnly aud deliber-
ately resolved that this nation shall live
and this accursed rebellion shall die.
Tremendous cheers
QUESTIONS OF THE TWO PLATFORMS.
The main question of the two platforms
relates to the prosecution of this war.
Stripped of all verbiage the issue is, shall
this war, waged for the preservation Of the
rights of the people, be pronounced fail
ure, and a cessation of hostilities be called
for and secured, or, rejecting this, shall We
demand vigorous prosecution of the war,
with all the power and resources of the
country, according to the purpose aud dec
larstion of the Baltimore Platform That
in the proposition.
COLLATERAL QUESTIONS.
The speaker at this point, before proceed
ing 10 the discussion of the main PROPOSE
ton, referred to msny collateral issues,
which the Opposition party rsiBe, such as
the Constitutionality Of arbitrary arrests
suspension of habess corpus, suspension
of the press, &C., &C., but as these questions
have sbeen answered fully to the salts
the canvass, we omit, urged by the pres
sure on our columns, a report of this part
of the address.
Comingl back to the first proposition,
shall the war 60 on or shall we grant
cessasion of hcstilities, the speaker re-
minded Us that we must first consider
whether the war is a righteous one or not.
If not, it should cease at once, or if the
South is asking such rights for herself
as our fathers sought in wsging
the war of the Revolution, We should give
it up and pay her debt. But if the rebel
lion is based on treason, the highest civil
crime in the world, then war is justifable,
and we are towards if we fail TO prosecute
it until the rebellion is crushed. There
was nc excuse for the rebellion. Mr.. Lin
coin was duly and properly elected. But
on his inauguration he found the rebel
government organized, and soon after war
was begun. What should Mr.. Lincoln do?
His oath compelled him to restore the su-
premaoy ofthe National laws and authority.
If the principle of secession was recognized,
all the States might go. one after another.
1t was the Presidents duty to give that
doctrine the eternal lie, and if We keep on,
ss heretofore we have done. we shali soon
be rewarded by the destruction of the re-
bellion.
He eontended there can be NO right of
revolution under Representative Govern
ment, because it implies that :he majority
are not able 20 do what they think right
in peaeeRble ways. We can right all wrongs
by the ballot, and need no appeal to the
bullet. Our fathers could not do this
they could appeal to the Crown, and ask
for pFiveligeH, but could not secure their
will by suffrage. But we, by our oft recur-
ing elections can peacefully revolutionize
any wrong that may creep into our legisla-
tiOn.
The speaker challenged an answer to the
question, What act of oppression has the
Federal Government ever put upon the
South? JEFF. Davis, himself, has foreclosed
all argument on the score Of the fright of
revolution" He rejects the doctrine in its
application in this contest, but takes refuge