The Portland daily press., 1864-11-17
Thursday Morning, Nov. II, 1864.
THE LATE UNION JUBILEE.
Speeches Of Hon. Woodbury. Davis and
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In the hurry ofthe hour it was impossible
for us to give the speeches delivered at the
late celebration of our great bloodless nation.
al victory, in connection with the proceedings
Of the account Of the jubilant occasion. But
they have not lost their interest or value by
delay. The following is a very accurate re-
port. ht
-1e SPEECH OF JUDGE DAVIS.
Mr.. PRESIDENT: q
II seems 10 me most fitting that such meet
ing as this should be held under the auspices
OF the City government. There is occasion,
now that the political contest is over, tor ali
the people, without distinction of party so Tar
as they will, TO rejoice together in the result
For we have not assembled to celebrate mere
ly a party triumph. We have come together
TO express our gratitude and joy over the sal
walton Of The Republic. l believe that the Sun
on Tuesday night was TO go down on nation
saved, d,-or on nation lost How would all
bad men and devils have rejoiced if it had
been LOST And how would those who have
loEged, and prayed, and la6ored for freedom,
in This and in all other lands, have mourned
over the great disaster Let US thank God that
this ruin nas been averted; that our country
has been saved, Though there will be no re-
joicing among tyrants, in the Old world, or
In the New, the friends of humanity every
where will rejoice. Those noble, large-heart-
ed, generous spirits, vino have sent their words
OF cheer TO Us across the water in our hours of
darkness, will mlngte their rejoicings with
ours, And wherever, on land or sea, the news
oil the election OF Abraham Lincoln shall fly,
there will be anme to welcome it with OlAd
hurrahs.
Mr., President; ! do not say that all those
who voted for Gen. Mcclellan so understood
it.; but VINO can doubt that his election would
have been followed by adsmembermentO of our
Union, and the independence OF the Southern
Confederacy So it was understood Ia Europe
by all intelligent men, So the rebels in this
country believed. And SO 1t would have been,
whether desired or not, by the inevitable
course OF events.
But it was not so to be. God had not thus
given US over to the will OF our enemies. He
has visited us with heavy judgments, until the
whole land has been filed with mourning, and
In myfiadS OF houses the first born Is dead.
But 1t is now plain that He has always intend
ed to save US and that He has b EN- purifying
us by ehastIsemepts only that He might make
our future far more glorious than the past.
We have indeed been subjected to terrible
trial. For two long years there was treason
els defeat and disaster almost everywhere fol-
lowed US and ii is no wonder that many OF
our Wisest men began to despair o. saving the
country. We were like ship in storm,
driven upon lee shore, every moment in dan
ger of being dashed upon the rocks. Button
the first day Of jan, 1863, the wind changed,
and the sun began once more to break through
the clouds. Victory, instead of defeat, fol-
lowed our arms. The soul of Old John Brown
began to march on, carrying terror to the
hearts of our foes. The war was no longer
conducted on peace principles; and the peo-
pie, who, especially in the West, had been wa
vering, began once more to ,Hraily round the
hag.n Ballots and bullets began to tell the
same story. And they have been doing it
ever since, until, with the defeat Of Hood, and
Early, and Longstreet, and Lee, In the South,
and OF Vallandipgham, and Fernando Wood
and Horatio Seymour, and Geo. b. McClel-
Ian in the North, we may well feel that the f.
nal victory is sure. The crisis hour is passed !;
and our ship of state will soon answer the in
vocation OF the poet, and esail on among the
nations, spreading the triumphant banner of
the Republic to the breeze on every sea-
But, Mr.. President, while we rejoice, let us
remember that it is in the promise OF success,
not in its faLtftnlent. We boast, not as
those who take off the harness, ,--but as those
who are putting 1t on. If our eyes have been
permitted TO see our salvation, tits salvation
yet TO be accomplished. Our enemies are not
yet subdued. And slavery, the source and
cause Of the rebellion. 10 not yet dead. And
the reelection of President Licnoln is an
event to rejoice over only because 1t Is a sol
emn pledge of the American people that tn
war shall be prosecuted until every rebel lay 8
down his arms and that slavery shall be ut
terly eXtermlnsted by an amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States, 500 s,.
know that much has already been done to
subdue our enemies. Our armies have been
victorious on many battle field; and the
flag of our country waves over every rebel
State. ! know that the finances Of the rebel
Confederacy are in ruinous condition; and
its armies are fast being reduced in numbers
And feel sure the day of our final victory is
near. But lift were otherwise, my confidence
in our ultimate triumph would not be shaken
Ii this war should be protracted through this
year. and the next, and even for many years
TO come our cause will never be abandoned
nor given up in despair. LeAns rejoice that
this is the meaning of our recent election
that to this the people are pledged; that if eoe
do not live to see the work finished, our
children will carry the flag of the Republic
up the rough edge OF battle, to the hour OF its
full and perfect triumph. a
"For Freedoms battle. once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Is never st,-but always won"
And much, Sir, has been done toward the
extinction Of slavery. But the work is not
yet finished. 1t is not true, as certain poltl-
clans resolved at Cleveland, that Slavery is
dead: 1t never will die of ITSELF 1t never
will die until it is killed. Like Mlton's devils,
it's .vitalln every part" and cannot but by
dnnthitdtton dle.m Like those reptiles each
part of which, If divided, becomes itself rep
tile, a part of slavery is as dangerous AS the
auhole. The whole system lives So LONG as tbe
law allows any part of it to live on a SINGLE
foot of our soil.
| know that the Presidents proclamation of
emancipation gave to nearly all the slaves in
the land the right to their freedom, if they did
not have it before. / know that Missouri has
abolished slavery by changing her state con
stitutiOn; that louisiana has done the same
and that last, and most wonderful of all, Ma
ryland has become a free State. But peace
may come before the Presidents proclamation
shall have done its entire work. States tha
have SO changed their constitutions as toabol
ish slavery may hereafter undertake t.
change them back again. And its abolition
can be made certain throughout the Who'll
country, and secure in all future time only b.
the proposed amendment Of the Constitution
q. of the United States. Let US rejoice that tn
people, In electing Mr.. Lincoln, upon the Bal
8 timore platform, have solemaly pledged them
selves that this work shall be done.
Let us rejoice in this for the sake of our ma
honal honor. This is no mere sentiment Th
good opinion Of the world Is indispensable t