The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-12-06

!. hope of peace and quiet forever, we say,
to them, to him who scouts that proffer.,
ed love and kindness, let us meet hin'
with sharp, quick, decisive war, that
shall bring the war to an end, to the ex-
tinguishment of such men wherever
they may be. Applause.
"But how is that to be done? Blood
and treasure have been poured out.
spent without measure, until taking adj.
vantage Of supposed depletion oftreas-
ure, first, bad men live banded togeth-
er by specializing in that which ought
to be the circulating medium, and rails
ed upon the poor man the price of the
Goals upon his hearth, and the bread.
upon his table. Let some measures be-
taken to stop that, or perhaps better
measure than any other is to be under
stood that hereafter we pay no more
bounties from the taxes of the North,
but taking counsel from the Roman
method Of carrying on war, we say to
the young men, look to the fair fields of
the sunny South, and unless they take
our amnesty, Let us go down there and
you shall have whatever you get by
fair division we will Open new land Of
fees wherever our armies march, dis
tributing lands among the soldiers, to
be theirs and. their heirs, forever.
GA harsh measure, everybody will
say; but is it not quite as just as it is
that we should tax ourselves, and raise
the price of the necessaries Of life for
the purpose ofgiving bounties and sup
port to the soldiers in fighting these
men whom we have three times over
solmnly called to come and be our
friend; in 1862, TO come in June; in 863,
to come in September; and in 1864, to
come the sth of January, 1865. And
when the clock strikes the last knell Of
the parting day, and then all hope ofre-
turn for those who have not made pro-
gress towards that return shsll be lost
forever. No longer can they live in
: the land ofAmerica. Mexico, the West
India Islands, or some place that / care
noU 10 IIauIe, UeCouso I kuvu is-..a
hard enough to be cursed with their pres
encc shall be their Dwelling place. These
shall never come here again.
81 look with some considerable inter-
est upon what believe to be present
results Of this election. Ibelieve, first,
, we have settled the question of the war
by settling the question that the people
are determined to carry Oh that war.
think it has always been claimed
that we should be strong enough after
great victory to offer new terms OF
peace to the rebels. never expect to
: see in arms or in council greater vic.
tory than the one we have achieved. /
: think we are now strong enough to
= make that offer, and then take it that
: the most squeamish Of our friends will
: agree with us, when they find that We
: have exhausted every resource OF states
, Inenship in the effort to carry out peace
|, that it is time then to make war, yea
) war from the hilt."
s.Sueh war will be decisive war,
and therefore, without trespassing too
long upon the festivities of this occa-
i sion, and keeping the ladies in waiting
: far to long, in answerto what you were
: kind enough to suggest, look upon
this victory as one that has decided the
: war-decided it not in military point
of view, but in that overpoYeripg civil
: point of view which decides the fate of
, nations everywhere. To this It may bc
answered, and to that answer ! desire
for a moment to call your attention, so
: that every man may work out in his
own mind much more clearly than any
!. suggestion of mine could do, the prob
:. lem that if we 90 OH with the strength
= = and stringency that have suggested,
!" how shall we live in the same land with
! the men whom we thus fight? Again
J let us go to the teachings of history,
). and we will draw from the history OF
y nation which we are proud to'call the
. mother land"
"Every considerable est,te in Eng.
}. land under Cromwell passed through
, the courts, or commissioners ofconfisca-
! ton. Every considerable household
!" fought against every other considerable
: household; the people fought against
= the mobiles and the mobiles against the
:. people; and yet, when the king came to
= his own again after q time, the natl. n
came together, cementcd in friendship,
never to be divided thereafter. Isthere
!, any difficulty, then looking at the teach
!. ings of history, in the Anglo Saxon race
: knowing how to live in equity and
6 peace, amity and friendship with those
! with whom they had fight? Is it no,
u well known rule that those with
whom we fought bitterly, after the fight
. is over, are the one who become the
: most endeared to us and we are the
: more ready to take them by the handS
. Therefore see no difficulty in every
= good man of the North and every good
:. man of the South coming togather and
= letting by-gones be by-goncs," :,
: GAS have said, desire to extinguish
!, all the bad men so far as this is con-
= cenred. Allow me, without trespassine
= further, to say that am glad to tender
= to the citizens. of New York, who have
= so kindly come here this evening to do
: honor,to the government which re-
: present, my most sincere and heartfelt
! thanks, and to say to those now collect
. . ed, who have done me the honor to de-
= clare that the presence of United State.
= troops here tender to prevent all disor.
= 1er, that the influence of good men, all
: : tending in one directions did fair more
/, to maintain the peace and quiet Of the
# city,"
!, y IL again return my thanks, and an
= happy to bid you God-speed on the
i morrow, when l leave for the armie.
- now in operation in the felb." Loud
Three cheers were given for Gen