Daily national Republican., 1864-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.

pishei Judge il was remarked that the closing
sa%ogt was G'Ry tES q three hour tSo 10 length
observation was, that a lawyer who knew any.
thing about his subject could tell all he knew IN
S,Snd his case must take two or thtee HourS be-
tore he could make anybody understand him. He,
hScSf Sn sno T gGhn 10 SS pn .S
Ina short Tins upon the patriotic subject upon
which they were called upont TO reflect They have
cult whc the national heart, beating with Issues
aGcclgg The progress Of Gods truth well as our
make when hddressitE & an Aspemblage OF patriotic
The arts and devices of the public speaker, the
does not sak down in the tou; in this, our day, II
demanda utterancss plain, simple, unyArniahed,
has passed away with US, and the day for action
.hsB come speeches are good for nothing, oratory
!, go1d for nothing, except so far as they awaken
iar as they awaken and bring that definite pufpose
into vigorous action. The man who to-day Is not
w RsS SRdsn "Sy Syeyhi5F I Rsi ne hc Rs Tor Sa
country "a o0trdrd nothing more, nothing less. n
rctwcen two o sppsps SI God ho I'll aawS
and worship hlmj on the other hand, II our coun-
try and nation 10 anything, Unlon 10 anything, the
Etoat miHslon ofour fathers is anything, II univ
nNl freedom is anything, let us act with them, and
aad patriots. while he % was ass speaking, and within
short distance o. the eNpitai Of the nation, stands
cohirohttdtWo OF VIC brnveat Hrmies-twO armies
pcrhnps numrfically stronger than any In the
wor h-msrshsled on the battlefield waiting for a
few days Of genial sunshine, when they would be
against bayonet, displaying the horoism Of the
Old Guard, and the battlefield OF McDonough en-
Aclcd over again blow for blow
What will be the result he could not say, but he
hoped Victory would crowl our arms and the
eagle the bird Of our adoption with stronger pin
love and revere floats in victory above that
battlefield. lie believed II would. This army is
hattlesj man who knows no fatiguej a man that
moves trdrd the enemy and not away from the
Enemy ~ some Generals have.
General who is endowed with love OF coun-
Try, love Of iTeedomi under huch = leader, by the
privilege Of God he believed IN his soul that we
that The tids OF Victory goes against Us on on the
RapldAn--what thsni Shall we listen TO the syren
song OF Pcacc Pescel Peaoei which the political
dictator OF the commercial emporium OF the
country B Founding In our ears; 4 man who is q
syoophaut to southern domlnatiOn--a man who
seeks tn be and IL n defender Of treason-the man
who, at the oommenooment of the war, telegraphed
= to the Governor Of Georgia thst he was sorry
that the Hrr-Atms-scnt from the rih 10 the
south--dld not reach their destination"
Ifthoy had reached their destination they would
Il was he who adopted the sentiments OF the poii.
tciRn o. Cnolnnati, who told the American peo-
pie rather than see the Southern people Suhjugsted
by war he would acknowledge their Independence.
Mr.. H'tiIr, OF MaryianI:S : state that has raised
such patriots as Henry Winter DaviGi A State, all
onof 10 It's name, that few days ago pronounced
10 favor OF universal emancipation. shall we liz.
ten to such remarks as the traitors mako on the
floor Of the American Congress, praying" God Al
mighty that the North may never iubduo the
South by arms," aad that Northern Yankees had
10 such meal No; neveri never neverI
The American people denpiae such utteIAn
on every one that dareI utter them II we meet
with defeat on the Rapidan, we will accept II with
resignation but we will gitd up our loins again
ham Lincoln inscribed upon our banners, we viii
fight, fight and do nothlns else until every rebe
and traitor returns TO his allegiance, or is driven
from the fseo OF Gods earth, This is his idea O
the duties of an American citizen In this war ant
at this crisis Talk Of compromises talk OF peace
anything bat victory VISA out Of the quest Ion, ant
II needs be TO get rictorg he would not only Gdvo
cate the suhiugaton OF the southern rebels, bu
their determination.
Rather than give up the glorious l,gaey Of free
dom left US by our icTetethers, he would see th'
5euthorn nation e. traitors % siernaiy damnsd
enough, show him stronger, and he would uI'
them,
They were told In Congress that this war is tn,
result OF abolitioniHr. They all know this is q
lie. AbOlitionism was not the cause Of the war.
The SPEAKER then went back TO the history of thu
OF the Pllgrimn on Plymouth Rook. They wen
there for the liberty Of oonsoioneei they went Their
TO found universal liberty for themselves and thei
ehildreni they organized Themselves into mum
GipAl association, and the most democratic govern
ment this earth has ever seen.
He admired their manly and sturdy iutsg ity
love OF frcedom snd free principles. They planteI
the little tree OF liberty on The rock-bound ooAt
of Plymouth which hsH spread itS roots m, around
and In hsgules OF that rock, snd after a growth o
OGe hundred II at5, one century, covers country
reaching from the Atlantic to tho FacIdo, and
people organized into thirtyfour states and thirty
millonS OF people, and until this cursed rebellion
broke out, every man, woman and child reposeC
The people all over tie world drank from IL
living waters, The sun, when he dipped himgel
in the Atlantic and sunk at The horizoa Of tht
West, HtllrcOyercd u people beyond, and lookeC
dowg upon M intelligent people, made so by th
most bCnig1 Government on the tRee OF the earth
Madison, Washington and Jeferaon fully believe
that BlRI Ct" would melt away before an advancing
progress an! refined nfistlsn civilization.
did not.
Tho South demanded more territory, moro pro
lection This was granted in 1920, in tho pAsSAg
of the iIssCuli Compromise, brought about by Is
asaistsnr e of Northern men TO satisfy fhe demand
of the South. In 1850 another compromise wa
brought about by cooperation OF Northern meI
hecAuse thu South required 1t, Ehich demand,
not complied with, civil war was to follow. Tn
FugitiYc Sisyo law was another concession ia III
South. A. that time the people OF the North wer
not IN favor ot It, but As long 3 II was law an,
was on the Et:tute hook, its provisions were cou
piled " tn.
prle The speaker then spoke Of the Kansas-Nt
braBka bill, another southern measure, shove
that the Southern men in Congress hNd miAed tn
nation for yeArBi the threats that Yancey an
pthers Made In CGngiess when Fremont was
candidate for the Presidency, was TO seize tn
Government, the Treasury, and munitions II wa
But Fremont was not elected and Buchanan Was
that old Areh-irRitOr He thanked God that Bl
blood; if he hiss done so IN an un awful way, h
Tho speaker hoped the child wouli never kno'
Its father.
The speaker then gave the hist ~ the sumt'
-" and showed that the rebels fred the hr
%mH. and conclrPtvely proved thst slavery and NJ
abo'Ition was the cause Of the war. He SHou
IIsten 10 no compromise till slayerY was dead, bI
he wouId not Top til its pu 'riiylhB body yAP 90
cred In the grave so that the miasmA from II oou
not contaminate tbogs with whom 1t come IN co
tact.
The Uniun must and shall be prc1oived. Lot
ntrikc for t; let work for III let us die for u
for that banner beneath which Washington tough
tho banner beneath whose folds Jefferson, Jsckso
Madison, sworo eternal fidelity to the Union l.
no star be taken ON It's galaxy nor one sttil
erased or ohscured. Let us spread out Its amp
folds and inEcribe on It, in letters oil love, llgh
truth, UHION and IIBERTYr now and forever, VI
and insGparsblc.
Dr., DOanP, in 3 few brief and pertinent remark
introduced col. Montgomery Of NickBburg, wi
made real Western speech, which was receiY
with frequent EpplRusr lie spoke OF the gre
Issues which are RgitRtinB the nation, and severe
handled the oppOBers Of the Administration al
the war, and showed the folly OF those who hop
10 preserve HlAvery-nlNOi which he ulustated
the most humorous and pointed stories, which d
not require twice telling 10 make their Hppic
tiOn apparent
Loyal PENNsYLYANIAEs.-A public meetil
of Pennsylvanians will be held this evening"
half past o'clock, in the hall on the Eeesnd no
Of Tho IniOn LEAGUE building on Ninth street,