, 1864-10-22
mURDD0H ON ,UH ANGE.
A Stirring Address-The Duty We Owe
TO Our Country

The gifted patriot, Murdoch, visited the Doa.d o:
Trade Rooms yeeterday, not with the intention Of
making speech, but that he might have HI oppor-
tutity Of seeing tha! noble body OF men Of wtofe
devotion 10 the cau-e Of our common coaot1! nc
had heard much. and OF watching ths operations
on ct apge, He MAS not, however, allowed to de-
Fart without rccoantuon Of the resptce which
his taente ard deTouoa have inspire IN sat breast
q a! sho kno. tin; Ins rn,spGs wens rs rnnsd
al part Of the hall WAS heara cries Of Murdoch"
IL was escorted 10 ths ssaad, where ne Was gssst.
bhont hah an hour. Owing to the iact thai the
demon. trasion was to,aty uLexpe- tied, our repll-
Ter hso no Lot e tnefeo1 ana We are h,
tbeY ntrit. The folio ~ing II partial report:
:. No man felt more than he the momentous gravity
cf The struggle IN which M TIC c9aa:ry +. a. "a,
The life OF the nobeet repnbtic that ever roae IN
the family of nations. Our Bons and brothers. the
Iob.st and best of ths land, afe going bY thou.
apt worthy hearts sacrifice upon the altar Of
The war c.oad has cast It. so,ubrc shadows upon
hundred thousand htafthss0nes, and clothed IN
mourning weeds mQlttuues ot the youth ana
beauty OF onr land. In such in hour, with such
sights aud scenes mee'ing his daily gaze. he had
Lad eons quently lit ii, and had resolved TO de-
vote his time 10 alievlste, as much as was within
hiA power. the soetIEgs aid sorro ws OF the brave
Tie. aud upon whose bosoms had fallen the shafts
dirested nj tie heart Of the Republic. Actu.
s3sen s3se BY .tts e1se se5ss Ss hf d
Tbs corscioutness that be had been ths ins1u-
mett in to'ten,ng the hardships Q! one Of the g4l
liant boys tn blue" wse TO him an auo1e reward.
He was de eIml ed to pnrsne the eame course TO The
t1d Of the costest Hehad enlisted tos the war and
looked back upon the psst with no regret. except
1t was that be had not been able to do tnore. He
said t1At hlle he watched vita TREMBLING anxiely
the STRUGGLES thai occnt upon tee red ded ot Esr,
he lool with no less iLter=s. to the more pacific
but not les Imperial 1mpnrtatt ~ etrussle be:ween
occur: BE had no hesitation as to how
he, ebouId range hlusclf in that cont-st.
A. ior him, he would yote for Lincoln: but in do
irg 80, he wished it distinctly - he understood.
thai it was for no personal preference he h4d for
the present il cumbent Of the Presidential chair.
He ould est hs vote for loyalty. for obedience
for the suppression Of the rebellion. The same
spirit that animated the heroes Of l77B-that in
sptred the sco;tieh cosenaltesa when they prl5ed
se s.n ,sTes .a Of set.s1a VIM atGh ~ a. 'ck N
fighting for religious lee.tythts same spirit ous
now TO animate every American citizen, whether
IN the fed Or at the ballet box Bat shogla an
C'tlan should be the Eext PRECEDENT, ua raj cou.
1cence 1hst that same Power would render futile
al ne maehtnssiors OF peace sueaks and copper-
round him rue patriots who would prosecute this
war till the triumphant eud. lie suit this not
from any respect, OF otherwise, he bad for Demo
c1atf, but Hom an abiding lath he had In the JUS
ttce fons cause IN the purity Of our principles,
and In the eternal perpetuity oiibe7ty.
ne then appealed to those present not to let the
carfs and pe1p1edtes Of mercantile pursuits cause
Ut n to 1ofeet thar dnty to those who, stricken
down upon n.lds where they have carried our da-
- hopeE ana sloIy nov !susulsh ia hospitals f4r
.enoef care. ue tmplored them to eus.ain the
efforts OF the Sanitary Commission, the good
fruits Of Nhich his own eyes bad seen lie eaid
that he would never diepar Of the lnaI issue u
and justice Of the Deity rem.lu d, SO long rhou d
be hope for the triumph Of Union. LtbeftY, aud
Mr.. Murdoch then read poem, eot1t1ed the
"solhieT of ISIS" Taicn vas received with loud
applause.