, 1864-11-14

the President and 6<ahsa1t
.-speeches of MIR. Iincoln, mr.. sess-
ard, and Others.
WAsuryoTov, Thursday, Nov. 10, 1859

"A94IS0TQVt 1QuI8QaY, 1sOF 1U
The serernl Lincoln and johnson clubs OF
ting District Of Columbia called On PFesdent
Lincoln tonight and gave him o serenade In
honor Of his reelection. There WIS in addf-
tion an mmense concourse Of spectators Of
both sexes in front Of the Executive Mansion
The firing Of field piece was Of frequent oc-
currence, adding to the excitement OF the oc-
casion. The President appeared at IN upper
window, and, when the cheers with which he
was greeted ceased, he spoke as follows:
any Government not too strong for the 1bcr-
ties Of its people can be strong enough to
maintain it's own existence in times Of great
emergencies. On this point the present rebel
lion has brought our Republic to u severe test,
and Presidsntlal election Occurring n
little to the strain. II the loyal peo-.
ole united were put to the utmost Of
their strength. By the rebellion must
they not Eln when divided aud
partially para1yzed BY political var among
fhemseiyes? But the Election was necessity.
elections, and If the rebellion could force us
to forego or postpone national election, It
must fairly claim to hare already conquered
and ruined Us. The strifa Of the election Is
but human nature practically applled +, to .sis ne
case must ever in similar cases. Human na-
tme will not change In any future great MI
tional trial, compared with the men Of this,
we shall hare as weak and strong, Us sli1y anu
as wise. as bad and Us good. Let u therefore
learn wisdom from, and none Of them aa
wrongs to be revenged- lChee1s.l But the
election, along with its incidental and unde-
si1ahle strife, has done good, too. It has dem
onstrated that 2 peoples government can
great civil war. Renewed cheers.1 Until
now it has not been known to the world that
this was a possibility It shows, also, how
sound and how strong We still are. It shows
that even among the candidates of the same
party, he who Is most devoted to the Union
and most opposed to treason can receiEe
most Of the peoples votes: [Appause,I It
shows also to the extent yet known that We
| have more men now than we had when the
war begun. Gold Is good in Its place, but
living 6ravs and patriotic men are better than
| applause.l But the rebellion continues, and
| now that the election is oTcr, may not an
| having common Interest rcrnite IN COM
mon effort to save our common country
| fCheers.] For my own part have stFtVen
| and shall strive to avoid placing my oossacle
any any mans bosom. Whife an duly sensible
to the high eomgstnentak Ee,elss ton, !, aa1 nd
duly grateful as trdsa$ - Isshty T Cog s|i1f t1f
sosss$ssn, easR$ ssss:ff :: tas e. e { s'as s5as
nothing to my satafaca It, any other
man nav be disappointed By the result
[Cheers.1. May ask those who have not DIFF
tered with mo to Join with me in the sams
spirit towards those who have? And now let
me close BY asking three hearty cheers for our
| brave soldiers and seamen and their gallant
and skilllu1 commanders.
| The three cheers were cnthusias slcally Civ
en-, accompanied BY music and the sound OF
| cannon
| The crowd IN part proceeded to the resi-
! dcncc Of Secretary Sewnrd, who, In the course
| of hIs remarks, said be came on the stagc Of
action some years after the Revolutionary
War, and used to hear his parents talk about
! the rast number Of Tories that were opposed
| to the war, and what surprised him was that
after twenty-five or thirty years, there was not
! Tory found in the United States. He could
not exactly understand wl1cre they had gono
to. {Laughter.l During the war Of 1873 tho
Fedefalists used to carry the intervening cleo
tlons Just us the Democrats carried the elec-
tion IN New York In 1862 hut-Kben the war
came to close and ended In 1ery, VIC haa &c.
the era OF good feeling, and fronrtha time ~
now We cannot find an old l, fsaesatst, @ t..thas ,s
and when the stars and stripes asa1R"aye
oycr Richmond, IN two or three qeafs yon VIII
6aye to look mighty sharp to dadd secession
ist br rebel sympatalzer. !. lausnses
! tinn that the var il failure, he said du-
ri,sz the f,rst wear Of the war tho African slave
trnde In the United States Was suppressed In
| ti,e second year negroes were; bIoug6t TO Lo
soidiers Of iteedom; in the third year Slavery
wns abolished In the District Of Columbia;
and In the fourth. Slavery was abolished In
MARYLAND Ifthe Democrats think the warts
failure thus far, when Congress comes togeth-
Ct they will adopt Constitutional amend
meut 10 abolish Slavery throughout the Uni-
ted States [Cheers.] II Slavery shall not
cease, It shall not be the fault OF the Admin
fstration Then We shall have an era Of good
feeling and harmony, and tesune our bright
career among the nations, and advance the In
terests Of the country and freedom, selfgo7-
eminent md humanity. al men will come
t to sec the President, a~thoeough, loyal, de-
voted patriot and benevolent man, and be
will take his place with Washington, Frank
4 lin, Adaras and jackson, among the oeneiae-
tors Of The human race. [APplausc:I
and merely said, while lighting armed % seoe.s
they had achieved . victory over tnels 1oes ~
home, aud now with lnng pun. -, = sLsone
pnll, ard pull all together, "o WILL kaocA
'eM. .+o -6.sao,.,,.,
Of Secretaries 81 % Ftssenden, Stanton, n
f!sher> but they did nok make their appear
ahsfi 'Sftorncy General Bates; nadea brief con
| orntn]atory speech. and thus ended Inc nights
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