Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-14

We gave, In our first edition, copy of Mr.
ohaso's speech in response to the serenadC
last evening as 1t appeared In morning co.
temporary. Having been furnished since with
acorrected copy Of the speech, we take ploas sure
In laying It before our readers:
II answer your call, my friends, It Is be.
cause your kindness requires II OF me, not he.
cause feel In the mood for speaking tonight
Our armies confront, at this very moment, the
armies the rebellion through the whole long
line OF operations from the Potomac TO tho
Chattshoochie. Even now they may be en-.
gagged In deadly conflict Every dny-almost
| every hour brings from the field somc dear
| friend or dehr relative covered with mobile
wounds, or brings news that some other friend
or relative not lees dear has fallen in the duht.
Offering his precious life for the more precious
| life of his country.
My thoughts are with our soldiers In the b,t.
| tie, ln the blvouac, on the march, in the hos.
pttnl, or IN their early, honored graves. "a
voice: " is there any bad newsl"l No, no bad
newsI no news but good news; vet even good
news Is saddened blythe loss Of brave men.
II is but yesterday that young hero OF nv
own name and blood was borne hither from the
field near Richmond 10 die. At this moment
another relative rests awhile beneath my roof
from search for his brave boy, wounded In the
same battle, And so 1t Is with us all-all have
last sleep, or suffer In hospitals, or still, foil of
courage and hope and patriotic ardor, press
the enemy In heroic conflict Our Thoughts
our sympathles, our aspirations must be with
them, whether they follow persistipg Grant to
the capture Of Richmond, or impetuous eher-
man through Georgia to the ocean; and we can
not but feel too deeply for much speaking. .
'stili, let me say a word of the part our own
honored State-for suppose you are. most of
you, Ohio men who stand before me-takes in
this sacred contest for Union and freedom,
have just named two Of her sons who lead our
two greatest armies, now driving rebellion. as
VIC hope, TO Its last extremity. need not
name the other great leaders she has given to
the country; nor need remind you how, in all
the war, Ohio has been foremost among the
foremost. No troops came moro promptly into
the field than hers; none from SO great a dis
lance cape so quickly to the defence OF this
national capital In the dark days Of 1861.
No State, In proportion to lts population,
has sent forth so many regiments. From no
State has SO many veterans rc-enlistVd; and
lately. when Grant wanted the trained troops,
from the camps and forts within Immediate
reach, for service in the field, what other State
than Ohio furnished her thirty-Gye thousand
volunteers for duty In their rsoml / know
the worth OF this oblation. count personal
friends among the officers and men by hun
dreds. I know from what professions, from
what business, from what employmonts they
come. Every useful and honorable ayocation
has contributed Its quota. The best men Of
the State make up the rank and flo. - Regiment
after regiment Of them have already gone to
the front. - r-... = =
May We not, then, indulge an honest pride
that Ohio Is our Statei Who can help saying,
from the very depths of his heart, God bless
Ohiol and God bless hor glorious sons, who
take their lives In their hands for the salvation
of the Republicl II other duties detain some
OF us from shaving personally their trials and
dangers, let us so perform these duties that we,
too, may, feel that we have done something for
our country. Then may We join, without
shame, In building the monuments of our
fallen herols; In welcoming home the brave
men who returRj and in repeating to children
ard to children's children the great acts by
which Union and Liberty were saved in North
America,