, 1864-09-25


humanity. The full rights OF citizenship
have been conferred on .. whole people, end
yet public order aud property are fairly Sc
cure. American Institutions bare attained
to that best Asamp. OF excellence, the 1ttach-
ment ot perfectly free people and We hs!e
eztely educated, will obey authority they
hare themselves bestowed, and reverence
laws they have themselves enacted, The
charge Of Carrying on tbs war by Irish and
German mefccnArics' has been cast upon the
hsve eeen died vsth Tsn aeeogea a9ess ,ato aee sa
allen service, and with Gerrnnns, bought up
Ike cattle ID the-sha1nble. !; but tho teath fs
esss ;h.1e sfe asa.aR M rsS a.
out medals, Without ribbons, and with
out the lash. There has beeh good deal Of
drifting, hut there has also been great deal
OF volunteering, and the armies ,are, to a
great extent, clt1xcn armies such "a no Gov
OF Its people, has * it's command.
.r... OUR MILITARY oApAcrTT. .~
"MfIita1y power Is thought BY many to be
the great teat Of the excellence Of political
institutions II this be 50 no.. nstion IN his
tory has ever, by It's own resources, kept
armies 50 large, 10 Well appointed, and so
well supplied, Tor 20 long time, N the field;
nobler Ro1dter In any part Of military charac-
ter and duty than General Grant Tie nation
has 1isen, after terrible defeat, elastic and in-
domitabla In Its darkest hourlt hss never
lost confidence In itself It las wiaely stood
By Its Government, though It's Government
Of want OF confidence In ministers Just
struggling out Of their carly difficulties, and
In the middle ofa war. No commander has
been removed ntil-he has really failed, in
which case Commonwealths consider the
esfetys, Of he soldtef,, as well a
ton has In the main been held in check. We
have alWays been tsld that tho men OF lnte1-
leet and refinement in America stood aloot
from politics in snllen dtsaHecsfon; hut dur
Ing this struggle. with the s1all-splitter' tor
President thy yhase squaled or surpassed
common cause. And the President; chosen
ont of the msss of the people and not called
to meet: 4 terrible emergency, h4 yet met
the most terrible Of all emergencies with
sense md selfpossesslon-as well, perhaps,
~ it would bemct bg any European soTer.
set there Wsa irighttul amount Of cor1up-
ton and treason. but II aeems to me- to have
-Abated - the face OF the people hts grown
steruet. Great emergencies bring out all
thai Ia noble and all that Ia 1asc tn man, and
the basenees 10 apt to appear first. !.
4. TUE ooNDpcT OF TIE WAR;
,"1n this war, generally speaking, personal
liberty has been secure TO degree unequal
led in 90 great an extremity, to q greater de-
Extremity NJ less fearful. The tty1ant )
Lincoln viii very likely be 1e elected by the
free sudfaxes Of tho oppressed people, OF 50
many Of them as have survived his guiliottue,
As for the Cqnstitution, It has never been in
danger for moment, except in this eyes OF
Clellan, OF all men {u the world, Wno t1 plav
| the part of BopAparte, The lore Of Uherty
-amopg the Americans il etronp. and canshjc
| Of reSistirg forces that have shIpWrtcked the
! liberties Of other nAhons. Fhe truth Is, that
| beneath tho troubled spriace Of rcneral . noi.
/ itics thero has. alWnys been II Worf In onist
and healthy influence OF the local institutions I
which have really formed the political char
acter Of tho people. There has been no ten.
! ucncy 70 relapse into the sabre sway. The
soldiers hare retained ~ tho sentiments oi
cluzens. Ih1 ungQSernab!e mass has shown
st 9eed st1onk fnstincts Of selfGove1nment
aud beN control sec NO resson for dlsdain.
!p4 klnahip With this people A. far - can
aee. 5cy afe9eaue AuRIo;6sHons, In burning
Eessel netMeea- aea and hzc,- b4t stu, u1as'
t3s o1 tnsm1sNeG
| 49, o HUMANITY OF TIE WAR
~ confidently 11sett that this civil Nas
has been, 10 far, On the- part Of the NORTH,
| .Wishont exception, the most humane h h1x'
l tory. ExceSse1 h&yc been committed by tht
Federal armies; they arc committed By all
armies In fhe enemJ's country. Excesses oi
the most horrible find were comuitted by
cur own armies on. 'theae rery scenes. Con,
1 fedeate property has been destroyed by
tFedetsla on land. while Ftdcrnl nfnnert1
was being DESTROYED in NV p{c1lfsrfx hsI.
bsro1n d The Confederates II "a Rnt: r.
have head or no7 dcnfal Of nnsrter ~ end
no malteatment OF: Confsdcrst, nr,snne,. ~.
and a1a,siance has been rlTen. wfthont a..
tinction, to de 'rounded on hoth .,das Hss
The riota and msssacses il New Yof, -.1sn; WEE:
charged on Northrm feror;tv d7ha1 Me.s wes<
got up In the fhtefest Of thn sonth hS:eonth'
4 eIn seents, and they were nsgn+f1stsa ~
Irish iowuies, ffesA, n most n1 r.. re1Jy VI
.ltm Is. fram tho mis4o1e1nnent Of oths,