, 1864-07-13
UNION MASS MEETING.
Metropolitan Hall Last Evening.
Gathering Of Republican rnisn Men Under the
Auspices Of the TAion C]nb-Addresscs BY
Hon. q. T. j. Turner, Hon. W.
Moulton, Muer General B. j.
Qglesby aud Sharon TynGale.

urtser the auspices Of the Union e1uo ~
Titan Hall Inst evening. The nfft ean ". "
s1.. ,r,a nraa ,no.t effectively. The audience
T.r 5arr,p and ensbus3asttc as ere1 gstheteo WAnn
rhoae sails. There was no boiste1ous expression
of feeling. no uproa11ous apphuse' Ihe eeau~
went of the meeting WIS OF too sober character
II ~, that they had wori to do, and were firmly
res,lrcd to do It, The necessity for hearty
earnest action, both At home and On the hat.
t1e-neld WAS fel. deeply, and the meeting /
was one of those working gatherings, where dis
play On the part Of the speakers whs neither at
tempted or executed. Home Truths were spoken, |
and met with ferFeut, hearty response Every |
alluslon to the work to be accomplished, md to |
the need for thorough unity Of effort, vas heartily
endorsed BY the meeting. Very many ladles were .
present,
The platform was occupied by many prominent |
gentlemen, among whom our reporter noticed |
Msjor Gen. Z. ]. ogjeeby, Wm. Bross, Eqs-, Hon I
s. ". Moulton, hon T. J. Turner, and the other
members Of the State Central Conmitte,
The meeting was called to order by A. C. ucsinE,
Vice President Of the Unapn Cini, who, In the ab-
sence Of the Presldept, took the char. He briefly /
introduced to the audience the drst speaker, Hon.
Thomas J. Turner, Of FrcepoFt:
AppnEss or THE noS. +. T. TURNER.
Nr. Turner scarcely knew whether or not 1t be-
came him to masc d speech. The events Of the |
honr, tie news Of what Vas going On tn the bat
Tie field, the knowledge thar even nov those who
caured him feel If It was his duty rather to
aek them to ssep forward into The ranks than to
address s on aey oheF rops As "
tainne the Government at home as well as in the |
field; be would address them briefly on tue ncces.
sity Of supporting that Government- first duty
He Knew they had not come out oftheir homes to |
1lFten 10 him, but to men for whom they had |
ereat partially: 20 he would not long detAn them
then, though when the wateh6res were lighted |
over the whole Northwest he would pronisa to Ad-
dress them Il greater length An9tae, IT, reason
ing WEE the BORROW which rested on aA their souls
ior right after portion Of the loyal people OF
h a hasS a pcood
ment. get now the thunde,s Of rebel ARTILLERY were
heard aong the thoree OF the Potomac, aye, oyer
more ii n1ison with his feelings tell them ali to
uispe.se, md. ehoulde11ug the mnsket take them
10 ihe tented field; but still thes must speak and
haps ~ important as that Of Grant ard Sherman.
| And work they must, ios thsousheut this fatr
| country there Is q leaven Of treason. which pre-
| vents aud Keeps in pcy the power the nstion un-
| doubtedy has to suppress thls rebellion, II only
they were all unaoim0us: for did not those great
principles sn'agouEt,s tS freedom extst Y 9os ne
| Honld amount to nGth'nc. Loud app'ause]
There wss hut one capse which led to the rebel.
Keeping in bondnge fonr railnons Of human beings;
but The support Of that institution there fosssred
she mtnss Of The peopas feeina to
he would not talk to them nos NJ be vonld four
ycara ago. for then be should have held up the
than tho.e Of the Democratic party; but todsy
/ the man VITO epole Of any party sasethe Govern
NEXT il little better than a tr4itor. fTrenendont
Wepe present therr tonight, and would not ssy
that becanse asy man dollowed the immortal tn..ts
nt DC wss
oi Douslas, Of breckenridge or Of Bell If be hsd
: not supported Nr: Lincoln IN escry step he has
fallen below fhe standard Of lis boosted leader,
l. and ID no Democrat, DO freedom lover, nought but
d srisnd OF rebels and their cause:
j. In every particular Of his administration, but
= what human being ever has trodden Withou1 turn
,nE from ths rlght path1 snd he believed tnss ~
n as 1t could be, and was as much approved by IN
n American people Is any goyeInmen! since To- tne a.,
9eeses Eoud se 70 spe,f a. Il
IL Of many acts Of that great man. but time only d!
a lowed him to mention them.
hsa I ia
IL Abraham Lincoln never TOOK that elep till he wa
driven to Il By the voice Of public opinion, and he
confisea,e he property Of rebels and traitors
E. Abraham Lincoln wef light in Tie step: they 4
re- cd as long ae be conscientiou-ly could.
y The Emancipation Proclamation was smother Q
;. bis acts that Esd met with tremendous opposllon
'e Among its bittereat opponents he would mention
the raine OF the Chicago Time. tcoutinued hisses
Of asd sheets 0! shat iE, he would ask that papes
re re matlon enbtrncted one colder from the Unio
ho .ny ss3ss to 9e ae1 stins 4 PEI
cdn1e nep o. fought when their
y tbcze were more niegers in The army than ther
X are cupperheads. Tremendous spplause.I
II About that proclamation there Is one re1arsbie
! | thing. About year 500 mauy men would epeAt
Of lts uncnnstituttonaiity md say that it wAt rnn
q ming the country to rum, but now these littlt
holes sni thoash hey ACKNOWLEDGE tha, it hisn'I
done much harm. they sneak from the question
hy raying that II had not brought one man to the
army who would not have coule wtoo9t 1t.
Resn.d,n: The constitutional r!ehs Of the rebels
t, he would say that Nhcn South Carolina and otbe
States went away from he Constitution they mn
+ until they have been sutdte ed with the halter
y round their neeks. tor the only rights they cal
lew 6e weaid ID drop the e question: M Much opposition ha
j. arifed against the Goyerhment on account Of th
arrest OF rebels outsIdc rebel lines. but would an!
Commissioned officer who would remove tsAl'o
from their midet. He knew they. would not
.heretore for ,hst reason they wGud thank h IT,
II orous viper Clement L. yalandisham, who. hy tn
a way, had returned to plague and annoy hIs owl
, Eerfh. 'o>'@1 .4~a -
: He vanted them to believe that he meant wha
he esd when he eaid that 1t was the duty 81 ever
. | mau 10 support this rovc1uneut in crctythtu- II
!. doee, eyei III: Ell. The loyal psepe wishout re
r gard Of party, lave put IN nom!nauon The ~.
= years. sappos1g that be is mot the best ssan Il
I, he country, and iha: they could dad handret
men greater than he, (outside bis experienced
i. them a. they have II him. N. Muco1a ha
rome steadily inward; Il he IVES slow let them re
member that he WAS snre, ana Thsn he naas ,a;
- hin back seaip; md be knew that If m.o ceul
's end this rrbelion thst 1nan II Abraham Lincoln
Nj Tanner in conersi9n eald be TS9'a s9 r. Tss
y the CHEF executive Of the people, but Illinois ha
GEant loua ap'sSnss sna ths1f at 4
PIC Rs5 FL %1 ,hs
u tuph Which ias rested 70 noS,! On ; n hfa =
eieds & 1ss =, ssey SS
bouer hat soldiers should rule the state .hey
bl.d fors Therefore they hase sosemn .h an.y J,
IN stta tbs election b qa ons 81 1na1 at nS G
J. etnor. il other counsels fhAn theirs shoaio pi
~ vail, a1d another man be elected the State won
49, struggled r1 for would be suoverted. and they
"a would lose the glory that noT shtnes In the "o
es nl,noiean.
ns nv The Lumbard brothers, with two other gent
~, men, then gaze Old shady. with tine effect, Ffa1
"a leading the song, the others joining in the choru
n. The song wss ended wi:h ZONE o5iginal veEs
nd
.Hu1rah. huszah, the Union nohe shall sevel
- hnrrah, hnlrAh the Union Is our home"
he ADDIEss or hon. 3. =. NoULToS.
lst Hon. s.. " Mou1ton, candidate for the Office
To- Congressman at lafge, was then introduced. u
had not before addressed IN audience go far Nor.
and there might be eeme little difference Of opfl
ion between the men Of his section and State nu
tbe outset th-t In the middle and Southern psrts
a. the State the Union men bad stood On tas ~
I'd | If they had not done go, they prob3a
il. would rot MOI have existed there as Union pa
na IT, This was the only true policy; temporiziu
e 5aH anx an hsa hs
~ better off as nation to-day They however can
w w net 10 that hall 70 eEsak for one ed party
H. another none hnt ths Onion par1y Be- a. Tlshed ,. g.
w. been asserted that all, OF nearly all. the credit
part aaf q The States t. u 4 ss
I'd ,hs Kspqsssa Ra5s5 o. s .ss 7
- leadef Of that party and departure from tho
- principles ehould shan,e utterly those OF his Il
un m lowers who have since Joined he common eeem @
et- to-day ia the manensuce q the institution ol 81
very; ie i. not then especially necessary thst we
,u- tie Union pa1ty-Ehould unite for its suppres
he being true ut hesr and had 1t not hcea for the
ler renng MISREPRESENTATION Of trai!orous lesdei
v, the masses Of the Democracy Wonla never NJ
~ been willing to cay or do anything that would Ct
ie. ba.7aes The government those leaders sho9s
,n- that 4 they did aot take ss1aa asafn
the dssf 1hse nst fbe a5e
ments need by the leaders Of secession
Tot the South to influence ths people 70 seeede tn
ice was their cole motive They nad nothing 70 coi
m Government till the time when Lincoln was eles
ed. and they bad eufered no EfouE. Bat .
North ard South are 1aT at w and tns Two sc sc
1, tnr,f{nn confsratfpu: the DUNG anything calc