Daily national Republican., 1864-02-23
NEWS. "
Opening of the Fair in, the Patent once |
Building for the Bsnsnt Or ths chris-


This fair has Al last been opened. For wesRs
i,s name has hutiersd nom loyal lips and LIE pur-
psss thrilled the patriotic hearts. Lefty sxpssts-
lions we're planned, but not In vain, These only
aninatsdihs ensrEiss Of our iAdiss. ThsbriliiGn,
attsnaanse and pompous sheer Of last evening,
not only compliment thelr daWning cndeayori,
but augur their uitInats success. I w, .s'HF
The object OF the fair a. all our otiEens kaow,
for the beneht o1the Christian Commlnaion and oi
the iamiliea q the Dis,rist volunteer soldiers,
hsreiorss b selected than the birth-dAy Of hini
WHO did 80 nueh and so nohly for the martyrs OF
tbs sisS bssT. Ts,, & ans whose , honorss nsTs
Waahihgton, this neyel celebration Of his natal
DAY e entitled TO netiee and 70 somnenda,ion.
ent once, Ths dacorAtioBl are very hitting and
elabofate payoneta solntillsnt briitle In hAlo.
shsped lodsmenss The "strips, and starr are
R,nnons. Cannon are on the rlsht, cannon on
ne left, and cannon everywhere. Martial imple-
prsssnes Of war without H. poonisr min i,s oisnEor,
grace the hall with sovereign spl,ndor. Among
lima. amid whose folds seem 70 lisger those cher
hhed hereniea and Aruund which seem to daily
Si d &. .sd. .Sr. g yss RSys poySS s
10 enter into sisats dsisiis' to max. dl,p.r..
heieiore forbesf. Ihe nasss Of soms % of i The IL.
dies who have lAbored 80 faithfniiy for the Fair,
are Mrs. and Miss Bates Mrs, $, Z, Boyen, Arr.
AnEns, Mrs. W., p. Dole, Mrs. Judge Aoculloch,
M Lewis clsghsns, hfs, Ke.rop, Mrs. 4. Clark
& Todi ISns Hs. sod Mr ws:,9ne' ~ Mr. Sis Mt,
Locke, Miss Plant Mss Middlcion, the kisses
Lsyi,, The Mi..es, Bar, Ms. Dun, hi,s starr o.
dell, Miss Chester, Mss cilnors. There are mAny
otherfwho have done a. we'll r 'TI-.-
o ssssS,s: gs5s eSEqs ysh isrysns prayer
an address By Hen. L. Y. Chittenden, Rerister Of
the Trs.sdry, and BY the reading Of ! poem By
The sddfsssss were int.rspered with patriotic
airs which were discoursod BY the band IN attend
snee beforeihe .loss the dwarfs, Com. Foots, Col.
the platform. Two members OF the Continental
Troupe were present and sang "fankee Doodle"
nusisisa psriornsd upon The plano, -
upon for speech, made The ioiiowiss remarks ''
LAdls. aaa esn,lsnen: m j have appeared beiOr.
you g apologize for not speaking, rather than to
This COMMITTEES OF yours hss prActiced little
@sss ,R SSf was s slpsssd sS1ySns ~ .na 9
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Be called up after this nddrsgl Of the eloquent Gen
tleman to shona We have iisteped and The nns
But there IL greater objection, Eyerything /
say, necessarily, in consequence Of my position
p.S p. R.Gs ot n. sEsss nsoS .ly Z
harm. tAPpliuse: III. diinculI to always isy
accept my sincere thanks for this charitable enter.
preston Of this gratitude Of mine Ihope that you
- Mn. e,iIrTrSDrs's srrrrH.
The following Is an abstract ofMr. Chittenden's
he said he was to sddress an audience for the
benefit OF aeharitabls enterprises and In the long
l,t ofehsritie. thers w.s none which so appealed
which was inaugurated tonight. Is
We hss had an imperiled country. Traitors had
,o.;ns 70 dss,sSy m Io say; " We bad e
to conquer or to die. II was ours to show them
that though absent they were not forgotten. This
patriotism and religion. In ali that we had to DO
or say, We should have its success alone In view.
He would endeayor to show how great /. debt this
country owed to Its defenders, II would be neces-
sary to 20 back and take . slight review OF the
great events that had taken place In the century
not forget the criminal cause Of the war WHAT
had the nation done to call the wrath OF Heaven
down upon her Among the inatitutions Of the
Old World which were trAnsplAnted to the New
After more than . busdred years this people
Preyisus to % i1sI there wa. no ststs.hsn or poli.
tlniAn that ever looked upon slavery political
power. The great and good men Of those timeH
Patrick Henry declared that slavery was " dstsit.
abls.n Gov. randolph said IL 'SshouId be done
away With and George Mason proclaimed 1t
traitors OF our times, and found them attempting
70 build up goyern%snt Of which slavery should
Here was the cause Of the rebellion and all our
Snffering. TheIe never was class more irrespon-
Iible or dsspotis than the slAvena.ters, They
foiht their Institution upon the politics OF the
country, until nnally their influence psrVaded tho
viii IL susursts the doctrine Of tRs new
ships we are the true nobility, and cotton is our
Tks people bore this until to iorbs.r louKer
would have been despicable. They rose against
the ehsroaehments Of the slave power and elected
Abraham NIL Lnsoln. tG5sst .pplau.s,l We went
tional rights, but We AID Aot at arst undsrstsnd
our taak. But Aftet some time the people began
war, and they demanded Its destfustion. The
President acted In accordance with their wishes
and hen that moment the country bsgaA to wage
This had been indeed an expensive war, but tho
great item OF expense was the loss OF precious life,
unseen snd forgotten But the honofsd de- ad should
not be forgotten. When their names were called,
the people would answer, a. the valiant soldier
poleon, +" Dead upon the Geld Of honor.n =,
The speaker would carry the minds OF his hear
sanssf when Il. ofss.oS ssssaasd rom IN
the mountains along the south bAhk OF the Poto-
mac to Fortrsss Monroe whsH treason ever raa
d the Northwest Lock now and say there Il
nothing TO be thank full for. Maryland, Kentusky,
claimed The mississippi, then bloskAded, now
r., and scarcely seaport acknowledging rebel
This nation was working out AGrsat sIsslon,
God wss using II 10 work out hts sovereign viii.
There had bean othsr psople who . hrHt-born were
slain because they would not "let tha people go"
There were once Pharaoh an I Red SEQ, ks there
was now JEFF. Davis and an ayenging God
five succeeded In this struggle, a. We would, to
whom would we owe II ALI The President might
be eomplimented did he not have better oompli-
ment In every heart. tApplAuse,l But n anything
had been knined and saved In this war II had been
gained and saVsd blythe common solder and sailor.
They had thrown themselves upon the enemy and
pIueksd the iAurela froh his grasp. We must not
aArenot, forget the debt which this country owes
to its soldiers and sailoru. Thank heaven there
were those who were teaching IN our duty, II
would be strange n the women Of the country in
this struggle had not found their mission. Thsy
had found IT, Tbs speaker was proud that he was
an American, and that these women were his
esuntrywomens WomAn had illuminated the dark
ness OF our time She had gone everywhere where
duty had called hor, and had carried the CLEAN
ofaunshlns and hopo In her path.
The eloQusnt speaker closed with an appeal to
the men Of this capital, who now stand lace to
face with this great charity, to do HomethiUg for
the soldiers and the country worthy Of thsmIe
ana their tine, remembering the scripturAl Isnti-
atsst. As hEtsivsth u the POOF soldier lsndsth
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