Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-16

opinion, and TO establish slavery from motives OF
sslAshnessj ard also, from the same oonsdc ration,
hnt propounded that foul dogma, that slavery was
the normsl condition Of the black man. Referring
to the contest In our national eounsels over the
syc., nd A. IsnS,h nss'ed ot ~ ,hs S,sns
Of debate into the ArbitrAment Of arms, and II was
for them now to say whether they would come
forward aud support the Government In its effort
TO maintain is supremacy and settle this question
forever b. exercising the foul hsnd from the Re
public forever
some men talked Of compromise. It was impos-
sible IN compromise with revolution m dway in
progress. The thing never WAS and never could
promise in isIci and what happened why the
1mohered elements OF that revolution burst out
ss.n II .0S T !, and os hs Of God was then
out from beneath this baptism OF Gre, accomplish
ing nothing Our fathers made themselves free
make no struggle in this
Had we forgotten the sorrows Of Valley Forge,
when our fathers walked nineteen miles, with
naked feet, In the midnight Of the Revolution,
staining the snow with their blood and, when the
British Government, taking advantage Of their
distressed condition, sought to compromise with
them, how they spurned the oHer1 They had
spent their money, they had buried their de Ad and
now they were determined to be free They, in.
deed taught us a lesson.
The speaker then fCrcibly and beautifully illus
tra'td the sad spectacle which would be preiented
and the almost certain rupture which would again
occur within few short years " this contest were
settled by compromise aud moi BY conquest.
Hon. Jacob NJ. Howard was the next speaker,
and addressed the assemblage forcibly and elo-
quently, pledging the great Northwest, as one Of
Its representatives. (heis Michigan member,
To the cause Of the Union in the approaching
political contest. He spoke In strong terms OF
commentator Of the candidates presented, and
concluded by urging all to put forth their ut
most efforts to secure their election.
Hon. c. T. Denlo, of California was next
Introduced and made a telling speech.
He said, ord narily he should feel as II he could
say something in favor OF rstifying the nomins.
tlon Abraham Lincoln, and something con neeied
with the momentous Issues which were beiDg
enaeted upon the theatre OF the world; but we
had been 80 long in the habit here in the capital
of hearing the " greasy mudsills" talked about,
that some OF them had begun to think that perhaps
Il was true that they had no right 40 was sAld Of
the blsek man, that " the white man was bound 10
three years ago the working men OF this n.tion
pominAt ID Abraham LireOln. They elected him,
In cons itutIOnal way, TO be President OF the
United states. Since that time he has been PreGi.
dent Of only part Of It, and they now proposed
to rAtify his nomination and to elect him, Itwa
the re'olution and nrm purpose OF the mAsses Of
this nation TO continue to re-nominAte Abe Lin
cola until be was President Of the entire United
States. Loud and pfOlonEcd cheerIbgl
At the end Of four yeart, II that modern Ulysses
of ours had OF penetrated to the heart Of the re.
be lion, Out he guessed he would) II there was a
solitary county Town In South CIrrliua with the
secession TaE Ill floating, they would renominAts
Old Abe again, loud applAusejl and they would
eontinue renOmi aatinE him, and sectinE HIN, too,
lAp. lause,l until hr was President Of the United
stAttGi and III they would le' atm retire to
other good man Grant wou,d aecep' OF nominA-
tSn from them, bat he would not from that thing
that wa; goi : 70 assemble 10 CHI ago. Laughter
Loud applAuse.l
Mr.. Denio closed with some emphatic re-
marks in favor OF the extreme application OF
the Monroe doctrine TO this continent. He
was listened TO with attention and warmly ap.
plauded.
Hon A. W. Randall. eI Governor OF wlscon.
sin, was then introduced to the audience, which
was still worry large.
srELCH OF AGH;srANT PoITMAsTER GENERAL RAN
DALI.
He ehmc Ia grtet them as 8 representative Of the
sin, ~hch was once portion Of virginia, the
mother OF states ren, patriots heroes, orators,
ened, not the scene Of reign OF terror. He was
thARHful that the country though dreach ID IN ira
tern \! iGOd, was still hlesEed by the Almighty
Though til. war hiss been wagsd for three years
We are making progressj we have money, and owe
none buf ourselves. lApplhuBF.l
The reason why We a.e so ni iosperous, 10 beoauG'
quered-ncvCr impoverished. Cur hay crop II
greater than tho cotton crop Of the South. Tn
"eAt last year produced 100, 900 600 Of huBhelB o
cDr7, Aod We have had since the war begun l, 400
oO0 yoo Of improvement son real estAte. [Lhee 81
The basis Of the war was the hereSy OF Stat
sovereignty There 10 no such thing as Stat
GOveTc!guty. There Is no absolute GovereiEIt,
but mighty God. Tho States were ReTe
sovereign and there WAS no constitutional gro
vision for their secession. The rebellion ls vol
as far as taking the States out Of the Union Ia CO.,
oerenel.
stAtes can not rebel any more than they car. &c
drunk and 20 to the Canterbury. tLAuKnter
Yet such hereSy 10 the cause OF the vacant IeAtS
nearly every home. The people are mourning o
account OF II, but mourning Ai with hope. He d
not agree with the gentlepA1 from California, IN
Denio,) who said that monument ought TO b
erected 10 AonoS Of the unknown soldiers VIII
have fallen IN this var, with the inscription" I
the Unnamed Heroes"
Ihe beat and most lasting monument while
would commemorate the strugElIngs and suffer ins
Of those unknown heroes, would be Cove FumeI
preserved, Government the mUBt potent an
benencent on earth. Immense Applause
The object Of the sssemblsgo WAI to rAtlfy tn
nominations OF the BaltinorS Convention. The
intended to rAhfy Lineoln's nomination, beeAus
he had done welli because he was going As fast
he could be EuStaine'i because he was an homes
To lnd an honest mRn-he can go to the Whl'
House and there fud a man in whom he could |
pose trust. let him Atill have the helm, an a
God is In the war, the Go eminent viii be Vi ct
EIou, over the Insurgents, for just God will fav
the right.
warfare. Two candidates are already in II dc
The diseontentcd Nor herneTs net At Cleveland a
set up l. c. Fremont Poor Johnnie ls gone!
Xii Ca5GoH's advice he Hayod himself but lost t
nules. Nov, however, he Is gone. Good BY
He did not believe as his friend Nj. penio a.
that hotter place wsuld be preLJ JAred In he'll
would be rehtted Ant TefuTniIhsd -ior the spec
ior he'll TO believe that. IGrsAt oheerinE.j +
devil could not be fooled GLaughteEl
Their democratic friends opposed black tTooJ
For his part he was willing, Gftsr neither = rel
nor the seed Of a rebel was left, to have blA
army march with q white one into Mexico, Al
drive the French from the halls OF the Monte,
mas.
The speaker then concluded with a lively Al
sAtiric description on the mob party in New Yor
add ened by Seymour As his friends, and reeouI
ed the wrongs done In tho name OF liberty =
equality. He then retired. Three tTemends
cheers were given for him.
Hon. Green Adams, OF Kentucky, follow
In q brief speech, endorsing the candidates
cause the President was honest and phila
thropic, and because johnson would Join han
with him TO oppose treason and copperheadlsl
which would be damned to eternal infam
Defeat In this contest was impossible with t
present Chief Magistrate at the head and gu
marshals as Grant, Meade, Hancock, Thom
etc, in the field, and such men as Farrag
Dupont, Dahlgren, Porter, ETC., on the sea-
The meeting then adjourned, after tn
cheers and tiger for Lincoln and johnson
Supplemental Meeting.
The crowd in front of the Patent ofice
eAme 40 large that Il Oyer1oWed and meet