Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-17

On thursday night the hepubcan Clubs oil this city
pursuant to public notice, celebrated the late
their party in having reelected Mr. LINCOLN for anothe,
term of Office by procession through principal streets
and serenades to the President and his Cabinet Ministers
The demonstration orderly, and we believe passed
off to the satisfaction of all concerned in it, The addresses
Of the President and the smembers of his Cabinet
quite brief and enthusiastically received by the mu
tude in attendance. We subon these addresses in the
order in which they delivered the procession
cessvey honored these gentlemen with calls at their
spective places of residence.
SPEECH OF MIR. LINCOLN.
Friends aud Feow.ctzens: 1t has long been grave
question whether any Government not too strong for the
Liberties of its people be strong enough to maintain its
existence in great emergencies On this point the
present rebellion brought Republic to severe test;
during the rebellion added not little to the strain the
loyal people united were put to the utmost of their
strength by the rebellion must they not fail when dvded
and partially paraly zed by political war among them
But the election necessity. We cannot have free
government without elections and if the rebellion could
fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined The
strife of the election is but human nature practically ap
piled to the facts of the What has occurred in this
case must ever recur in similar cases Human nature
will not change In any future great national trial. COM
pared with the men of this shall have as weak and as
strong silly and wise, bad and good Let us,
therefore, study the incidents of this philosophy to
learn wisdom FROM and of them wrongs to be
venged
But the election, along with its incidental and undesra
BILE strife, has done good too 1t has demonstrated that
peoples Government sustain national election in the
midst of great civil war Until now it has not been
known to the world that this was possibility. 1t
shows also how sound and how strong still 1t
shows that among candidates of the party he
who is most devoted to the Union and most opposed to
treason receive most of the peoples votes 1t shows
aso, to the extent yet known, that have more
now than we had when the war began. Gold good in
s soJ place. but living brave patriotic me" are better than
But the rebellion continues; and that the election
is over, may not all, having common interest, reune
my part have strven, and shall continue to strive,
to avoid placing any obstacle in the way. So long /
have been here, have not Willingly planted thorn in
any mans bosom.
While am deeply sensible to the high compliment of
eelecton, and duly grateful trust. to Aim ghty God
for having directed my counrymen to right conclusion,
think for their own good it adds nothing to my salts
faction that other man may be disappointed or panied
by the result May ask those who have not differed with
to join with me in this same spirit towards those who
have2
And now, let close by asking three hearty cheers
for brave soldiers and seamen and their gallant and
skilful commanders.
SPEECH OF MR.. SEWARD.
Fellowcitizens: thought would wait until all the
crowd came up but fear if did should have to wait
until morning
Most of you are good Christians; know this. because
know most of you are Union men. You may remember
that, upon time, St Paul tried in his
try and took appeal to Cesar He went from Jordan
the Mediterranean to follow up his appeal After
being shpwrecked at Malta and encounterng all manner
of dangers at Mas and by and by land he landed at
Tvo, the hot springs of Naples Thence he proceede
to Rome When he reached the Appian Forum the place
OF three taverns within the suburbs he received by
the brethren who out to meet him. There and then
he thanked God for his safe deverance So now ], after
being tossed about upon the tempest of secession for three
ko,a 81 LAT In tha p,ian Enr Iuof
have arrived in sight Of my destination, and the victory
the brethren have out to meet me. With due
ence thank God, and hope you will all take courage
for the rest of the way, which think will be but short
journey.
Our old brethren Of the South, who used to meet us
here at the capital and with whom used to have
Government and Congress of their They did this
because they afraid would abolish slavery. On
the first Monday of this month their Congress met at Rich
mond to abolish slavery for two hundred thousand blacks
to fight, that they might keep the rebellion Our
Congress will meet on the first M nday OF December,
thirty days after not for the purpose of aboshng slavery
for hundred thousand but, If do not mistake them
to stamp the sanction of constitutional enactment upon
the Presidential emancipation proclamation of 1862 Zap
plause and cheers.
You to be very unanimous upon this point 1t may
seem strange TO that you should be But believe
something still stranger than that within three years the
people at Richmond will be just unanimous you
in hearty approval Of this measure of emancipation
With the Democrats we should be friends They have
voted against have voted against them If they
willing to cry quits, it would be well to reflect
that, all things considered have judged them rather
harshly in respects believe that perfect harmony
can be restored only throughout the Free States
but throughout all the Union think 80, because when
to the stage not long after the close of the Re-
voutonary war heard my father and friends and neigh.
bors talking about what large number Of tories there had
been actively engaged during that war; and denouncng
them severely and remember within three years they
had a disappeared, and could understand where
they had all gone SO, after the of 1872 when
old enough to remember distinctly who figured for and
against the Government the Democrats used to carry
elections against the Federass account of their
in the war, as New York was carried in 1862. Three
years after the war; all the people claimed to have been
all the people will together and that when the
and stripes shall again Richmond the
beon will go down. and within three years. you will have
to look mighty hard to find secessonst.
Our opponents have said the 10 failure Without
accepting their idea that it waged only for the abo.
ton of slavery may noe evidences of its not being
failure that in the first year Of its existence the slave
up to the level of freedom and slavery was abolished in
the District Of Columba and in the third year. Ma
ryand has been made free If they still think failure
they should another proof to the contrary when the
next Congress shall meet and abolish slavery they will
certainly do.
When the rebellion suppressed, slavery, the only
element Of discord among people, would cease. II
would not be the fault Of the Administration if they did
not establish Of good feeling The election Of the
President had placed him beyond the pale of human envy
or detraction, he above human ambition and all
would learn TO him. the speaker and the audi
had him, true patriot benevolent and loyal
honest and faithful Thereafter all motive Of detractou
of him would to exist and Abraham Lincoln would
take his place with Washington, Jefferson, and Adams
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