The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-18
what We shall do to save tho country,
tremendous cheeripg.1 D.

what We shall do TO save tho country
[Tremendous cheering. eg s-se3 )I7g 0w,
We have given to this Administration, as
have said, more than two millions Of men.
You know how promptly their demands
have been met. You know that from, time,
to time they have promised us decisive m
suits, and you know how these expecta6oAs
have been disappointed. Cheers When
this war was commenced the Government
relied upon two forces to produce submis-,
sion to its authority One was the force,
of the armies, and the second was the,
force of the policy of the Government,
WHY have We, continued the war for thess
four years without causing the South to,
submit to our arms2 Is il because our,
people have not given to the Government
oil the support it demanded Has Il
been because our sons and brethren who
have gone forth to the contest have been
recreant in the hour Of conflict rspel
the charge, if any man be. found base
enough to make il. (Great applause
admit that the war has been waged With
varying fortunes. admit that We have
sustained disasters as we'll as gained vicIo
ries, but contend that never in the history
OF the world have people responded to
tho call Of government as our people have
responded TO the call Of this Administers
ton, and never has such heroism been dis
played as has been displayed BY our armies
in the field. (Applause. The Admins
tration has been gratifed IN every wish.
and the war is not at an end. nor is peace
restored. Has the army failed in its duty2
Go to the swamps Of Virgins; 20 to the
sea coast of South Carolina; 90 to the tropi.
cal fields OF Louisiana, and you will hnd
everywhere the graves of the American
soldier. The soil Of Virginia is become to
US sacred soil in new aud terrible signi,
fcance. .1 ,.,.y.-.
At the beginning of the war the Admin
istration said that if We would give them
seventy. five thousand men they would put
down resistance. You gave them seventy
five thousand men and the rebellion was
not put down. | do not find fault with
this Administration for not accomplishing
this with an inferior force; but do insist
that, when they assumed charge OF The
Government of the country, they were
bound to have known more of the resources
of the South they were bound to have
known more of the character OF our coun-
trymen. (Grest applause. Do you re"
member that, three or four years ago, 1t
was unsafe for any man to stand up IN this
community and attempt to show the
resources and strength of the South
These things were overlooked in the spirit
Of arrogance, and we we're told that ell this
resistance could be crushed out with lit
tie force, and if any one did no, believe it
he was disloyal to his country, and held
reasonable views daughter and applause
Now, say that our armies, after they we're
filled to their proper proportions did ac-
compish all that was required OF them
They said, close up the Mississippi river,
seal up the ports Of the South, and the re-
bellion will die of itself (augbter), the
South is not self-sustaining,
The Mississippi river was closed, the
ports of the South were sealed, and the re-
bellion did not die. Then larger armies
we're needed, and the world was astonished
at the call for six hundred thousand men.
The cry was changed. They now said, open
the Mississippi river, give US control Of the
great highway of the West, and it will
bring peace and the submission Of the
South. Vicksburg was taken (applause),
and the Mississippi was open for the trsns
port OF our armies and munitions Of war.
There was no organized force in opposition
to the Union west of the Mississippi river.
Not only was Vicksburg captured, but the
army Of Pemberton was destroyed. West
of the Mississippi river there was not an
organized force Of any respectable strength
opposing the Union troops. Lees army
was defeated at Gettysburg. Following
these victories the country gave the Gov
ernment six or seven hundred thousand
men to add to the armies in the tisld and
more, the people, thinking that they could
trust this Administration, gave them also
political power, SO that they stood, nine
months ago, not only Government at the
head Of the greatest armies even known in
history, but Government that, a. the cleo.
tions in the free States showed, WAS sus-
tanned by the people throughout tho whole.
Union.
believe that sll, Notwithstanding politi
cal views and Political prejudices, will ad
NIT that our armies have done their work.
We, in common witho our Republican friends
honor the names Of Grant and Farragut,
Sherman, Sheridan, and al the heroes OF
the war. We deny that their efforts have
beer unsuccessful, and the blame Of con
tinued war is not with our armies The
blame rests elsewhere. 1t is the Admins.
tration which has failed to bring this war
to close. repeated and prolonged cheer,
ing) aver that the failure is only due to
the policy Of the Administration. ave.
that our armies have not only overcome
the forces of armed resistance, but have
done it while at every step they have been
hindered by the action Of the Government
at Washington. The lives Of the people Of
the North have been cut of, and the pro-
gress Of our armies at tbs South obstructed
/ by measures of the Administration which
have been most fatal to US in the prosecu
ton Of the war.
do not merely deal in argume NATIVE
speculation. ! call your attention to what
our armies have done. The army more