, 1864-03-08
TIE PRESENT ASPECT.
Addresses by c. n. Hawley. >; :,t q
Sleeper, It co1 ws namn 4asrs III Hail no''

r,,..n.,, n nublic notice, large and a7psecih-
tive audience was assembled last evening a. war
rer,s Hail 10 listen 10 the remarks ol y. =. o'ce,
Tao.. and other eloquent speakers, On the present
uspect Of national afairf.
Thc chair vas taken by James Miller. Esq, VINO
etatcd the object Of tho meeting, and thon eanca
upon c. N. uawicy, who. amid loud apptausc. sase
brief history Of the Emancipation t7oc.auo' ~ s
and showed up the present position o. INC Oc"0
cratic psriy. .,..,
The chairman then introduced J. A. Sleeper.
Eso,. who, amid prolonged applansc, stateo u'a.
would not be n.nies 10 look back upon our sofeu
mcnt. apd by doing tlIs. VIC could readily sec W.
have lost or catned during tho internal Ihe oa'.s
of the United statca is solidfy founded tass
can endure forever, but ~ the ps1oslnse "ns
favored lie hc6is were mol adopteo Ii ~" .s.ss
have ses Of ihls rcbelon and the
stn of The rebels is TO form naI Iast; All
cahonn a'a11 ssn 1e yas s,seo Pecsdea1 and noi
cd. bSsansG1 b9nc Ike @ James Buchanan, Calhoun then
"3a for uniting the whole South o. ans
I;an slss1 Tnc southern politicians ere bound to
n d!vids ths e. unnn .nno, ta INC tie S.
s1sms Nsegsskac ccalt na aa IN 1ea.sn to the slsye
p1sani pp"easson % ind The political state Of hs ths
country Ut that time were lulls ~ .s,i
uT.ln and explained. Tho passage OF that .oi4
slsmcd ,he Nolth, and tho friends Of freedom hay
;n% Tali5ed. The Drcd Scott dccision was annalied
aid with thc aid Of Stephen 4; D1ggtss, tns IL H.
t sstIous to slavery; il marked the time when It's
rGwcr commenced to crumblc. Slavery is nov @
passing away forever into ctsnn oo'Sp. ~ e. 15. To
coina TIT sonth Carolina wonld eeecde; on the
CONTRARY thc Democratic party DID, and IN aaaoa
aid tat the South wonld be 5nssiaea IN ~
s1n Ma1 ocn made hence The disbelief in the threat
al h 1bc % eiceaion of abraham Ltnoon Ai thought @ M
Ssa xeaS o submit sRa Gsaiise se1s Teu te Se
neaecaSie solution to tho question. D1t nation
Twisch has tndulced In such ftightf9l wrongs
muat ntone for them u sea o. ps9od 70 cFshns III
misc III orr rrefert armies are not strong enough
pnt down @ S o @H @ sfs eos 70 Wha
sha NC do with the South after she war y oyes y
one of the great questions Of the Day. Notwlta
standing he arc u e II be don
away withs Nr. Lincoln has M euggested yea pan, na
this ls wrong for this reason Mr. Lincoln regard!
he rebel states stiI as under Sta.G gns1t9o1
State Government, because there can be no Stat
government unless It harmonizes and s1stain
yp1 ns,1 3,s f5s 1ee1s ii oa Se
feeSa,'1ss' ;eses oi ,hs 1Ss Ves %est haVs
9here was no tifliculty there in organizing GOV
rr1,meat under act Of Congress, and government
could Ec oIEa,.izcd in the sane n manner IN r p
scrthetn Stcte4. We would then fsll back On tn
rreat cornrs stone Of onr government, nniverss
liberty. Cnder State government, Nr; Lincoln,
plnn cannot BE- adopted, unless b. great reyolutio
Kentucky snd Maryland are still slave-holain
statee and NJ slare1y is recognized BY tue stal
::oycrnmerte cf !tlabama and tic Other cotto
statcg what il 10 rrcgenl it's existence il tacts
II sstd 1hat tbc people Of tllcse Statcs will do aws
With Il voluntarily. but 1t is only email Ennorlt
However elaresy 1t ~ be done away with cyent
aiiy. and wil l,c ended In such way TINT It q
| never be resrcftated.
, Alter thrilling ard patriotic addresses by Liet
Col. Mum and Adjutant Walker Of the soth Hlino'
he meeting adjourned until Monday evening nea