The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-20

\ have, ,ssid, more than two millions of meu
You know how promptly their demand
thaye beenmet. You know that from tim
10 tine they have ptomissd m decisive re-
suits, aud you know how these expectation
have been disappointed. (Chesrs.) Whel
this war was commenced the, Government
irelied upon two forces to produce submis-
sion to its authority. Ono was the force
iof ( the srmieaS and the second was thu
force Of the policy Of the Government
Why have We continued the war for these
four years without causing the South te
submit to our arms2 Is it because oul
people have not given to the Government
Sll the support it demanded 2 Has il
been because our sons and brethren who
have gone forth to the contest have been
reorsant in the hour Of conAict2 Irepel
the charge, If any man be found base
enough to make it. (Great applause
admit that the war has been waged with
varying fortunes. ] admit that We have
sustained disasters as we'll a. gained victo-
ries, but contend that never in the history
Of the world have q people responded to
the call Of Q government % our people have
responded to the call Of this Administra'
tion, and never has such heroism been dis
played as has been displayed by our armies
in the field. (Applsuse.) The Admins
| tration has been gratified IN every wish,
and the war is not at an end. nor is peace
restored. Has the army failed in its duty2
60 to the swamps of Virginia; 90 to the
sea coast of South Carolina; 60 to the tropi:
cal fields of Louisians, and you will find
everywhere the graves of the American
soldier. The soil Of Virginia is become to
us sacred soil in new and terrible signi~
| 6cance. .---
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. l 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 theresources
of the South; they were bound to have
known more OF the character of our coun
trymen. (Great applause.) Do you re-
member that, three or four years ago, il
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 all this
resistance could be crushed out with lit
tie force, and if any one did not believe il
he was disloyal 10 his country, and held
reasonable views. daughter and applause.
Now. I say that our armies, after they were
filled to their proper proportions, did &C.
complish oil 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 (laughter), 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 che submission Of the
South. Vicksburg was taken (applause)
and the Mississippi was open for the trans
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 field 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 tho greatest armies ever known in
history, but Government that, IS the elec-
tions in the free States showed, was sus-
tsiped by the people throughout tho whole
Union.
/ believe that oil, Notwithstanding politi
cal views and Political prejudices, will ad'
nit that our armies have done their work.
We, in common with our Republican friends,
honor the names of Grant and Farragut,
Sherman, Sheridan, and oil the heroes Of
the var. We deny that their efforts have
been unsuccessful, and the blame Of con
tinued war is not With our armies The
blame rests elsewhere. 1t is the Admins
trstion which has failed to bring this var
to o close. repeated and prolonged cheer
ing.) aver that the failure is only due to
ths policy of the Administration. ! aver
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 off, and the pre-
rress Of our armies at the 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 argumentative
speculation. call your attention to what
our armies have done. The army more
than two years ago gave Us possession o
Louisiana and the great commercial port
of New Orleans. For two years the Ad
| ministrstion has had its own way. What
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