Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-14

and in all reverence and humility, thank
God. [Cries of "Amen."l Amen. We
all of US thank Him, and hope you will
all take courage for the rest of the way
which think will be short Journey
Cheers.1 Fellow.citiZens, our old breth
rem of the South, who used to
meet US up here in the Capitol,
and with whom we used to have
such pleasant social times, have pretended
to set up poor, rickety Congress and gov
ernment of their own. Laughter. Aud
you know what they did it fort They did
1t because they were afraid We would abol-
ish slavery. They met in Richmond the
first Monday of this mouth, and what do
you think they met fort They met to abol.
ish the slavery of two hundred thousand
negroes to put them with the army, that
they might fight to keen all the rest of the
negroes in slavery. [Laughter.l Well,
we have got our ld-fashioned, regular
Congress, where there are seats kept open
for them yet, and it meets onTthe frat Mon
day in December. am much mistaken if
we do not show our old friends down South
trick worth two of that they are prsc-
tising. My impression is that, instead Of
abolishing the slavery of two hundred
Thousand negroes, they will do the much
better thing of ssttiug the constitutional
stamp upon the Presidents emancipation
proclamation of 1859. Loud cheers. ]
Why, you seem to be very unanimous about
that. TCheers.1 Well, 1 will tell you
what is more curious than all that. Within
three years from this time they will be just
as unanimous abont it in Richmond as you
are here in Washington. Oheers.l We
have got to be friends with the democrats,
who have been voting against us, and we
will balance the account by saying that we
voted against them; and if, now that the
election is over, they conclude to bequits,
we will agree to be all Union men, here.
after, and we will acknowledge that our
| party, as we saw things, judged them
pretty harshly. presume that four years
hence We will be in perfect harmony, not
| only throughout all the free States,
but throughout the whole Union. [Cheers.l
| And will tell you why think that will
I be so. came on this stage of action not
long ago-some years after the Revolution
| Ary War-and FUSED to hear my parents,
and the men and women of that age, talk
about the vast number of tories who were
opposed to the government Of the United
States in the Reyolutioni and what sur
prised me above all things was, that the ex-
piration of thirty years afterwards there
was not a tory to be found in the whole
United States. CLsughter. was never
to, 1t was Just so in the war OF 1912. l
am old enough to recollect about that. The
federalists used to carry the intervening
elections between the Presidential cleo
tions year after year, just as the democrats
carried the election in New York and seVe-
raj of the other States in 1869; but when
| the Presidential election came, and the war
ended in victory, then the federalists dis
appeared, and in two years after the war
was over there was and "era Of good feel
ine;" il which all the people were republl-
can and all were in favor of the war, and
since that time have never been able TO
find an old fsderalist. CLaughter j 1t is
my judgement that we will all come to-
gether again that when the Stars and
Stripes wave over Richmond the rebellion
will go down; and that within one, two,
three and four years after that, you will
have TO Ieok mighty sharp TO find man
who was ever a secessionist or an alder OF
rebellion. TCheers. j know that for that
terra OF sood feeling" the democrats VIII
have every encouragement TO favor the
people in tho success Of the war. Speak
| ing of that l had understood our oppo-
nents to say that this war was 9 failure,
and that it was made to abolish slavery.-
Without accepting that as the object
of the war which was TO preserve the
Union; we will take them on their
own ground, and see how the matter
stands. The first year of the war
suppressed the African slave trade in the
United states; tho second year of the war
brought the negroes upito the level OF SOL
diers of freedom and abolished slavery in
the District of Columbia, the third year
abolished slavery in Maryland [cheersl
and il tho democrats think that the war
has been failure this year, when Congress
comes together it will adopt a, constitu-
tional amendment and abolish slavery
Throughout the United States. Loud
cheers. Now know that when slavery is
removed the only elemsnt OF disCord among
the American people will have ceased to
work its mischeyious fruits; but 1 know
that It WiIInot bs the fault OF the. admins
tration If we do not have an era OF peace
and harmony; and go on resuming our
proud career among the nations; and Rd-
yancinE the interests Of our country, OF
freedom, of self government aud of human
Ity, The election has placed our Presi-
dent beyond the pale Of human envy, or
| human harm, As he is above th o pale OF
human ambition. Henceforth, all men will
come to see him, 90 you and have seen
him, true, loyal, patient, patriotic and
benevolent man. G"ThaFs 50, "and cheers.l
Having no longer any motive to mallgn or
iniure him, detraotion will cease, and Abra'
ham Lincoln will take his place with
Washington, and Fanklin,. aud Jefferson,
and Adams and Jackson, among the bene-
factors of the country and of the human
race. Now, gentlemen, have given you
longer speech than at frst intended
lrCries OF t.Go on."l wish you would go
around and see the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury and the Secretary of War, and keep
them in good humori for If the Secretary
of the Treasury fails us in funds we may
come 10 grief, and if the Secretary of War
does not act better within q few days than
he is now 1 shall begin to be concerned
for what is to happen to US all. And when
lyon are abouttt, you could not do any
lining better than to call and see my ex-
ICellent friend and compatriot, Gideon
lIas-Ganphterl-and tell him that II Il