Daily national Republican., 1864-11-11

mendous cheers. He spoke as follows;
SECRETARY sEwARD's SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIZENS: | thought l would wait
until all the crowd came up, but fear II did
| should have to wait until morning. Most OF
you are good Christians know this, because
know most of you are Union mon. You may
remember that, once upon a time, 81. Paul was
tried in his own country, and took an appeal
to Cesar He went from Jordan across the
Mediterranean to follow up his appeal After
being shipwreckcd at Malta, and encountering
all manner of dangers at Malta, and by sea and
by land, he landed at Tivoli, the hot-springs of
| Naples. Thence he proceeded TO Rome. When
he reached the Appian Forum, the place of
three taverns, within the suburbs, he was re-
ceived by the brethren, who came out to meet
him. There and then he thanked God for his
| safe deliverance.
So now ], after being tossed about upon the
/ tempest OF secession for three years, have at
last got to the Appian Forum. Just as hrve
arrived In sight OF my destination, and the VIC
tory, the brethren have come out to meet me.
With due reverence, thank God, and hope
you will all take courage for the rest of the
way, which think will be but a short journey.
| Our old brethren of the South, who used TO
meet us here at the capital, and with whom we
used to have some very Heasant times, have
| sought to set up poor rickety government
because they were afraid we would abolish sla-
| very. On the fret Monday of this month their
| Congress met at Richmond to abolish slavery,
| for two hundred thousand blacks TO fight, that
| they might keep up the rebellion.
Our own Congress will meet on the first
Monday OF December, thirty days after, not for
the purpose of abolisbing slavery for two hun
dred thousand, but, II l do not mistake them,
| to stamp the sanction Of constitutional enact
| ment upon the Presidential emancipation pro-
| clamation of 1869. Great enthusiasm, and
shouts OF appreciation were numerous and
prolonged.
Mr.. Seward, referring TO the prolonged cheers,
| said: You seem to be very unanimous upon
| this point. II may seem strange to some that
you should be go. But / believe something
still stranger than that; within three years the
people at Richmond will be Just as unanimous
as you now are In hearty approval Of this mea-
sure Of emancipation.
With the Democrats we should be friends.
| They have voted against us-wc have voted
against them. If they are now willing to cry
quits, 1t would be well to IT feet that, all things
considered, We may have judged them rather
harshly in some respects. believe that perfect
harmony can soon be restored, not only
throughout the free States, but throughout all
the Union.
think so, because when | came on to the
) stage, not long after the close of the revolu-
tionary war, heard my father and friends and
of tories there had been actively engaged dur
ing that war, and denouncing them severely;
and remember that within three years they
had all disappeared, and could never under
stand where they had all gone. So, after the
war of 1872, when was old enough 10 remem-
Der distinctly who figured for and against the
Government, the Democrats used TO carry the
| elections against the Federalists, on account
of their course in the war, as New York was
7 carried in 1869. Three years after the war all
, the people claimed TO have been in favor of the
war. Therefore, my Judgment now lie that all
the people will soon come together; and that
when the stars and stripes shall again wave
Q over Richmond, the rebellion will go down, and
n within three years you will have to look mighty
:, hard TO find secessionist.
Our opponents have said the war Is a failure.
e Without accepting their idea that 1t was waged
X only for the abolition OF slavery, we may note,
a as evidences of its not being failure, that in
the first year of Its existence the slave trade
T. was abolished in the second, the negro was
brought up tC the level OF freedom, and slavery
n was abolished In the District OF Columbia; ant
:, now in the third year, Maryland has been made
IL free.
If they still thought II a failure, they shoult
have another proof TO the contrary when tn,
N next Congress met and abolished slavery, a
=, they would certainly do.
When the rebellion was suppressed, slavery
DC the only element Of discord among our people
in would cease. 1t would not be the fault Of tn
Mt Administration II they did not establish an err
of good feeling. The re election Of the Presi
~ dent had placed him beyond the pale OF human
u envy or detraction, as he was above human
IL ambition all woudsoon learn to see him, as tht
speaker and the audience had seen him, a true
patriot, benevolent and loyal, honest and faith
u full. Hereafter all motive OF tetraction of hin
81 would cease TO exist, and Abraham LincolI
a. would take his place with Washington, Jefier
son, and Adams, among the benefactors of hi
country and the human race.
OF Here Mr.. Seward paused, while loud ant
II prolonged cheers went up from all parts of tn
IT. audience. lie then concluded as follows;
Ill advise you to go and see the Secretary o
be the Treasury and the Secretary OF War, an
C. keep them in good humor, for If the Secre
Al. tary of the Treasury should fail us, we Nigh
"come to grief" and If the Secretary of Wa
'c- should continue as much inaisposed as he ha
ar been for few days, should be seriously az
nv prehensive as to what might become of III
You cannot do any better than also to call an
ne stir up my excellent compatriot, Gideon Wellel
as and tell him. If 1t Is possible for him TO clos
as up the port of Wilmington, he will thereb
save me much trouble with our foreign reli
T.. tions. Loud cheers and laughter
Io' The crowd then went TO the home of the Sc,
"' rotary of the Navy, where they herAlded, b
loud and long cheers for ballot triumphs all
20 monitor victories, the purport Of their ylsl
~ The Secretary finally made his appearanc,
Nv and, having been introduced by Mr.. Clephan
VI VI acknowledged the compliment of the call an
vi signihed his supreme delight at the verdict
a' the people. He was followed by Maj. Gel
>" Ord, who is at present the Secretary's CUES
"' Gen. Ord's remarks were brief but exceeding
~ pithy. His advice to the people was, that
,'' long pull, a strong pull, and pull together,
NV should be made to suppress the rebellion, ar
''I the election has fully demonstrated that tn
"o would be done.
7" Secretaries Stanton and Fe5senden were all
~ visited. The former was indisposed and
~ not appear, but announced to Mr.. Clephal
his thanks for the call. The latter was abse
1"' from his house.
m The crowd then wended their way TO 4
TO residence of Secretary Usher, and, en- 70,
D" thither, tarried awhile at the house OF Colon
en- Ekln, of the Cavalry Bureau, who was honor
Gle with a serenade by the Giesboro' cavalry de-
;, CATION. The Colonel made a very fifth
ms speech In acknowledgment Of the complimeI
uNl q TF.l,.. II