Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-02
A Good Speech by Gen. KiIpat-
rick

Institute, on the 22d ult, in the N. Y.
Tribune, of the 23d. 1t is a good speech,
aud will well repay perusal:
FELLOW. CITIZENS, LADIES AND GENTLE.
MEN: L fully appreciate the great honor
Conferred on me and my bold soldiers. who
have come here tonight 10 discuss before
oil this audience Of loyal men and women
the great questions Of the day 30 before
the country this Fall these questions will
arise, and you must decide them. In the
our nation has had an opportunity to learn
many momentous facts, and to advance
more rapidly in these great questions Of ma
tiona policy, and in the onward progress of
civilization, than any nation since the days
when nations first were born.
Should we reckon time by the usual tidal
marks Of human events, we would count
the months of the last momentous year an
years, years as decades, and decades as cen
turies. Among the things we have best
learned is the truth that we cannot abide
merely by theories nor rely in the expert
ences of the past alone. Our fathers
honored be their memories did well but
we, their sens, ought to do hetter Applause
than they; for, as our domain is vaster,
our aspirations higher, our needs greater,
and our resources more extensive, so should
our conceptions be clearer, our motives
stronger than theirs.
1t follows, then, fellow citizens, that we
can rely on old party creeds; we can sup
port our great national republic "a it stands
to-day triumphant over treason and eloquent
in truth. and more powerful and noble than
any. nation on the globe [Great cheering.
Prior to the outbreak Of the war. there
were many remedies prescribed for disastef
by all parties, but you know that all men Of
all parties stood aghast Their theories
were swept away as gossamer before the
wind. Then, in that hour-that first hour
of the nations real trial of it's strength, its
fortitude, its courage, and its bravery, was
discovered the secret of the sources of the
| stable strength of our national Republic. -
1t was found in the consciousness and faith
Of the virtuous members Of the American
people 10 it's capacity to name the laws by
which it should be governed, and its rights
before the law. The vindication of these
rights we owe to that man, who, more than
any other American citizen since Washing
ton, as sxemplifying that singular heart
devotion toward the Republe-Abrahau
Lincoln. Immense applause. j..
The young heart Of the nation came forth
from every loyal home in the land, and
joined the army Of the Republic. going
willingly, aye, eagerly, to the battle with
treason, Secession, and Rebellion. The
pledges there given have been redeemed
and fulfilled, and the fact is before the world
that you have to-day once again united on
the Republic regenerated and disenthral!ed
It is not for me cries of go on go
on |" who have taken some part in this
| otrun.,la 70 Aalov ha, xysfh kka fol
of these events. But am here as one oil
those men who have fought, and | expect to
have some share in the tate OF this great
Republic. and am here tonight to consult
with you as to what the nature of that
destiny shall be. What will you have, fell
low citizens-a Union as ii ,ods, with an
arstocratic ruling element? Will you have
a military Government? Will you have a
Republic founded upon blood, end birth,
and wealth, like that of Great Britain p
Immense cheering, with cries OF mo, mol
! Neverl"l
No, ow-citizens, but you will have q
republic such as was announced by Abraham
Lincoln, the martyr of our liberties, great
applausel as we'll as that announced by
that plain, blunt man, now at the head oil
the nation, Andrew johnson, President o
the United States. Applause He is Of
the people, for the people, and every ut
terance which he has given shows how trut
is the heart of the man who. Unexpectedly
to himself, to day holds in his hands th'
destinies of this broad, free, fair land. -
When they ask Andrew johnson how tn,
States lately in rebellion shall rejoin th
sisterhood Of States, he invariably replies
Let them take their position in the rank
by forswearing treason, and promising
henceforth forever. to pledge themselves +
sustain the Republic free and entire" H
has said to them: ''Do you give to eucr
man the rights of man? Do that and yo
are worthy of reconstruction. Immens
cheering
When they asked Andrew johnson whs
more ho wishes, he says: IL wish the unit
, of these States preserved, and it shall b
, preserved"
This is the sentiment of the country
, Throughout its vast breadth they are i
favor of President Johnson's policy, an
the war that we fought for the Union "
must continue in the present political cam
paign, where almost the same principles ar
involved. We ask no help, we invoke n
aid, we pronounce no exploded ideas, bu
We exhort the young life Of the nation I
stand by the country now as they did
5 time of war and peril. We who have bee
y through the bloody struggle of the past fiv
, years, now return to you, with our banne
! all soied and torn, but honorable with VII
. tory, and implore Of you not to sacri6t
y YOUR country AZ It is won from destruction
a Now that war has yielded to peace ar
g cnmmotion to repose new that, thanks
', the God of Battles and our brave soldier
u the flag Of the Stars floats over tho Reb
g capital cheers, do let me ask what par
e and what men shall rule our great repuhl
in its onward march to its greatness and
y glory, in comparison to which its prese
u aim is but the foreshadowing of what il sh'
es be? Shall it be, fellow-citizens, that par
that IL now struggling in your State to bl
out, in death bed repentance, the dam
ins record Of their infamy for the last fo
a wears? Immense cheers, and "No, no.
4: Shall it he like james Buchanan W
.. could not find any authority in the Cons
.' tuition to coercs q sovereign State, or sh
az !" il be the Copperhesd party Of my own lit
od State over 10 New Jersey lIaugbter] II
bi I. plants itself fair and square on old John
W CaIhoun's secession doctrine2 Shall it
'm :" the so-cslled Democratic party of New Yc
:. that. notwithstanding the fact that th
+" select a soldier for their leader, adopts pl
form that reads well but means nothing !
'ut [I.aughter,l A party that having pluck