New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-11-06
SIXTEENTH WARD UNION RALLY.


grand fnsl rally on Saturday evening in Washington
Hall, corner of Eis1jeeuthst. and Eighth'a'c. MI
Marsh was appointed Chairman The Hon. Horace
Greeley delivered the following address;
HORACE oiEELEYs srEEcH.
Mr. PRESIDENT AID fLLIow.CGfZkNs: 1hongh the
nipbt IL osri AVID stormy the We bright DAYS Ne
fD.r U.s. and rejoice 'he opportunity although our
numbers are small, g. coner NNh Gu on ue asPeetS "l
IN tine, and endca Il may. 10 throw some Itte
bght Lie Uu.s bic dulee and onr position WIN
r-,e-erce 10 the election before We have passed
through ole Of the gracGest crises IN the history OF
any nation. We have passed throngn ~ certainly hot
without suffering not without sacrifice, not without
great and lasting bcreavements. The nation has PAD
n blood and treasure tor the deliver nee which she has
heroic dead who have joyflly given their lives for
their country. Not the MANNED and decreln VINO I'VE
but only live, maimed unit perhaps Tor many OF me
enioymen;s and efficiency in the hOrs Of society Aud
vet see any Of them about us and ask them. My
friend you have lost yonr leg to save your
country wouid you have your country lost and your
lee back again . and DO not believe there ore ore
Snndr.d Who would saw ives" Then ask: II they
do not grieve who have lost limb m defense OF ther
country Why shall others who suffer only through ttir
svmp1thes or possibly in the way Of the loss Of wealth
complan o. anyf So great deliVerance os this is oLy
60 be at great cost end fee! that II Is better T.
be American Ia the year lst--nueh hetter thhn IL
was in the year which preceded le60 feel thet we
have made great adyshce In the history or Progress.
and that the American Republic is destined TO b. nobler
end pnrer and truer than she was before Now et me
cal before yoU-ct endeayoT 10 ASK your attention
20 Of the facts which more directly concern tnls
election. There were two great parties resouply
struggling little year ego for the possession OF our
Government and the direction of us policy. One of
these parties triumphed Now where IL the loyai pa,
triotie American who regrets that TRIUMPH Meet
them to-day and ask the men VINO were against Us
last year whether the! are sorry We snc'
ceedei in that contest. No j believe they rejoice
that they defeated-i mean tha better portion Of
them. From what ground was IL int tIey asked YOUR
support In TINT eontesi Was IT hot distinctly on the
GROUND thai the oterpt to reconsti uc and Iecement
fie Union by war was faiIuTe-couM not possibly
epcceedf Was lot that keQ VEG 10
hght for MeClean Pehdleton and >e monr, that there
eeed If it could have present ana Overwhelming sue
cess their argument Us plainly showed that IL ought
70 on baf ought not because 1t could not possibly sue
coed WHY Won have been four years uyiIg ~ Tecor
struct a Tniau hy war. ard yOu now gong 10 Civ
itupl suppose the people said give y az; suppose
the Platform Of Chicago they lad elected hct!elo
and Pendie on. there wood maIiies,y have beeE d
capture Of Redmond and 0, ApPom,4'ax ara OF Fly
come into power with their President. be would ordc
Grant and sherman to stop and wodld Layo gone
iies ''0II He would have said. "Gestcmen a'' yo
have year Slavery; Just as much OF
as yon please. Iaeree 10 divide the Territories on y
line o. 3to." why. no." says Mr. Jefferson Davi,
Ell will not come back; you were always for that hut
Know nc iat IA lsU0 We put you out OF power and pr
tle 'RcpIoic1us IA power, nor. tben, why s.ail v
come back o; ourselves after four years cf fighting
You adult tht tie : feilure you adUi that H.
Chion canro; he reconstructed that way yon propes
70 rebuild t ~ nrmsiice AMI Iec0iau)n. VIEW wei
"a your orIastice aud negotiation; but We tel yo
Wv . taiC Dur IBGrpendence-fud Ne WiH not tai
anytLiir short Of it Now they would Lave bee,
compt.rd Oy ihcif paf1im, by Their political syrpa
Oh e. ana 0v eyeIyilne 10 sly. "Wcl gentlemen
sine Won Won't cone back Obliged t0 L.. y0i
&C.. We'll then they would have had their iade, eI.
deIce and tie CORfe-8cy recognized end UId stinbtd
Then the Democrats would have SAID: now, Mr.
President Davis. having got your independence
your Government. Let us adopt the Mon,
gomer Constitution as The Sham Democracy proposed
before ne var began. Let Us get into the Conicdel
acy AID reconstruct the Union that rcy" "Woll
sa,s Mr.. Jefferson Davis I've are wiling 20 accept
but consider what nave got 10 do. IL the fst pla
Constitution says that slavery Is lawful every
where. and mat any may pursue his runaway
slave into all the ststes and Territories VIII Won &C.
cent tnaiT 'Cerniniy.' says NJ C.ciian. "ihcL,"
sas Mr.. jefferson Davis, Eve have national dcbl II
yOu came g. Won ns iep 20 pay that debt ana help us
pension soldiers nd you must disband your my
repudaie yoar 1abt dismiss your pensioners and come
pudrI our t0ust,tri.a
Wei athougi sou- no Chit have thought lqt tle too
much sy resisting itherc was no other
way 20 10 IL bat 10 1ccept these terrnSu~t wnat ne
now require onlsri''s. very plopnmy 'nc! womu nave
ead, A. you cont into the CUn'edeT0cy you must &C.
ccpt n. C.noLs ties ~ tie CybfeJelfcy. YOU must
Iep 10 pay the C-b, and support he army ~ the Con
fecl acJ maintain he faith Of the COlederc and -Ep
pOrt u, pensioners. sud we would have bad f,r "a time
tie COalaaeracy extended so far ~ % t'Le tue
DemOaTgtic States that voted for Mcclellan ana eDy
ing out only the Lincoln StacsG st,H Cling isILcr
9,ong the upper edge Of the Unufc States 10
form the Old or remalrg half OF fe Union. % t'y 10
paw the CeDt and MAINTAIN the Cover ue1t ~ tie
Union. Now fellow. citizens say tnai 10 gprGid"rie
can wish thst they had dcn nnd U'r CHIC. 20
platform had been carried yUi, ANA form broken
and our caudidat defeated. sch % O Get Of ne
Past. NO9, then, what Of the Iuturcf They have
made piatfG as nearly Inc "urs 10 possible, and
then they take many candfeics Who lad been Wiit
a. as they could get undcIstJnl one of the leaders
OF then Seddle Han Convention asked. How la,e
you got alongP "Wel, pretty uel; We have got one
Democrat on The ticket" lLaugtterl Whenever 'e
bad ANYBODY who VAS looking for q place any where
else they TOOK BIN oGt and put him Oh tier ticket
much better than what they usually do. lI3H'bteLl
have nothing 70 do or 10 say against it
except there was very great injustice done-thsi
ambition should iOIget what was faith FORGET het was
honor, forget what vas duly, anu with Only thought
for applause and power and distinction. Take now.
Gen Henry ". Socum. lie has not the excuse that he
Democrat: be never voted democratic ticket,
ouiess. perhaps. be- slipped IL vote tor Mcclellan last
L al. tLaughterl Nhat seat ilm ~ tte OihcT side
lie was not s,rOlg man but nj ambitious man. lie
got NJ regiment AID went 30 the var and was very
early selected by Mcclellan for IuciioDb aud e-
mes. BY and by, through Gen M1C.tauB IfcomuinI-
datOU. lie eGs rapidly advanced 30 b. HQ0rG encr.
al; and he has been able "to rec" alyhCdy tJt
Mcclellan since lie was not xix months ~ the amy
until he became practically COppeThca0 iLaugDtcr
cilti0ns were viii them. Wen, be II gone; but con
sider nOW: Gen SlCcgm knows what you know, aud ! \
know that three iOurths Of the men VITO viii fight fr
hin this Fan wished that al our armies had been DC
leated and killed three OF fouI yosts aRo happened
10 ia The city Of Syracuse. where Gen Slocgn lives
and whence DIS regiment Was taken, the pan Of sep
eu ber 1901 when rec ncns were gong III 10 the nrv
One regiment from syracuse went OIL was stand x
IN a Democratic publication Office whore / had gone to
gst certain Gocginl ats hat wanted ana there wds
:TOWd ~ toe Olcc 20 see the crowd 80 Dy JLcy were
going probably many Of them % never rCiurA again.
There was universal jeer aAd one man said, There
gOos another lot Of damned f0Ois. YES" says "a.
,ther II hope they VIII never get back again This
ns in the ciiv 81 Gen Sl0cum IN The office Of Tie Dd
c1urier tho Democratic organ Of that city. ] sad
lothingi IT was not my bIsuc ] had not muc. show.
nd came away very soon. iLaugLterI Wen, now.
n lUl ID q II,
'Oes are 10 give Gen SOcgm slcl support ~ h. gets
hat ye.y Newspaper Tie SyGcaSe D0ity C0u1iy when