, 1865-04-21


1t though twice rs bloody, If only y>thus they
could rule. none can doubt that Knows the
temper Of the worst men Of modem society.
iApplause: But they mlecalculated; they
Understood the people Of the souih, but they
yer Eele totally incapable Of understanding the
character Of the great working classes Of the
loyal states. That industry which Is the
foundation Of independence and so Of equity,
they stfrIoatized as stupid dludgery OF a.
mean sVarice that general intelligence and
Independence Of thought which schools for
common people and newspapers breed, they
revled as the Indictment OF unsettled zeal,
running. easily into tanatIcism. They more
thoroughly misunderstood the prof 4und SEN
tmtnt Of 10y atty, the deep love Of country
Which pcTVaded the common people, If these
who knew them best had.neycr suspected the
depth and power Of that love Of country
which threw ii into an agony Of grief when
tEe tlag WAS heic humbled. how should they
conceive Of 1t Who were wholly disjoined from
them in sympathy? The whole land rose up,
you lenemher, when the flag came down, as
Almighty and the power Of omnipotcnce. It
was as when one pierces this banks Of the
mississippi for 1ivufet, and the whole ragin:,
strtam p1upges thr@ugh with headlong
course. There they calculated and m!scalcu-
lated. And more than all, they miscalcula-
ted tho bravery Of the men who ha.o been
trained under INV; who are civilized. and
by society as to haye dismissed ali tnougLtcf
eelEdefenEe, the whole force Of whnst lfe Is
turned to peaceful pursuit. These arrogant
copspisators. against government, with
Chinese variety, believed that they could
blew away the selcrespectlng citizens as cdaf
fIom the battlefield. Few Of them are left
alive to ponder ibis mistake. Here there are
the roots OF this civil war. It was not q quar-
rel Of wild beasts 1t Vas an intiiction OF tn.
strife OF ages between power aud risht--be-
TWEEN ambition md equity. An armed band
Of pcstilent conspiratols sought the nations
door, and room, and hall, 70 thrust out the
mulderers and save the house and household.
It was not legit!n,ateiy war between the
common people Of the North and South. Ths
War was set on By the ruling class, the aristo-
cratic conspfEators OF the South. They suborn-
ist1ies, with cruel dcceita and slanders, to aght
for secret objects which they abhori ed, and
against interests as dear to them as their own
lives. charge the whole guilt Of this war
upon the ambitious, educated, plotting politt-
cal lsadeEs Of the S-uth. {Applause.] They
desolated the. South. They have poured
poverty through all her towns and cities.
lhey have beWilde1ed the Imagination Of the
people with fantasms, and led them to be-
live they were fighting for their homes aud
liberty, whose homes were not threatened,
arrogant instigators Of civil war have renew
ed the plagucs If Egypt, not that. the op-
| pressed might 60 fec, but that the free might
b. oppressed. A day will come when God
| bis Lar these Eighty mlsereants, and
then every orphan that their bloody
| gnme has made. nud every widow that sits
| scsrowiuG, aud every muimed and wounded
| sufferer, and every bcrcayed heart ia all the
| wide regions Of his land, will rise up and
\ nh .$nF
| culprits of mcde1n history their awful wit
! ness, ard from thousand battle fields shall
| rise up aruIies of niry witnesses. who, with
the memory Of their awful suflerings, shal
confront these miscreants with shrieks Of
fierce accusation, and every pale and starved
| p,ieorcr shnll raise bis skinny hand In iudg-
ment. Blood shall call out for vengeance.
and tears ehall plead for Justice, ard grief
stall silently bcckon the heart smi;ten shall
| vail tor justice; good men and angels will
cry out how lcng, o Lord. how long wilt
thou not avcnge: And then these gui,ticst
and most femoisc{sEs traitors, these high aud
| culsn' ed men, with might and wisdom used
for the destruction OF their country; these
! most accursed and detcstcd Of alt Criminals,
| that have dreDthac O continent in needless
| blood, and mored the foundations. Of their
| times with hdeous crimes and cruelty, caught
up in black clouds full Of yol:ea Of veng. .auce
| cnd lutid with punishment, shall be whsrled
a'oft and plunged downward forever and for
ever, In an endless retr1butien, while God
| shall say, thus sball it be with all who het1ay
their country. nnd alI u heaven and upon
| earth Will say, amen. lVoiccs-Anacn, amen.1
| But for The people mised-for tho multitude
| drafted and driven into this civi! war-let
not t1dce Of anime sity remain. [Applausc.]
Tic moment their willing hand dtop the
Eusl ct and they return to their allegiance,
to greet them. Recall to them the old days
Of kindness. Our hearts wait for their re-
ltmption. AL resources OF renovated na-
| tf6n shall be applied tn rebuild their pros
ptrity and smooth down the furruws Of war.
At,his point in bis GRAFTON. MIR. Beeeher
| paused srd said: will thank the baud to
play IN air, ard You to get np that are sit
tirg down and you to sit down that have
been standing, and will sit down too and
rest for a moment. When the baud had
ceased playing. he said: We Will now take
cur places usain and attend to our business;
hi n pr ceedcd with his speaking.
Has this long and weary strife been an un-
| mingled eyil.-has nothing been gained Yes,
much the nation has attained to Its MAN.
| hood. Among Indian customs Is one which
| admits yeurg men to the rank Of warriors.
Only alter seven trials OF hunger, fatigue,
not thrf ugh years, but ordeals. Our nation
| has sufIerld. and now is strong. The senti-
Ment o1 loyalty and patriotism, next in in
| Io1tancc to religion, has been rooted aud
grounded We hare something to be proud
Of, ami prldc, helps love; never 60 much as
plausc.l Bu. four such years of education
i;tscal t'uth, iu tic love Of lis
tory, IN The geosra1hy Of our own
country, a:ratst every, inch Of With
have never PASSED before. Thee Is h,lf d
hus drsd ycals' advance In four. We tsiie7ed
in cur institutions aid principles before. but
nov VIC lna" their Dower. 1t is one thing
to To-, upon artillery and be sure t!s.' It Is
loaded; it is an"tla3r thing to rece:~e It's dis
cha1ge. fLaughtcT.l We believe In the hid
| den power stored In our institutions. We
had never before seen this nation laundering
| like Mount Sinai ut all those that w:rsltp-
ptd tie calf ut the foot Of the mountain. 4
leople educated and mot a,e competent to
| al tbc exigencies Of national life, Aycte can
govern better than aesoNn. I'VE h:ye proved
It., lApplause,] people Intelligent and
rens.ous ere strong IN all economic ele.
pen1s. They are lifted for peace and com
Petent to var, they are not easily infarned,
and when justly lEcenscd not easily e1tin-
dure clcerully nesdful burdens, tax them
prince would dare to tax his people they
pour forth without stint relief lor The suffer.
ing Of war. and raise charity out ofthe realm
| Of q dole Into :: muniilcsnt duty OF b:.pef-
cence. The habit Of Industry suung
ffeemen plrle:es them to meet the
prcductiveness commensurate with the
need that exists. Their habits OF
skill enable them at once to supply su Ii ar
mics as only tr* edom can muster with arms
and munitiors such as only free industry can
CRATE. Free society is terrible in wa ana
afte,Warl repairs the mischief Of sTar With
celebrity almest as gfeat as that With which
the ocean heals the SEAMS gcshed In 1t hy the
keel Of the plowlng ship. Free society is
fruitful Of military gcniue-it comes wher
/! ca'lrd, and wien no longer needed 1t: falls
hack as wares do to the Level Of the common
| s.a; that no wave mag be GREATER; that the
ii divided water with proof Of strength 20
great, yet in Its infancy, We stand up among
the natitn ms Of the world, asking no priTi-
legcs, asserting no rights, bnt quietly assam.
ing our place, and determined to be sec ,nd to
rtne in the race Of civilization and religion.
Or all nations we nre the most dangerous and
til least to be feared, Laughter acd al,-
| Plause.]
| We netu not cxpound the perils that await
upon enemies that assault, as they are sul-
GENTLY understood, (laugntcr,l but we are
not Il danger us people, because We nre War
liee. AL the arrogant attitudes Of tins na-
tion, Eo offensive 10 iorcigu governments,
miDist,atlon Of Its minion.+ Our tastes, our
habits, our Interests, md our principles. in
cline us to the arts Of peace. This nation
was founded By the common peop}s for the
common people. We arc seel::g to
embody in public economy more Liberty
with higher Justice and virtue than aye been
organized before. By the necessity OF our
doctrines VIC are put in sympathy with the
masses Of men in all nations. It is not ONE
business to subdue nations, but to nngment
The powers Of the common people. The vu1-
gar ambition Of mere domination, as it be-
longs to universal human nature, may tempt