The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-09-14

W ~ NAN1A NAaNg NNAAIIE ~ CHS
Gle, in the middle OF whichwere the South.
err delegates. Mr.. ChAs. GihboEs Of the
Union League, thea delivered the following
speech Of welcome
sPEEcH oF cHARLBs otBaoxs, EsQ.
MES % rus SoUTR; The members Of the
union Leagne Of Philadelphia greet you a.
ielloW-loyalists and citizens Of tho Uhited
states. Cheers. On their behalf and by
ilels authority welcome you here to-day as
friends ms brethren. lChsersl There is
no stain ofloyal blood on yoSF bands, Your
sopls are free from the guilt OF treason against
your common eoantFy. loud cheers.] We
Know notwithstanding but litue-of the
sacrifices you have made, Of the persecution
yon Aage eudnred, Of the heavy Affections
you have been through all the dreRFy years
OF, the Rebellion for your fidelity to the Con.
astituiion and your devotion 10 the American
Onion. [Cheers.] Many of your homes
have been desolsted, your pleasant places
hid waite, and your wives and helpless chill
dreu driven into exile, With breaking hearts
10 penaty and anguish, by the iendiSh hate
OF traitors, who sought TO make your lNyalty
a crime and to tear the United States from
the map Of n~ationsi Through all this per-
secuiion-unparalleled in the history Of mOd-
ern times-"in Perils by your own country.
men, ia perils among false brethren, In wea-
riness and painfulhess, in watehingS often,
IN hunger aud thirst, In Gastings often, In
cold and nakedness, " you have held fast your
integrity, "a the world knows and ~ God
knows. (GFeat eheerA. With unshaken
faith in the ultimate triumph Of good over
evil, you have watched through the long
night OF your sorrow for the coming Of that
better day when the flag Of your country
would be your sure protection 10 the enjoy
pient OF your civil rights, when treason
should be made infamous Tcheersl When
traitors should be punished I%eheers1 and the
rod OF political power which was shifting
you should be placed in your own hands
Prolonged cheers. Brothers. daring oil
Enese years Of your separation from Us, we
too have been in sorrow! Our homes in the
North have bsen filed with lameutation for
the fathers and the sous slain Ia battle or
atsrVed 10 death BY thousands in the prison
pens OF Virginia aud Geurgia. The bodice
ot three hundred thou5and North ~ mSl,
loyal and faithlul in their lives, victims Of
treason, slavery aud rebellion, now Gil that
berrid gap that divided the loyalty Of the
North from the loyalty of the South While
the war was raging Tound your homes, al
though our sympathy was intensified by our
W. sorrows, IL could not express itself in
words bat II flashed from n million Northern
bayoneiS, and was pronounced BY the mouths
OF Northern cannon, aud thus it spoke in
deedsl (Cheers.1 Earnestly stirring our
souls TO their very depths, it viii live forever
10 secret association with our own heroic
dead (CheerS. These Boys in Blue
sons OF the North, who "rallied around the
dag" and advanced It, through ire and
blood, till It's power was supreme through
out the land ! lchsers1 these boys in Rlne,''
part Of your escort to-day, and their CON-
TadeS everywhere, have written il on the Ia
blss Of their hearts, never to be eRAced, that
treason Is .nfamonsl IChsers.l For II IL
be not, what honor have they more than trail
tors7 Il Is 80 written in every family Bible
that contains a record OF the death Of -
Union soldier or Uaion refugee. [CheerS
u 10 inscribed on every hetrtostons Of the
North where the lit,le orphan child VaiRIy
HwaitS the return Of his father from the war.
tCneers.) These PhilAielphis iremen, tear
less and ready men in every danger, tender
AMI eonSilerats men Ia their care Of the
wounded soldiers and their helpless children
lc eers); these mscnanicJ and business men
and bAboring mon, every one % whom you'd
scorn to eat tho bread OF ofioil patronage
At the price Of his mInhool (cheers); these
trusty citizens Of other States WHO unite
with uS in orr welcome to-day, all meet you
and greet you with that sentimsnttha glow5
IN their loyal hearts, and binds rs all togeth.
or D. a chain Of sympathy that no adversely
san br~eak-"Trsason ia Infamous" PRO
longed cheers) But our sympathy would
not be full or cordial il IL halted here. 1t
goes much farther. Il is tbs honest senti-
ment Of the North, held and uttered in the
Interest Of Union, OF peace, and OF Christi
anityi that when the 51nth returns TO her
duty, shs mast come IN new robes, With new
eoTenlnts for liberty, ecu ilIty, and justice,
led by her owl loyal UniNnisls, who are free
hOm the Rli!t OF treason. Enthusiastic
cheers. For Whist hope have We IN the fu-
tqre, or what security have yOu n unpunish-
ed and impenitent trAitorI SHALL be- reinStaled
IN power By the arbitrary aud bej1tted will
~ one man, under a Constitution which they
haTs 6TswJrn. Tas answer is already writ
tea ia the blood Of the murdered l~OynlisIs Of
New Orleans. ("ghats true" "Tunt'B 80,
and chesrs.) Aleu- vi the South, you are
here on a high and solemn mission, having
for ito object the Fe-establishment Of the
American Union On the broad aud cure fOun-
dhtiOns Of equal and exact justice to all
men (Cheera) IL can stand upon none
other. We have no right 10 presume that
she Great Ruler OF the universe has permit
ted Us TO prevail over our enemies aaly to
in other forms the OPPRESSION Wbich
In His Proyidener bAS been oVerthroWa.-
We cannot be 50 unmin Iiul o: all
the lessons Of tire past a. % bs led BY "a
graft politicians into another comprOmise
With crime, instead OF lifting up from des-
Berition those who have been itB vietiLs.
tCieerI) Weiconr, then, lOJAl brethren Of
the South, on your noDle 70 SslOn to the city
Of Phl tdelPhiA. (Cnrers) Here where the
founders Of Penn5ylyinia inauguratrd bis
''holy experiment. Of a Government based
on the equility VI man here, where = ecu.
tury later, the representatives, Of the Thir-
teen Colonies unanimously declared it 10 -
Truth that "all msa are created
equal here, where the Constitution WAS
formed and the UaiOn consummatsd here,
the Government was ADMINISTERED
aud 10 lie purity By tina. iIluS.riOuI
man whose
"sams alone ridkes every living dssi; !"
10 Philadelphia, yoa are welcome,
thrice welcomed
REPLY OF GOV. HAMILTON.
AZ the Governor attempted 10 speak
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