Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-03-13
SPEECH OF HON. JAMES w. NYE.

shNAIOh FROM NEVADA.
The following speech was delivered by
Governor Nye, before the Unionists of Bal
timore, at their meeting, in Front Street
Theatre, on Thursday evening, the first inst.
1t is very interesting and forcible address,
and will well repay perusal:-
MIR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW -CIT1zENs:-
have neither the experience nor the attain
ments OF the frst speaker, and certainly
none OF the ardent youthful zeal of the latter.
have, however, sir, an interest in common
with you all in the perpetuity of my country
ana her institutions. l was born amid the
air OF vital republican freedom. inhaled
1t with the first breath of my life, and in
tend to exhale 1t with my last [Applause.
Sir, see no storms abroad that frighten me.
sometimes it is said that the ocean is into
"Tempesta ioued,
To watt a feather or to drown tly."
know-having always mingled with the
masses know what the great pulsations OF
the people of this countryare. No man can
stand in the way or lie in the track of tho
onward march of the coming millions OF
THIS nation. lApplause.l have the honor
to represent in part one of the most distant
States of the Union. My home is on the
mountains of the Sierra. But there, in that
distant mountain home, hearts all beat ire-
sponsiye to every touch, and so sensitive al e
the trembling wires that connect us, that the
next dPy but one after | cast vote against
the veto message of the President upon this
Freedmen's Bureau, quick as the lightning's
Hash came back the echo, "Well done, good
and faithful servant" Immense applause /
need no counsel of my constituents. They
live in the gOiges of the Mountains and at
the sources of the rivers, where men are as
honest as the eternal glaciers are pure by
which they are surrounded. 1 know, sir,
that liberty is mountain-nymph. And The
inhabitants of the mountains drink it with
the 1rst dawn Of the morning sun, and they
drink IT IN as refreshing and enlivening'
draft. Why, sir, some poet sang that
"Music was born when liberty spokep
know that music will die when liberty is
lost. But, my friends, I said to you in the
utmost frankness that am not here to make
an eloquent speech. Congressman and Sena-
tors may do foolish things, but see the
mass of intellect that surrounds them. NV
friend said in New York, the other night,
(Sec. Seward,) that some might be washed
overheard. Laughter Quite likely. Those
are the least likely to be washed overheard
who stand the firmest upon their feet on the
deck. [Applause and laughter My foot
ing have not felt working yet, by the force
OF the storm, sir. You and | have seen
worse storms than this, and it is not going
to be much of storm. 1t was too violent
at first. [Great laughter and applause. In
my mountain country we are subject to these
heavy blows. They come very fiercely at
first, but seem to exhaust themselves, and
don't blow much afterward. [Renewed
laughter WHAT'S the matter? The Presi-
dent has vetoed bill. Laughter. And
Congress could not quite pass it over his
head. voted for it because l thought it
WINS ripbt He vatopd e. booorsa 1,o tbo,,n.1,t
it was wrong. [Cheerlng and general laugh
ter.1 What of that? l think he was little
sorry the next day. [Renewed laughter.
Because II he had the power to kill, he like
wise had the power of resurrection. He
resurrected the old Freedmen's bill, with
all its features substantially the same. The
old Freedmen's bill is going along, and Con-
gress are pretty well satisfied He has done
another thing. l don't say he, but the cir
cumstance has done another thing, for which,
under the principle of being kind to your
enemies, we might be glad of. He has given
the rebels chance to shout again. APP
plause and long continued laughter. A
voice-"They can't shout here."1 And /
don't doubt some rebel, somewhere in the
country, as he looked over the field of rebel
dom, had inquired, in the language of Eze-
kiel, when he saw in his vision the valley of
dry bones, "Can these dry bones live again?"
LlHLiSnoS cnNcIluB anu UNIVERSAL lauBnIer.
When was much younger than now, had
quite relish for the study of anatomy. l
have been present when experiments have
been made upon corpses, and have seen
them jump as though they had life in them.
[Great laughter But they were dead after
all. Renewed applause and convulsive
laughter This galvanized jump daughter
is about over, unless you can get my friends,
Cowan and Doolittle, to come over here and
give them another dose, CONTINUED laugh
teri they will never jump any more. am
going to detain you but moment more.
LCries of 'go on;n voice-''this people will
stay."l Mr.. President, to change the vein
little, another poet has sung,
"lIow mOurnfully sweet are the echoes that start,
When memory Plays an old tune to the heartp
l was upon this coast when this rebellion
first reared its head. l have watched it in
its progress, and have kept my fingers upon
its pulses with as much care and solicitude
as the anxious mother upon the pulses Of
her first-born child. l have marked well
its progress. l know who the traitors are
IA voice" That's so.n1 l can tell one
when l see him. Laughter. A voice
There have been some here to.night."l
Yes; he don't look satisfied with himself
[Renewed laughter And whyP Because
he has failed in that wicked effort to tear
the temple OF Liberty down. [Great ap
plause. Between me and the rebels there
is gulf as wide and us impossible as that
between Abraham's bosom and the rich man.
Immense eheering.l And l never want to
live to see the day when can make an un-
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