The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-01


| was an adopted citizen of their
State. They wanted speech, and |
found myself telling how the place
where they stood was the old camping
ground of men who fought and
starved with Washington, where the
snow had been marked by blood drawn
from their shOeless feet / told them
that there the flag Of their country
had trailed In the dtst of the very
ground they stood On--n0t az Ia
Charlie ton, scOrned aud insulted-bat
because sickness and famine had weak
ened their sineWed arms, but not the
courage, of the men who bore it that
| they were to prove themselves worthy
of the parontage of their hero ances~
tors Of Valley Forge, that they were
able and willing to teach the world
that neither foreign nor domestic hand
should be laid ia insult on the en-
blem Of their biTth-right, the flag Of
Washington Cheers,
H1hat speech made the speaker 10y
al. TO protect the flag, TO cherish the
principles it represents, to devote
whatever energy j possessed TO sus-
tain the men who went out TO fight un-
der il, was the solemn VOW there
made, and which | am here to-day TO
answer. Renewed cheering.
'"The boy died shouting to his men,
staggering under the murderous fire,
Come on, boys try them once moreP
The man stands here 10 relterate that
cry Of the dying soldier, Come on
try them once more [Great enthus-
iasm As long as American Nation
atty has foe-as long as a single
arm il raised against the banner Of
Father Abraham, [applausel against
the right OF the majority 10 gQyern--
against the cause Of equal rights and
F., equal juEtice-the caused baptised ia
blood at Bunker HilI-agaihst the
creed written on the white head,
boards of quarter Of a million Of
brave men-I say while single voice
or arm dare oppose the sacred cause
around which centers such holy asso-
Citations. my motto shall be, now aud
always, Come on; let us try them
once more!' fCheers,
while disappointed statesmen and
political tools, led by man deaf to
the pr0mptings Of faith and National
justice, combine with the impoverish-
ed and desperate agents of the rebel
cause, to overthrow the Government,
every true man should hold himself
ready-a minute man for his couptry's
cause,
" How can people, willing to be
directed by the cleudfand pillar of a
righteous Providence, fail TO see new
duty in the shaping of public affairs ?
Tbs soldier on the battle field the
sailor on his deck the people at their
hnmes, have tried the rebel cause and
tho universal verdict is guilty, and
recommended TO mercy III Cheers !
They say, acknowledges in good faith,
aud conform 10 the oireumstahces of
your defeat; give Us by your choice of
representatives some guarantee of your
disposition TO keep the peace ia future,
and we will regard you no longer as
enemies, but rs friends, restored aud
| joyfully received into the national
! family. We do not care TO walk arm
in arm with You into the feeonstrue-
ton. Go hand aud heart with us, or
not at all. Cheers. ROliteness aud
ceremony may suit you - we want
truthful fellowship in our political al
lance, IL we fail 10 secure their social
life. Renewed applause. ] loas
ia short, if Southern rebels and
Northern sympathizers will not accept
the prollers Of peace made by the le-
gtlmate majority against whom the
one made open and the other a secret
and more despieable warfare; if terms
conceived in spirit Of Justice, and
rendered ia good faith, arc not accept
ed, ii Fictitious resistance TO the acts
of Congress is still persisted in--then
must the loyal States assert their rights
once more fling their banners to the
breeze, and, rallying To the eilndel
stand ready to repel the foe in what
ever form he may come, however he
may be supported. Cheers .d.It
Z May God, in his infinite mercy
avert from this people the horrors Of a
renewed war; but iorewarned IL fore
armed, [Arplause.l Our oountrya
flag has been netas n signal of hope 10
the world. proniiaing freedom, equality
and equal i;;atiee to the oppressed who
seek the aheltering protection of its
/ folds Those 10 whom il is3R promise
only, be confirmed IN their love
and confidence for the perfected re-
sultbOWeppat laborip theispirit of
the men OF rs, the men az 1872
and 1914, and of the brave boys in
blue, who had made the last and great
est sacrifice during the war Of the re-
bellion, To this common cause of
,tieetldNfAnd ApnAnitS we filedgs our
lives, our fQTtnnGe, and our sacred
honors," LGTeat cheers,
/ .EN8.l.NA .AAA-L-A-
q,u ,al b The dictatorship. sl'f BIO
'q1n HIS E9deat speech Senator, Trun-
i hull anNAtsl.a a.ln.E II.