Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
GREAT UNION MEETING IN NEW YORK.
The Veto Message Endorsed.
SPEECH OF sEc'Y SEWARD.

An immense audience assembled at the Cooper In
stitute in New York, on Thursday evening. for the
purpose of endorsing the Presidents veto message
Ex-Mayor Opdyke called the meeting to order and
nominated F. B. Cutting for Chairman.
David Dudley Field Esq, presented an address
and series of resolutions expressing approval of the
general principles announced by the President in his
annual message and in his late message veoing the
Freedmens Bureau Bill, pledging him confidence,
and promising him support in all proper measures
for the restoration of Constitutional Government
and declaring to be the duty of Congress and the
President 20 use all the means the Constitution has
ivan hem tn secCre to the freedmen protection and
tbe full pronorton and enjoyment of all rights of
person and property including the isht 10 sue ana
to testify in the courts, all of which wee unani
mously adopted. The chairman then INTRODUCED u
the audience the Hon. W. II. Seward, who spoke as
follows
Fello6- Citizens II have been in the habit. you
perhaps know, of Addressing Voices, Il Louder
louder ~ My voice has been broke and trust
you VIZ have charity and not ask me to speak
louder. The doctors could tell you why. was say
ing, for the information those who hear ms-that
can hear me-that it has been my habit, for many
years past, of addressing my fellow citizens OF the
State of New ork. the Ofimportsnt elections
through the kindness of my fellow-citizens, from
plain IT, the Ocean, wher only spoke even within
the protection OF my parlors Ol hreside and home.
was here the 18th OF october last to spsas to you
then, and did speak concerning tie dangers OF col
lision between the Republican friends OF me Presl
dent of the United States and him whom the people
Of the United States have elevated to that high and
responsible trust. / stated then what l thought
would answer for instruction and profit for whole
year and YOU all agreed then to give me respite for
one Thoie wear. and that should come back and
speak 10 yo on political topics in October 1866 and
you have called me haek here again on the I'd
of February.
It is rather hard that person shall be required to
perform duty at the capital and at the same time that
f om g srs a Ba hSRe come baeE
in obedience to your summons. : rave como back
cheerfully-lhave come back cheerfully. - am no
Secessionist. Laughter.A | know. how to ope-,
think, the commands of my fellow citizens OF my ma
tive State without violating my, allegiance to the
back in obedience to this summons have not come
back alar1nist-l have no teTrors to sound L
have no dangers to warn you Of have no alarm TO
awaken or apprehensons to excite about public af
fairs. There are no dangers, there are no peris,
there is 40 OCCASION for alarm The country has been
saved [cheers a7ed-connplete!y saved, thanks be
to God and it is not TO be saved again in this
day and generation. The State iG safe-the goodly
the TEMPEST which beat upon her during five years,
and she is successfully and proudly riding into
the port where she ougnt = be.
There are indeed, few reefs a. .he mouth of the
harbor, and skill will be exercised by sge. prudent
and careful crew, and she will meet with 5so@k,
collision; but she will ride safely into her ancient
mooring, whether she pass through this channel
which they say is entirely safe, whether, taking
the advice Of Others the members of Congress more
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order to take longer Gwsep. The country is safe,
tell you any how lCheerS. 1t 10 only dispute be-
tw6ea the pilots; for all honest Iaen-aA we'll
meaning pilcts, All that will happen will be
this: that she may sob the bottom or sides and that
as she presses upon the sas she may rock and roll
little, and then some OF the pllosercbance it may
be some Congressman or some Cabinet Minister per-
chance it may be some Senator or some President,
percbance it may be some statesman-may unfortun-
| ately get washed overheard | should be sorry for
this to happen but am sure it is all that can hap
pen, because the good ship is coming in without
leak fore aft, and without spar splinter star
board or larb6atd--she is coming in all safe and
| sound. LCheerS.J
should be very sorry if any of these pilots should
BE washed overheard; but if that can be prevented
you ana i7ll try and do the best to prevent
| it. Well, then, 1t can be borne. And if should
happen to be of these that lost IN that way,
| let no friend take any that account. And
| now, fellOw-cltZenS, having once relieved you OF
your anxetes. showing you came here to talk no
me to discuss. That subject is difference Of opinion
between the President, who is one of the pilots who
stand at the helm, and the assistants who sum-
moned up from tine 20 time to the watch at the for
| ward deck under the command Of the quartermaster
1t is very considerable difference, and |, perhaps
cannot explain it to you any better than shall dl
by reminding such Of you, and suppose there are
many such, who have been sometime in your lives in
the habit of attending the theatre. All such may
member play which ha1 come popularity some years
ago. It was entitled, THE Nervous Man and the
Man of NerveW
These two characters tho nervous man aIa the
man of nerve, lived in different parts u the country
They were friends: They had been friends in their
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| years. The nervous man had son, a hopeful son,
| and the man of nerve had loveable daughter.
| These fond parents contracted a marriage between
| these parties, which should bring their two houses
and, | suppose. their estates together but without
letting the candidates into the secret. In the mean
time these two amiable young persons through some
caprice of fortune, or some other more caprcious
god, happened to fall together at watering place,
or relation and nothing of the views of their parents,
| they fell in love- as was most natural; and was
most natural after falling in love- agreed to be mar
ria al Eooh hon and rta1 fO fba
What was their surprise to find that the neryOCs man
refused TO allow his son to marry the lady of his
choice, who was stranger to him, and announced
that he had in view marriage which was most de-
sirable the other party to which he would produce,
and With whom he was expected ito fall in love at
| first sight.
The man of nerve was equally mysterious with the
lady. And so finding they were to be married, as
they supposed to strangers they both ran away and
got married together. When the news oft came The
nervous man was all on fire with disappointment,
with passion and rage. He dsavowed his son, he
dsinherited him. he declared he would never see
| him again: ard the man of nerve on the other hand
protested that his daughter should berecOvered and
she should still marry the man of his choice. What
the surprise OF the parents when the lovers hay
ing come from church and fell and begged the pa
rents forgiveness and blessing the parents dscOv
ed the son and daughter had each married the very
party they had pledged them to marry beforehand.
1t was disappointment but it was success. The
nervous man refused to give his consent although
the marriage was irrevocable, although it cane lust
as he wanted. But the man of nerve had more con-
sideration. lie sand it would all come out right and
he extended his forgiveness. But the nervous man
was still implaeable- not be even sOotLcd,
The man of nerve said, ''Why, old friend, why
don't you forgive your son after having had il all
your own wayItor they got married your way you
| wanted them?" Yes, have had it all m5 own way;
but won't forgive him for all that. d-n it. said he
because have not had my own way of having it,
Laughter. Inc PRESIDENT OF the United States has
got the Union restored prosperous. safe and sound
He has got it restored with slavery, which was the
cause of its dangers and evils abolished. He has got
it with arebe debt expqnged, and he has got re-
stored with the loyal debt accepted by the re5el
States He has got it restored just exactly in the
way he wrnted 70 have it. The nervous men of the
Senate aud House Of Representatives. have got re-
stored exactly in the same Way-the rebel debts all
abolished loyal debts all established, slavery all alb
rogated-everything, all just they wanted it, only
they have not had their own way of having it.
| Laughter
about ali IN this troublesome world could ex-
pect But the nervous man or the man of nerve would
expect not only to have It Just right but 70 have It
| his own way Of happening. But, fellow citizens l
have said there is no danger or difficulty in
dion or circumstances; and will tell you the rea-
have been aided in reOrganizing themselves by
stitutOns which are loyal, by who loyal ana
in sending to Congress loyal Representatives to re-
sume their places in the seats which disoya traitors
in fit of passion and spleen, and IN violation OI the
| Constitution and the Union, abandoned. Now am
because some plan must succeed, and because this is
| the only plan which has ever been attempted, or
| which think ever will be attempted. Certainly it
is the only that can be attempted with success.
1t is nearly executed already. the States there
lust as fully in the exercise Of their State functions
| and powers and thcultes &c the State Of New York
! is az hlbuny to-day. Representatives can come up
| and lay their hands upon the Bible and take the
| oath, and remain there
| Now, | think this is going to be done. 1t may not
| be done to-day. | thought it ought to be done on
| the first day of this session of Congress. Others
thought it better to wait and nquire-take a recess
| Then thought it had better be done when the re-
cess was ended. Othere thought it better be post
poned to the lst OF February. Now they arc talking
of posponing it till they pass law. But for
all that know State which is loyal and continues
to be loyal from this time henceorward and is rep
resented by loyal representatives is sure some day
| in this Congress or some other COngtess-some time
in the life of the Republic will come in. That is all
that remains to be doneand it is the same plan that
| Abraham Lincoln projected before he remoy,d d
from his high trust, the one that Andrew john
| son was executing for him in Tennessee-it will BE-
| DONE Now, If | err in this my judgment is incor-
rect. Then as the Union Is to be restored some time
there is to be plan which is practicable and il
there is one, then who is in favor OF 1t
| can tell me what that plan is and when ii is likely
| to be adopted. | pause for a reply
| have never seen any other plan proposed. hayo
this plan suggested at two successive Congresses
that, Notwithstanding the conditions of the States,
they should be egisated into the ondition Of Terri
| tories and should be governed by the military arm
till they had performed sufficient acts of purgation
and should be brought in at far off period Ii
this Is capable of being called plan of restoration
then think 1t has proved total failure because Il
requires law to reduce the States already with gov
enmentS in full operation to the condition of terri
| ries. That cannot be done without an act of Con-
gress. Every knows it will require the assent Of
| the President, and everybody knows who has read
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