Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-05-23

that has resulted in the overthrow of
the rebellion, and there is not another
Government on the face of the earth
that could have withstood the shock.
1Chcers.
We can now congratulate ourselves
that we possess the strongest, the fro-
est and the best Government the world
ever saw. [Great applausel Thank
God that wo have lived through this
trial, and that looking in your intclli-
gent faces here today, can announce
TO you the great fact that Petersburg,
the outpost to the strong citadel. has
been occupied by our brave and gallant
officers and untiring and invincible SOL
diers. [Great cheering] And not
content with that they have captured
the citadel itself-the stronghold of
traitors Richmond is ours, and is now
occupied by tie forces Of the United
States? Tremendous cheers Her
gates have been entered, and the glo.
rious stars and stripes, the emblem of
the Union Of power, and Of suprema-
cy, now float over the enemy's Capitol.
Great cheering
In the language of another, let that
Old flag rise higher and higher, until it
meets the sun in his coming, and let
the parting day linger to play upon its
ample folds, [Checrs.l 1t is the flag
OF your country, it is your flag, it is
my flag, and it bids defiance to all the
nations OF the earth, and to the en-
croachments ofall the powers combined
Renewed cheering
1t is not my intention TO make any
lmprudent remarks or illusions, but the
hour will come when these nations
that exhibited towards us such inso-
cncc and improper interference in the
midst of our adversely, and as they
supposed, Of our weakness, will learn
shat this is Government Of the pcO-
pie, possessing power enough to make
itself felt and respected [Cheers.l
In the midst Of our rejoicing we
must not forget to drop tear for those
gallant fellows who have shed their
triumph We cannot forget them
when VIC view the many bloody fields
Of war, the new made graves, our
MANNED friends and relatives who have
left their limbs, as it were, on the
cncmys soil, and others who have
been consigned to their long, narrow
houses, with no winding sheet save
/ their blankets saturated with their
! blood.
! One word more and | have done
/ 1t is this: | am in favor of leniency.
/ But in my opionion, evil doers should
I be punished. TCrics of That's So
/ Treason is the highest crime known
/ in the catalogue OF crimes, and for him
that is guilty of it-tor him that is
willing to lift his impious hand against
/ the authority Of the nation-I would
say death is 100 easy a punishment
! loud cheers Ny notion is that
/ treason must be made odious, that TRAIT
ors must be punished and impoverished,
their social powers broken-thcy must
/ be made to feel the penalty Of their
/ crime. You my friends have traitors
/ in your very midst, and treason needs
rebuke and punishment here as we'll as
/ elsewhere.
I 1t is not the men in the field who
! are the greatest traitors. 1t is the men
who have encouraged them to imperil
/ their lives, while they themselves have
/ remained at home expending their
means ard eXerting all their power to
/ overtl r)w the Government. Hence |
say this: "The halter to intelligent,
/ influential traitors" Loud cheers. !
But to the honest boy, to the deluded
man, who has been deluded into the
rebel ranks, l would say, return to your
allegiance, renew your support to the
Government, and become a good citi
zen; but the leaders l would hang
Great cheering.
| held too that wealthy traitors
should be made to remuneratc those
men who have suffered, as Il conse.
0uence Of their crimc-U UniOn men
who have lost their property, who
have been driven from their homes
beggars and wanderers among stran
gers. 1t is we'll TO talk about these
things here to-day, in addressing the
we'll informed persons who compose
this audience. You can to very
great extent, assist in moulding public
opinion, and in giving 1t proper al
rectiOn.
Let US commence the work W.
have put down these traitors in arms
let us put them down in law, in pub
lie Judgment, in the morals Of The
world. CGrcat cheers.l Permit me tc
propose three cheers for the capture o
Richmond.
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