The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-11-02
Speaker Cola, It Cooper Inltituts.

Wednesday evening tho Republicans o.
New York assembled ., Cooper institute to
listen to an address BY Hon. Schuyler Cob
fax. We lay before our readers that por'
ton Of It that refers to tho late election:
Before discussing the acts Of the President
OF the United States. wish to say something
about these eJectipns. Our oppopents have
been firing some cannon lately. They hadn't
had anything to 6re cannon over for several
years. They didn't 6re any over Gettysburg
they didn't fire any over Vicksburg | believe
your Mayor didn't think It WAS wise evea to IL
luminstc over Union victories, ]. might 81,
up some " unpleasantoess" Some people did
not see 40 much In those victories to rejoice
oSsr. They didn't ara. cannon over the down
fall Of the Rebellion; but they found occasion
at last to rejoice 10 that Wy. They dida't hre
them over our N tories ID Indiana, because In
the part OF that State where live va increas-
eli our Republican majorities. tApplause.l
They fired their caanon very hastily, and aftsr
thew had paid the sxpenscs Of Che powder they
looked around TO see what they had been firing
ovsc, land to count the profit snd loss, and
they found they had been firing over the cleo
tion of Republican Legislature In Pennsyl.
vanis. Cheers.1 They found they had been
sjonaI district Of Peunsylvsnia where Q Con.
gresham was to be elected they had lost 800
Of their majority Of last year. lCheers.1
They found that they had 6rei over the cleo
tion Of Republican State Ticket IN the State
of Ohio, They had fred over the elestion OF o
Republican Governor In Iowa by 10000 in
creased majority over that received by his pre-
deces.or-the last Governor elected having had
II. 600 majority, and the Governor elected
having % 900 majority. tCheers But will
tell you what they really did Are over. Il 70
this, That minority Of the people Of Ohio
had. by an superintendent made by the Demo.
Gratis. elected majority OF the legislature OF
that State. Rather o poor result to hre over,
wnsn'titi We'll, have often thought that Il
, WINS not wise for an army, more than party.
In have . constant succession Of victories. II
they did, they might drw 10 their outpose'
withdraw their pickets, quarrel among them
selves, and incur the danger and defeat OF
surprise by the enemy. II Is we'll once In a
while to have q little discipline like this. II
has the effect TO show Us the dangers that
threaten US, and to compact US into An irresisti-
bic mass. The victories Of the Democratic
party In 1862, when they carried this country
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, after the
Emancipation proclamation was issued. when
they carried New York, New Jersey, Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois, by majority Of % goo
votes, nearly two-thirds Of oil the Congress-
men elected from these States shouted With
Joy, and said, Emancipation 10 dead and
buried - oh. no. The Republican party, In
spite OF this reverse, stood up to u faithfully.
foarlessiy, because Il was right; and Ia 1854
emancipation triumphed; the Emsnoipator
himself was reelected by an overwhelming
majority. (Cheers.] / have never turned
aside TO contemplate which was the POPULAR
or which the unpopular side OF the question.
rather follow In the path indicated to us by
John Bright, the great Conmoner OF Eng
land tspplause1, who declares that there Is one
single and sublime principle on which oil great
national questions should be settled. that Is,
the basis Of eternal right. Hear, hear, APP
plause.l And In close conformity to that was
the remark to MS OF that noble Liberal, VI.
Gasparin OF France. when he said, ut the open
ing OF our war for the Union, at does not de-
pend on you to succeed, but above oil, to be
right. do what you ought" [Arplause.l But
again, 10 this very, hall, our noble and mar
tyred chief, In February, 1860, In that noble,
convincing, unanswerable speech, which stands
high among the records II bis most eloquent
efforts, closed, As many OF you may recollect,
with that peroration which fingers In my car.
and which comes to US tonight with renewed
force from his grave. Let US have faith that
Right makes Might. and In that faith let us
dare to do our duty as we understand it,
[Great applause.