The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-30
s. THE FRIENDS OF THE UNION MARSHAL
THEIR FORCES.
A Brilliant Gathering in Front of the
Union League on Saturday Night.
Speeches of Kelley, Bond, Matthews,
O'NeilI, Etc. Etc.

zens in front of the Union League House last
Saturday night was one that Will long DC re-
membered for its brilliant surroundings and Tor
the thrilling eloquence that, coming from the
mouths of the lllustrious speakers, sWayed the
vast multitude but with one purpose, that of
LOYALTY TO the great party that is now battling
for freedom and equal rights. The vast audi.
enCe could be numbered by thousands; and the
intensity of purpose that glttered in the up
turned eyes and faces argued hxity Of pur-
pose that meant to do or die IN the approach
ing crisis. Broad street was Jammed, and the
inspirting strains of music and the brilliant dis
play of fireworks did much to render 1t q scene
that win be remembered for years to come.
The League House itself was most splendidly
illuminated with the names of our principal
Generals in jets of flame. At O'Clock, amidst
intense enthusiasm, the meeting was opened,
and John Price Wetherill, Esq, called the meet
ing to order, and moved that Colonel John w.
Forney be selected as the chairman of the meet
ing. The motion was carried and as Mr..
Wetherill retired, Hon. William ID. Kelley
stepped forward and said;-
You are cheering the wrong man; but for the
time being, am Colonel John W. Forney. l am
cordial manner in which you have received his
name as chairman of this meeting. 1t is matter
Of profound grief to him that within few hours
he has found himself voiceless-.not without
thought, not without sentiment not without burn
ing con viotion that he desires to lay before you,
but wanting the physical voice to give it utteranee
Since his return from Europe he has been able to
deliver address, and that was to our colored
the expressions of Europe, he feels profounder
interest than ever (Great applause) He begs me,
therefore, to thank you heartily and to say that he
hopes to have the privilege of addressing you be-
fore the election, and letting you know from his
own lips, you learn from his pen daily, the deep
interest he takes in the issues now pending, and
the breadth he attaches to those issues.
1t will now be my pleasant office to introduce to
ais he loyal2') Is he loyal! Aye, CAD he is-it
Is the Hon. Hugh L. Bond. (Cheering) 1t is Hugh
l.. Bond, of Maryland, the successor Of Henry
Winter Davis. (Renewed cheering)
Judge Bond has endeared himself to Philadel-
pha for his fearless advocacy of the Union and
of the rights of manhood When he showed him:
self to the people there went up mighty shout OF
welcome. He spoke thus:
My fellow -citizens of the United States: 1t has
not been with any intention of making speech
that have come here might but rather to re-
peat to you the prayer of the loyal men of the bor
der States. (Applause) come here tonight to
look at you, The people OF pennsylvania, as we OF
Savs vseG 1 a. bn U@ e bso as
agency for protecting the government was as
potent as the sword, and want to see whether
there any people here who are going to come to
our rescue in this great struggle in which we are
now engaged.
fought out upon the line Of the Potomac, at a time
when the armies of the United States were almost
named W oodward for Governor of this State; at
that time with what interest and anxiety did we
watch your canvass and how our hearts thrilled
with 10Y when Pennsylvania sent up that noble
response Mr. Lincoln that the war should be car
ried out to the bitter end. 1 recollect with what
manifest carr = Itttand real sincerity that great
man OF our : te,Henry Winter Davis (applause,)
l6l6
friends, the same issue is presented to u.s. Thougb
the army is disbanded, though our troops nave goh
home, the same issue lives, ana canhot De
(Three cheers for Judge Bond were mere proposed
NV fellow. citizens, when our fathers fought ou
the Revolutionary war, and came TO form ma
tionsI eovernment, the representatives from tina
side of Mason and Dixon's line from Whlch
come agreed that the dominant institution OF Una ina
seotion should exist but temporarily. They looke
to it's ultimate abolition, for tney expressly an
boidIv declared that all men were born free an
declaration
principle of their Declaration OF Independence
and not meaningless gIierlng d OfE ~
groundwork of that great paper, Whlcn was Pu
forth TO the world in justification OF thelr reVoiu
ton However, in the course OF events IL SO nap
pened-most unfortunately, IL Is uue-that m
people reached the conclusion that cotton was oes
tined to be king; and, instead OF aDoilshlhe sl9
verv thew cherished and fostered its interests l
every possible way. That Whcn shoulu nay
been endured only as 20 DignU II "no a blessne: an
thus il was that an institution Wnlch Ut hrst W.
only to be tolerated for time became oahgsro. s o.
ulcer upon the body polite, and the failure OF OF
fathers to deal justly with great wrong srouS
their children face 70 face with this reoelllon'
nave put down that rebellion, and now the que
ton with us is whether we are going TO malnta
that all men who have been created free and equ
fore Il was that in your Southern Loyalist Ool
yention which met here in 1866, the declaratlC
was made that we must come back 70 negro su
The speaker further stated that in the wars
the Revolution and 1912 we had called upon q
coIored man, and he mad gwen his services IN Of
behalf. In 1851 they were again called upon, al
again they f1ocked to our standard Bat now IN
asked, not without reason, "What nave we gam
by the war7 Are we not Just as much oppress
to-day as we were beforel Are notoqr houses
vaded and our children taken aWayI Have we al
of the privileges of American ciuzensnlpP !
argued that II the people OF Pennsylvania ana
north did not want to be compelled 10 Keep
stapdiug army in the south their only resouI
was to give the colored people OF that sectioh
means of self protection; in Other WORDS, that
only remedy for the wasting eondlloh OF thlu
was TO confer the ballot upon them Inc oDlecu
of the Democr was that the negro would
made the equal of white man, Ihe speaker 81
that II IL did not make the loyal black man
equal of q rebel he did not want MIN 70 nave
ballot. -. ~
militia OF Maryland the dtthculues DetWe
Congress and the President, the speaker sara u
the 10Th of April might be re.enacted but lot
thing, which was, that since the feDels nave Dc
erming the blacks have not been idle, and fthe Il
intended to go to washington, SO Woulo
latter. Nor did the loyal element OF Marylanu pl
pose to wait as in 1861, until the loyal hoI1n "a
down thus far, but would hghC the DhItie WltuI ~
their assistance. The speaker then asked VINO "
% that objected 10 the fair and righteous oenau
OF the loyalists OF the south. Was IL not tue ISo req
acnel And who cared tor their ooJectoHSi -
objected TO your Union soldiers coming uoV
here but did their objections amount 70 any I1Il ~
Ihey object TO every measure proposed oy OI
OF the country.
Judge Kelley now called for three cheers for
gallant Judge Bond. The people gave them
triple measure, while another salVo OF beng
llghs IaVersed the broad ether. Judge Kelley
lag called for said:
have recently travelled through eight of
States OF ihe Union, getting back but yesterd
everywhere that went, the question came TO
WHAT is PennsylVania gong 70 dot will she fal
now, OF VIII shs demand the impeachment of a
drew Johnsoni ("Yes," and great cheering }
said che would do the latter; that the peonie