The New York herald., 1868-03-15
REMARKs oF GENHRAL cocnRANH.

REMARKS or GENERAL coCHRANE.
General Cochrane next come forward and was
warmly received. lie said:-Feow citizens-Ac-
cep' my heartiest thanks for this demonstration OF
your regards. Whatever may be said of the actors
In the New Hampshire drama, its accomplished re-
suf Is theme worthy OF your most vigorous acclaim.
tCheers) Though occupying for its stage the limited
AREA of a State, the nation were Its spectators.
Every scene varied the national pulse. every act
thrilled the national nerve each entrance was noted
and each exit discussed. Breaths were coming and
going swiftly and hearts were all aglow in the swell
ing scene when Times appointed hand dropped the
Union had never before witnessed. All the bat
ties OF the war were concenered In the
plain plains and and upon the son hills Of New HamP;
success, at the polls. Milton, the greatest of
Freedoms poets, harped In praise OF Cromwell, the
greatest OF Engand's warriors and statesmen, that
peace has its victories no less than those OF war.
And they who give birth TO poets and warriors and
have confirmed the poets thought In the peace
ful achievement OF victory, without which all the
victories Of the war were In vain Wonderful as has
been proved 10 be the martial proweSs OF Americans,
II shrinks before the submity OF their efforts in
peace. Theirs Is ever the battle Of opinion: and
whetherln peaceful glades or pavilloned fields when
ever they move il ~ not TO the Dorian mood Of flutes
and soft recorders but kethe in her circuit,
Hampshire advanced into the conflict Stirred to the
very tops Of her hills, not human being within her
bounds 9Sa was there that was not engaged.
II may be said, without distinction OF age
or seN-tlaughter)-took his place in the flies OF
the soldiers Of the republic. The struggle over,
the victory complete. And there stands New
Hampshire, granite rock, against which the rude
waves of a tempestuous and treacherous sea nave
bufeted In vain. There she stands, a landmark OF
freedom forever. lChecrsl Her people have led the
charge In the Presidential contest of 1865 The enemy
have bfen repused, discounted, dsmayed, and You
behold the ensigns Of the Union still proudly
up by the vigorous arm of the gallant General narr
man. tCheers.) But let me speak to YOU OF the les
sons With which the canvass was fraught. In my
Judgment nothing can be clearer than that from this
time forward all collateral and local questions should
and WIZ be subordinaed to the one colossal question
Of national existence. ~ ~ the soul bequcst OF the
half million Of the wounded, the slain ana the dead
Ofoul brothers and comrades In the war; Their sacri-
ice stayed the departure ofihe febelious states from
fhe Union They achieved all that war could ac-
compdsh, and with their dying lives, bade us, their
SURVIVORS 10 20 IL that complete their work
~ restoring 70 ther constitutional federal relations
ine states they had confined TO the Union War he
parted, the confarraou ceased, peace returns, and
the reconstruction ~ The edince begins. New Hafnp-
shire has addressed the FIRST momentous blows upon
this work; Connecticut is advancing, with uplifted
arm, for the next, and we, Of New York. beckon her
10 strike. tApplause .We were however, told in
New Hampshire that Congress usurpers; that
they are reheli0us. and should be censuTpd. Well,
this information did not seem to be entertained as
authenic--it was not held reliable by the honest
farmers and mechanics of that state Indeed il ap-
pears that they incline TO The opinion that, as Con-
gress Was neither nor less than the people in
represented form, it would be very difficult for the
people ~ rebel against themselves or 70 usurp their
Own power They happened 10 thlnk that Andy was
more likely the rebel and the usurper, and having had
fheif curiosity excited by such charges tey very atu-
rally demanded that Congress should make inquiry.
And 80 they demanded impeachment. lLaughter.l
Now, my fellow citizens, you doubtless nave heard
insinnafed how vigorous Is the curiosity of women
when excited. Well, assure you that the curiosity
Of the good people Of New Hampshire, without dis
tDctiOD O sex, exceeds that OF all the women IN the
world II is simply resistess And when they heard
that Their representatives In Congress had impeached
Andrew Johnson here was no restraining their salts
faction. They 'hou'ed-wcmen and all-and they