Year: 1863

| 1851 you Will recollect that when the
first gun was fred upon Fort Sumpter,
that one shot fused the great heart of the
people of this State and presented it as a
wall of adamant against rebellion and
treason at the South. You know that
without stint, without measure, that great
heart Democratic and republican, poured
out everything for common purpose
You recollect that in July, SCI, when we
had been defeated upon the plains Of Bull
Rum when the army Of the republic came
into Washington with tattered banners ;
when there was fear and dsmay there,
here and elsewhere; when the Republic was
totterng and the President was almost a
supplant for his place, you know there
was no division Of sentiment or feeling
You further know that in the Congress of
| the United States, on the 22d of July, after
that defeat, resolution was offered defin


ing and setting forth the objects Of the
struggle. Gu know that resolution was
adopted by nearly unanimous voto.-
You know that in the hour of fear and
dismay, Of trial and danger, that resolu-
ton came as the voice of hope from Heav-
en-, Il reassured the people; ii told them
that this was to be no visionary, no fan,
atical struggle but it was TO be pursued
for the purpose of sustaining the consti u
ton and restoring the Union of our faith
ers, and that when this Object should be
attained, peace would reign opce more
What was the result! From the disorgan-
izod, helpless aud beaten materials OF that
army he by whom it is asked to-day to
invite to the capital of his own State, and
to whom tina. boon is denied by RepubIi-
eau Senators, seized hold Of those discor-
! dant materials, and with the hand and
mind of genius prepared them again to 90
upon the enemy. | will lot trace his his
tory 1t written imperishably upon the
annals Of the past and it will shine in
those of the future. But viii tura for a
moment to period a year later, when
! another disaster met our asms on the same
! tield, and when the panc-strcken Presid n
and his advisers again crouched with fear
within the walls oI Washington, when they
felt that the Goths and Vandals were at
their gates, when hey were providing 10,
flight to some spot of safety and when
they felt that power and place were vani,h


ing. Again io palsied fear they appealed
to him whom for party purposes they hat
degraded, and again, like true patriot
! like one who never acts from sordid OF
improper motives, he assumed the con.
mand Of that routed and demoralized army
AID in less than three weeks he had agaii
organized it and had commenced tie pur
! suit Of the common enemy across the hill!
of Maryland and into a plain where many
of those who now hear me met the enc
mics OF their country face to face, Wha
did he do A second time he saved the
Rcpublic-he saved it by snaching victory
out of the very jaws of defeat, and | now
place upon record the universal sentiment


Of every man who 4crved under him, til i
| if it had not been for the confidence of tht
Army Of the Potomac in General M'NleI
Ian, Pennsylva MIA would have suffered al
invasion wtic would have been destructive
to the life and property of her people; ant
yet Senators refuse to receive the protector


and defender Of the State in the halls Of he


Capitol. But what is the subsequent h S
tory Of this matter? Shattered and bro


ken, his legions lay awhile for rest, to b


clothed to be fed, to be restored 10 lhci


wonted vigor aud then again he was il
pursuit of the enemy whom he had met a
Antietam and at South Mountain and de
feated. But, sir, when he was about t
strike his blow, he was again pursued b,
! the miscreants who wished to divert thi
war from the purpo,os set forth in the res
olution Of July, 1861, and dragged dow
from his position as commander of the arm
He left it dispirited broken hearted. defect
ed obedicnt, 1t is true, but without nerve
without vigor, without power. lie left
at the dictation and command ofthe ultr


AboIitionsts OF the North. George b
NJ Clellan was not an Abolitionlst, ant
therefore he lcaS nat n grner0i! !! Th
remaining history Of that campaign
written 10 blood and in disaster. But
sir, will tell you that along the CAM
fires of the Potomac at night, no soldc


goes to sleep without praying God TO


blessings upon the head Of his old com


mauder; and oh sir, il those in powe


could summon the resolution to cast be


hind them the prcjudices and the passion


OF those who do not wish to sec this Unior
restored unless slavery be abolished that
noble commander would be put again n


the head of that army and he would carve
out victory and would bring back to u


once more triumph and peace aud union
| know it, they know it, you, gentleman


know it aad if you had the manhood
which YOU should possess yeu would by
joint resolutions speak this truth to the
powers that be and make tasm hear yOu


Mr.. Speaker, it may be proper for me
at this time to state what | believe to be
the purposes of the great party with whict
| have the honor to act. In the words oi
another, who from his exalted position
has n right to speak, will tell you !tha


the Democr tic party has never agreed
does not now agree. and have no inten


lion Of agreeing in future. to a dissolution
of the American Union ;"and ! will sa!
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