Year: 1864

heel OF decisive and land battesat toe very mo-
that rebellion, single fort In ts pos
session the either Of the great rivers or
lakes, crumblng to the EARTH and at the same time
by sea- hundred thousand volunteers are
rush to the lines to complete the work OF
and pacincatiop. There Is a maxim which thought-
fuI teachers always carefully noulcste Il is that
incolstancy is imbeciliiy, and that perseverance 70
necessary to insure success. This maxim set
book when ! young Perseverance always
conauers" Even nfantile beginners epooun,ered me
sIelhng oook The story was that after using
soft words and tufts OF grass the farmer tired
in that application he brought the rude boy who was
stealing apples down from the tree and made him ask
the farmers pardon Oar Chicago teachers tell US that
just the rude boy is coming down must lay down
the stones and resort again to the OF grass with the
OF tho trespasser Blu. what makes tsis Chicago pocy
more contemptibe, aud ridiculous, Is that II is
nothing dlefent from me policy Win wnicn tne samo
parties now contracting actually ushered in disunon 10
1897 in the closing hours OF the administration OF james
Buchanan Yes my dear friends. when we OF this admin
istration came ilto aces March, 1851 We tound
there existing dst the system which
a. Chicago, namely-Frst treasonabe confederacy IN
arms against tie federal authority Second truce be-
tween the government of the United States and the
rebess veritabie armistice, which constructed
that while the national ports and torts thoroughly
invested along the sea coast and rivers by the In
surgents they could be neither reinforced nor sup
Piled even with food by the government Third,
ianguid debate, with view ultimate
National Convention which the rebels hau2hy desplsed
and contemptuousy rejected What we're tho alterna
tives left Either to surrender ourselves and tho
government at discretion 10 summon the people to
arms, terminate the armisce adjourn the demorazing
debate and repossess ourselves Of tho national forts
aud porIs And has all the treasure that has been
spont and all the precious blood that has been poured
forth for nothing else but secure gnom NOUS
retreat and the end OF four to tue hope
less mbscy and rapid process o, national dissolution
which existed when Abraham Lincoln took into MS hands
the reins government Livery Of you know that
out Tor that accession OF Abraham Lincoln just At that
fallen into absolute and irretrevaole ruin viii
dwell long on the complaints which misguided but NOS
tesvese men OTns & aeas. me ~ arv
arrests OF spies and lurking traitors 10 the loyal states
as II the government cosld justify sel for waiting Win
out preventive for moro states 70 be nv,dod
10 be carried OF into secession lhsy complain that
when We call for volunteers present the alternative
OF draft when the ship has been scuttied the cap
tain ought TO leave the sleeping passengers 10 go to the
bottom without calling them 10 take their turn at
the pump They not content with plotting sedition
In secret places they go no and down the public
streets uttcng treason vain seeking TO provoke arrest
that they may complain OF denial OF the liberty
OF speech The mpuuity they every where enjoy under
the protection OF constitutional debate shows at one and
that the Union in the element or moral stability 10
stronger than they know The chief complaint against
the President that he will not accept peace on the
basis OF the integrity Of the Unon without having also
the abandonment Of slavery. When and where have
the insurgents offered him peace on the basi:
II. The rebels never will offer T. Nobody on their be-
half offer IT, They determined and pledged to
that practically slavery longer questionthat
It pershng under the operation OF the war. That





slave States that have delivered even more
anxious than to abolish slavery. Witness Western
Arkansas Jefferson Davis tells you 10 effect the me
thing. He that s not slavery but Independence
and sovereignty Tor which ne Is eon,end N o, Lhsrs
years purchase OF the labor OF the working man In
every part Of The United States Al less than hale that
price you could buy all the slaves in the country Never
theess opponents want distinct exposition Of the
Presidents views the ultimate solution OF the slavery
question. Why do they want it3 For the same rea
son that the Pharisees and Sadducees wanted
authoritative resolution OF the questions OF
casuistry which arose in their day. One tn
believed Kingdom to come, and the other altogether
denied the dead Nevertheless, they
concerning the spirit world master said they, lhere
. man OF our nation who married wie and died,
leaving SIX brothes THESE orStners mar
Of all tire died also 10 the resurrection, which
OF the seven shall have this woman to his wife'' Now,
what IL them whether all should have the
woman TO wife in heaven 1t could be nothing TO the
sadduces in any What was 1t 70 any humao being
this side OF the graveS What II to any human
beng 10 heaven except the woman and her seven hus
bandss Absolutely nothing: Yet thoy would have an
women Shall never ceass to marry and .
death marrying or giving IN marriage. Although al
together unauthorized to speak for the President
the subject of slavery at the present day-an answer
which will be explicit, and hope not altogether unsats
tory While the rebels continue TO wage war against the
government of the United States the military measures
affecting slavery which have been adopted from neces
elty, bring the 10 speedy ana successful end,
will be continued except 80 far as practical experience
shall show that they can be modified advantageousy,
with view to the end When the insurg gents shall


have dsbanded their armies and laid down their
the will instantly cease, and all the
then existing, Including those ohich affect siduerv will
also, and all the moral, economical aud political
questions, tceH questions affecting siapsry others
which shall then be existing between individuals and
States and the federal government, whether they
before the civil war began, whether they
out Of IT, w by force OF the constitution, pass TO
tho arbtramen II OF law and to the councils OF
legislation. am not unsophistcated enough TO expect


that consprators while yet unsubdued and sing an
uurcsisted despotsm In the insurrectonary States will


either for accept amnesty based on the
OF the power they have reckessy usurped
Nevertheless know that any such conspirator should
tender his submission upon such terms, he will at
receive n candid hearing and answer prompted
purely desire for peace, with the maintenance OF the
Union. On the other hand, do expect propositions Of
peacc, with restoration OF the Unon 10 from


from citizens and States under and behind them And
expect such propositions from citizens and Snles 10
Conederates In power just fast as those ct
zens States shall he delivered by the federal
the usurpation by which they are now oppressed
All the world knows that, Tar as am concerned and
believe far the President Is concerned, all such
applications will receive just such answer II be-
comes great magnanimous and humane people grant
to brethren wh) have back from their wanderings
TO seek shelter the common ark OF our national secn
rty aud happiness. The sun is setting SO surely as
shall rise again. surely do think that the great events
we have now celebrated prelude the end OF national
troubles and restoration OF tho national authority,


In nd from the TO the gulf and from to
And so bid you good night. and may God have you with
our whole country, always In His holy aud paternal
keeping.