Year: 1863

ON the President OF the United States demanding SIMPLY
this that the President should cast his influence in favor
OF freedom. the friends Of the Union in Missouri want
~ and ~ opposition to pro sayerylsm which Is but mo-
dfed form of secession. The speaker then gave an ac-
count OF the difficulties 10 Missouri AMI Kansas and sad
that the Government adopts its policy in accordance with
the wishes Of Gov Gamble, and that the General of the
department associates with secessioniss and acts in oppo
son to the loyal people IT Missouri who have sworn IN
their hearts that tho Institution OF slavery there shall
down. [Great applause What was the use OF talking
to them as the Postmaster General did in his late remark
able speech about hybridsm and negro equality. How
foolish 1T to talk about the question OF what should be
done with the negro The speaker thought doing
frst-rate with them The President had recommended
gradual emancipation Suppose he did. He recommended
emancipation with compensation But the speaker thanked
God his secret heart that Congress adjourned without
making any provision for emancipation But the world
s advancing not wthstandng tie President OF the United
States daughter and applause The end OF this war
must bring with it the end of slavery and tho loyal m o
Missouri fighting for that resalt The grapple with
slavery by the North in this struggle should be
not to leave single vestige OF the Institution in The
country. [Cheers This radical policy, supported by the
loyal men Of the 10y n States and by moy OF the loyal
people of all the States is this only I've policy in the
United States. [Cheersl That party is the only live
parry that can beat copperheadism, aud II will do it.
Applause Will the people Of the North, after this
seceseionlsts at heart to prevail and again compromse
with sour erriDg Southern brethren" ["No no"
Many of public to-day fearful OF progress
They trying to restrain u.s. and leaning toward
atsm which must unite them with the copper
heads II wa do not want to bow. heads to the





the ballotbox And suppose do not whip them at the
ballot box Suppose, for instance, that Mr. Valandgh8m
should be elected President IT the United States did they
suppose the speaker would be constitutional Union
then Did they suppose be would respect the edcts of
| such man No such President would stand 10 the
relation to him that Jefferson Davis did Ap-
psuses And this is the position that the Anerlc'n
people must occupy his thing must be fought through
But if the Constitution of the United States recog
Missed slavery rJ-though be did not believe ibe wanted IL
amended that the provision should be stamped plainly
in he
territory shall not hereafter contain slave. Iremen
dOus applause


Col KREKEL, the present candidate for Judge Of the
Supreme Court of Missouri, the next speaker He
| said there could be DO peace or quiet in Missouri until
slavery utterly crushed out in the State Abraham
Lincon received seventeen thousand votes in Missouri
aud all these are without exception radicals. And
yet he ssys that the radicals Missouri too fast In
their slavery in that State when they
only att mptDg to do in slower way what he b. te
one single OF his proclamation has done suddenly
ough all the States in rebellion. Slavery must fall il
Missouri, the loyal must leave the State. Ard
they would leave their homes ard be driven from The
State by buthwhackers and guerIias until they bad met
them face to face IN bloody conflict lGreat applause
Col Moss, Of Missouri, was next introduced He sad
that in the platform Of the radical party Of the West
the plank that there should be slavery The
people bound to have freedom and nothing short Of it.


compromise would only leave the matter to b. fought
again Slavery is doomed and will die the death Of
a felon. 1t With these feelings and views that the
radical party presented Themselves TO tie President; IT
wax not known that he would deny their requests he
might grant it, lie would be ceuspelled to pretty soon.
The President thought they in Missouri going too
fast but that who has made progress on the qaes


ton Of slavery the past three years stands to-day the
platform of the rebels The loyal people Of tbe West
decrsed that 1t must die in the twelve h.
and already shareholders begin to feel aud fear it, The
speaker denounced the copperheais more despi,able
than the rebss and The peace and their propo
rtioDs already about hundred thousand comnis
sQners brave with guns ard sabres, appointed
ho would settle The question of the rebellion without the
aid of such politicians But there settlement ex
cept 10 the subugaton and determination Of ths Tebes
Another question with the radicals shall rebel here
after be allowed vote seat in legislative halls They
sad and they cared not what Presidents politicians
nj ght say the rebels coud not live among them; aud
they would not admit JEFF Davis and his partners-at
least until alter tweniyone years of training They of
Missouri did not want few years since talked
loudly IF rrep essbe coucts to talk about compromise
they dd not intend to have such in office in fu
ture; they want men wbo when they lay dowo prlncl
pe willing 10 take its logical consequences; il ia folly
10 conduct moderate and conservative princip
Dr. ScHUTz who spoke in German, held that radlcalsm
10 this nothing but understanding from the
start Of what the Of events would ultimately lead
and acting ling to the logic Of events lie show
ed that the logic Of events had compelled the AdminstrG


tim all important questions to up 10 the measures
advocated by the radcss but, unfortunately only after
the nation had spent thousands Of vesand millions OF dol
lars the price Of the lesson. This not
American merely it war for freedom all over
the world and especially the fate Of popular liberty IN
Europe depending upon the issue of this struggle


The meeting adopted unsnimously, series Of resolu.
tons condemuing the OF the Administration
tanning Governor Gamble and Gen. Schoied commend
ing the emancipation procamatons of Gen Fremont and
President Lincoln and rendering the warnest sympahes
Of the freedom loving Of the country to the partsans
Of immediate emancipation in Missouri.