Year: 1862

he will turn loose the slave. have
let slip the dogs Of war. TrEendou
} applause.


These tory sheets that are poB de
nouncing the Presidents Preservation
have, from the commepcemepzef thes


troubles, been aiding traitors 1llinoi


or South Carolina. "That'sEso. II


But mark one thing, you will fdd tha
every man who has been in t!e arm,


fighting this rebellion will sushin thi


proclamation to the last. Applause.
| If you find q man wearing kpaulet


who opposes the proclamation you ma,


be sure that be is bloodless fro, tha


his sword is unstained. Ouf SOLDIER


have seen themselves wasti1 ava,


with sickness in hospitals sn6 destb


in battles for eighteen months, thel


have buried their comrades and suffered


wounds, privations and dangers. they


have heard the enemy boastiig about


Yankee devils and Bull Run, unit


there is no sympathy left in tie army


for slavery, traitors, and rebels
Hearty cheers. The people will no


wait for another year of war, to bury


another hundred thousand brave men


and FIVE hundred millions Of money


They say TO the President to do any


thing that will aid in crushing this re-


belliOn. [Applause.


You will find no man who has q


brother, no mother who has a beloved


son fighting in the army, who win say


one word against that proclamation


Why is it that the true loyal and earnest


men are glad that it has been issued?


Not because it is an Abolition measure,
not because it will require two hundred


thousand of the men who are in arms
against us to 60 home and keep down
instructions. "That's true." and
cheers. Do you suppose they will
leave their thousands who are at home
to rejoice at the coming Of this day of
jubilee, and breathe the air Of freedom.
Will they allow them to congregate by
thousands upon the plantations and
rise in insurrection? The business of
taking care Of the negroes will more
than decimate the rebel army. This is
a war measure. 1t is to weaken the
enemy and to strengthen our cause
As such. every loyal man from Maine
to California will indorse it, and every
rebel sympathizer will oppose it,
[Great enthusiasm.


There has been enough temporizing
with traitors, enough tender dealing
with treason. When the Lord COM
missioned Moses to bring forth Israel
and whip Pharaoh and. the Egyptians.
he did not caution the Hebrew 1esder
to be gentle with bis enemies. He
smote them with a stern hand. He
rained upon them pestilence and death.
The air was poisoned to them. The
rage of the sea was turned against
them. The frst-born child was not
spared. Moses, the commander-in-
chief, resorted to every measure nee
essary to deliver his people and punish
the Egyptians. So l say we must
adopt whatever measures are necessary
to crush this rebellion and save the
country. l am not the judge Of what
is necessary, nor is any man here the
Judge. The President is the appointed
Judge and when bis mandate has gone
forth, every man is bound TO obey
Abraham Lincoln is Commander-in-
Chief of the armies Of the United
States. AS such he possesses the pow
er necessary to crush this rebellion
I care not what you name the measures,
il it becomes necessary, that is the on
ly question, and the man who does not
respect the mandates of his supreme
General when the country is in death
grspple with a rebellion, is 8 traitor
and deserves a traitors doom. I'm
mense applause. The President in
such time. l believe, is clothed with
power as full as that of the Czar Of Rus
sia over this question, and the question
OF its exercise is for him and his con-
stitutional advisers to determine. The
Chicago Times is not the Judge


Laughter. II it is necessary, per-
haps it is just as well for the people to
become familiar with this power, and
the rights to its exercise now as at
any other time. II the President
should determine that in order to crush
this rebellion the Constitution itself
should be suspended during the rebel
lion, believe he has the right to do it.
[ Applause. Perhaps the Times and
other tory sheets would fiutter at that.
But think of the object OF the rebellion
to overthrow The Constitution, to de-
prive us Of the noblest inheritance ev-
er left to man, they are battering at the
walls OF the Capital. Every interest
that we hold dear is endsDgered.-I
What are we going TO do at such an
hour? Will you stop to talk about the
strict eonstitutionality Of measures?--I
Before seising a traitor that is trying
TO cut your throat, must you stop to in
quire if the affidavit has been properly
made for the issue of a writ for his ar
rest? Applause. If your house
were on FIRE and your family ready to
perish in il, could you pause to learn
who set the fire, or 60 after writ for
some ones arrest? or would you go to
work and call upon all your neighbors,
and Democrats, TO help
you put out the FIRE, though it might
be necessary to break doors and win
dows to get at it. [Cheers.] After
the fire was extinguished you might IN
ouire uho set the Gre and have a