Year: 1863

J was told there was no time to wait fo
New York--though there was time e
wait for New Jersey and Ohio, and otheI
States. i told them Of our services.
told them what was true, that New Yorb
was the only Atlantic State that had Civ.
en- more than its proportion of ,roop,
under the calls Of the President. tGrea,
cheering. implored in vain. The
rash experiment was made. What was
the result? Why you have seen tina,
one year ago New York voluntarily gave
one hundred and twenty thousand of bel
sons to the service Of her country, aud
yet, under the draft, with the whole en-
ergy Of the government put forth, with
armed men parsded through the State,
with threats Of legal proceedings and
military force. yon have seen carried
away les. than ten thousand men, more
than half OF whom were in truth volun
teers, because they were bought with q
price. Now that is the doctrine Of con
solida;ion carried into practical effect.
Thus one method by which our govern
ment was to be made strong has been
tried. is this strength or weakness? Is
this success or failure?


Look. l implore you. into these ques-
tions yourselves. | do not complain OF
what may be said Of myself, that have
oeen misrepresented that I am charged
with treason; with almost all the often
ces to be found in the catalogue Of crime.
have not one word TO say in my own
defence, but do complain that citizens
of this State who are our political oppo.
nents join in the calumnies against theil
own State, which has done SO much to
sustain the government. [Cheers.


Whenever | have asked for justice for
the State--and I have only asked fo,
Jnstice-it has always led Immediately
to the charge that there was 9 desire to
embarrass the general government. As
have said. ours was the only Atlantic
State which on the first of January last,
had sent to the war such num- bers that
it was entitled to credit for surplus that
was conceded at Washington. And it
was conceded too, that Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. and every New England
State, save the little State of Rhode Is
land, were behind. [Cheers. Since
the first day January last, the State of
New York has sent fifteen thou, and men
out o. its limits to defend Pennsyl ylvania.


Loud applause


| The Seventh Ward Democratic Club
here entered the Hall. with an American
flag, and banner inscribed, Union
Liberty, and the Laws" amid grea,
cheering. Cheers were also given for
Governor Seymour and General M'Clel
Ian. When order was restored, Cover.
nor Seymour continued:


When we were SO agreeably interrup
ted by our friends from the Seventh ward
l was speaking Of the service of New
York. New York is the only State il
the Union that has given bounties to vol
unteefs from its State Treasury without
regard to the question whether there was
or was not to be draft made. Since the
adjournment of the Legislature l have
been laboriously employed, with the
whole of my staff, in the work of filling
up the ranks Of volunteers. Loud cheers
Suddenly there came up midnight cry
from Washington for help. A proclaim.
alton was issued to Ohio. Pennsylvania,
and Maryland. calling for a hundred
thousand men to rally Immediately to
save the nations capital. A friend OF
mine asked them why they did not call
on New York. "Oh," they say, New
York has got "Copperhead Governor ;
he will do nothing" Laughter But
New York was called on. and the result
was that New York was about the only
State that did anything in reinforcing the
army already in the field. Laughter
and cheers. l do not speak Of this be-
cause l claim any merit. / did but my
duty. When the President of the Uni
ted States, the constitutional head of this
government. call upon me, as he had a
right to call upon me under the Consti-
tuition, l responded as it became my duty
to do. (Cheers.) Now, want to state
in Justice to New York and in Justice to
the Administration, that while many re-
publican citizens Of New York were TIA.
ducing our own great State, received q
dispatch from the Secretary of Wa
thanking me for my prompt response
and begging that would send ON ou
troops at once go as to stir up Pennsyl
vania and other States to come to the res
, cue. Applause. Read the history o
f the battle of Getteysburg-the record oi
that four days. fight. whore the bsttl'
each day surged from side to side, SC
that it was not known until the very last
moment which army were the victors-
see how closely we battled there and then
What man dare say that the contribu-
tions that New York sent at that time did
not strengthen the heart of our army,
and did not turn the tide of battle, in ia
vor of the old flag ?


Since the first day of January last We
have raised more than sixteen thousand
volunteers. If you will add the number
that we sent in response to the call fol
thirty days-and there are times when
men are sent into the battle field at the
very moment when their service could
not be replaced by ten years after work
If we add the number sent in response to
that call. we have sent. since the 6rst Of
January. more than thirty -four thousand
volunteers to the service of our country
more than three times as many as the
coercive action Of the government pro-
duced--more than has been sent by all
the other Northern States Of the Union
put together. With these facts. with this
generous support thus freely given to our
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