Year: 1863

htionist, and | wish to high heaven that
we had million more; then our rebel
hon would be at an end, and peace would
again fold hergentle wings over a united
people, and the old Union, the old friend
ship again make happy the land where
now the rebel flag aaunts dismally in the


Having thus summarily disposed of
the Times, he paid the following eloquent
tribute to the valor and patriotism of the
armies: r.a81 .s, s.~ .-B. 4
y i desire to.says something in behalf of
the different armies, We have had many
victories and many reVerses during this
struggle, a nd it Is quite a common saw
ing throughout this country that the SOL
diers IN the Army of the Potomac do not
hight well; that they are "Yanksn and
cannot fight Why, NV friends. be-
lleve cne editor who has used these
t~ssnS ~Sts purn IN vermont, himself 1
do not blaine him for being mad at the
anks; he ought to be dispieased at his
birthplace; that it had ever allowed such
a aeurious thing ashimself to come to the
light of day. Laughter have great
respect for the Army of the Potomac.
because they have fought as valiantly as
ever any set of men fought on any field;
that they have been defeated is true, but
they were not to blame. II there has
been mismanagement, it has not been
the fault of the soldiers, and they are not
responsible for it Troops have been
massed against them in such manner
as to overwhelm them, and sometimes
they have been outgeneraled; but i: is
not their fault There are so many of
these brave boys now sleeping beneath
Southern soil, and SO many battlefelds
have been strewed with their dead bodies
that 1T would be ungenerous and unman-
iy to speak doubtingly or unseemly Of
their valor. But there were many rea-
sons why they could not be successful.
am not judge enough of the condition
OF the army, nor do / know enough ofits
management to give any opinion in ref.
erence to its officers if / desired But
tell you tonight, that if the people of
Pennsy lyania and New York, and New
York city (the wealthiest part of the
country, with as much power, perhaps,
as half a dozen of the largest States in
the Unionl, had been united as band
OF brothers, and had sustained and sun
ported the men of that army, and symoa-
thised with them, felt with them, encour-
aged them, greater results might have
been obtained. LCheers 1t is the
easiest thing possible to understand, that
an army will fail III its objects if it fails
to receive the sympathies of those at
home. You have boy in the army: he
has ..been ltaught that this is the best
Government on earth, that 1t Is his dnts
ment. and that being such. II is the en-
He has been taught to believe that he
must fight for it, die for it, and if need
be ask no better winding sheet to wrap
his body in when fallen upon the field OF
battle.


! This has been his faith, and comply
ing with the dictates of that faith, he
goes into the army to maintain 1t And
men have become SO craZed and wild III
their preiudices, as to induce the father
of this lad to write to him that the war
is wrong. He writes the letter and says:
"My boy, | want you to return home as
soon as possible; the war is unjustiiable.
You should desert; if you cannot do so
and get home, why desert to the enemy
and be paroled; get out of this unholy
war somehow, it makes no difference
how" This is the way that many OF
these brave boys have been written to,
and what is the result; what could be ex'
pected2 The result is, that the boy is
discouraged, his energies have been
crushed, and it is not possible for him to
fight the battles of his country under
such circumstances. q -s-s.


We find that the little army of the
West. of which / believe every man is
loyal in his heart, has travelled from
Cairo over nearly every foot of ground
between the Cumberland and the Missis-
sippi rivers, down to the south of Vicks-
burg; has fought fifteen battles and been
successful in every one. With the small
est army in the field (of the three armies
under the respective commands of Gen.
erals Meade, Rosecrans and Grant, Gen.


Grants is the smallest by having the


support and sympathy of the greater por-


ton of the people, that army has steadily
advanced from victory to victory, and


has determined TO repay the people, and


this Government, for its confidence and


its protection, and to this it is mainly


owing that they have been successful


upon every field where they have met


the enemy. And there is another reason


than that for their success 1t is this,


there is man who leads them, who is


an Hlinoisan; his name is Ulysses S.
Grant. In my judgment he is one of the
| best Generals the United States ever


gave commission to. He is not what


IS called talking man, but quiet, mod


est and unostentatious gentleman, and


withal successful man. And what is


the secret of his success? 1t is because


he keeps his counsel to himself, acts for


himself, and Judges for himself Every


officer and soldier loves him, and for


these reasons the love for Grant, the love


for the Union, the love for the country


and all its interests, with all these com
bined to bind them, not all the armed
hosts of rebeldom7 hurled against them
at one time could make a single division
give way on the field of battle. Loud
and prolonged cheering. r17a'sot "a
Il And l tell you now, my countrymen,
E when these Northwestern men are fight
ing for the Union, it is for the whole ma
ton. Massachusetts as well as for Hi


nois, and to bring South Carolina bach
and make her behave herself, just a.
q much as any other State.


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