Year: 1861

the gallant Commander of the West
who has shown himself Roman Cur.
thus, brave and manly enough to leap
E straight into the heart of this conflict.
, His steel rang true upon the flint Of re-.
bellion, and brought forth spark Of
| true FIRE. God grant that it mai. fash
through the land and ght,the traiIl Of
) liberty that yet sleeps unffed undsr tie
. entrenchments of Slavery


When this war is up to the standard
: of John c. Fremont, the country viii
be saved. Hitherto known as the dsr.


ing heart that f,st planted the starsand


stripes upon the highest peak Of the


Rocky Mountains, henceforth the no.
bier fame awaits him, of one who first
planted that standard On the highest


summit Of liberty and humanity that
tranged Wftsfnp kfy possible authority.-
! Years ago, before his name was echoedl


Through the land as one for the highest:


Office of the country, it was my privi-


lege often to touch that brave mans.


hand, and look into bis ssmiidiand:mag.


nihcent eye" and Dsver did so With,


out feeling that there was q power


sheathed in that brain and nerve which


would one day be unsheathed, for his


country, and lead the van of honor like


King Arthur's sword Excalibur, that


struck only for the right, and whose.


stroke never failed.
The nation cried for a leader--a man:


10. he is here!


lie takes the step that Congress was


too timid to take openly. He pauses


not to ask, "will this advance INV


chances for the next PresidencyT' nor
whether, if the country is resteredr
this step will not make me an object ef
special odium' at the South" He stops


not to consider if it may not bring the


lurking dagger near to his heart. Nor


does he seek to shift the responsibility


on others. Upon the banner Of the


West his own hand wrote the. golden


words in the eye of the words: .Yheir
slaves, # they haze anyr are hereoy de-
clared free men"


That one sentence will do more, to-
strike terror to the hearts of our ene-
mics, to strengthen US at home, to. gain
honor abroad, than al that has beeB
done at Washingten fos thirty years.


Henceforth the genius of Anaeriea
adopts Fremont as her darling hero.


The American people have now an
opportunity of communicating their
strength to her rulers. Let them see
how Americans can respond to- a noble
and vigorous deed Let a hari Of fame
go out from the people and write on tho
walls of Washington that the nation
ionors above all the brave and deter
mined heart-which has no fear of
ought but fear-whose hig gh diplomacy
is to do the manly and true thing, and
to do it openly. There ON his proud
eminence let every honest heart be swift
to stand by him; and let his high exam
pie raise You to an adequacy to what
ever post of labor you are called We
need Ellsworths of the press, Winthfops
of the freside, Lyons Of the pulpit, and
l Fremont in every mans breast. We
need not only the brave men who shall
defend the standards when lifted up, but
earnest hearts which shall lift them up
aye, up on the very towers of Right
and Liberty. We need banner on
which every eye of the circling earth
shall see written its liberty and light
We need school of prophets and seers,
who, as of old, shall cry aloud and
spare not, showing the evils that must
be conquered in ourselves before we are
worthy to win the victories of God upon
earth. Let every tongue that can
speak, be touched with live coal from
Liberty's Altar; let every pen that can
write, be dipped in the truest blood Of
an earnest heart; let every arm that can
strike, nerve itself to smite or be smit-
ten, for universal freedom. Let none
stand back and say, II will wait until
this is noble war, war for Human
ity." lie. all enter and make it a noble
war-make it the struggle of Humanity.
As we rise our rulers will rise. We
must hold up their hands as Aaron and
Hur held up the hands of Moses to the
going down Of the sun.


When our nation presses on and oa
toward that Humaeity iaFelxed here
The Christ of to-day-and its mailed
hand is reached out to touch his gar
nent, to save the children of our Com
mon Father, then shall the strength of
j cd thrill and fill us, and our bleeding
shall be made every whit whole