Year: 1863

anybody denounce Washington and the pat
riots of the revolution for arresting the To-
res of their day?


After this rebellion shall have been crush
ed, you cannot find men bold enough to ar
raign the government of the United States
for arresting these men who are plotting
treason against the country. The patriot
ism of the nation will blast, wither and
consume the men who should arraign the
government for putting their hands upon
plotting traitors. Men are anxious about
the freedom of speech. Yes. men who
have shot down men in the service of the
United States, who have raised rebellion
in the city of New York, who have dragged
out and roasted negroes, and burned the
houses of patriotic men, are anxious about
freedom Of speech. These Massachusetts
men made beautiful illustration of free
speech, that shows how much they care for
it. Free speech for Valandigham, free
speech for the men who are arraigning the
government at all hazards but free speech
for one-armed soldier, never! Tire
mendous appause.) They have no free
speech for the brave man who arose with
an empty sleeve to ask if they were in
favor of putting down the rebellion with the
hand of war. They could close his lips,
but they had free speech to assail the gov.
ernment.


Gentlemen, would give more for the
patriotism in the empty sleeve of that brave
soldier than for the patriotism of every
copperhead in that convention. (Vocifer-
Gus and continued cheering.) Gentlemen.
| hope you will go home, and in your vari-
GUS portions of the State appeal as you
have in the past to the hearts, the con-
Sciences the reason of the men of Massa-
chusetts. am proud to know that there
are thousands of men who have voted with
the democratic party of MASSACHUSETTS, who
feel as felt the loyal democrats who gave
eighteen thousand majority in Maine the
other day. These patriotic men, some of
them. came TO the Convention and wanted
this Democratic Convention to pass Reso-
lutions in favor of vigorous proSecution
of the wsr. But they were voted down by
the men whose sympathies are against this
struggling country.


These men who love their country more
than dishonored party will vote with US
in this great trial il we welcome their CO.
operation. Do not be outdone in generosi-
ty and lberality toward them, not that we
need their votes, thank God TO keep Mas
sachusetts true to the country. for we are
dependent on the action of nobody on earth.
But we want men like Shepley of Maine,
like sturdy Ben Butler of Massachusetts,
(applause) like John Cochrane, and George
Bancroft, and Daniels Dickinson of New
York, (applause) like Rosecrans, Grant.
and Andrew johnson and John Logan and
men in the field and in the councils, who
give all they have of blood, of treasure, of
heart, of SOUL to the cause of their periled
country. We want these men with us, and
gentlemen, they are taking their places
along side Of US. The nation is beginning
to understand the position of the Demo-
cratic organization of the United States.
Look at that organization this day. One
portion of it now stands in open rebellion
against the government of the United
States; another portion of it is in sympa-
thy with the rebels, giving them aid and
comfort by word and deed. Thousands of
others are, thank God. battling for the
country in the field, or supporting the
cause OF the country al the ballot-box, and
the ballot Is almost as important in this
revolution for the salvation Of the country,
as the bullet of the soldier. Welcome TO
the true and tried men, but whenever a
Copperhead Misses against the country let
him know there is God IN Israel, that
the patriotism of the nation will rebuke it.
(Applause.)


/ have undoubting faith that we shall
triumph. have never entertained
doubt for single mopent through all the
dark and troubled nights we have passed
since this rebellion broke upon the land. l
hare had undoubting faith in the American
people, in Den ocratic. institutions, and in
the God of our Fathers. We shall tri-
umph-we shall save TIE country-we
shall overthrow human slavery that has
brought all this suffering and dishonor upon
the nation. We shall sustain the procla-
nation of Abraham Lincoln. (Applause.)
We shall make that proclamation a living
faith on every foot of the rebel Stsfes.
(Renewed applauee.) We shall give our
voice, our sympathy, our Gods blessing to
the men who are struggling to make Della
ware and Maryland and Kentucky aud
Tennessee and Missouri free common
wealths The cause of emancipation is
progressing in the border States with won-
derful rapidity. l saw. with emotions of
delight l cannot express, the speech of
Andrew johnson. the other day, in favor
of emancipation in Tennessee. (Applause.)
That glorious old Roman that has stood by
our country, 10y the unity of the republic
with unsurpassed courage and fidelity, now
proclaims to the men of Tennessee that
Tennessee must become free Common
wealth. | saw day or two ago letter
from Gen. Grant. the hero that has fought |