Year: 1864

paw no more bOunties from the taxes
of the North, but taking counsel from
the Roman method Of carrying on war


we say to the young men, look 10 the
fair fields OF the sunny South, and un-
less they take our amnesty, let ns go
down there and you snail have what
ever you get by fair divisio we


will open new land offices wherever
our armies march, distributing lands
among the soldiers. TO be theirs and
their heirs forever A harsh measure,
everybody will say; but is il not quite
as just as it ia that we should tax our
selves and raise the prices of the nee
essaries of life for the purpose of Civ
ing bounties aud support 10 The sol
der in fighting th .~e men whom We
have three times over suleBmly called
10 come and lie our friends; in 1852
To come in June. in 1868 to come in
September, and in 1864 Ia come by
the Sth of January. 1865 And when
the clock strikes the last kuell OF that
parting day, and then all hope of re-
turn for those who have not made
progress toward that return shall be
lost forever M longer can Iney live
in the land of America Aexic''. the
West India Islands. ar II" land hard
enough To be cuassd with their pres


ence, shall be their dwelling piarc.-
They shall never come her again l
look with some considerable interest
upon what helieve Ia be the present
result of this election believe first,
We have settled the question Of the
war by settling the question that the
people are determined To carry on that
war think il has always been
claimed that We would he strong
enough, after great victory. 10 offer
new terms OF peace To the rebels.
never expect To see in arms or in conn
Gil greater victory than the one we
have achieved think We are now
strong enough To make that offer, and
then, take il, that the most
squeamish Of our friends will agree
with US when they find that We have
exhausted every resource of states
manship in { attempt to carry out
peace-that il is time then L" make
war, yea. war from the hilt Such u
war will be = decisive war; and. there
fore, without trespassing too long up
on the festivities If this occasion. and
keeping the ladies in waiting tar too
long, in answer to what you were
kind enough 10 suggest, look upon
this victory as one which has decided
the War--decided it not in a military
point of view, but in that overpower
ing civil point of view which decides
the fate of nations everywhere To
this it may be answered, and to that
answer desire for a moment 10 call
your attention, 50 that every man
may work out in his own mind much
more clearly than any suggestion of
mine could do, the problem that if we
90 on with the strength and stringen-
cy that / have suggested, how shall
we live in the same land with the
men whom We thus fght? Again, let
US go 10 the teachings of history, and
we will draw from the history Of that
nation which we are proud to call our
mother land. Every considerable es-
tate in England under Cromwell pass
ed through the courts, or commissions
OF confscstion. Every considerable
household; the people fought against
the mobiles, and the mobiles against
the people; and yet, when the king
came TO his own again after time,
the nations came together, cemented
in friendship, never to be divided,
thereafter Is there any difficulty,
then, looking at the teachings of his
tory, in the AnglO-Saxon race know
ing how to live in equity and peace,
amity and friendship. with those with
whom they have had a fight. Is it
not well-known rule that those with
whom we have fought bitterly. after
+, he fight is over are the ones who be-
come the most endeared TO us, and


we are the NOR ready To take them


by the handY Therefore, see no diff
ficulty in every good not the North
and every good man Of the South
coming together, and letting bygones
be bygones. AS ! have said, desire
10 extinguish all the bad mon, so FAR
as this country is concerned. Allow
me, without trespassing further, to say
that | am glad TO tender to the citi-
zens OF New York who have so kind-
ly came here this evening 10 do hon.
or to the Government, which | repre-
sent, my most sincere and heartfelt
thanks, and to say To those now col


lected, who have done me the honor,


to say that the presence ct the Uni


ted States troops here tended TO pre-


vent disorder, to say that far more


did the influence of every good man,


all tending in one direction, tend to


prevent disorder, and still further,


the solemnity OF the occasion, which


even the bad men seemed to feel far


more, did these causes, and the eer-


tsinty that no bad men could find


countenance or support from any


good man of any party, maintain the


peace and quiet Of the city.


again return my thanks, and am


happy to bid you God-speed on the


morrow, when l leave for the armies


now in operation in the field. Loud


applause