Year: 1864

come WITH US 70 the fat OF the land, and


let by-gones be by-gones, if by-gOnee


are by-gones, and our conntry will here


after live in peace" Loud applause


Are We not able to afford that now


Do we not stand strong enough2 Dc


we not stand with Union enough 10 be


able to afford that to the leaders and "a


all2 There might have been reason, /


think, among proud and chivalrous


people that they would not desert their


leaders in answer to the amnesty OF


President Lincoln; but now has come


an hour when we can say, Come back,


come back, and submit to the laws, and


you shall find exactly such laws as be-
lore, except so far as they are altered


by the good judgment Of the legisla-


lures Of the land. Applause. We


are IN a condition now, not taking


counsel from our fears, not taking coun-


sci from our weakness, but taking coun-


sci from our magnanimity and our


strength, again TO make an offer for the


last time; to call upon them, and then


shall we not, in the eyes of the


country, have exhausted all the
resources of craftsmanship in the


effort to restore peace to the country.


Laughter Who shall hinder? Not


Tor the rebel TO come back after he has


fought as long as he can, and then
chooses TO come; but to set some time,
perhaps The SLh of January, for the as
sOcistiOn will be as good as any for all


10 come back And when that time
has come to every man, who shall
scout the profered amnesty of a great
and powerful nation Speaking in
love, in charity, in kindness, in hope of
peace and quiet forever, we say to them,
to him who scouts that proffered love,
and kindness, let us meet him with
sharp, quick, decisive war, that shall
bring the war to an end, to the extin-
guishment OF such men wherever they
may be. Applause But how is that
to be done2 Blood and treasure have
been poured out, spent without meas
ure, until taking advantage of supposed
depletion of treasure, first, bad men
have banded together by speoulating in
that which ought to be the circulating
and raised upon the poor man
the price of the Goals upon his hearth,
and the bread upon his table. Let
some measure be taken to stop that, or
perhaps a better measure than any
other is to let it be understood that
hereafter we pay no more bounties from
the taxes Of the North, but taking coua.
sci from the Roman method of carrying
on war, we say to the young men, look
to the fair fields of the sunny South,
and unless they take cur amnesty, let
Us 60 down there and you shall have
whatever you get by fair division 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 it not quite as just as it
is that we should tax ourselves and
raise the prices Of the neeessaries of life
for the purpose Of giving boUnties and
support IN fighting these men whom
we have three times over solemnly
called to come and be our friends; in


1862, to come in June; in 1868, to come
in September; and iii 1864, to come by


the-8th Of January, 1865 And when


the clock strikes the last knell of that
parting day, then all hope of return for


those who have not made progress to-


ward that return shall be lost forever.
No longer can they live in the land Of
America. Mexico. the West India
or some place that | care not
to name, because l know no land hard
enough to be cursed with their pres
ence, shall be their dwelling place
They shall never come here again. |
look with some considerable interest
upon what believe to be the present
results 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 the
war think it has always been
that we should be strong
enough after a great victory to offer
new terms of peace to the rebels
never expected to see, in arms or in
council, greater victory than the one


We have achieved / think we are now
strong enough to make an offer, and then
[ take it that the most squeamish Of
3ur friends will agree with US, when
hey find that we have exhausted every
resource Of craftsmanship in the at.
tempt to carry out peace, that it is


ime then 10 make War-yea, war TO the
lilt. Such a war will be a decisive
7ar, and therefore, without trespassing


90 long upon tue festivities Of this oc
,asion, and keeping the ladies in wait


ng far too long in answer to what you
we're kind enough to suggest | look
IpOn this victory as one which has de
,ided the War-decided it not in a mil


tary point of view, but in that over
covering civil point Of view which de
,ides the fate Of nations everywhere
10 this it may be answered, and 10 that
answer | desire for a moment to call
rour attention, so that every man may
work in his own mind much more
clearly than any suggestion of mine
.Ould DO, the problem that If we 90 on
With the strength and stringency that
rave suggested. how shall we live in
he same land with the men whom We
hus hght2 Again, let Us 60 to the
eachings Of history, and we will draw
rom the history Of that nation which
We are proud to osll our mother land.
Every considerable estate in England
lnder Cromwell passed through the


ourts, or commissions Of cOnhscatiOn
Every considerable household fought
.gainst every considerable household
he people fought against the mobiles /
nd the mobiles against the people; and /
-et. when the king came 10 his own /
gain after time, the nation came to-
ether, cemented in friendship, never |
o b. divided thereafter. Is there any I
Iificulty then, looking at the teachings /
{ history in the AnglO>Saxon race !
moving how 70 live IA equity and |
,eace. amity and friendship, with those /
nth whom they have had iight2 Is
/ not a well known rule that those
nth whom we have fought bitterly, /
fter the fight is over, are the ones who |
eco1ne the more endeared 10 as, and /
re are the more ready TO take them BY /
he hand? Therefore, / see no Odiflicul-
= in every good man Of the North and
very good man Of the South coming
Ogethsr, and letting bygones be by /
ones As I have ssid, 1 desire 70 ex-


nguish all the bad men, 50 far as this
ountry j. concerned. Allow me, with
ut trespassing farther, to say that
m glad 70 tender TO the citizens Of
lew York who have 80 kindly come


ere this evening 10 do honor TO the


overnment which / represent, my
lost sincere and heartfelt thanks, and
, those now collected who have done