Year: 1862

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/ sll the neral qualities and these only can be
| given BY the God of Heaven. Military genius
was not barn in college or manufactured BY a
West Point education. Caesar, Alexander
/ Cromwell and ,iacksOn,-were they graduates
/ from West Point (Cnes Of NOF)


Stand firm, then, by the flag Of your country.
Clench it all the frmer for the apparent reverses
you may meet with, and swear that you viii win
the victory or die in battling for 1t. Our cause
is associated with al that Is great and good in
the history Of the world. It is the ensign Of
freedom 70 all the oppressed nations Of the
earth, and with it viii fail the hopes Of millions.
I Applause Go forward, then, and battle for
the right Shall it be said, can it be that twenty
millions Of free people shall quail before half that
number No, If we DO fail it viii be for want
Of courage and perseverance,. But re cannot
afford 20 have the noble Mississippi Wrested
from us for want Of perseverance, so we must
stick to the cause and success is certain j tell
you, as ] told the people OF Bolivar some time
ago, that will wage this war for five hundred
years if necessary to preserve our right of way
down that river, and when we become 50 fallen
ia all the qualities which distinguish American
freemen as to be willing to give up that right,
we deserve 70 lose it, and to be subiugated, and
to have our names erased from the proud list Of
independent nations At the head of which the
United States have stood for so many years.
Loud cheers


Illinois has done well. She has set an exam
pie to all that is well worthy Of being emulsted
But you must not rest content. Strive 70 let Ii
be written in our history that Illinois is to the
United States what Sparta was to the Grecian
republic that she stood forth as a bright par
ticular star. Pour out your blood give your
treasure, II necessary, 10 support the cause Let
every young woman say to her sweetheart, her
husband, Go forth aud fight, or never more
come into the range Of my smiles VOcitsr-
GUS applause.l


REMARKS OF SENATOR TRUMBULL-


Senator Trumbull, on being introduced, ad-
dressed the meeting substantially as follows;


1t is not an easy matter in war times for a
civilian 10 address public audience, when they
expect action rather than words especially
when within an hour they have listened with 50
much pleasure to the heroes Of DonelsOn and
Pea Ridge. Applause The eommander-iu-
chief az the battle of Pea Ridge has been heard
By you to-day, aud, after him q general of your
own State, who has led your own men, and in
the hardest-fought battle of this continent has
won undying fame for the State Of Illinois
Loud applause There an army was cap
tured, aud we al glOried in the share Illinois
troops bore in that desperate battle. The battle
OF Shiloh was the hardest Of this war and OF this
age. II must be difficult for me % entertain
you after hearing such men as this. 1t is BY
accident that l am here, and have therefore
made no preparation and If I speak plainly, as
I am accustomed, hope you will bear with me
| speak my own views, and no one else is re-
spOnsible. ! propose 70 ask you, then, can this
rebellion be put down Can it be done II
we do not consider what We have to do before
we commence we shall be brought to shame,
Ike the man in scripture. who began an enter
prise without setting down 30 count the costs
Well can this rebellion be put down TCnes
of yes" yes" 1t has been said that this
is a war Of twenty millions against eight This
is not so. There are in several of the rebel States
great numbers Of Union men and If you count
with these a large number that are neutral, it
viii be found that we have four to one. Where
TOO are the materials and sinews OF war On
our side. And the commerce Of the world is 10
our favor


Again, we are fighting the bsttle of constitu-
tiOnal liberty against the worst OF slaveho.ding
atrocities. Can it be that twenty millions with
every advantage on their side cannot put down
five millions If we cannot we ought 10 be
slaves to the despOtism Of JeH Davis Ap-
pisuse. Yet We have been at war for more
than year aud the rebellion Is not suppressed
Congress has supplied the Executive with men
and means with lavish generosity, and yet the
rebellion exists. Even now within a week the
euemy's cannon can be heard in the streets Of
Washington. I make no complaint against gen
erals but it is the right of the people, tits your
night and duty, to inquire why this rebellion has
not been suppressed. Applause I shall speak
plainly and I say that these people who give
away their lives and lavish their money should
have something to say as TO the manner il shall
be conducted. Cheers I The people should
know the worst AID aud pcovids for it. How has
this war been conducted On peace principles.



and unscrupuloUs foe. We have been battling
with proud and Uuprincipled aristocracy by
trying 70 win them by Cancellation and soothing
measures. What will be the effect Of this style
Of warfare Why, is will keep Us back for a
thousand generations. Rebellion has been an
actual benefit TO the South the way the war has
heretofore been conducted They have sold
everything at enormous prices to our men, and
rest secure in their treason while Union men
were not permitted TO live in their midst. If
you would crush this rebellion, you fnnst make
the rebels feel the war. You must make it as
dangerous for 4 rebel as for a Union man in the
South. Applause


We have been pursuing a defensive policy.
Did ever any one hear Of such thing IS this
a defensive policy to put down a rebellion II
james Buchanan had put one thousand men In
the forts in Charleston harbor in 1850, with the
assurances that Charleston would be shelled if
they presumed to place battery around it, this
rebellion would not have been Applause ]
Let the cOnfscstiOn act be rigidiy enf0rcedi et
the property Of al malignant traitors be cOnis-
Gated 10 delraY the expense Of this war sad let
every soul who comes in sight of the stars and
stripes be forever frse Next after eOnhscatOn
we must lead our armies against the enemy. Ia
stead of truly estimating the rebels we have
been preparing while we should have been
marching upon them.


Finally let us help our friends and brothers
in the field. Let us ill up their ranks, hold up
their arms. and cheer them on. Let the militia
be enrolled and ready for any emergency. We
must not be discouraged by recent misfortunes.
Can we expect Pope to beat the whole rebel
army with sixty or seventy thousand menl It
is unreasonable TO expect it.


Things are now changing Troops are now
pouring into Washington by thousands, and we
must soon be on the offensive. Let tbe people
demand that our men be led forward, and the
rebellion must be put down It is 10 be put
down by the strong arm Of the people. They
have to do it. let them speak and be heard as to
how it shall be done Conhscate rebel property
IS you 60 kill those who oppose, and hang the
leaders. ICheers.l


REMARKS OF EX GOvERNOR RANDALL
Ex-Governor Randall Of Wisconsin, was the
next speaker. he said:



months abroad, and l have had my rec0lleetOns
Of historical readings revived by Witnessing the
battle fields Of Europe, but have not heard Of
any battle so much to be admired as that OF
/ Fort DOnelson We have laborad under great
/ disadvantages abroad we have had no lying
/ emissaries 70 bolster Up our credit, while the
/ rebels have had thousands Of messengers there
/ disseminating the most notorious falsehoods to
our discfeiit Lately, the feeling has gone
abroad in Europe that this people are lighting
4 to put down a rebellion against the government.
4 Til very recent period they have not 50 re-
garded the struggle. There is but one question
/ before US. We must have either limited repub-
| lic or a despotism. We cannot have the last
meme must lord it over Us. The question is not
one Of numbers, but It is one Of right We
I need not talk OF FIVE millions against twenty.
4 Ii the numbers were reversed We would have to
succeed because We have right on our side.


We need not now argue the point AS TO how we
J shall succeed, Tor it is a necessity. We want


no more talk. No army is Of any use unless to
/ fight. You have heard OF the anaconda. be-
I lieve IN at,ae n las hnf IL t-su keaD them