Year: 1863

man who has aided him in ell his scheme
--Thurlow Weed. Cheers and laughter


They say, "We will prosecute the wa
gently. We will have the war hana
on" Laughter. want the Union a,
it was--part slave and part free. l an
ready to appeal to the people for tbei


verdict upon this subject. Cheers. Th'
l. war is the best hope of the Sontherr
Confederacy. 1t keeps up the hate Of tn,
. Southern people. 1t puts great power
into the hands of the Executive, and en-
ables him to appeal to Southern patron
age and patriotism to maintain the credit
of the Confederate Government. It pre-.
: sents resort to the very appearances by
which alone the people of the South can
be reached. [Cheers.


L hear quotations every day from JEFF
Davis message aud the Richmond papers
upon this subject, in opposition to these
views. What confidence can be placed
In these declarations If it is the purpose
OF Davis to reunite this country it would
be supreme folly for him to speak in any
other tone. You cannot expect the or.
ganization Of a Union party in the South
until the war has ceased Applause
until the civil and not military faction
take action in the South. Whenever
that dey may arrive, when the invading
army no longer possess the soil, the bal.
lot box will do its work. / do not be-
lieve they will accept terms from this
Administration. The men now in the
South in power have as much hum1n ma :
tho ,f tbo =.


composition. But expect in time to
see those men who shall stand in the way
OF settlement of this question upon the
basis OF reunion of the States, hurled
from their seats of power by the same
potent little weapon that has begun to
hurl some tyrants from their places--the
ballot. 1t will push these men from
their stools in the South, the North and
the West. Loud applause. They have
the ballot-at the South Just as free as it
is here. There is as much free speech
South as there is North to-day. A voice
"a little more y And there was great
deal more some time since than there was
here. That's So" Cheers. That is
the PLAIN truth, and | came here to speak
some truth. 1t is fashion | have, and
| can not lay it aside in New Jersey.


Take away that terrible pressure of
war; let the press of the South speak out
let parties not founded on the prosecu.
tion OF the war be revived and you will
see the same desire returning for the Un.
ion as you have seen in the North II
there is anything that class of men wish
to see it is the prevalence of that senti
ment in the North. And if there is one
thing which brings to them fear and trem
bling, it is this movement in favor ol
peace in the North. Shall we adopt the
: theory of continuing the prosecution OF
the war, no matter how vigorously or no,
vigorously shall we continue it? loud
cries, mo, no, no." from all parts of
the Hail. That is my opinion: gentle
men. ! thank you for your verdict
(Great and prolonged cheering.) Or
shall we Immediately cease hostilities,
and proceed then to determine the ques.
tion whether a MAJ ority OF the people OF
the North and West will unite with a
majority of the people South and restore
the Union as it was? "(Yes, yes. y
Shall we adopt the theory oil those of
whom ! have spoken? ("No. nc" J.
How much an apprehension for their per-
sonal safety and of the comforts of their
necks has to do with their conviction |
do not know, but these men who have
now become SO conservative, who have
crusted themselves over with an outside
coat of conservatism. tell you that these
radical measures OF Greeley and Sumner
must stop. l will tell him as the pro-
found conviction of my judgment, that
whatever may have been possible in the
beginning, the day has gone by when a
war for the restoration Of the Union can,
by any possibility, be successful. Gap
plause. Unite with me at least upon
that platform. What is your chance to
accomplish the professed purposes of
these men, and return to the project of
the war for the Union and the abaudon.
ment of tho prosecution of the war for the
negro? Does any man see it? Laugh
ter.) Not in Washington, nor in the
White House, not in the State Govern
ments controlled by the Republicans
There is not one glimmer of light-not
one. Day after day the war is proc aim :
ed to be for the purpose of invading the
South to destroy slavery, to set loose
four millions of negroes, with a full
knowledge that the inevitable result is
servile insur-ection and repetition of
the horrors of St. Domingo upon scale
proportional only as to the other by
the immense magnitude of the terri
tory which the South possesses. If Mr..
VIM. II. Seward is in earnest, he either
cannot control the Administration or he
can. III he can not, let him be honest
enough to resign. (Chcers.) If he can,
let him give to us and the whole world
evidence of his sincerity by changing the
policy of the Administration. (Cheers. J
We have had from the first series of IN. .
checked Abolition measures. Why he's
his influence not been made manifest?-
Shall the Democratic party be reduced
for one moment to strike hands with
those who desire to change the purposes
OF the Administration, and bring it back
again to war for the Union, when the
whole people united can not accomplish
any thing before the 4th of March, 1865?
WM Me war continue during that time ?
("Never! nererl" from all parts of the
room. } VIII you send out yoar sons to
the JataeJields Overwhelming cries,
] NJ, , L ~