The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1861, Page 3

Raderson, the bere of momen alter be reached the placfor sapertetendent Keepedy weeented himsef the vast ven try the epthuststic wrieame by howling, aad repaire! the other ntunde, essorted by Mr. Kennedy; na, howovr pefore tbe writer, who Dears the mame of the heroic de- ler of Sompier—bad a warm grasp of his band. | APEECH OF THE BON. JOHN COCHRANE. Fhe Preswevr inteoduced Hon. Joun Coommane, who war ed with chee Pmaow Grrimevs—An watance unperalieled in the hie- ary of thie country, w defore us on this day The em. ‘of the priporple whieb you have arsambied to cele. Ame, has appeared here before you in the perso of Ma ‘Andersen, (Cheers) When vou applant him from #tapd, yon appland the primoiple of the integrity of the Union, and the vindisatiagof ite honor, tsaring.)’ You are bere massed © bho dietinction of party. # revointion, party fag disappeared. ima republicans stand shoulder to shoalder with tbe ‘@artiad ardor of the aacestors whom you honor, and where principles yoo selebrate Yoo stand here’ with aod principles, sapported by the fixed bayonet of the fmeriean oitizen. Mr. Oooman bad not tong ween be suepenced hie remarks, saying, I give way for a wenent for the parpose of iotreducmg to you two of ths gaBavt band, who, oucer the lsat of the herste Ander- jem, preserved ovr glorione flag intact. 1 desire to pre- wat © you two more of that gallant # heroes to whom the conntry stands 80 mnch wtebted—aptain Forter and Deotor Crawford. These yaMant officers were received with almost ag mach amibarteanm a8 Major Anderson. Happy, indeed, gentie- een are they—con! toned Mr. Cochrane—apea who for- dare has cast the destiny of sustaining in the advanced penrd the honor ef the American citizens; more forta- Mate are they than the impertal Cesar upon the throne: Sere powerful are they than the despot in the mitst of ‘Wis armed mirmidons. gi born within Cave Bene of the country again, again are enshrined *hero ‘whhis the innermost heart of the American peopts. “Bey excupy a citadel whieh may defend onr honor, and will preserve the integrity of that prond ensign as effec: fealty as thoy wore preserved within tho battiementa Fert Sumpter, (Cheers.) SPEECH OF HON. JORN COCHRAN, PeBew Oitizens—No ordinary events bave notified you to mnembie, nor ordinary cireumstances have coavened you upen thie spot. another of the periods in haman a@aire which ocnstitute the epochs of history bas tran- Qetrod, and, mmmoned by the emergency from their meaal vocations, the peopre have congregated here to-day take order upon that which 60 intimately affecte thom. Bsee the construction of our government hitherto bas its evatrofing policy been determined aad applied through We instramentality of political parties. To be sure the vital functions of those parties nave uniformly been de- rived from the people as the aoarce of ali political power; yet the favorite method of amerting its sovereienty mest usnally preferred by public opinion baa been feat which embraces party organization and party @eetpiine. Accordiwgty we have seen great public mea- Bures,whep ether adopted or de/eated uader tho uspives and by the streagth of political civisions. cho sinmore of confticting opinions bave at vartous times pro- seeded frem the variws organ zations which prompied fem. The federalist at one time contented with the yepebliean, at another the democrat stroggied for politi- fa} ascondency with an opposition variously desiguated, ag expediency or ine irresistible current of some political meecerity conferred the varions titles of ational reoudli- an, whig or republican. These ive yen wi net, follow ofigens tt to parcerve ‘were characteristic of the diffiealties which pra- vatled among the citizens of a common country eeepecting the method of gukiing its destiny, hoy were bat the internal distinctions adopted among menu cccupying together the common position ef ene government and one country, api devoting their whole energies, whatever their conflicting opinieas upon Wwokiental questions, to the atvancement and prosperity @f that government and that country. Such hitherto has been she attitude of our political parties vowards seh other, and such their reistions to the country where beat interests each and all aapired to consul 8 met singular, therefore, that whan govarnm oom try we imperiled the divisions of party should dis- appar, aud that their memory should be regarded bat af op BoeDtive te a more Cordial and general 50 operation fer the » genera] welfare, Bot yeaterday and the commo. eve party strife characterized our counctis and ‘Waparted vigor to our political contests, Thao, with ® evostitution unimpeached and a government wmimpaired, the atroggle for ascendency comrinuted to Polical divisions. But to¢a7 party zeal bas subsided ‘and perty emolation ceased : for two-day our country de- mesaee the efforts of aj) berebildren To-day the peopia, An¢ the whoje poople, have cast aside the attributes of the tical partiaan, and in an anoroken array have assem- to express their unanimoas condemnation of the praatices by which thé public peace bas been violated wed the -pubiia wea) endangered. (Choers.) Eveata of @tre Wmport signa) to us the aoprosch of war—ant the war constituted of resistance to the hostile tread of tmvading foe, and laden with the consequences ef foreicn aggression resented, and foreign resisted—put a war inflamed by the persions, waged by the forces and cousiating of the sonflict. of citizens, brothera and frients [t ts trae Sat the probiem of the future must baffle the moat con pechensive wisdom, and compel the patriot into painfa anxiety for tho fate that awaits ue t wo Are not for- Didden wo extract from the past whatever consolations eotitnde of purpose and a ciscreet conduct allow, amd to wommon their ingpiration to our alliance and aid It ta mot my purpose, fellow citizens, to weary you with the pecapitaiation of the party diiferepoes, the contlict of eich, while conatitnting our past political bi-tory, at the wame time the question s0 long, #0 pertinaciously, and so fearfully denated between the North and the South, J need not direct your attention to thee ace which feem necessarily Lo constitute the preliminaries to the Dieeay arbitrament that is mpon us, and the considera den of which, however brief, cannot fail to manifest ‘the patience and forbearance with which conflict has been shunned and the evils of war sought to be averted. Bearly all that need be submitted open this point is di- reetly pertinent to the recent an')-coarcive attitude of the citizens very generally of the city of New York. Upon the revolutionary action of the seven Gulf, States ‘Were occurred here ap scooss of deatre bat every honor Brie means ebould be *mployed to induce their retention + Se the copfeseration of States in this Coton. If this could Rot be attained, it was atif hoped that a conside- “vate policy might retain tne border slave ister, and thas possess as of the mesna of nn ultimate reetoration of its former integrity to tho Onion Thus, though the property of the United Baater had been seized, its juristiction violated an’ 18 Gag areailot, yet it was by very many still thought wiser, aod bo refrain from hostility and to eourt renewed national barmony throug the milder methode of e»nciliation and Dowpromixe Accordingly many, actuate! by auch mo- Vives, ertablished themselves firmly in the policy of such yencermone a8, satisfactory to the Onion sentiment of the border lave States, would, tp their op:nion, recommend themeelvee also to the judgment of the Northern proplo. | Deheve that a very large portion of our feliow citizens jnlertained cimilar views, and were quite willing to ad- yasoe lowards any Aettioment of onr national difficulties, doteo auch in the xense af remedial Justice to tbe South \# in that of an effectual mothod of reatoring the Union. For vot grant; nor, while affirming my belief that Northern nirwtiam wouk! resist the infraction of Southern rights, hd T for an metant tmagtoe that | could be understood aa bomding secession, apd the seizure of the property of he United States among them. ver the ovustitu- ton has recored to the South, that there has boen an biding wieh throughout the North to confirm; and al- hough there have been and are differences of pinon ag to the exient of Southern constitutional ights, yet I bave never anderetood the disciples of hy Northern political school to advocate those that tere not affirmed by ita party platform to be strictly {a constitutional character. But etrenuous as wore heme efforts to disembarrass by coercion, even for tho xeeution of the laws, the friendly intervention of the order elave States in behalf of @ disrupted confoteracy, der anthors bave been batiled, and their dourest hopes stinguished, by the active hostility of doutn Carolina. eratterk apon Fort Samter was simply am act of war. be rigbt of property nna the jurisdiction thereof coo- ued tp the (nited States, and tte flag denoted @ sover- > anty perfect and unimpaired. (Appiange.) The csnnon sil whieh first viaited these battlements in hoatile areer viota'ed that sovereignty and inanited that flag. hor the csercion which, at the North, had heen depre. ited for the sake of the Upion and suspended, that wan jue commended by the South to the Norio. The ensigns | government and the emblems of national honor bre systematically assatled, and the adhering States 0 reduced to the attitods and compeliet to the bhumi piven ef an ontrages nationality, Nor was this all. Mo bors #9 authentic as ® merit (he attention socorded to jete marked the national capital for attack — Hoatilities fit thie object, were concarted against the government bd recerved the epen approbation of the revolutionary ders. in truth, the soene of war againnt the statos 4 Iprecerted by the government at Washing‘on, which ened with the bombardment of Fort Sumter, bar grado ¥ develoned into the fearful proportions of an orga. tved invasion of their integral sovereignty. Sach bag pen the grafual, nay. the aimoxt imperosptiol, progrees fom initiatory violence «to federal righta to te levying of war upm the foieral govern pent. And now, fellow citizens, @ seams to mo bat no profound reflection is necemuary to perosiv® hat the posture of affairs which united 89 many o° the fnton loving men of the North agatost the policy of a bercion, supposed to be fraght with the danger of por- hanent dieointion, ts not the same with that which rep- feents the recoded States in open war to the constitu. Jon and the government, The considerations which dep- peated the coercion of the Sonth addraaa themseives with eqnal foros inst the eoorcion of the North That whioh war becaves of ite anticipated injury to forts at adjnatment becomes far more objection sbie in its positive initia.ion of hostilities against ibe Lon uae ig and laws. The hte” war beard cur streets, The fearful notd ov ion rises above the din of daily life, and min- ‘with our busy thoughts the solemnities of ' approach- conflict, Lat a8 not desotve ourselves. It ia no gala @orarion, that which receives our attention. ‘Content \yse we 0% many are the #ad experienoss which war re ‘08 for those mbjected to ite atorn viciasitudes, and ere tho Ftrife ceages, terminate a8 it may, we most expect She reverses which have generally characterized the ex perience of all belligerenta, But through ail the coming @eanes there will expan’ the pervading senee of the rac. fiiede of thoee who strive for the rights of government aad of country—the comforting reflection that in wer which ailigis 99 many our dearest Janse panne t them full mtegrity to the great circle of the question which you are to decide, the éepend open the efiorss of & great struggting, but for- bearing poople, to set themselves rivbtagainat he world, Lo defend Ibemeelves against oppression, to preserve het govesmment and to maptain their laws. Order te thu semtindls for protection. Let the enemy but carry them vy and your freek m keeomes a myth, a feeble tradition the past. only 10 be eluted tn the future aa embke- matical in she future of tbiogs thst have passed away iow citizens, are you worthy the memory of your ei <Ver,”’) Fellow citizens, remember yoo these cenes which preceded the bioody strife at Lexington? \wow bow man, woman and child backied on the armor of freedom 1 cesiat the coercion of Great Eriuain Remember you that etruggle on yonder Bouker Rill, how man after man, father and brother and child, fol! in the abyex, Aud was devoured by the consuming yaw of death, eniy to shout applause and balielijahs to that Providence hich permitted them to die for their country? (Loud Know you pot that upon that hill the #weetert morsel patriotism ever partook ef was the death of the patriet upon ita bloody groand? And do you not remember that as their example biazed over this continent, bow here, and there and everywhere were dehted the wareh tires of lberty—how maas rose upon mass—how arms werg marghalled—how they contended jo the feld against the proud oppressor? And remember you bot that through ail (nat bad of woes how the sac cesses wpproached at last, and the sun of freedom, breaking forth beyond that heavy mist of deapouding cloud, shot tts rays over a country blest by smiling faces and reaonsnt with applauding voices? That ia your memory—those are yoor traditions. Another Bunker Hil is here—another revolution bas begun, aud you are the men who are to participate in that revolution; you are the men who are to decide ita results, (Voioes— “We will do it.” I kaow not what the tagno may be, bat if be who is the Lord of Sabaoth shali give deetny as providence hae been wout, the right shail prevail. we right. (Yes, yes,) There m not a shadow of do that pervaces any bosom here in regard to tne patriotiem of the ‘North. The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to ihe ewift, but it is to the right It is to that m, irrepressible principle which pervades el! hearta, which actuates all minds and which inspires and animaces man wherever be may be, whether at the tropica or at ‘she poles, to rise in spontaneous resistance to the op- Preezor to crush the tyrants at a blow! (Great applause. ) There etan’s that venerable mother of States—wonid wo God rhe were also the mother of the Union! She has it within her power to become the arbitrew of a accond deetiny for this country. 1 am feurtul that she will per. mit the opportunity to glide away, and that she with othere wil! pase down the tide of time onty to be scorned for what ia the end she accomplished, contrasted as it may bave been by the glories of ber initiatory carver. Virginv—Varginia shonid not be among the revolution- ists. Virginia ence waa the champion of freedom. Virginia now ig within tne full grasp and writhes within it of tho disunioniata and the se- ceasionists. Let her not look sgain upon that proud escutcheon nor point the eye of the admiring world to its unblemished surfaco. Let her effuce tne motto, Sic temper tyramu,, and jet her appropriate to herself the motte which she fulminatet against the ty- rants of Europe. Fellow oitizene, look to your own na- tive New York: Here we are in the very focus of the intelligence and patriotism, the energy voi the proper: ty of this Western world. Not alone ia the eye of the South directed apon you to-day, but I tell you, from be- yond yonder blae waters; which roll between us and the tootawole of voddnr Eu"opean Powers, absolutism con: templates with a fearful anxiety the eteot attituas, the determination of purpore and the infexibiiity of will of those American burghers here to-day. You, fellow citi- zens, are now tn that attitude where your departure will tell for good or evil upon the pages of history down the vista of time. As you shail maintain principle and trath, 8 you Will support order and law, hereafter'will the stu. dent in hie solitary cell by his midnight tap elevate vou to ceity, in his own imagination, as he traces the history of man from ite earlier inception to its later career. Bat paure for once, let there be any faltering tn your will, worn bat ride ways towards the great work of freedom and you may Itve to be eoorned and your memory may survive only to be deapised and execrated. In conclusion, Mr. Cochrape saki—Let me onoe more ask you in the name of that freedom which you enjoy, let mo once more invoke you tn the name of that patriotiam which is inseparable from your character to stand by vbe arma of your country, and your whole country, asd under every circumstance support your country. (Long continued cheers.) SYEECH OF HIRAM KETCHUM. The Presidedt announced as the next speaker the Hon. Hiram Ketchum, (A voloe, “We'll catch them;” another voice, “That's @ fact,’’) who spoke as followe:— Fruow Crrmens:—Rebellion cannot claim the song which we have just sung, (A voice. “That's #0,”’) it be- jougs to the Union; tt wours. (Cheers.) Whoever at- tempts to address his fellow citizens at thie time should, in my judgment, well weigh and conaider the words that heuttere. They should pot be words of irritation or of anger, but words which indicate @ settled purpose and determination. Our first duty. my fellow citizens, oa this cecasion, i@ to banish all thoughts of difference be- tween ourselves. (A voice, “Good.”) We are to forgot that we have any controversy ameng ourselves. (A voice, “They are forgotten, We must come op ag One apited people. (A voice, ‘So we will”) And for what ehould we be united? My fellow citizens, the great principle which lies at the feundation of our institutions ig that the people are capable of self government, that the majority of the people must rule. (Cheers for the people.) that their will, eonstitutionaliy expressed, is the law of the land, that the minority must submit t the majority. (Applause, aud “That is s0."’) It is upon that principle, my fellow citizens, thet oar whole institutiing of liberty rest It ts that principle, of which the flag of our coun- try Is the emblem, anc it 1s upon that prineiple that wo must take our @tand, That ig the Fort Sumpter which we must defend. (Applause.) We must resist to the death 1 neesessary ali who would asaail or attempt to destroy the principle of popular Hberty. (Appiause ) It is that principle which our fatbere through the Revolution main- tained, through # war Of seven years, which they eelab- lished by the formation of the constitution under which we live It te that principle which has attracted to our ehoree [thousance and millions of persons from foreign countries to come here, and they have sworn allegiance to this government, to this constitution. They will never Violate that oath—the miilions who have oome here from foreign lance. (Cheers) Yes, there are multitudes here who bave taken that oath. There are, millions iw this country who have taken that oath. (A Volce—'‘And wiil kerp it, too."’) They bave taken it upon npon the Rvan- geliets of Almighty God, they have taken it upon the cross, and they will stand by it. (A Voice—*We qill."’) And do you suppose that it is leas obligatory upon them. than it i@ upon of, who have eucked in that obligat) with our mothers’ milk. (‘(Good,”’ and applause.) No my frends, fam going to show you, before I sit down, tat the war now ie tp defence of that principle. The assaul: i¢ opoo that principle. The buiteries of the enemy are Cirected sgulnat the principle of popular go- verninent— the prine'ple thet (he peopie sball rule by the majorities, and that I propose, io a very few words, to demonstrate te you before [take my seat. Now, my friende, what are the facia? We have lately had aa eiee tion of Preei tent and Vice President of the Cutted States. ‘There were thore among ur—and I was of that namhber— thst did not wish to see the republican party pre- vail. Every ward aod every election district in this city signified its wish that the repoblican party should not prevail. Now, our fellow citizens at the South have, therefore, suppoeed that they conid rely upon the city of New York to sympathise with them in their rebellion. (‘No, never.) Wht waa the princi ple? We came up to ray—"All your grievances can be redresaed in the Union and under the constitution and at the ballot box, We gavea fair trial, and we were de- feated; and what then? Did we justify anybedy to go ovteide of the conatitution—("'No"')—and to break up the government? Have we not been defeated time and again’ Ihave been defeated; my party has beon de- feated time and sgain. Ihave known what it was to be defeated when I advoonted Heory Ciay aa Prosicent of the United States, abd I have known what it was to shed roalding tears over that defeat. But did we authorise bim to rebel against my country? (‘No. Has it not been our practice, my follow cttizans, 1 submit to you, to have free discussion, free prées and an animated and free canvase? Bat when the qi ‘wap sottied the minority always submitted. Is not vean law? (Yes, and it will be”) Have you not seen parties come here time and again at the polls, angry, severe and enxiour, and have you pot see” them the pex| day, after the ballot wae counted, #hake banda’ (laughter and applause.) That ie Amerisan law, (‘Yoo it.) That ts American feeling. (‘That's 80.) We ray ‘we Deat, and we, ae the minority, yield. At the next clec- tion we will try you again’ (Applauee.) That ia our law. and now, when I went into thie last canvass, and tried, id, acoording to the hest of my ability, to de feat the election of Abraham Hincoln (‘' And ao did [’’), believing that the guceess of that party would be injo rout to the country, when it was over, and I was de feated, what remained but to give up, to submit to the majority of the people, and te suatain the Prosident who war eleeted by the majority (applanse): and bad I any thought that those people with whom T was acting were going to redo! against the government, I never would have neted with them for ove moment ‘No, nor ma."’) Tho three bundred ard twenty thousand men in the State of New York, who came up and voted with tie South. never woul have vovd with her if they bad gupposed that there men were going to rebel against the govern ment of the country. (Mat we fol” “Bravol? Ap piauee.) Now, my friends, what do wo bear? Why, when the election if over they who have entered the con- Wet und had the dghi bave hud a fair chance at the ballot Db x, have had « fi controversy in the canvass. And what do they ea: 0 bave not sucoseded wo will break up this government. (“Tbey cannot do iti’? “Never!?) This glarions government, thie government which has etood more than roventy years, and brought Buch prosperity and eueh blessings Upon the peopio a ‘was never kpown ip the history of the world— ("That's 6o"’)—whieh has enabled us to prorper—which has built up this great city—whioh bea founded institations of learning, and schools, and benevo ont tnstitutions, and enabled the poor man to educate his otuléren and to grow up and be somebody in the land—thess institutions are now to be crushes!, And why? Recense thay did not auo- cred atan clection. In that the talk’ (‘No.'') What would Henry Clay bave enid to bie followers if they had said, We have not elected! you, and now we will break ap tho notion? He would have ait, Get ont of my aight. What would Jackson or anybody have said? What wonld any American bave said, becauso we have sot succeeded in thig election we wil) &. out of the Union? Wilh that do? (‘'No.") ‘oll, now, gentlemen, there bave made war upon this great, this cherished, this glorious principle, which has thas far condneted te to renown, to the nese which we now enjoy, and made our fag, which is the emblem of this principle, known 5 all over the civilized world, and hae’ newer been ps cept by these rebels, (Great applause.) Now, my friends, what I want \@ that you shal! every man this day take the oath inwardly {0 your own consciences that you Will maintath thie principle of republionn Nberty. (Ap. planse.) That ta the fortress, That (lag (potnting to the American fing) ip the emblem of repnbitean liberty, and you, my fellow citizens of foreign birth, who have Sworn © support the conatituiion, aad you, my ether skie. They tM you revowohen §=Every people whee oppressed durance bave aright of revaivtion Whey tha people of this country were oppressed by Great Britain, thoy exerowed the right ef revolotion; bot wa tard wey do frst? They sow Mat there were nv otber memasot re dress but by revolution. Then our frieods at the South, whem some of ne here have aided to ractress their grey Abees can they Fay thal their griewanoes, euch us they complain Of, campot be redreseed withoat ' Revulutisn? (No.") Why, my friends, at the very election whted made Abraham Lincoln President of the United States, the very people that pat that party into power im the execative department cf the eoantry put the majo ty Abd the ropresentatryes of dhe pegpie ja Dobl Brandes of the Legisiature in the Bands of theapparition, (That «r0.) They woukl have han, W they ted auad in the House of Representatives, now to come mio exiatance thirty majority, and they would have Dad @ majorisy im the Senate. They would have tad, as they bave the Sepreme Ooart on thew #ide; and now, my friends, what could they eomphin off (“Nothing”) Feme of ax believe that when the four yeors eummended they would have bad « majority if they bed onty given the time, and owy given she room for free discussion; but they could not wait Haviny a majority to the branches of the Lecwiature, if the President had done what he said be was gong w do they could have re. strained ham; but they must break away from thie Muion: they must destroy thi goveroment, ard now what oxned pass? We now find that this is the reault of & conaps racy; conspiracy which has been formed Hecrot!y for years by designing politica) men to overturn th» govern ment of this country. (“That isso’) Now, je! ox soe. J bave said that they mean to over!brow popular govern- ment, let us see if Toaunet prove it. They have «ivempt 0 to form & government; they have attempted to form a Union. They bave made a constitution; have they #nb- mitted it to the people? (‘*No, they dare not.”) When the constitution of the Unitei States was form a whet was the P ngpe-3 (ole wus submitead te the people.”) The process was this, my friends. A convention met and formet thi constitution:aa Copventien properly chosen met and forme It, and then this constitution waa reported to the Congress of the United States. Then the Congress ordered the people in each State to choose representatives and to form conven tions; and then the oonsiitation was to be sabmitied to theee conventions, debated fresty withont fear; and then, and not till then, ntti the will of the people had been as- certained—not till then did it beoome the oon: titution of the people of the Unite’ staies, That ts the way that the constitution under which we hive, which we have sworn to defend, was formed. It ie the constitution of the peo- ple, made by the whele people for the wboleof the people, and can only be aboiwhed an’ altere! in the way that the people themselves have directed im the inatra ment iteelf, Now, what is the other course? They ruab into a convention hastily and in « passion, and, after a heated conflict, they rnsb into a oonvention, They sent del and these delegates meet, form a constitution without having any power given to them, because the question simply was—'Shali we secede?? Thay met, they formed 8 convention, and they make a new const) tution, and there are efforts made to have it submitted to the people, and they wont svbmit tt to the people; they have never submitted tt to the poopie; they dare pot submit it to them. It is vot the people's government. They do not mean to heve a peopie’s go vernment. They mean to have a military deepoticm which shall rule the (That's no,” Applanse, “Never.”) And now, my friends, there are thousands and tens of thousands of good Union men in these very States which profess to have seceded. There are thou fands and tens of thousands there who \hink 48 you and thick bere to-day but they dare not utter their santiments. They would be hanged by the neck if they ottered their sentiments. They would be put down by vitiaina; and how it is for their sake az well aa ours, it ia for the sake of the liberty of this Union and for the liberty of the people that we ooniend this day. (Great cheers 3 Now, my friends, there are thoas who will follow me, bat let me leave thle impreeeion strong on your minds, that wa make no war, we have not been the aggressors. Wo stand by the constitution and the principles of our fathers, We stand by popular liberty: we #tand by the right of the people to make their own laws by the ma- jority of their yotes, and that i the prin. ciple which they have attacked and which they mean to destroy, and which, by the blessing of God we mean Wo defend to the last—(great appanse)—io. fend ip argument, defend in the press, defend on the Ftump, defend with eur lives. (Tremendous spplanan ) Fellow citizens, I teave the eubject. I leave you to oon template upon it. I Jeaye you to decise whether this goverpmest shall stand for the benefit of mankind. the benefit of ovr posterity—for the benetit of these who may seck the blessings of liberty from foreign ghores, { leave you to decice «With you, withthe people them. selves, it i to determine this great qnestion, and I can- not doubt what will be the determimation. We will stand Dy onr constitution and oar laws, and we will enforce our constitution and cur laws. (Appiaage.) SPERCH OF HON. HENRY J. RAYMOND. Mr. 8. J. Ravwonn next took the stand. Ho sald: Fellow Americans and brethren, in the cause 6f human berty I never feit more at a loss for words, I nover felt more the poverty of human ienguage than at thie mo- ment. But what need that I should say anything to you when the cocarion speaks trumpet tongue to every Ame Tickn bearty While armed rebellion 18 upon us, and while Tesponsive echoes come from every loyal beart—wnile blood of loyal citizens has been shed in the Monameutal City for no other crimp than because they were ou thew way to cefend the capita of the republic from Liwiess in. vation—what need of worde, then, while even's like Lhese are around os? There-e but one sentiment abroad, and there is no need of appeal, for every heart beats reapon rive to the demands of the constitution and the Hibertins which that constitution secures and prowots. We live and bave been living in an age of revolution. Europe has rocked to and fro and surged ander the teead of armed men, fighting for what? To beat down oppressive govern- ments that warred upon Duman rights and trampled their people under foot, Here on this coptinent, where liberty te in the pore ssion of the government, where numean rights are reepeeted, where the laws and the onstitution are made by the peopie—here on this continent we find treason and rebellion rampant, What i# the spedtacie presented to ux today? Armed rebellion alming t) overthrow and tread under foot the constitution and government of the country. For what purpose? To vindicate human righta? No human rights are safe with the government. This ie & government of the people and cannet overthrow the i berties} it fosters and protects, for onr liberties rest in the beari# of the people, and the poopie thamsel ore the rolere of the nation, Ap) cow what © cuty is tm thie emergency ia the only que aeked, and in considering bat we need no argumen'« and no party appeais. |, fellow citizous, helped uw put this government into power, bat God asatroy me at oace ff [would not, the moment the adminetration proves hostive wo the constitution, dewert it and make way with it. We nek pnt one thing of the administration—that it Protect the government committed to ita care. We do mand that of them, and if they do not perform vbat duty, we wil! put offfrem them. (Cheers.) Why the gevero ment of the country ts but the agent af the peopie; and if the government canvol defend the iiherties of the peo- ple, the people will prove able .o take care of thetr own Nbert Applause.) The capital of our country i in danger. (Cries of No.) Yer, ina danger thut I fear we do not sufficiently appreciate—which | fear that the government dock not properly appreciate or uncer rtand, What i# the state of the case to-day? Virginia, the mother of #tateemen, and the mother of traitors too. (Chers.) Virginia has beon long pretending to be hold. ing back in this erims, ang etanding aloof from the con text for the purpose of resioring peace. But what 1s tbe fact as now manifesied? “be stands tor'h at tbe hewiof this great rebellion. Twenty five hundred meo appearet esterday at Harper's Ferry, not to fod muskets which Floyd had intended for their nse, thank God, but to take posseeeion of the ueelees armory. Aud where did they ome from? They came from Richmond. And with what purpose? To arm themselves and to arm some fit teen thourand other Keceesionista and then to take the capital of Wesbington on therear. (Cheers.) Neod I call upon you to go te the reeone? (Crier of We will’) That is the talk that is the doty of American free mon. We ure not to stand bere urging action while the constitution i# in danger and the capital of the republic threatened with flames. If we oonriger our Uterties worth pre Forving—if we have avy veooration for the constitation— if the memory of Washington te still enthroned in our hearts as the founder of oar libertics—iet ua be up and doing. (Cheers.) Let me give you this piece of infor mation I understand etnoe | came here that General Scott Las sent word tw this ity tha! the capital is in dapger, and that voluntenrs are wanted, orders or no orders. (Enthusiastic erie of “We will ali go, every man of vus.”’) Now, | have another piecs of in formation to give you, that the eteamer Raltio will ‘be at the wharf tomorrow morning to take as many Volunteers #8 may choose to go. (Lond cheers.) The people have resolved that the government abal! be pre ferved, and they must and shall preserve it. At this time tho speaker was interrupted by many ‘voices crying out—‘At what time will the Baltic leave?’ Mr. Raywety—aAt ten o'clock, | learn, from | be foot of Canal etrest. (Three cheers were given for General Yontt apd three for the Bultic.) Fellow citizens, 1 helieve that we have a government at Washington oa whioh wo can rely, and worthy of preserving. Uf the government wes falee to the country, why we will artve taem rom their place, and put men in their placer «ho will take care of the government. —Thowkan ie will rise and rush to the rescue of the oa pitel, ond tw keep it from the possession of the rebels who bave made pircy their watchword and who commenced their prerent work with plindor and who have adopted ag a basin of their action and of their power plunder and arson, and with the weapene Stolen from the government have aimed an asaaasin bi at the heart of the republic. What we want i# that @ terrible blow be struck, and that it will be felt by those who have strongly provoked it. They have already ascertained that they cannot longer trus. to one great hope they bad in their enterprise, They had counted confidently on the divisions of the Nort. They bebeved that they would be perfectly #afo in marching an army to Washington, and that in doing #0 they would receive support trom thit city. Thia reliance of theire only shows them now how litte they understood what the American beart » mae of, whether that heart beata in the city of New York or in the Western praries. It shows they know nothing of liberty, or the impulens of liberty. Tt shows that they know nothing of the attasnment of the people to the government—to that government nbder which wo bave grown great, and mighty, end prosperous, a £ov- ernment which gave to the Houth itself {ta only title to consideration among the nations of the earth. 1 have nothing further to say, but pounced, that the Baltic sails to-morrow: you will'all rash to the reseno, tal, and prevent tte falling into the riane—(langhter and cheers)—who threaten to destroy tt, The South may reat assur: dertaken by her cannot succeed, and cannot long run They will (earn thet it (8 one thing to take vernment by surprise, bot ing to wege & war of despotiem Je. What have the seonerioniata done towarda huraan wet What sort of a hel ‘em. just pion of tke cupitel, ove bugéred thonsand man wilt rund }0 she reseue and s¥eep reboitan from tbe hewiqaarters af ihe government. He (Dove) wit foe that she heart pf the American people te Irremedly Oxed upon greser 7 pg the republic. (Once) Theard an aneoiote tay {rom Major Andertoo—(cheers ‘or Anderso )—-whieh may interest yea, and 6 the sane tye titastrate thet position, (uurteg the attack oo Furt Sener a report came hero that Che flag on the morning of the Mybt was batt mass, [stad Dim of Eat Was tree, and he aid there wan not a word of uth ip the report) He sad « mg the detng one of tbe haiyards Was Shot away, dnd the flay m oonseqnemce dropped down a few feos, TherowWexngnt to the atul, ant OL DOL DE TERCHE!, 40 Inst the the could nok be either loweret or heteied, and sad the Major “Got Aluicoty patted that flag fo the tecmaat, eed | eonld not naw lowered ‘tif Ttned.” (immense obeertng ) Yes, fob iow citizens, God Almighty bak mailed that resplendent flag $0\1t8 mast, and f the South dares to march upin Warbitjgton they will tnd that tbat caunct de taken down No, not by all the powers they can. coliect Nol they will find that that sacred sword whion de fends ahd strikes for human righte—that aword wach | Cromwell wiekied and which our fathere brought inv the coniest, acd which made un a nation—aill be taken | once mone from ite Keabbard to dvbi the Dattie of liberty against Mebellkon and treason, (Yehemeut cheertog.) As | have already aid the Haitic wid be at the foot of Canal street W-morrow morning Ww take volunteers to verve the country, whetper they have orders or not. (Ories of “We'll go”) T wonld actiae you not to go without aims. on: of Where will wy get them.’’) [have already ghade the announcement of te sailing, and now | dam reqhested 10 make another, You may have seo in the morning pavers that Governor Hicks, of Maryland, sald that be would endeavor to prevent the passage of troops throngh Baltimore. | desire } say for aim coat | he hak stood in the breach long monte in Marylaud, auc he has done more w preserve the Union than any oer man in the Southern Staies, ani he ie ectitiel t he warm gratitude of all for arresting rebellion on ite very first tide and when it was aweepmg the whole South to | destraction. Tiree cheers were given with great una- pimity for bor Hickx) If they coukl have once Recureds a State Convention in Maryland, they would have had everything their own way. State con- ventions wre old tricks ef despotiem. Whenever aay- thing despotic was to be carned out against the wiil of the people State conventions have always bees the oanve- nient Maxtromyent used for thoy assumed to be the repre- sentatives of the people, and having sovereign power did just a they pleased, Take the cae of Virginia, The Convention was elected by the peuple to atend py the Union, set it geok ante secret sesamin, and then re. solves to Make aN Ate upON the uations) capital, to #aiZe the seat of government, and to buro down the bridges be tween Baltimore and Philadelphia. Maryiaud bat no such stand point for rebellion—~#be stood tem, and Govercer Hicks bas beld the State to its moorings in the Vayon, and he deworved the thanks of the Norta. Governor Hicks had naid that be would eucesvor ln prevent the pars of troopa, simply that he might, in tbat way, prev. needless Dioodsbed, while, at ihe fame time, he woul, not interfere with measures becessary for the defence of the capital. A meesage bas pean just put into my hands stating that the Preskient had conewied that no more troops #howld be bronght through Maryland, if Gover nor Hicks woukl pledge the State not to interfere with the passage of troope up the Potomad—thag leaving a qniet path 10 Washiogton by water, [arust in Haaven that before three days, aye, before two days, that Jeast £0 000 men will be concentrated at the capital of the country to protect it from the hands of traxors (Cheers and criea of “Woat about the Zeventh ment’) They were ip Philadelphia thie morning, and it was determined that they wond be sent on by’ water, Dut I helieve the Kevyenth kicked agamest 1%, and wore anxious to go throngh Baltimore. (immense eheertng ) The Seventh regiment, they wonld recollect, paid a visit w Baitimore, at which time they received the courtesies and hospitalities of their fellow Soldiers there, and they were. amcdout t seo whether these same men bed become thetr enemies and the auemies of ther country at the game thne, The sevents was the pet regiment of New York, and wel! it devervee w be. They were a band of pobie, gallant young men, who would #tand by their country to the last extremiy J would have been glad if the Seveoth bad first gewe on, that they might have opened the way for thoir comrades. Kut there is & Providence which presides over these movements. Look st thit ono single instanoe of Prov dential arrangement, The dMassachuserts regiment, on the 19th april, 1861, were assailed and two of kueir cum. ber killed, simply beesuse they were on their way to pro- tect the federal capital The tirat blood of the revolution came from Massachvgetta, on the streeta of Lexmgton, and now we find that on the anniverracy of the bactie of Lexington tion tnau- gurated and eanetitied the revolution ot thers, the diond of a Mastuchneetis man has heen shed to inaugu rate the revolution now upon as. (Vetement cheering.) But if Masenchuset(e hus pad the glory of giving ti blood the first in this cause, if she con vow bigh honor of being the dra’ to shed her ovod 4 ‘of the constitotion, she shail no tet to preserve it. (Loud cheera.) A de received by Major General lenel = Lefferts, of the Se s hit command would ieave Philwielphin by rail for Bavre ce Grace—(great cheering)—where they would emburk oo board a steamer to Annapolis, to go thence to Waehington by rail. You may rely upon tt, while we are bere axsembied to respond to the constitution, our brethren af the Seventh are on the soil of Washiagton, eacy & fight, and, if necessary, die for it. (Thre eheere were given for the Seventh regiment, during which Mr. R. kat down.) SPEECH OF RICHARD O'GORMAN, ESQ. Rictaxd O' Gunman was the next epeaxer, and when hiy Dame Was aNLOUDEEd tho cheering was vociferous, H spoke as follows:— Fricow Crrumya—This is not the time for many words Speech shoold be like the crisis, abort, sharp and avct sive, What litte | bave vo say will be shortly maid, am ep Irishman—(Cheers for O’Gormanj—ani | am Sandford prove of it Lam alto an American citizen, aod | am prood of that, (Kenewed appianso.) For twelve yeurs I have lived in od States, twe'v: happy years protected 8, unter the she Jow of ite —oonstituts 1 axtomed — ths rights of citizenship J assumed too the dotie of a citizen. When I was invested with the rights which the wise and liberal oonstiution of America gave te adopted ert zens, T swore that I would #upport the con. stitotion, and Twill keep my oath. (Tremendous ehver- an a yolce, “You would not be an Irishman if you aid not Thiv land of mine, ax wel! as of fours, 1 to great danger. (have been seked what site | would take, + Tam here, (Choers ) No greater pari evor as ed apy nation, Were all the armies of Rurope and ail ects of Rurope boand for our shores to invate us, it not be hel so terrible @ disacter aa bet we have to free now. Civil war ie befere oa, Weare throwtened pot with subjegation, but disintegration, utter diasoia tion. The nation is crumbling beveath our feet, and we are called to save it. Irish born evtizens, will you re fure? (' NO, no.) Thin quarrel # sowe of 6 3 no matter. Ido nob book to the past. Ido not stop to ask by whore meane this Gisaster was brought about. A time will feme when bistory will bolt the men who have caused it tom beavy count, but for na we live and act in the present. Our duty is to obey, and our duty jx to atand by the constitution and the awe. (Appinage.) I saw to-day the officers of the Sixty-ninth Irieh regi ment, and they are ready. (Cheers for Col. Vosbarg. ) Fellow citizens, if there be any men in these United states who look to this war with any fueling of exaltation, J take po part with toem. I look it with grief with heartfelt grief. It 4, after all, @ war; it lem war that nothing bul inevitable necessity can excuse, and the moment that inevitable necessity ceares, the moment peace can be uttained—for pence ia the only Igitimate end of any war | pray to God that tt may couse and we be brothers and friende again. Some of the gentiemen who pre ceded me today have said that traitors have eprung from Virginia. O, fellow citizens, when you pared that vlatur—the statue of the Father of bia Country—and waw that serene, calm face, and that hand raised, aa it were, in benediction over this people, forget not that Washington was a son of Virginie.’ The South hae beon deceived, cruelly deceived, by demagngues, they have bad fnlse news from this side, and that has deceived them. They did not know, we did not _koow it ourselves, what a fund of loyalty, what stern, hearty Alegiance there was all thy thit land for the’ conti tution and the Union. Fellow citizens, the cloud that lowers over us now will pase away. There may beatorm; it may be fierce and disastrous, but trost me that storm was needed to clear and purify the political atmosphore. han inevitable political and na tional erixi#, We could not go on as we were going on. Arnot corruption wae swelling al) around us, and (beratening to engulph benor, repotation, and uke good name of the pation and of individuala. That stagnant saler tire, bot trust me, it ts an angel that bar tovehed the waters, (‘Gool,"’ and applause ) An angel band has touched and turned the fortid wtreem into & bealing balm. That angol ie patriotism, ‘hat walks the land in majesty and power. (Applanne. ) And wore nothing else gained by tis terrible etruggle bev the coracionsness that we have a nation and a na fonal apirit to Rupport ft, 1 would still aay that thig oroeal that we are going through will not be all in vain. (Cheers) For mo, fellow efticens, aa far a¢ one man cao apea I recognize but one duty, 1 will keep my oath, | will #iand a8 far as in me Lier by the constitution and the laws. Abraham Lineoin i# not the President of my choice; no matter, be is the President chowen under the constitation and the laws. The government that nite in Waehington is not of my cbotee, but it te de facto and de jure the government, and I reoognise none othor “het Gag is my flag, and i reocgnive none other but ona. (Bravo and appre.) Why, what other flag could we have? Tt hes been set by the bands of American soianoe over tbe frozen seas of the North! it i# enrolled where by the banks of the Amazon the primeval forests weave their tangled bair, All throngh the infant struggles of the republic under {te consecrated folds men poured ow their Life blood with @ liberal joy to save this coun- try. (and will ") All through the Mexi can War jt was a vign of y and of hope. Fellow oftigens, all throngh rope, when down troddeD men look ap and week for some sign of hope, where do they look but to that fag, the tag of our Uniont (Great sppinuse.) TL deprecate this war; 1 do hope it wil ovnre, but it te war, at fag must not be allowed to trail in the duet, not though the hand that Held tt down ea brothers, Ibave done. (Voices “Go on, go on.’') All Lean fay is, that with all the men that honestly go out to fight this fight, my sympathies go with them. I trust it willl be fought in an honorable and chivalrous manner, a8 men that are fighting today, with thove that may be their frieuds vo.morrow. But « there cannot Seger if war must be, then for the constitation und the CnionT am, and may God defend the right, (Tremendous cheering.) SPERCU OF TRA P. DAVTA. Tra P Davis next addrensed the argemblage. Ho had a diffientt tark to perform im addressing thom after the eloquent speaker who bad just left the stand. Yet, asa citizen, and af an American, and an one whore fatty fought at Lexington, be waa before them that day to do hin doty. He woul! call their attention to a few fanta to Mtustrave tbe principle inyolyed iy this gacas question, And though the people bere might, if they pieaset, charge the character of the ge verre Bt +0! the yove pmenia of these countries would Dela them responsible within those dimtricts, to folfll thee contraeta and treaties—two live up to the ‘contracta they Bad mace. So wax it with the peonia of thone Staves. The federal gowerpment was nothing more then the exe cutor of the oontracts entered into by the thirty four Stave of the Cokin as @ Uation, aud thoagh tae psopie Of ERY One of thone utstex ware deported lo ehange the character aod form of the government, yor (hit woukd net asDul the coutraots ep.ered into by them with the Kodera! goveroment, of with #e ochor Stabe throughout Abe general government. They posseske! oonstitutional methods of shanging the form by which their contracts mens shonid be fultied. Thera ng tbe vontracts except by mu- 1 conveni—(oheers)—or by faltiiiing these contracts ‘0 the Louthern States might, If they pieased, alter ant ehovge the form of thew oonstitution; dut if they epired to retreat from their association with the North pnd Weet and Fast. they mast present their grievances to the people of all the “tates, che people themselves being | tbe onty t:tbanal to deewe the question involved. They Mnuet present their gricvanoes to the people, and the par ple, siter being daly convened, wonkd, through the legit. | mate officers. Droseed in a iegal, constitutional manner, to change that oocettution; amt they must abide ther | time, and mort wait will that process bax boen gone | throngh. they could not dissolve their union wath theso States—they conid not be allowed to bring that evil upon the eountry. He coucurred with a previona spoait- er, that mang of these Southera demagogues were misled. They bad boked to New York with her 20,000 democratic majority to back them up in their traitorous Ceaigus; Dut they little kaew the heart of tha great democracy. They anderrated your honesty, they Buderrated soor Bohility of charsoter. The men that | they hoped would alt them, will in thousand and tena of thousands mareb to the defence of the capital. As a crizep and a# @ demoorat be had labored bard | aparet the cheetion of the powers that be. Ho had | labored as hard as his humbe ability would per. | Dit, to prevent the elvetion of Mr. Linooln, but #0 help me God, ag a citizen and asa lover of my country, T will defend nis administration go bong ae he hole hie reat, (Loud eheers.) He beld that they ‘were Rot only sl) hound to support the President apd the copetitution and the confederacy of these States as ex- prevsed throngh toe State Legislatures by every man who ba# exercwed the right of suilrage, They were bound to anpport the party that suoceeded to office, wore thene men to enter into tes politisal arena with a chance of winning and nove at all of loxing. By the very fact that they had exercised the right of suffrage mate them bound tosubmit to the deciaion of the majority. (Cheers. ) It wat a great insnit to say that they were threatened by a bund of deeperadoes who underrated their character andendeavored to bring them downto their own level. hort gpesches were now catled for. They were called Open te rupport the eenstitution and fo maintain the Pree dent in hie cali, and to urge apon him the know- Jedge of the fnct that he will havea miilion of men if necessary, to carry ont the government and to panish the trasters who wonld raise their traitorous swords to over- turn is, fhe trne way to deal wifh the crisis was to D)p the trearon w its bud by xending forth sneb abody of solders ae would paraty ze thoee men with terror. That was 'he only way. The South had had monshs w arm apt they had been co'leeting arms for years past, It was not becuse they were defeated at the late election they shentt become dianatistied and attempt to break ap the government. (‘That's #0,’ and cheers.) Thoxe base WHiverR, those traitors who had assailed the flag of the Union, had been plotting the overttrow of the govern- ment for years past Their condoct at the Coarketon Convention proved that unmistk«bly. Their object tn breaking op the Convention was to throw the election mto the bande of the republicans, eo that they might have » preiext for digunton, (Cheers,) The action new taken was not with any view of subjugation, but merely to maintain kaw anc order and to snpport the government. They were engaged in working ont the great problem of popular government It was long thought that the people could not govern themselves, but they had shown the practicability of it The government was placed in & pouttion of great danger: but if they passed through Unis ordeal they will more elearly and gloriously prove the success of popolar government. (Cheers) SPEECH OF PROFESSOR MITCHELL. Professor Mitcumit, was introduced, ani, fired with nervour eloquence and patriotism, he infused the same vpirit into hw suditors. He spoke as follows:—I am int nitely indebted to you far this evidence of vour kindness, m # Btrarger among you. (No, ©No.”) I , State bus a little white; bat y aun with heart and ‘oul, and mind and atreopt, aad all that I bave and sm belongs to you and our common coantry, aod to nothing else. I have heen announces to you ag a citizen of Kentoeky Once I wax, because 7 waa born there, I love my native Stato, a you love your native Sate Lieve my adopted Rtate of Ohin, a8 you love your pled State if euch you have; hot. my friends, Tam net a citizen now of any State. ‘lowe allegiance to na State, and never did, and, God belping me, I never will, of ited Staten, working my way my own hands, at the age of twelve torped ont to tal are of myself as beat I could, and beginning by earning Dut $4 per moatn, I worked my wi ward unti the glorious government gave me a chapoe at the Military Aoademy at Weat Point, ‘There I lanced with @ koapsaeck on my back, aa lel you God's truth—juet a quarter of a dollar iv my vocket. There I #wore alegiance to the governmeat of the United States [I dia not abjnro the love of MY Own State, nor of my adopted State, out all over thet rose provdly trivmpbaot and predominant my iove for our common country. And vow today that common country te assailed, and, alas! alas! that Tain compelled Ww ray it, it ix axnaiied tn some Keuse by my own coun. wymen My father and my mother wore from Old Vir- ta, and my brothers ant simers from Old Kentucky. Tlove them dearly. I bave my brothers in i the Sonth How, anited to me by the fondest ties of love and affection. I wonld take them in my wms to-day with all the love that God har pat mto thie heart. but if 1 found them ta arma would be compelled to «mite them down You have found officers of the army who have been educated by the gov. erpment, who have drawn thelr support from the gov- nt for long years, who when called upon by their try to etana for the cunstitation and for the right » basely, Ignominiouriy apd trattorously either re. med their commissions or dowerted to traitors, and rebels, ond exemies What meacs all this? How can tt be porsibie that men should act in this way There is bo qoertion but one. If we ever had o government and constitution, or if we ever lived ander such, have wo ever reengiizd the supremacy of right? Tsay, in God's name why cot recegnize it now? Why not w-day? Why not forever? Suppore those trionds of ours from old Irelape, suppose he who has made himself one of ne when a war shonid 1 out against bis own country should say, “cannot tight ageinet my own countrymen,’ ie he » Pitizen of the Vvited Statex? Toey are 00 coun- try men longer when war breaks out. Tho rebels and the traitors m the Siuth we muat set aride, they are not our frien¢a. When they come to their senses we will receive them with open eras, but till that tume, while they are trailing our glorious banner in tho duat, when they ecorn it, condemm it, curte it, and trample it under foot, then I must smite. In God's name 1 will amite, and ne long a# I havo strength Iwill do it. (Fnthusiatic applause.) ©, tsten wo me, leven to me! I know theee men, [ knew their courage; I heve been smovg them; | have been with them: I have been reared with them; they have courage, and do not you pretend to think they have not. | toll ‘you what it is, it 8 no child’s piay you are entering apon. They will fight, ard with @ determination and a power which is irresiatibie Make wp your mind to it. Let every man pot hia life in bia hand and say, There ia the altar of my country; there I will sacrifice my life,” I for one will lay my life down. it im not mine sny konger. Lead me to the contiict. Plice me where I can comy duty, There | am ready tego, I care Det where it lende me = My frien’s, that is the eyirit that was fp this city on yextercay. lam told of an ine dent that orcurred which drew the tears to my eyes, and fmm bot mueb ised to the meting mod at all. And yet tam Ld of # MAL in your city who bad a beloved wife and twoehieren, sepepding upon bin personal labor nay by ony for their enpport. He wont home and sua, “Wire, T few) it my Onty to enlist and fignt for my oocntry.”’ “That's just what I've been thinking of to,"’ eald she, “God blew you, aud may you come back without harm: but if you die in defence of the country tye God of the Wicow and the fatherleas will take caro of me and my children’ That same wife camoto your city, She knew precieely where ber husband waa to pase as he marched away, She took ber position ov the pwwement, and foding & Gag -be begged leave just to stend beneath: hore sacred foloe and take a last ‘oad look on him whom ale, by possibility, might soe again. The bushand marched down the etree their ey: met, « sympathetic flash went from heart to heart; she gave one shont and fell senasieas upon’ the pavement, and there whe lay for not lege than thirty mi- Dutes in aswooe, It seemed to bo the departiog of her Uife Rut ai) tho sene ibility was seated up. Tc was all eacrifice. She was ready to moet thie tremendoun aacst fice upop which wo have entered, and | trust you are all ready. lam rendy. God help me todo my dnty. Lam Tendy to fight in the ronksor out of the ranks. Having been educated im the Academy, having oewu in the army roven years, having terved as commonder of a volun teer company tor ton yours, and baving Korved a& an ad- jutent genersl, I feol am reaty for some tung. | only) ask t bo permitiol to acti and in Gon’ same give me romething to 00 The scene that followed the olose of Profesor Mitoboll's eloquent aod patriotic remarks bafiles deecription. Roth men end women wore moited to teers, and voices from ali parte of tho vast multitude re-roboed the reotimenta of the Rperker, and every on» aeomed anxious to reapund to the appeal to rush to the cofence of the country. REMARKS OF SAMURE, HOTALING. Tho next speaker was Mr, Sawvm. orate, who called upon tie citizens of New York +0 defend thoir flag, their homes and the bicesed herttags which our ancostors left us. He had boon @ farmer and @ merchant, and he waa now ready to be & soldier, This meeting le mainly held to stimulate ue to action and tourms, Wo must xboulier ovr muskets and take our place, carry ont ewords to the captiol at Washington, and even to Texas, for the protection of our friends and our couatry., The speaker went on to say that the motto of the rebols waa Captain Kidd piracy. They were @ band of traitors wo their country and to their oaths; and what could wo ex- pect from thieves like them. He eaid he bad never booa & rabid abolitionist, bat it was his opinion that Provt- dence was ae much at work now ae fe was when tho pe oy | of Tsenel in Egypt reovived their emancipation under Moser, He believed that in five years thia warfare would produce anch backroptey and starvation in the Southern States that their white laboring people and their slaves wood & into a state of adarchy, bloodshed and San Domingo tehery, and that within that period the seceded States ‘would petition the federal government for aid and money to tranemit their butchering Africans amoug themscives: ‘acroea the Atiantic ooean to the Jand of thotr fathom, My, Hite called upon all young men W enrol aa yo. | that time he 1 ten ue Desvatt"be toh co Wee wate = - — Eestere New Vork Young men were prepared to themselves oy Ags for the Union and the commitucion: * ‘This closed the proceedings at this stand eemblagy broke up. tale STANDS NOS, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, There were three other stands at whinh AUdroRarR were delivered, but ih consequence of the ovarwhetming peewe | of matter upon our columns, we are relvetantly oom pelled to postpone eur reporta Of the spocehes unt® to. merrew. THE CLOSING SCENES, At about balf past five a sensible diminution ha@ taken plage im the sumber of spectators; and leng befere ‘reds turned back who had bees deterred from going to the meeting at all in consequence of tha accounts they réeetved of the immense ocencourse of People in the equare, but at a quarter to six o’eieck the speaking was over and tbe speciaters imme. diately began te dinperre, and im leas thay fifteen minutes, of ail the thonsands who hed Deen present, only about twelve hundred remained on the ground, The majority of these were congregated: at the southern entrance of the square, where they listem- ed with yreat deligbt to a young orator, mounted on ond of the #tone pillars at the entrance gate, who delivered, with great carvertner, am impassioned and patriotic Union speech, On} stand No. 1 « (ase number of boys amured themselves fer some time by gtving an indefinite number of cheers for the Unien, the Reventh regiment, sod Major Anderson While there things going) on) =olarge §=6pambers of people had turned to take a last look on the Dow aly Most deserted place; the flagw were still waving, thé blancs opdeturbed, ronnd which groups ef polleemes ‘were standing; but the eraters and the spectaters had all left, and im piace ef that sonnd said to be the grand. ext ip pature—a cheer from thousands of earnest and exoied men—was vow beard the ruth of the stages am they resumed their sosustemed routes; the spple dealerg and candy merchants were packing up their now somem what dusty wares preparaiery to taking their depary ture. Thronghe-t the whole time, and in mch am immensd aeeemblage, not the slightest disturbance took phiee. The force of policemen en the ground was a very strong one, but their services were merely required to prevent too groat 4 pressure on the stands, Men went there ap- parently but for one purpose—to shew thei’ attachment and devotion to fthe Uniom, and al thonght the ssme thing, that “The Unien must and shall be preserved ” Such betng the sentiments of the moititude it fs not at all remarkable that whon ear re porter loft the square, » bout seven o'clock, not the slight- eet disturbance had taken piace to mar the harmony and enthoeiasm which charseterized the greatest Union de- monstration which hag eyer taken place in the Kupirg City. The shipping did not afford the least ploastng portion of the features of yesterday's exhibition. Tho masts and every available partick: ef the riggmg had ita quote of flags. Foreign and American yesseis were alike axprod- Aive in this reepeot, Perhspe never before did the Norair and East rivers, as well as the vessels in the bay, maka uch a gny display of bunting Altogether the demonstration was such aa waa nevor before witnessed in this worki of tuoreaxing wonders, Ag least haif a million of peopl: were out in hebiday attire, wearing ronetter, lark, badges, and every conectvabla decoration that oould symbelize American Union. Of @ verity the venders of these precious orttoles must have reeped a rich harvest. Ii is somvthing to be able to ad® that with all the burtie, confusion, excKement and thronging, inseparable from the occasion, there were De serious disturbaecs reported. The pelies arrangementa were conduct d ip & manner that deserves the warmes} praizc. THE FLAG OF SUMTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEKALD. New Yorn, april 28, 1962. J wan derpatched this afternoon by Captain @, H. Mart hall (o Fort Hamilton, with an order from major Andor- fon for the garron flags of Fort sumtr, to be arsed ab the merting thig aftercoou im Union square, Captain Deubleday delivered the flags to me, and to sbew tho patriotic feeling of eur people, I had no fooner got on board the steam-tug James A, Btepbena to come to the oity, than Captain @harleg Quinn insisted op hauling down his tug and setting the tattered ensign of Fort Sumter in its placo; and we cama up the bay with this honored trophy floating gaily to the breeze. In waluting this flag while i command of the Marion I Jost my berth, and | felt @ thrill of gratifeation at bemg ite bearer to-day. Yours, &e. CAPT. SAM WHITING. wee PERSONAL. — ny PART SIERING 70 £oors AN INFANT FROM ie a we ond of is meta, of Fe: my 40 00 y adrevaicg Delta, boy 67 Herald often eee K.M NO 12~1 AM DYING TO SKE YOU. oe A, “io the rid pisos Honday afternone, asse® 1H WHITE—THERG 14 A LETTER FOR TOU D8 J, the Union square | ost office, from your old fread Lizale, Yorkvile. Den tGalltogttogtit FPR ARO CLEMENS BPRINGEK COOK, NATIVE oF ,, Mretberg: tn sarony. Germany, tn requested 40 esuimmaunt cate with his brothers, carl Augast and Kroat. Robert bprivanr, Province } tel, Leicester square, Londba, W. 0., glans {LbA—i SHALL Pass FOUR HOUSG aT EIGHT 4) “o'clock nevt Wednesay evening, a whieh time L mc § know when 1 can see you, or | may pemaibly send @ pete your bonne, JOHN BVBARTT. HES}, a GHEB'Y, Pus ste REN, FORMERLY of 410 Third avenus, New York, aod Aartholernew Dil- jon, formerly of daxter street, New York, lot owners im Wintield, Queens County wii! pleane cull on the mubeeriber, OF send him thelr acdrrws THOR K. LURH, 10 Hanson placa, Brooklyn, FMRA BMITH (MAIDKN NAME Mine FULLAM) I call at 129 Went Twenty eighth ‘teoet abo wil oblige’ Ming F THE WHO WAS IN #OL KIP'S asioon. corner of Broadway and Park plaoe, on the afte § nov of April 19, and witnessed an asaayit, ‘resalting in dems ‘will addres « pote to LW, herald ovtice. eiving her samd F e will hear of Romething U» her advantage. YOUNG WOMAN, rd = atreeta, fie gy ho ‘be thankfully rewarded the owner of the same, reas John Pendergrent, New York Gaal gbt Co., D7 Centre street " URTICE WILE PLEASE GAUL a8 PARLY AB POS ible on Fire Marchal Baker, at hiv office. M™* L. J.—GO TO THE BROOBLIN POS? OFFTOR, —4, ILL THE LADY WHO Who Diemen In an om o’eiwck. meet bimon M where be left ‘be omni [,OUND—ON FROADWAY, NEAR MURRAY STREET, *® Gold Watch, paten’ lever, chr nometer balanoe The we tbe same by proviug proverty at WS De- O8T—ON THE TH, A SKYR TRRRIRR SLUT; 4 Weight abont 22 Ie, Of a light brown ‘ears and tall eut,Anvwers to the name of Lillie The fader will re Give w guitavle reward by retureing ber wo # Bast Thirty. Tih arent A SMALL BLAOK AND VAN RATE Jong ta) and ears feet tipped wich whit bik breast answers tothe name of nao, lar of Thirty fourth strvet and sifty avenue A suliable rewar will He given by recur alrg him to" Thompson atrent Gn" —ON BATURDAY, THR OPH INAT. INA AD Ly way and Forty-second atret stags « morose Pa: Own KaOk: also a two ands om gold lok th a balr guard, "The finder will reselve @ auitabie re= ward by returoing the sama .o 315 West Forty-seoond sireet, or 287 Frondway room No. 5 hon ON THURSDAY A oF Lanne for a Prondwny to Nido a going down fy the omnibus, it befng of no ase to on bur the owner, the Ander, ili be rewarded py loav- at 176 Fa ton street, UbT N FRIDAY VAST. IN CR NAR TH@ PHIL As 4 celpbia finiload Depet, Joreay city. a Link Braselat. ‘The finder will te rewarded by leaving it wi (oe oiler of W. Atwater & 7, OF Chambers street, sew \ark ety. Ost OF BORWTOAT Cie Fikm AF 29 DIVISION 4 treet, on the Sddsy of Jenwary, IM. a Bank Book No, 114,40, bearing the wom doponitor of tne Bowery Savings Kank, f FWARD —LOST, GOING FROM GRAM. eee anes ts Thirty srcond acrvet a Gold Lookat, slonge ca ira, being ibn cwmtre pari of » ladys Drnoebet. Tg Hid il please lnave it wt the olloe of the Gramerey House. " —<T)st, IN TWELPTA STaRRT, BEE FEW Avifth and sieth avenves, «smal Slack an@ Pam uo, of her legs broken and front are ‘The above reward wil be given if returped to EW A. LOst, At Pp Bal Ar $5 afternoon, between Union square and Fulton : foaraved op ti e the finder reettve: es of ¢ reward by leaving it at No, LE street. 24 JOMN G. GROAS, REWARD —LOBT, A LARGE MANTIFR eure. avi atuon ihe Den 00 06 ard will FE to any mae who ¥ e alker vireet, or Ove information about am, ™