38 Resolved, That steadily pursuing the wise pob'cy of our fathers, we never mean to interfere in the internal conflicts of foreign States, but here, beneath this outstretched sky, in the presence of Almighty God, and of one another, we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, never to abandon this struggle while there remains a traitor in the land ; and that any armed intervention by any foreign power in our present domestic affliction, shall prove the signal for the spirit of Liberty to commence its triumphant march through Europe. On the part of the Chairman, Mr. JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, Jr., announced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That this meeting cordially unites in recommending to the Governor and Legislature of this State, to take the earliest means of pledging the State to the payment of an additional bounty to volunteers. The Star-Spangled Banner was then sung by the chorus and band, thousands of voices joining in the stirring refrain. Mr. DUNN was next introduced, and after a few preliminary and patriotic remarks, read a poem, from which the following is an extract : Only once in every lifetime comes the hour for man to prove The depth, the truth, the earnestness of patriotic love : Only once iu every lifetime comes the people thrilling jar That purifies the nation in the crucible of war ; Which vindicates the honor of the Truth and proves the might Of the never-thwarted purpose which is founded in the right. And God will safely guard the man and make him doubly strong, Who battles in the cause of Right against the cause of VVrong. To the camp-enshrined Potomac, to its blood-stained, throbbing strand, Points the plain, unerring finger of God's invocating hand, And I hear the thrilling voices of the martyrs, one by one, Saying, " FREKMEN ! On to glory, while there's labor to be done .'" And can I stand here idle while I hear my country's call ? While I see the gloom of treason 'round the Union's temple fall ? No ! I'll grasp the sword of duty, and move onward in the van. To the deeds which bless THE AGES and uphold the RIGHTS OF MAN ! SPEECH OF EX-SEXATOR SPIXOLA. Ex-Senator SPINOLA, having been introduced to the meeting, on coming forward was warmly received. He said : I did not come here this day to mate a speech to you. No, I come for a nobler purpose and a more important object. I come to ask you to join with me. (Hear, and applause.) The hour has arrived when it becomes the duty of every American citizen to buckle on his armor and go forward to the fight. (Loud cheers.) I have now, since our last glorious meeting in this place, witnessed the progress of this wretched rebellion, and my only regret is that a sufficient force was not then at
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