39 once raised to drive the fomenters of it out of the country, and forever to keep it down. You are once more again gathered together in a great mass meeting to frustrate its future progress, and I call upon you to do your duty to your country in this the hour of her peril. (Applause, and cries of " We shall do so.") There were those who, at the last great mass meeting of New- York, were pretended friends to the Union, but who, I regret to state, as matters have since turned out, were the vilest snakes of treason. (Hear, and loud cheers.) Let our Northern States fall into Southern hands let them sway the destinies of this mighty and world-famed republic and if ever the day should arise when such a state of things should happen, not even man, woman or child would receive the slightest mercy at the hands of those Southern rebels. (Cries of " That's true go on, Spinola.") Give them, I say, the upper hand, and the people of the North will soon feel the effects of Southern steel. But let them come on I ask them to do so ; and if we have the real principles of freedom at heart, we shall soon teach them what virtue is in Northern arms. (Applause.) There is another great consideration in which we are all deeply interested. Let the South be successful and the North will not only have to pay the expenses of the rebellion, but to live in thralldom under their bloody sceptre. (Hear, hear.) As I said at the commencement of these remarks, I told you that I wished you to join with me in endeavoring to crush this awful rebellion. (Cries of '' And so we will.") I have already determined, as you all know, to bear my humble part in this war, and in crushing the rebellion. I shall do so ; and should I meet with or discover any poor Southern wretch peculating the property of our gallant Northern troops, I will not go to the trouble of gibbeting him, but he shall suffer at the point of the bayonet. (Applause.) In connecting myself with the great Union army, I promise that the men whom I may be appointed to command shall receive my best attention. In the hour of danger and also of sickness I hope to stand by them, and to see that their wants are well cared for. Their wounds shall be skillfully attended to. (Loud cheers.) I look upon these duties as incumbent upon every commander to considerately carry out. Let us recollect those great men who gave us this government, and if we do we cannot but respect their memories. We are, the most of us, well acquainted with what they passed through. This should stimulate us in fighting hard in defence of the great Constitution which they formed on so permanent a basis. We are a well equipped body of men ; our military reputation cannot be excelled, and we are the best men in arms in the world. (Loud cheering.) I am now raising a brigade to join the great army of the North, and before long I hope that I shall be ready to head th:;t brigade to the glorious battle-field. (Hear, hear.) After a few other remarks the ex-senator concluded his address by calling on those present, who felt a desire to join his brigade, at once to do so. He said : I promise them every indulgence and encouragement, and so long as they fight under one flag the glorious flag of the Union they shall be secured in these. (Great applause.)
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