56 I trust the day has come when -we shall unbind the heavy burdens and let the captives go free when we shall meet these men who are ready to unite and aid us, and give us the help we need. [Cheers.] Ahelp that will take from the rebels the power on which they depend for digging their trenches, plowing their fields, raising their crops, and leaving them leisure to play upon us the game of war. Shall it be so any longer ? I trust it shall not. Let us unite and do what we can to convince the people of the South, that their best interests call for the freedom of their slaves, and not only of their slaves, but the freedom of the white people of the South from the terrible thralldom, the terrible dependence they are in, when they allow themselves to rely on a coerced and uncompensated labor. [Cheers.] Let u unite in an effort to sustain the Government by every means in our power, and get the army built up in the shortest possible time, with the best men and arms that can be found. [Enthusiastic applause.] The proceedings at this stand were then closed.
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