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began to talk of war. They then opposed the idea of going to war with those whose blood ran in our own veins.--The fathers of the Constitution established the fact that the rights of States can never be put down by armed force. Until the present desolating war be stopped, he said, there can be nothing like constitutional freedom. In the face of such important circumstances, it was proper that the memory of Thomas Jefferson should be remembered and consecrated. [Applause.] He spoke of Mayor Gunther as a peace man, and recited the most prominent complaints of the American revolutionists against George III. drawing a parallel between the Revolutionary war and our civil contest. He went into American history at great length to elucidate and explain the intellect, the power, and the patriotism of Jefferson. He expressed himself more in favor of peaceful counsels than in the flaming sword. An honorable peace, he believed, was far better than a desolating war. England lost the coloni