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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], The News. (search)
that can restore harmony, and he was glad that this idea was the prominent one pervading the minds of the majority of the American people.--[Applause.] The war now being waged has not become general because of the long suffering of the American people. Every day of the continuance of this war brings us nearer to a despotism. The training of the American people requires freedom of speech, of religion, and of the press, and by the blessing of God they shall have it. [Loud applause.] Mr. Van Loon was the next speaker. He was called upon and at great length responded to the toast referring to the Dred Scott decision. His speech was a very effective one to judge from the loud applause with which it was received. After some other toasts were disposed of, Mr. Chauncey C. Burr made some eloquent remarks in response to the fifth toast. Alluding to a remark of Cicero, he said that men should not only speak the truth, but the whole truth. The country, according to all human eyes,