From this time forward, the Rebellion is subdued. Patriot Unionists in the Rebel States, take courage! Freedmen, slaves no longer, be of good cheer! The hour of deliverance has arrived. [Renewed cheering.]
JUBILEE OF LIBERTY.
Letter to the Young Men’s Republican Union of New York, November 10, 1864.
A public meeting, called a Jubilee, was held at the Cooper Institute, New York, to celebrate the recent victory at the polls. Among the letters read was the following.
Boston, November 10, 1864.
DEAR SIR,—It will not be in my power to meet with the Union citizens of New York at the “Jubilee” of Friday evening, according to the invitation with which you honor me. But my joy will mingle with theirs.
The occasion you celebrate is worthy of jubilee, which in the Hebrew language is simply “the blast of a trumpet,” and now, in all languages, signifies “rejoicing.”