New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-09

The Cose stai ed-1Ir. summers speech.
The speech OF SIR. Charles Sumner at the
Boston meeting in favor OF a withdrawal Of our
troops from Mexico has already been referred 70 IN
our columns Although the principles it embodies
and advocates have been steadily maintained by
The Tribune its aptness Of Illustration and vigor OF
statement ent,le IL to earnest attention. Mr. Sum
per opens as follows
In the Winter OF l775 I'VE years after the massacre
In King street now called stas-sreet sicw months only
before the battle Of Lexington and Bunker hl Boston
was occupied By British army under the command Oh
General Cages Mexican Monterey, town OF the
,ame sze with Boston 10 those days IL now occupied by
American troops under the command OF benera lay
Ior The people Of Boston deeply felt the grievance Of
this garrison holding by an iron hand the control OF the
whole province Of Massachusetts, With earnest voices
they called for its withdraw a. the true beginning o.
reconciliation and peace. Their remembrance ioa9a
an unexpected echo he floor OF the House Of Lords
when Lord Chatham on the Goth January brought Tor
ward his memorable motion TOR the wltndra" OF ine
troops from Boston Josish Quincy Jr dear 70 Bosoon
ans Tor his services and for the services Of ne de
.cendant was present on this occasion and hes preserv
ed an interesting and authentic sketch Of Lord Chat
hams speech From bis report take the following I'M
portant words
"Thefs ought TO be no delay entering upon this mat
ter. We ought 10 proceed % II Immediately we ought
seize the fret moment 10 open The door OF
TIE Americans will be 10 temper or state 10 be re
eoncled they ought not 10 be, Ill me troops are WIN
drawn The troops are perpetual iflsuon 70 mem
they are bar 70 all confidence and oil cordial reconcile
unent therefore. my Lords move Jhat humble "a
dress presented 70 His Majesty most hunby TO advise
and beoecb His Majesty that 10 order 70 open the way 70
ahsppy settlement Of the dangerous troubles 10 Amenca
By beginning 10 alsy iennents ana soIeh snino'.os
tere-snd above all for preventing In the mean TIME, sny
sudden snd fatal csastrope al Boston, now suffering IN
der the daily Irritation ~ army before their eyes posted
70 h- ow may grseoS,y Pes:e ". a. MsJs' ;,sS S.
gor Of the season and other ei'eum.tsnoes ncspen
cable 10 the safety and accommodation Of the SAID troops
may render the same practicable.
II 10 30 promote a similar measure OF Justice and re-
eonciiston that we are now assembled. we sss ,he
cessation OF this unjust and the Withdrawal OF the
American forces from Mexico "a the rigor OF
The season and circumstances indispensable TO the
safety and accommodation OF the ssio troops may 'e"
der the same practicable
we are told that the country Is engaged In the war
snd that therefore. 1t must be maintained or ss is
sometimes expressed vigorously prosecuted; IN olner
words the violation Of the Constitution aud the Outrage
upon Justice 70 be dsfegsrded while all are 10 JON
IN q continuance and repetition OF the vlolston ana inc
outrage By what necromaney 90 inese pass i rom
that what 10 bad before 1t Is commenced, may become
righteous merely by the fact that hiss been commenced'
Who On earth ia authorized to trsnsmute wrong into
right, They who sdmt the unconstituonallty and IN
Justice OF the and yet sanction its prosecution must
recognise the Heaven defyng sentiment Our country
or wrong Can this be the sentiment of the PEG
ls of Bosonf lift be Is In vain that they have
been nurtured In the churches OF the Pilgrims snd have
been fed from the common table OF knowledge which /
10 beautifully supplied by our public schools VINO !
would confess allegiance 10 wrongs Who would deny !
allegiance rightf Right is one OF the attributes OF
God rather 1t is part OF the Divinity immortal as
himsef Surely nothing mortal can be- higher than !
what is immortal. Suppose this sentiment had been /
received by our English defenders in the war OF the
Revolution the tery tongues of Chatham Burke Fox |
and Camden, would not have been heard In our behalf
They would all have been silenced by the dogma that
whether the country was right OF wrong must be car
ried through the war.
The saying that the country must be maintained in
the war because il 10 already commenced cOniounds
the opposite duties in OF defence aud ofcHo6-
When the country IL invaded when s soil is pressed
l xheutt ~
when its inhabitants despoed of their homes when
its natural lite IL asssed then the indignant spirit of
free people will rise 20 repel the aggressors such an
occasion challenges all the energies Of sefdesnoe Il
has about all Of that dsms glory which be earned
In any Of human strife. But II II be right TO per
defence must be wrong TO persevere In cfeHoG
II the Mexicans right In defending their homes we
would be wrong In invading them.
The present 10 ofeastre in s character. As such,
Il losss all title TO our support The acts oil courage
and hardihood which In just cause might excite our |
regard when performed In unrighteous cause have
quality which can commend them TO any virtuous !
sympathy. The victories of aggression and injustice
are sources of grief aud shame. The blood which is |
wrongfuy shed cries from the ground as that OF Abel
ered against Cain.
lavished upan this extending TO fifty millions
of dosrt--we have recently been told ON the floor OF
the Senate that hundred millions-form
smother Tor It's cessation The soul sckens at the
contemplation of this incslculsble diverted from
purposes OF usefulness and benehcence, from railroads
colleges hospitals. schools and churches-under whose
genial influences the country would blossom as rose
and prosttutcd to the wicked purposes OF an unjust
In any righteous cause OF selfdeience even these
expenditures would be readily incurred The saying OF
an early father of the Republic which reused lie enhu
sasm unwonted pitch, was, Millions for Defence,
but not q cent for Tribute Another sentiment more
pertinent to times, would be, Not cent for Or
TxNcK"
And why IL this war to be maintained Ills accord.
ing 10 the argon OF the day, TO conquer Peace
But II ask Peace In the spirit of Peace, we must
begin by doing Justice 90 Mexico We are the aggres
sors We are now in the wrong We must do what Is
Ftu
by brutal efforts 10 conquer Mexico Our military force
conessedy greater than hers There can be no glory
Of conquest where there Is such disparity OF power
Nor can there be any true honor successful adher
ence to our original acts OF wrong. ITO conquer
Peace" may have sensible adjudication when nation
10 acting in sedcsao bu, Il base, unjust and afro
eous when the is of offence Peace, In such n
II founded conquest; must by the triumph OF in
Justice, the contamination of wrong IL Is unlike that
true Peace which IL by Christian iorbeasance and
jusuce. II cannot be sanctioned by the God OF Chris
nwould be offensive To the better divinities OF
heathcnism. IL Is of such Peace that the Roman his
orian. whose pen has the sharpness of the point Of
sword says-"with lying names they call spolistion
murder and rspne Empire and when they have pro
duced the desolaton OF solitude, they call II Peace"
The present course OF our country IL inconsistent
with the principles OF conduct which govern individuals
In private life There few, II any, OF the conspcu
advocates OF the maintenance OF this war, who
would hesitate, found wrong In any private transac
ton. to re,ssf at With Christian apologies they
would seek 10 repair their while they rccosd
from even any appearance OF perseverance In H. Such
should be the conduct Of our country.
We cannot make room for farther extracts but |
are not these sufficient We entreat those Wings |
who think fhe good Of ne party requires con |
ourence in "a vigorous prosecution OF the war
to ponder them deeply II Righteousness exalt. |
eth nation. as the Good Book assures us, why |
not Party as well But come triumph or disss |
ter. our stand is taken. We shall obey the spin, |
aswell as letter OF that Divine mandate which |
thunders in ears THOU SHALT not MILL = |
WHAT CAN II MKAsl-rhe pardons for . Con |
and Van s,ecnburg the Ann Rent prisoners at Sing
Sing. had not been received the prison yesterday
morning Van stecnburg 10 in state OF mental de- !
ranssment which renders him entirely inderen, 70 the
whole matter but oConner 10 suffering from the sick
pess Of hope deferred What be the reason Of
this delay Those who incacerstei in the Clinton
Prison have been fortunse having been set at |
liberty several days since.
ArrKNFr To EscAPE.-The coored man acting |
"A va,ter Al ths Femala Prison Al Sine Sins MAD an