New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-28

me ou. nd yonr 5iscernment he obtained All ms
early and his later professional patronage, an apv
onpo.,nnitles of public Distinction ne
moi vorshped and idCllZ-d by THIS con,Iu'.'.y -
- .acyed soil were earncTe1 up all me Dt,' 49,
sutes of his heart, and he was iooN'.s " ~
when ms own grave should be MADE mere. 49, -
not. think you, with ols,lhc. d ta,rac.,on 1hch
Sas hen hreathed upon mis- heretofore uhsPo.seu
name ard was II not also more uisllc' Ar .b
foresight far more painful OF ~h4l ~ 4. 80 bJh s
'hIy he the alien alton. and what would certainly &c
The syaye and perhaps the dlsrust OF many III SUI
a Community as this, whom ne loveh, ana "no.e
oninops he SO highly valued, but whose pieoccups
lion of mind, and whose distance il ons sxtent IN
noint of view would necessarily TO some e4.eu' -
me a difference Of opinion between him ana .ne al
How unlike was that great effort on the w. u
March, 1850, to those other glorious anu e &C.
lions which have been referred 70 IL Iie aoie 80. -
IN which we have lust listened, when ne Aooe "
in 1880 land 1892 against the great champ,Shs " $50
South in the heresy of nulhtcanon. men ~
know very well in addition to all the PtVlou .i
's,;or ybich the profound conviction 81 uuth com-
ppunicated, ne was cheered On by the consioesatch
that old New England that the whoie zee osa.eS
were with him that the Wnole pe1s ~ ,,anscende
defense Of the true interpretation and sovereign M
Auence of that great record OF 'neir VIII a5' s,,
merely local and temporary heIesy IN sngN o.a,e
OF the South. On the I'm oil Marcn, loyV, u s ~as
SntyI pa il to you and through you to the justice
and heart of America-It was duty only duty IN hei
seyerest form, duty summoning HIM 10 heI hlgnes.
sacrifice duty, not the iove oi sioy, the ans.
tere and arduous glory Of civil suferng,-tAGt
cheered him on. And how has he been trleu;;
and how has he been judged IN thds tsnP pI y,
that unless the whole Constitution was exc ;uteu,
there was longer nation FOR AmeIca, ana sla'
oninion is his crime He deemed, after the pro-
undest consideration that the nation was IN urgent
ard immediate peril, and that opinion mas oeeh nis
crime In that conviction he devoted nmseil DIS me
first duty OF patfotsm and NOR siy and Christianity;
90 nd and DrOlOng tHdl lmOn, anu
that devotion his crime In that conllct OF gtea
duties he chose the largest to be performed nis ana
that selection IS his CRIME In thal comphcatio. vi
evils he chose the least rightly deenlng tnat tne
more passing and temporary and transient Ills "ouo
be oyerbaanced thousand fold by the more exceed,
ing and eternal good, and that choice is his crime
In that time of INSTRUMENTATION and Testessness ana
revolt against Government and institution ne mas
given his great faculties to ncucae obedience the
fundamental law, AMI that is his crime lie mas
deemed fellow citizens, that the whole duty OF tne
inhabitants of the Free States III this great extremity
OF our Republic is a little too large 10 uele'
gate, to be all summed up IN the single emohoh
of compassion 70 single CLASS In tne ottte,
or to carry out single principle OF ABSTRACT
and revolutionary and violent and bloody Jus
tice to that class and that opinion IS his CRIME
He has held fast to the old faith OF washington me
duty OF PATRIOTISM the duty Of loving with SPECIFIC
ana unsnarcd love our own country OF keeping hef
honor from corruption, of advancing her wealth ana
power, and consideration and emlnence, but by no
guilty reign of empire the duty OF moidnB hef, as
lar as NAV be consistent with the preservation OF her
organic forms, into great visible whole, moved Dy
a common wheel vivifed by a common lie ldentl-
fed by single soul lie has held the old iaitn that
the duty of patriotism moral virtue and that IS ms
crime. fCheeTs.l He has not thought mat ChTis-
ian, and philosophical, and moral craftsmanship con-
sisted entirely found its most adequate Illus
traon in taking a single idea and working that mea
to DEATH laughter and applausel-m taking SIN.
gle moral and political virtue out OF rs connechOn,
and exaggerating 1t out OF It's nature ana our own
in getting upOn wooden shed ont there upon the
Common in the night, and sending up another g'lt-
tering abstraction like another La'nartine-a worse
one-into the ar-Ilaughterl-in taking the Lords
Prayer and Declaration of Independence andfraudu-
lently and scancalously undertaking to deauce from
them the dogma of instantaneous and universal enan
cpation OfprosNatng those talents made or the UNI
and not for the cheap demagoguesm OF standing
up and haranguing 10 a shallow and approving au-
dence on the claims OF nature and the rights OF man.
Look on that picture and on this. He has Thought
that craftsmanship consisted or was best exemptihed
III our time, IN ascending 70 large ana grand con-
ception that the noblest, most difficult, most accept
able work TO the eye of God, was the building OF a
nation and the keeping nation that the noblest
most difficult anc most pleasing to God was the
work OF building this nation aud keeplng tRis ma
ton and that IN order TO make that great acmeVe-
ment there was demanded, IN some large measure,
sobriety and a reach of mind and discipline and
practical reason that could Judge what things the
Commonwealth can bear the power OF reconclllng
and blending and tempering the an,agonism OF the
thing, SO that there may be drawn out fTom II al
last the ultimate harmony and perfect peace and
unity of our political system Itself and THIS has
pttil MS crime lie has DSlttNtt titlLciS,
and have the honor TO concur with him-Iny mas
ter my friend my more than guide and philosopher
and fricndhe believes that this day true phlian-
thfopy, enlightened from above, finds IN the Ameri
can no nober work for It's hand 10 do ave. finds
10 more splendid vision for It's dreams to con'em-
plate than simply and solely to a.vmce the dearest
interests Of humanity through generations countless
by that grand fundamentally OF pc ace, the Ameri-
can Union ,--tcheeTs, long and loudl-to adV an
cling the interests Of every state, aud every
section, and every class the master and the slave
al hx tgr fnln noh nf n
calm tins great continent, all alive and astT with
The emulCUsncSs of free republic by subec;ng IL,
Al 1t shall be the pleasure of Providence forever to
the sweet and gentle influences OF Culture ani
Christianity, and the slow and sure reformer. Time
and be has given those great talents and TINT IN
fucnCe Unparalleled 10 preserve forever t0ls great
security of peace on earth and good VIII 20 men
and this also Is his c.lme Yes fellow citizens, II
l. his crime III the judgment Of some Of us-in
whose judgment shall say Is Il not IN the ]l1g-
mept vi a revolutionary and sAaoN ethics OF agita-
uOnl Is Il not IN the judgment Of morality hall
taught, that looks cut OF loophOle upOA the world,
laughter uncNofciStd, unlnstu Ted from ABOVE or
below, Iiaughlerl profoundly ignorant OF the natHe
Of that great conp!exity OF State profoundly isnO-
rant Of II as an agent OF human good profoundly
ignorant OF the dangers that beSet It, TIVE means OF
preserving il and The maxims and arts imperial of
lis glory tn crime in the judgment OF such mo-
Ialiiy a Tat but IN the vocabulary and ethics Of
an instructed people 50 adequately and admirably
represented before ne to-nish,in the s0beg second
thought OF such comnlalty rs this, 1t Is crime,
hui NiIue herOica, ave, 81, virtue rs on earth ls
entitled 10 Tie grateful feelings and rewariing hon.
cIS Of men, ana when TINS mortal charge IS Oger.
entitled also, may not say, with the great poet oi
Christianity, 20
A crown Of gold
Among tie cuthroued Gods. or saatcd seats
And now, fellow citizens, l should be very glad u
Know with SUCH patriotism that, so tried and 50
tested, what American State, or section or interest
or drop OF American blood, has anything 10 fear rom
thai. IL there's an interest 10 this broad land frsm
ore ocean 10 another, large enough for the Cons,tu
ton 10 know Il II /, so minute and 50 distant
that the flag does rot wave over u so minute and
81 distant that thc eagles digit canno, attain To il
IS not sac and more than sac. that c0morehea-
Slye Nationality m which our whole American Sys.
tenn embraced, appreciated and guarded
Fellow citizens, before take my leave ask tosay
one NofJ and one only, on another topic altogether
Itaas seemed tome, ana am Tue more inclined TO ask
Your Indulgence for moment, while direct your
tUentlon TO pass &c IN the admirable letter o. or