New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

| Of my speech tonight Renewed laughter
| | shouh suppose that eighteen hundred years
| without a Lew experiment had furnished Illus
traton enough Of the loud shouts which may be put
forth IN ceitnse of the shrine Of the Great Diana of
the Ephesians when the real interest of the shOuters
| was concerned in the bushes, Of " Alexander the
Coppeismiih" tLsughter. And for al that class of
shouteIs for the pTesary alton OF the Union, have
| respect lCketnl. Their occupation and Gov
eminent OF the country, through slave inter-
| est l. their business OF Alexander the Cop
| persHith." and they must Diana's shrine,
u order 10 support that busines Cheers ana laughter
But there is very large class Of most worthy and pat
rioc citizens, who are justly sensitive upon any sub
Jtct which looks askAnce on good faith and good feel
Tg though how they can complacently lock on and
CegniZe coed faith good feeling in the bad faith
ard bad feelI practced upon the other side of the
UIiOn, | do not know lCbeeisl Nov, this class has
found an eloquent voice IN the speech and letter OF al
accomplished orator of New England, in which he
closes by expressing the sentiment that be "cln-
rot unite with any band hich does not follow the
flag ard keep step TO the music of the Union"
Thee are my sentiments precisely Cheerl. But
it becomes important to know what the hag and what
the music CT the Union Is. | an no: myself sensible
Of any strange ;Tanaorma,on of the American people,
which in the course Of seventy years should change
the poble hymn Of American Freedom from being the
musc Of the Union into sing-song ohaunt IN
praise Of African SLAVERY. tApPIausel.. And as
that elegant orator, that the greatest statesman OF
New England when in possession Of his best reasoning
powers and overwhelming oratoIy, be stood up to sup
| port the Union and Constitution, could give him
description Of that flag. II Is the gorgeous ensign OF
the Republic honored throughout the eartb-unfured
with not single stripe suled or pOuuied-Dot single
star obscured shedding brilliant light over that sent
ment De esrtO every heart" Liberty and unon now and
for eyer-one and nseparsble That the Tag OF the
Union which you and all of Us will follow, aud keep
el music OF the shouts of freemen that attend Il
lCieersl But when we find that flag in the hands o
whatever standard bearers-whether they assume the
b, nored name of the Democratic party or any other
and roi that il is unfgred, With every stnpe pol
Iuted and every star obscured-a its floating giores
dsrkeued, and its ennobng sentiment giving place to
the moCkug moth Of Slavery and Union-nOw and
"forever-one and iBsepsrable will we trample
Il at flag in the dust and strike down that standard
bearer, conspirator against the public freedom,
and traitor to the honor and freedom of the Union
Prolonged applause
When the applause had measurably subsided, the
Report presented by the Hon. ABIJAH Mann was
unanimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then said: Ihave the pleasure of in
PRODUCING TO the meeting the Hon. JoHN A. BINGHAM,
member of the House of Representatives from the
State Of Ohio lApplauscl.
SPEECH OF JOHN A. BINGHAM.
Mr.. BIsGHAM said:
WAS impressed with the remarks Of your honorable
Chairman in referring to the call which had convened
this vast assembly of the friends of Freedom that il
WAS 10 bring back the Government of the United
States to the policy of Washington and Jefferson.
Those words were expressed my fellow citizens, by
that old Continental Congress that met at the out
breaking uf The Of the Revolution, when they said
to their ooun,rymen: We have come together to take
care of the liberty of the country. The people of the
Empire State-the people, thank God of every Free
State in the Cnion-are tls day mastering their forces
to take care Of the liberty of the country-applausel
to bring back the Government, under the Constitu
tion of the United States, to the policy of Wash
ineton and Jefferson lCheeringl. Ii is with shame and
humiliation that American citizen c0nesses-but he
must confess IT, for the fact stands in his pah-that the
Constitution Of this country, which Washington and
his peerless associates gave u, this day put upon
trial Those whose special duty It was to keep, watch
and ward over that sacred instrument have betrayed
H. defled it, and polluted il Applause. They have
struck from that Eaowed parchment those thrilling
words which stand in the very Introduction OF IT. We,
the reope ofthe United States in order 10 establish jus
tice-tbc imperishable attribute of GOd-to secure
liberty-the imperishsbe right of man-do orian
- and establish this Constitution" Those thrilling
words | ,ay are to be taken from that instrument,
ard in Their stead are to be written INJUSTICE ana OPP
preston. And then the instrument will read We, the
people of the United States, in order To establish
in stce and to secure to ourselves and our poserty
the blessings of despotsm, do ordaln and es,
tAbsh this Constitution The question Is: Shall
tbe. obliterstion be made (' No, no. No man at
all convesapt with the history of this country can fail
70 perceive that great change ha- been manifested
in the department of the Government at Washington
The policy there il dametrcaly opposed to the
pelicy Of Washington and Jefferson as was the policy
of Russia to that OF ashingon and Jefferson. They
made no attempt TO satisfy the people OF the United
States but they banded together for the purpose
Of maintaining the institution OF human slavery.
No idea of that kind entered into the thoughts OF
The men who formed the Constitution under which We
live. Washington said: " The principles oi the Con,
stitutiop of the United States are entirely free"
Those are the words which he employed IN that Fare
well Address which be gives to us a. h- las; legacy
He says that the principles of the Government OF the
United States are completely tree lcheersl And IN
another part of the Address he tells that the
community of Government which constitutes US one
people is dear to us, and It Is justly 20 because 1t Is
the main pillar in the defense OF our independence,
the support of tranquility at home oi peace abroad,
and OF our prosperity in that very liberty which
we 80 highly prize. This the great ldes OF ash
ipstop, that the principles OF our Government are
entirely free and the Constitution of the united states
constitutes ore people, one IN interest," ana one N
DESTINY And catching the great spirit OF W ashington,
our Webster tells that we have but one country,
one Constitution, and one destiny. What, now, Is the
Ian yuage Of this Administration That we are a con-
federation of separate sovereign and independent
States not being people at all, no; having one IN.
terest at all and not having destiny al all out set
of sovereign and independent states banded together
for the puTpOse-amohg other thlngs-oi maintaining
the worst system OF despotism the world ever saw
lSepsatonl find in a certain Message addressed to
he Thirty.fouth Congress of the United States Of
America dated the 3lst day of December, ls51, and
signed Franklin Pierce, this strange language: lat
1.-The ConeIess OF the United States Is IN effect that
q Ccneress of SOyeIegutles which good men III the
Old World have sought iJr but coud never
obtain. Our cooperative acton res,s On the
conditions Of permanent confederation prescrloed oy
oh Constitution. Our balance of power Is in tue
separote reserved rights of the States and alter
rea,o1iIg on about this confederation oi states as
though the old articles Of confederation had not per
i.L.d with the ID, battle OF the Revolution aud been
snrer.eded bv this new covenant of freed0 which
bears frs, tie name Of Washington and aiterward
that scarcely les renowned name your own Alexln-