New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1861

Governor OF the State of NewYork who pre- sedsd ms
n inst ligh off, dnring his sdminisIli1n, and
within your lifetime and mine, actually mate he ssme
recommendation - me Epsa urs Of thai S;ls. Wha'
was reeommeuded but carried out in those Sia'ss
by law, became a custom and prlcti'e; for, ss you
know, when the laws did not Dissolve tbe puohc as
sembly there was 2 period of near twenty years IN
which pubic meeting OF men opposed 70 tde exon
sjon or segrs ndizen Of Slavery could be held WITH
ou being disp4 by tho mob acting in concert with
the general opinion Of the country.
When the people Of the States were thus demoral-
ige d. what wonder is it that for twelve years all de-
bate on The sub.ct OF Slavery, OF ms pre5en,aon
the eUbect Ivy The people in the form Of petition
was repressed and tramped under foot an re naosd
there until John Quincy Adams at last rallied party
around him strong enough to restore freedom OF denae
in the House Of Representa- ives! What wonder Is IL
that within the last ear in the face of TIE organize
ton and the onward march of the Republican party,
the adIniL straiion Of the Federal Government mas
actually, by its oficers appointed 10 compliance gun
the dctation CT the shareholders abandoned the Fed
eral mails 10 the inspection and surveillance OF the
magistrates OF the Slave States 20 that they may alb
ttrsc and commit % the flames every word that aoy
man may speak, however eloquent able, tru hiu, or
cdsrate in he balls of Congress against Slavery,
and in favor Of Freedom.
This fellow.ciizens, is your Government. This is
The i6on in which we are placed. am sony I?
eay--but like to be truthfnl-that have no especial
compliments for you Of the State Of Illinois on this sub
ect for in this long catalogue OF extraordinary conces
that y very first protestant came from the STATE
of Irois was a. late as the year 1856 after nearly all
these attTocious concessions had been msde and we
were brought TO the necessity of going back and uodo-
ing i chief that bad been DONE You sent two Sena'
tors TO Cor gesa; you insisted upon extending the
WiIno Provso over the territory acquired from oain
How did they do it They voted for the Wimot Pfo,
viso under your instructions, and then they votei
against it with ut instructions when 1t came 70 ths
practical test. think you made no protest IN Mr.
Douglas demanded single and ast concession Tor
the purpose" as be said, Of excluding the whos s2-
iect from CODTsfs" That was the abrogation of the
Missonr COmrrowise containing the restriction ior the
protection Of Freedom in the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska. Then you cent noble representa- i've to
the Senate, in the person Of Judge Trumbnll. Loud
and prolonged applause. voice Well send him
sgsiD,' Yea seed him again. We will We
WILL ] maTveed when rose here to-day and saw
this immense ,mblage-whieh no ed flee but only
tie streets of Chicago could hold-eheers and laugh
teri ard wondered how it would have been had
here in 1850 or even down at any later day be-
fore the abrogation of the Missoari Compromise.
But fellow-citizeos, let b1-gones be by-gOnes. /
have seen the time when had little courage aud az
lit le resolution this subj .et mos, OF you Laugh
ter was born into tie dsmOr iliz ation-l was born
a STAKEHOLDER and have some excuse which you have
not All these things Done not because you loved
avery but because you loved the Uai1n
When avery became identical in the public mind
with the Union how natural 1t wss, even tor patriotic
men, to approve of at least excuse and tolerate
s. Here and be regarded b AbOOOis G, when to be an
Abol ion was, in the estimation of mankind, TO be
traitor to ones counr, How naturally was it then
10 believe that Slavery, after a might not be so very
bad; and 10 believe that il might be necessary aud
might be right at the d ne, some occasion,
" hich times and occasions were always q good way
off from themselves especially, how natural was il,
when the whole Christian Chnrch, with all s sects,
bent itself the support of the Union, mistakng the
claim Of Slavery fer the cause Of the Union.
How extensive this prescription for the saks and in
tie name of Union, has been and Is to this day, You
will see at Ouce when tell you that there not In this
whole Republic, from one end Of to the other
who maintains that Slavery shall not DO extended who
can secure the hands of his country any part in the
administration Of its government from tide waiter In
the Custom House. or Postmaster in a rur i district
to Secretary of State Minister in foreign court,
or a President of the United States. How o0nlt you
expect that people, every one of whom IS born with
possible chance and fair expectation Of beiog
neutrality-suspicious. President of ths United States-tO
And when t beoones "A berssy, for which man Is de-
prvtd of position In an ecclesiastical beet u which
belong how could you expect that the bsr Of the
Christian churches would be bold enough to provoke
the Ger sure of the Christian world Above all our
Constitution inter ded 10 give our frame Of govern
ment we have Away supposed was 20 established,
that il old give judiciary which cannot err which
must be iufsble az d mutt not be disputed; and when
the judicial authority which has the army and the
navy through The direction of the Executive power,
10 execute IT'S judgments end DEGREES pronounces that
every appeal made for Freedom is seditous that every
sy liable in defer of Liberty rsasoo and the natural
sympsthy feel for the oppressed ia 10 be punished
a crime; while that body ia unwil log az least
unable TO bring 10 punishment single prt out of
the Thousands of pirates who bring away slaves from
Africa TO sell 10 foreign lands-hOw could you expect
simple agricultural people such rs We are, 10 b. 10
much wiser and better than our Presidents and Vice.
Presidents Senator'S and Representatives in Congress
ard even our Judges
have brought you do wn felow-ctizeps to the time
when THE Generalization was almost complete. How
assured its Ultimate success seemed after tue Com
promise of 1850. you viii learn frIm fact which
have before mentioned. but which [ will now
Horace Mann, one OF the MODEST champions Of Free
dom on this continent, confessed to me- after the pas
sage Of he Slavery laws Of that year, that he depsie ed
of the Cause of huUany In 1854 after the repe Al Of
tie Missouri Compromise without producing 20 ma n
alarm q considerable thunder storm would 90 in
the nstOn there was only one man left who hoped
against the prevailing decentralization, ard wb) cheered
aud sultan, ne through IT, and that naD ia his zeal
TO make his prediction Just, YVES afterwird betrayed
20 far by his zeal that he became ultimately mono
maniac, aId suffered on the gtllows. That was John
Brown. SensstioD. The first and only time I ever
saw bin was when be called upon me after the abroga
ton Of the Missouri Compromse and asked me what
thought Of the future | said | was s4d1sned aud
disappointed would perseyere, but il was against
hope. He said "Cheer up, Governor; Ka1sas will
never be Slave State lGteat applause.
took, then. a deliberate survey Of the broad field;
| considered all; examined and nsdered all the Pr
litical forces which were revealed TO my observation
that Freedom in the future STATES of this con j.
nent the necessity of this age and of this country
/ Jaw that the establishment Of this az a Republic
conservative Of the rights Of human Dqture, was the
cause Of the whole world; and l saw that the tine
had come when men and women and children were
departing from their homes in the Eastern States and
followed or attended by men, womeu, and chill
dren from the European nations-all Of them crowd.
ed ont by the press of population upon subsistence in
the older parts Of the world, and all making thsr way
up the Hudson River, through the Erie Canal along
TIE railroads, by the way Of the Lakes, spreading
themselves in mighty food Michigan, 10 va Ia
CiaDG, and Illinois and TO the banks of ths Mis-
Hssippi. knew that tbese conque5s wbe were plant