New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-12

ninence Of broken ana dISIhehooIeu onip.I ,nI
Ind rent by civil discord and drcnced with iratena
Iood - Nil not the North recede from ls false
nosition7 VIII they prefer the fate OF the JacoDns
ayd in6de who drenched The streets OF Paris with the
blood of their fellow-ciiizens during the reign OF
Danton and Marat and Robesnierrel Let no one sup
pose that revolution aud civil war can be separated
You cannot divorce elects from causes. History tells
US that the authors of revolution seldom survive ls
horrors, Listen 10 concession, refuse Jusuce Turn
des ear to the demands of the Constitution and
Deed that when revelation is accomplished, yor who
have sown the wind do not reap the whiriv. md.
reaction will commence. You will be held 20 BLOODY
responsibility. The howl of famished ire eabor uren
which YOU will have brought destitut,On and misery,
will track your guilty steps even to the palace fire
side of your capitalists, and i the streets of your
cities do not run red with gore it will be because the
vengeance Of the masses will be apre91d with the
execution of those who have produced the mischief.
On one side then lis presented to the North the conces
sion of what is right Willingness to perform the terms
of the original bargain, compromise concession, which
only requires the exercise Of Just magnanimty the
abandonment Of vain fallacies and visionary specula
tons. On the other side dissolution of the Union and
civil war. The small States, in the event OF dissolu-
ton Of the Union, would occupy position of great
danger. And they ought to consent, and doubtless
would if necessary, consent to any proper amendment
of the Constitution which would prevent that most
errbe Of all evils to them, the dismemberment OF the
Union The Union was originally made more perfect
bv TIE exercise Of concession, conclhaliOn ana COM
promfe and may be preserved forever py ainoiehou
10 rood faith iustice and patIot5m Let us forget all
INST differences. Let us to remember that we
have BELONGED 10 different political parties ana address
ourselves TO the work of preserving the Union. LEI
NE here on This battlefield of the Revolutionary war;
send forth 10 our brethren III the North an nNoc'oii
10 abandon the policy that has jeoparded tne peaee
and fraternity of the Union; and to our Soulneln
brethren an earnest supplcation TO wa-not 10 aet
hastilv-and iraternal admonon that IL VIII DC an
EASY thing 20 destroy the Uri0n-wklch may oe nole
nj any tmebut TO remodel and reconstruct IL VIII pe
difficult, and the work OF ages. - ,5
M ,1a,,t Ila
dtess reported 6y the Committee Is 1t the pleasure Vi
the Convention thatt be adopted II So ,,orose that
Mr. Halstead-One moment! 40 not supLhp , c' ha
any address or any set Of resolutions, ought TO DE
adonted by anv deiberative body without consldera
ion This is tie first time have had any lntlnatioh
of the contents or character Of that address but lof
the present ard without knowing whether theI9 are
any resolutions to accompany 1t IA Voice." mere
are II ] move that the resolutions be read, ana that
we know precisely not only what the address Is Dnt
what the resolutions are. In the man, adopt the
sentiments Of that address; but the general feature
and character of that address, which imposes and puts
all the blame and all the wrong upon the North unless
there soI curing Qualities IN the res9oa Oh
resolutions, I'm not prepared to lndose Gheers ana
bissesl Gentlemen there is wrong upon both sides
and at both ends Of this UDion The fan9cs ana null
Gfers of the North are no more ana no
further wrong than the secessionlsts and dls-
union nullifers of the South. Cheers FOR
Gods sake gentlemen, let do right, and dare TO
do il if the heavens fall, and the Constitution
and the Union becomes wreck. Let New-Jersey
one Of the first as well the most conservative States
of this Union stand upright as between the lanauGs OF
the North and the madnen of the South truly and al
WAYS and honestly conservative though 1t die IN the
breach. Loud cries of Question !! Question ~
Before proceed further. CONTINUED cries OF Ques-
| ton r'l o, you've mistaken your man altogether,
gentlemen. / came here as citizen OF New-Jersey-
lGreat clamor las citizen Of New-Jerfey although
have never put my hand on a book IN any oinclai
capacy to swear TO mantain and protect, and de1eLd,
the Constitution and the Unon and the laws yet, as
| citizen before God feel that each and all of you,
| included are morally sworn so to do. What Is one OF
| It's provisions Freedom of Speech, gentlemen free,
| dom of Speech gentlemen. No gag law, gentlemen
lCheersl Mr.. Halstead went on to say that he was
descendant of the Jersey Blues and that blood and
| game will tell in the long run, gentlemen. Cheers
and auglter They could dare the fanatics OF New
England and the Ie-ealels OF the Son'h al tue s"e
! time.
Mr.. Stockton-My young friend ought to remember
that this is 40 time for clustering and bullying There
are other people that fight well as he. Is all stun
Mr.. Halstead-I don't want to interrupt him.
| Mr. Stockton-It is all stuff and CANNON and you
| shan't interrupt NE.
| Mr. Halsead-I don't want no personalities.
| Mr.. Stockton-Now, gentlemen, when he comes to
the fighting business, want You TO understand that
this is not the first time in my life have seen hghting
men and give all the world TO know that am ready
for fight. iCheers.l Now, have been second IN
duels fifty times in the Navy of the United States, and
never allowed them to fight once ana could pre-,
vent IT, because they knew that was ready In good
cause but not in bad one This address lnyokes the
North to put themselves right first and then IN tones OF
thunder they speak against ali rebellion, south and
everywhere else. lCheers. Commodore STOCKTON
went on to state the advanced position OF New'JeT.ey
and this Convention If his young friend showed haf
as much ambition when 1t came to bayonets as now,
he would be glad. New-Jersey had hundred th0us-
and voters and when it came TO Mimic rifles,
perhaps they could take care Of themselves
New-Jersey had nothing to complain or Now, he
continued, let do right In the North what has been
done wrong let il be undone Then the North places
itself in the position in which they can command the
South to do right, and when the North does that, my
| young friend, old as am, will have to be very
quick il he is ahead of me in calling upon the South to
do right. But this is time to get the scales and
measure which lis the wrongest OF two ParIles-6oth
admitted to be wrong Who are the nullhers! Need
call your attention TO Massachusetts; IN the midst OF
war sic raised the flag OF rebellion. Need call your
attention TO those States which have passed laws
interfering with the Constitution OF the United Staes
And what have the South done Ii Is III resistance TO
| these very laws winch make an attack upon their
homes. lCheersl The South wrong! ., l should
not envy the who should attempt TO get into my
Young friends house, and cut his throat. lie would
not inquire wheherhe had been doing wrongs ne would
save his wife and his family from the assassin
dagger. He would not undertake to draw NICE
distinction between who Is little more night and who
is little wrong y, my fnends VIII Try before
get through will if there is not chord In the
hearts Of these fellow Of ours that will go away
from this house unwilling TO adopt any friendly notion
of those iu the right and those in the wrong. Look
npon this picture Of civil ana anarchy Are there
not thnsande and thousands Of starving III New
York and Philadelphia How long would it take for
an ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS deInagOgue TO get up
an army of 5000, and lay houses and barns in
ashes Now gentlemen, il do not mistake 1t, l. Will
imIant pleasure or an arrow IN your hearts taking
off his gloves and throwing them down on the desk
before himl that you cannot get nd of. What is ali
this for Put the best face upon il if You choose it's
for the niger, ant il Is there man here who does
NOT nIete9d that that is all the length, and
depth. and hight of the whole thing Now,
friends, who is the niggerl The African has
never had 20 good a friend as | am.
Al the peril of my life established the Society through