New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-03
CITY POLITICS.
YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN UNION,
sPEECE OF THE HON. HENRY WILSON.


SPEECH OF THE HON. HENRY WILSON.
The Young Meme Republican Union held regular |
noe. ssg aseysniDg st the Stuyvesant Ins.itute which
was GRO Aded 20 suto. stioD.
The Hon. HENRY WILSON was introduced, amid |
srest app'ense. After some illusions complimentary |
20 the z ca, metropolis and reference 10 the brave
GsrioaId limmsuse cbeeidl he said that we lived In
uDtr, In " Lic1 every could 60 to the ballot
bx end change the AdniDist alton and
reform the policy Of the Government they owed
great 6usy 70 Tie ry and themselves Since the
dawn Of creation. since the n 81 serpent W0lepe'eu
words Of ds1bedie nee into the OF Mother Eve,
tneis bad been conflict goiuP on-sn lrrep -tssi0e
e)pct 1or,at app u-e IA conflict W hlch would last
until all aknd shOOld learn the great lesson o. human
nshs Presidential elections Away of the deep
Ell interest aud any Presidential election of
80 sgtst interest THE The question was u De de-
cid whether the Territories of the couotry were to
be opened to The toillig millions OF the country or
whether they should bs reserved for slaves. j iere
were ppwsrd Of 10000 600 VI fIes in the North,
who bsd free press aod fes speech-n the words of
Daniel Webster here Free Labor Looks up and is
free N the midst Of is TOLL In the Free States the
tollBg MASSES VIE .ded more power, and had more
ears Of tlev. ting bemssses, Than dreamed
before But the South, ectOn OF che couOtry free
speekb al fr-e press were unknown, and there were
ie0S000 of slaves. Thy snt 10 Congress clAss of
bold aTrCgsnl DC mine eiiUg men, wh) de larei that
Slavery was POSITIVE bl, ssi x. The great question
ives whether toe Slave Power should continue 10
govsTD tie Rel nblc and TO expand the continent
eha it be oct and Territories be secured
forever to Freedom Slavery had 50 changed the
pEbHe sentiment Of the country 10 cast
lie shadow even over the North. The Dem
ocIals panty bad long since bound self body
and soll 10 the Slave Power OF the S0uthtnat once
goIious party lay shattered and broken. The Demo
cr3r parry hsd cessd to talk Of the rights Of man.
IL talk only of the rights of property IN mao. tie
had been ann zed that 1t had been able 10 stand up in
the face Of our civilization long. IL the enemy
Of The laborDg man. Look at the tone of the Demo
cratic leaoers and when be said leaders he meant the
n.D of The South for the head of the party ia the
SsrIh AID Dot in the North. Did they not remember
how, in 1885, the presses Of the South declared
free society failure, and sneered at made up
If greasy mechanics, filthy operatives and sna T.
FIST farmers r. Passing By the presses he can to
tpeak wCJd OF the men OF tue party. On the 4tn OF
Mach 1858 Sna or HanmoDd OF South Carolina |
declared in Senate that nireluP manual laborers
essentially slaves-tbat they ware muds OF society
And hen those words were uttered by an a kuOw-
edged leader of the party, there not single DEM
era ic Senator TO say word in favor Of free labor
DAVID u il odeIiCk CheeIsl among the first TO
viDolcste Tree Ia Drug D'n He st4tdn AZ up IN the
Sci ate referred to the work of his father ab him,
made sny speech III defense OF free labor But
be had then left the party, and hid said in the Ssnae
thai he meant to devOe tne remainder Of his life 70
pulling down that CORRUPT organization. La the Senate
there many Sci aoIs who belonged - those mad
sls Of Society. There was Hannibal Hamlin great
chetrngl brought up Ia printing Office, snd he was
the brst 10 say: L was labOrlDg man, and wilt
in speech wrih Mr.. Wil'on wished every
labor 7 < would study. There was Summons of
Rhode Island, broug' up in cotton factory poor,
peJLileSs boy, but nov man VINO to-day knew more
Of CONNIE CO ths1 any othsr man In the Senate OF
the United States There was brave old
Ben. Wads of Ohio, born 10 Massachuse Is, who
went out TO Ohio, and on his way helped Gig your
Erie Canal. There were large number Of Senators
who belonged 10 the emu fslls," and he trusted il
God tb, ad no. forgotten ths class TO which they be-
OI ged But not Democrat had word TO say against
zee sDesIs; The yindc .On wss eft to tue Republic
1Ds. There man la Connecticut who 10 U.l4h |
Heep way SAID he h0ped they would not make such |
DE has, for the Bl4,k Republicans wou crcu aje |
beIn, and they wonld hurt the DemoGr Atic party.
u Democrat had rebuked this simply because the
Democratic party had become the party Of Human |
avery in ihs cOuatTy-nO hiDg more, nothing las.
They spuned the doot5nes of the Declaration OF In
epeI dsbee Calhoun said it rhetorical )urisl
obn Pehit cad, seven yeas ago, tnat il was self
yid-at lie; Doug as sad that toe men who made It /
IN not nsve believed III IT. and Bfetklnridge told
le mt If Ohio, few ysaIs ago. tlat 1t was mere
b-tTac ion, and If carried cuJ wOu,d overthrow the
Government; Hamu oDd said it was nowhere believed
l. But the people believed in it. Parties miglt
urn 1t, but IL lived to-day III the thfoboug htars OF
e telling masses. LChee We believed in Il, and !
e meant 10 make IL The living faith OF this Re-
lblc forever. lCoeers.l Abraham Linc2n lsPpltusel
Id us that the who denisd ths Declaration Of III
.pIdepce were the vanguard the sappers and miners
re urDii despotism. The Democratic leaders were,
the lapR1sge Of Abraham Lincoln the vanguard
2 saopefs and mipers of despotsm." Bat we meant
nut the Government of this country into tie h4ods |
man WHO believed 10 the language Of Jetiereon-
tie sublime truth that all men created free and
ual [Cheers Take another grand question. We |
. laboring men Of this country VINO believe 10 the
ecarauOn Of Independence, believe that hu nan |
avery il a crime sganst humanity, aud sn az 'lIst
mighty God. Cheers We believe that hdma0
avery, whenever aud wherever i has existed, has
graded our common humanity and cast Us chilling ,
adOw over the tOiliDg Of t1e world aud wher5v
q wrong il perpeusted upon the humbest mao that
eathed Gods air, or walked hs green ear b, the
hole human race felt his aegadatiOn. Bot while wo
lievtd that Slavery was an evil, recognized the
4 that It wac a local insttutOu aud Te not pro-
&c % interfere with where we bad not the power
int re with It We recognized that for Slavery
Slave States were respOns Die, and we l5fC it 20
md az II migat and 70 de, die il must with the
ease of original sin But the labOIiUg men of this |
lntry believed that We had the power 10 keep | l
~ out of the Territories, aud we meaut 10 do '
We meant 10 keep the 800 900 Of square miles Y
Te.itori,s 10 the United States sacred 10 use Of
.to,lipg masses of free labOrers Tine Democratic D
40 1lDtaDed that the MASTER had vested right 70
bis aye with him into the Territory add be pro- e
ed in n o. iOymeDt Of ais slave when there. The
,oIss aDo BrtckinIid % Democrats agreed IN this
ne Iook f'F moment at the effect Of Slavery upon
country V hich had hitherto been cured With y. q
- than two centuries ago Governor OF Norm
,Ins aid IA Il The soil Of C4rOhna and Of FTglaa
DE 90 des sJil upon ihs face Of tae globe Fi'e
Is zoo Heory Vice tod us about the sou OF Fir e
!. he said "Yoa have plenty OF laqd, bui lind =
a 70 land, nothing added to No.hiag makes eoIhog'
skin the neorots, and the negroes skLg inc 5uu' ~
chase the stVpp.tsl steer through tAs AsuEe-'