New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-02

the whole body Of cur people. 1t was the u'ser-
anee Of man whose sharpy-defned OPINIONS u50n
that theme, pronounced twenty years ago. Inea
found feeble echoes but which have teen retera'eu
until they have become the creed and railying cry
of party on the eve Of assuming the controi Oh the
National Government. II was the speech OF
pb;,osonhic and philantbropic statesman, who has
been, for many years. more inexperienced ana
malQned than almost any other IN American MS
tory; and who, owing to recent occurrences, has
been charged with completely IN murder, arson,
treason, lawess INVASION and serve insurrection,
until he might exclaim, as did Daniel O'COnnell in
The House of Commons al am the best abused
man ON this continent" II was natural, there
fore, that friends and foes should climb Capitol Hill
to-day to hear what such a nan had 10 say why the
American people should not pass sentence Of ostra-
cism upon hin.
! And most conclusively did be answer that ques
ton! But of the speech, tsIe need be said. 1t is
| it's own best exponent. 1t viii be read by thou
sands upon thousands who viii never see this notice
of it. However, it may not be Improbable TO re-
mark, tina. it took the common public by surprise,
j. e., those not intimately acquainted with its
author. In view of the recent assaults upon him,
superficial Observ supposed II would largely con-
sist of deta.i Of his personal grievances, and
refutation of the charges against him, after the
manner of everyday politicians. But, one who is
no ephemeral politician, bu, statesman who acts
for the good of HE cotemporaIies, and leaves his
reputation to the care of pOsterity, was sure to
,La nj "a
performance.
Beyond the most of Gov. Stewards speeches, this
of to-day produced a marked present impression
Dismissug the Kansas imbroglio in an adroit para
graph he drew vivid contrast between the cap
Z" ita States" aud the " labor Safes" showing
that the irrepressible conflict" for announcing
which be is SO mahgned, is o conflict between cap
ta in negroes and the labor of white men, His
exposition of the relation Of the Constitution TO
Slavery cOataired, in o few lucid sentences, all
that is valuable upon that subject in Marshall
Story, and Kent The historic sketch of parties
and policies, and the influence Of Slavery upon both,
from the rise of the Missouri Compromise onward
to its fall exhibited all of Haam's fidelity to fact
lighted up with the warm cOloring Of Bancroft. The
episodcal outline of the Kansas controversy, and of
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Dred Scott prouunciamiento have never been com
pressed into words 80 few and weighty Nothing
could be more triumphant than his yindication Of
the Republican party from the charge of sectional.
ism; nothing more fel:citous than his invitation TO
the South TO come to New-York and proclaim its
doctrines from Lake Erie 70 Sag HarbOr, assuring
It's champions Of safe conduct in their raid upon HE
constituents; while the sly suggestion, that if the
South would allow Republicans the like access to its
people, the party would soon cast as many votes be-
low the Potomac as it now does north Of that river,
was OF those happy retorts, whose visible effect
upon Senators FROM the Sayeholding States must
have been seen to be appreciated and enjoyed His
implied rebpke oftbe TRADE aD~;o Heuer's book bv
quoting jefferson commendatory letter to Price,
] hs .c,per of his day, and his comparison of the
: Fattempt to impGcate, by innuendOes, others than
:, Brown and his companions, in their attack upon
Harpers Ferry. with like attempts to impieate in-
nocent persons in the Salem Witchcraft, the Guy
Fawkes Plot, and the Old Colonial Negro Plot, pro-
duced salutary effect upon an approaching
auditory, though uttered in the calm and measured
language so characteristic of our Senator. And,
finally, this mastery and successful speech was
closed by an elaborate and impressive exposition,
alike original sincere, and hearty, of the manifold
advantages Of the Federal Union, the firm hold it
has upon the affections of the people, the solid basis
upon which its pillars rest and the certainty that it
will survive the rudest shocks Of ianatcism and
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