New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-10

any u,eaas confined 10 che HGits which even SuoSo
Great men and greater minds believed would be PIE
Scribed ieaped over the Mssssippi, which had been
established o westerly boundary, scared The eazis
from bis crag the Rocky Mountains, and have only
paused where the Pacifc'e wave rolls on tho golden
sands Of California; on the north and east u M
TO the limits Of monarchy, and has gone down 70 tte
suth where tropical breezes brest Their gales OF Per
petual fragrance Yes this tree Of Liberty, whch Was
planted BY our fathers, has shot uP- '@ roofs nave
struck deep its trunk has reached hig and 80 VIDE
spread are It's branches that all the children OF tne
the earth may come and s1bsst It's fruits 81 refresh
themselves 10 its shade:
"Woodulso, spare thai tree
Touch sinsle bouyh.
In youth It sheltered me,
tCheers.i
These institutions, estatlsbsd 10 suCb dsintefeseo
heros'n, with progress that has astonlshed the
world and wrung from il unwilling admiration, are
now threatened. Theee institutions are now mensced
with destruction Is it by foreign foo No; It has
stooa the thunderstorm aud deed tbs world In arms
ana now u Is to be destroyed IL DESTROYED il must be-
by tbe insidioos worn Of ambition ths, 10 gnawng at
i,s heart. Those who have been reared under this
Government, who have been pampered its treasury.
upon whose brcws have been wreathed the choicest
iaure ore tearing its heart eorroding lie very vale.
And we are told that they brethren and that there
must not be any contention with them. Yea, they
are our brethren. But shall we stand tsmeiy by
and sec them baihe their hands in the blood Of
our veoerated mother No; sbe must be defended
at all hazards from these murderoas paTricides. And
the crime Ia the greater and moro benous because
they are brethren. IL they remoreeless savages
or prowhng Arabs, they might have better apology
TO Oher. But they are attempting TO overthrow her
who gave tnem existence, end nursed them on the lap
OF indulgence and daadled them the knee and who
nursed them and fostered them, and placed arms IN
thcr hands 70 defend her, with which they attempt 70
destroy her. Yes, they are our brethren. Bot they
are not the first beings who have rebeled. Cheers
and laughter.l There was rebellion even in heaven
blind, needless, haughty dark ambition caused Saian
to rebel there. For just about the ssme cause as this
rebellion Laughter and cheers. And tho end of
this rebellion will be the same Renewed laugater
aud cries Of "Good." Thoee who nsti uted il will
be hurled down darkness and chains forever by an
indignant and outraged people. When tbis rebellion
reared It's snaky head laugnter, the whole American
people trembled. We felt the earth throb and heave
and beat as with the cODvulsion Of mighty volcano:
found il perhaps more difficult than any Individual
in the Uuted States If not in the world, 20 lar ~
personal convenience or considerations were con-
cened and personal and political friendships and do
mestic relations and kindred associations could inhu-
ence, to take ground against this rebellion Many
years in the Senate Of the Uoited States friendships
had grown up and the oourse Of public ala rs bad
clustered around nc Southern sympathes which gave
NE position in the Southern States that no other
man Ia the North OF South held. For myself there
fore, found il difficult for these reasons TO
these ties than any other one could have done
but in patriotic sense did not find 1t difficult at
all. [Cheer.l With the very first booming Of the
gun that fred upon Sumter, / declared in q moment
that l was in the field against the rebellion:
GCheers The first news told NE that there weud
be n meeting in Eew-York / few there az on the
wings OF tho wind, to declare my principles, that
might summon my friends 10 initiate my example
[Amen believed then that bad the hissing devil
ish, disunion serpent by the neck, aud now know
have. daughter and cheers. When / zee such
an assemblage es this, It tells mo more,
II speaks 70 the heart eoquently than all the
tongues of preachers and spes1eis than all the les
sons the press giveit tells me that the popular
heart IL sound TO the core lCheers l see before me
staf-stalwart manhood, with strong muscles in his
arIn-youth, ready to bare bis bos6m IN batlewoman
with her gentle and anxious face, pleading for her
eouutry-fnadens, trembling fearing that great
calamity awaits their happy famil y-and little chill
dren, with their cunning nquiring eyes, wishing TO
know why this vast concourse and why that old man
with While hairs talks so earnestly on subject 10
which they niutiyely feel danger but DO not fully COM
prehend. All my fir-hared boy, IL Il that tbs Gov
erpment nay be saved to YOU; that It's blessings Of
lborty NAV not lie wrested from you, but that your
tlo eyebas may not be blasted nor scared, nor your
hearts wrung with this ACQUIRED destroyer, disuuion
thu, no evil shall 70 blast these fair and fertile
felds ] have the monster disunion, ss the infant
Hercules had the serpent by the throat. Let IL his
on-let il struggle, with its convoluied folds
have It. Let il it wrhe in deathliko contoons, If t
can, from my grasP. l grasp m ~ the name @ OF me
the Of humspiyi and will strangle 1t forever
before / reease it. Great cheering.l What are ali
the miserable party ties Of the day worth, compared
10 such a Government Parties shoot up from the
Government Government does not shoot up from
them. Party Platforms party ties and all that re-
hes 10 parties the Idle wind, unless you have
q Government for them 70 stand upon. And when
your Government stands fairly and hmly, then IL is
that parties may take their rise, and make
their issues. And they are useful-lseful 10
wstch each other in free Goyernment-useful 10
purify tie political atmosphere which they sometimes
pollafe-useful as pert OF the machinery of Govern
nent founded on an Independent Constitution feel
strong in the pride of my position, not of myself, but
as your representative, and representative of the
tional sentiment ! have stood in the high places Of
th land In seuaes snd in forums with the great and
honored Of the land-the Clays, the Websters, the
Bentons and the Calhouns-and feel that 1 stand on
higher ground to-day as free American citizen vim
dicatiog the integrity Of our Government against tra
tor. aud their rebellion than ever before tremendous
cheering, breaking forth into loud hurFahs. Funky
politiisns aud bastard Democrats fear sm going 10
lev political funeral Well shall have, from present
appearances, pretty handsome procession, and don't
want them for mournerF. Great laughter ana Cheer
VIA have been my political antecedents Il is not
material for the purposes Of this queeiop. hold this
question to have nothing 70 do with politi-
cal asfhis one way or another And know
publican 80 hostile, no American 70 bigoted,
or no Democra. 80 detes.abiy iaithess, but viii 60
with him 70 perform this great work, II he viii 40 In
soof iaith ~ would 20 20 perform any other work
involving the existence Of my country. | hay aside
INV pollics ask you to Ley uside yogTs shall not
90 to you politically do Lot ssk YOU to ae,
aud any one who win attempt 10 manufacture politics
o2 Of ths matter, drag political parties into it, is
no pairio-s ss bemer, and li,lle better than those
who assa tho cogutry wi arms. As 20 the Admins
traii0n il was not the Administration of my choosing.
care nothing for that. Where it is night, mean TO
sustain Il; where il Is strong, mean to aid it where
h s no. strong will help 20 be stronger. Aud il
il the duty OF every good citizen TO stay up the hands
of the Adnins,ratoD in order that il may do its whole
and its perfect work. Suppose your village was on
FIRE your public edhces and yonr besutiful dwellings
were ON FIRE or were threatened with flames and your