New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-18

being faithful to such n government 10 80, -;,,nnco n
utteing as do with every throb OF my eAlsense en-
nr,ver fnr ia nraserva,on In regard 10 my onicai
conduct, to which you have alluded VIII wiz ,ba, 10 rar;,
ard generous commentator, m.ss Sdy ;n', bnmbIv
can be accorded TO me beyond tua' nnblic duty amid
but si cerely struggled 10 perform puollcs u.! iiu
embarras nents which ewOrld can never Iuly AoW.
La reviewing what Is past have anu snaii ever nso
a Bitter sorrow, that, wllle Whe s ena9iou W s e.
nsb ~ G,,ls In behalf of our betrayed and fuhelpg
cnn,rt ofhers were enabled to accomplish 90 much
avansf H. You do exceeding honor IN assoclatlhg
% in voDr remen brance with the hero OF Fort Sumter
there is about bis name an atmosphere OF nit Ins'
can never grow dim. Surrounded with his little band
he batteries of treason and by infuiaod thousands OF
traitors the fires upon the altar Of patriotism At which
he miaisered only waxed the brighter for the gloon
that enyeloped him. end history will never forget that
"a wa from these fires that was kindled that conf G.
ration that blazes throughout the length ard
breadth of the land. Brave among the braVett ucor
ruptibe aud unconquerabe in bs loyalty amid all the
perplexties and trls and humations that beset
him. he well deserves that exalted position In the
affections and confidence of the Eeople that he now
enjoys aud while none have had better opportunities
of knowing this than myself 30 am sure that none
could have prouder JOY III beAI1pg testimony 10 IL
than have tonight.
FELLOW. CITIZENS: few weeks since, in another
form, / ventured freely TO express my views upon
those tragic events which have brought sorrow 10
every herhstone and to every heart In distracted
cuniry ard it is not my purpose OIL this occasion 10
repeat these views or to engage in any eXenced os
cGssion Of the questions then exanibeo. IL is not
necessary that should do go, since tue argument Is
exhausted ard the popular Mod Il perfectly iamar
with it In al its beai1ge will however, with your
permi sion submit lew brief observations upon The
absorbing topics Of the day, and If | do so win an
eaTDesntst aud emphasis due alike TO the sineeriy OF
my convictions and TO the magnitude OF the Interests
involved il is trusted that will be offended, not
even tho.e who may most widely differ from me.
Could ore, an entire stranger to our bi.tory, now
look down upon the South and see there hundred or
q hundred and fifty thousand men marching IN hostile
M Tho "a ~ a
dsne en- berment Of the territory of the Republic; and
c0od he look again and see that thsarmy s u arshaled
and directed by officers recently occupying distinguished
pisces in the civil and military service OF the cCuury,
and further that the States from which this army has
been drawn appear to be one vast seethlng candron
of ieroous passion, ho would very naturally conclude
that the Government Of the United Statee had commit
ted great crime against It's people, and toat THIS
uprising was in resistance to wrongs and outrages
which lad been borne until their endurance was no
longer possible. And yet, no conclusion could be FUR
theF from the truth than this The Government OF the
United States has been faithful 10 its constitutional OBJ
hgaions. For eighty years il has maintained the
tiOnal honor boae aud abroad, and by it's proves,
its wisdom and its justice has given n the title OF an
American citizen elevation among the nations OF the
earth which lhe citizen OF no republic has enjoyed since
Rome was mistress of the world Under lie a6Hinls-
trtion tie naiional domain has stretched away 10 the
Pacific, and that constellation which announced our
birth az renpe las expanded from thirteen 20 thirty
four stars ALL until recently moving uSdi,tusbed and
nndiumed IN their orr of ight aid grandeur. The
rights Of 10 State have been invaded no man. prop
ery has been despOiled, mans liberty abridged, no
mans life oppres.vely ieopar0iz,d by the action Of
tls Government. Under It's benign Influences the nils
OF pubic and private property have sweled INTO rva-
le,s a. d from Iivue,s into rivers ever brimmng IN
their flness and everywhere anG at all PERIODS VI us
history its fniuistraions have fallen gently on the
people of the United States do the dews Of Sum
mers night on the foWers and grass Of the gardens
and fields,
Whence, tber, tbisIevOlutionary outbreak Whence
the secret spring of this gigantic conpa aey which,
ike some huge boa bad completely oCiled tseli around
the limbs and body Of the Republic, before single
hand was lifted TO resist 1t Strange ana indeed
startling ss the announcement must appear WREN y
falls upon the OF the next geDeraon the national
tragedy in whose shadow we stand Tonight hss come
upon because, IN November last, John z. Brec1n-
ridge was not elected President Of the United States
and Abraham Lincoln wss This Is the whole story
And would pray now TO know Oh what was John Z.
BreebiDridge fed that he has grown 20 great that
Republic founded by Washington and cemented by the
best blood that has eourted III human veins 10 70
be overhr0wn because foTsOoh be cannot be iis Pre-
sident Had be been chosen, we well know that we
should not have heard Of this rebellion, for the lever
with which it is being moved would have been want
ing TO the hands Of the conspiratOrs. Even after his
defeat, could II have beeh guaranteed, beyond ell
peradyenture that Jefferson Davis, or some other
kindred spirit, would be the successor OF Mr. IncOln
presume we hazard nothing IN assuming that this
atrocious movement against the Government would
not have teen set foot. SO much for the principle
involved 10 il. This great crime, them with which wo
are grapRling spraDg from ths5 sn oy %hiie rho
an ambition that would rather reign IN bell than
serve in beaveu'-thst would rather rule sHpIemely
over shattered fragment Of the Republic than run ths
chances of sharing with others the honors OF the whole
The cons Of the South read In the election OF
Mr. Lincoln declaration that the Democratic party
had been prostrated il not finally destroy ca, oy the
selfish ntgues and corruptiOns OF ts leaders, they
read tOo that tho vicious, emaciated, and spawned
bobby OF the Slavery agitation on which they had 40
often rode into powef, could no longer carry them be-
yond given geographical line Of oar territory, and
that 10 truth this sctious ard reasonable agitation, on
which 30 mary Of them had grown great by debaneh-
Ing ard denaouslziDg the MUD Of people naturally
generous and patriotic, bad run its eourse, and hence
tet from the national disgust for tins denagoging
and from the iBexoreble law Of population, the tne
had cone when all th0se who had no oher pohucsi
cBtal than this would have TO prepare for retirement
10 private life, 20 far at east the highest Offices Of
the ednptyy Igere concerned Under the influence VI
these grim dscoursgements they resolved to eopsum-
mate az oneewbat political history shows 70 nave
been with them lOng-che ished purposelhe ulomen-
berment of the Government. They said to themselves;
Since we can no longer mOnopolZe the great oinces
Of the Republic we have beon accnstotned to do we
will destroy IT, and bnild upou its ruins an empire that
shall be all our own, and whose spOils neither inc
North nor the East the West shall share Wi b us.
Depcrable and humiisting this certainty is II "
but rehearsal of the sad sad story Of Ihe past We
had indeed, supposed that under our ChrttiAn evil
ization we had reached a point iD human progese,
when republic could exist without having its life
songht by it's own offspring; but the Catalnee of the
South have proved that We were mistaken. Let no
man imagine thst because this rebellion has been made
by uen renowned in civil and military history,
that il IL therefore the less guilty the less courage.
only to be resisted. II Is precisely this class Of men
who have subverted the beat governments that have
ever existed The puIest spirits that have lived in the
tide Of times the nobles Institutions that have arsen
10 bless our race, bave found among thoee IN whom
they had most oonfded and whom they had most hon.
ored, men wicked enough, either secretly to btlray
tha ntn death or onenlY 10 geek their OverhrOW BY