New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-27
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and coed faith. War can be of more benefit to the,
North than to rs The idea Of coereiDg u.s. or eubyd.
eating us, Is utter prepC3erous. nv en-
ton Of evacuaine Fort Sumter is 10 be received s an
evidence Of desire for peaceful solution OF ov diff
culties inn the United States, or the result ~ peces-
sity, will not undertake 20 say. wonl1 ~ In nope
the former Rumors aoat, however, tw 1t is the
resu of necessity. All can say to you, therefore,
on that point is keep your armor brigV. and your
powder dry. Enthusias ic Cpl ause.
Tie surest way to secure peace ~ to show your
ability to maintain your rights. ibe principles ana
position of tie present Administrator Of tue United
States-tbe Republican pariy-pres9nt some puzzliDg
quertious While il is a Fixed, principle with them
never 10 allow the increase Of fcot of slave territory
they seem TO be equally deerur1ed not to part WIN
an inch "Uf the ACCOUNTED .0i Not"Hhs'aboing
their clsnor against the Ds'iuion, they seem TO be
equally opposed getting more, or letting so what
they fave got. They ready to fight on tue acees
sion of Texas and are equally ready to hgnt now on
her secession. Why IL thisl How can tbls strange
paradox be accounted fort There seems 10 Ge Ou oae
rational soutieD aud ttat is notwithstanding tneir
professions on humanity, they are dlnriLed 10 SIte
up the benefits they derive from slave labor. iheir
philanthropy yields TO their interest lie dea OF en-
forcing the laws has bnt object and that Is cor
lection of the taxes ried by slave labor to swell the
fnnd necessary TO their heavy appropriations.
The spois IL what they after, though tbey come
from the labor of the slave. ICoDtinued applause
Dir. Stephens reviewed at some length the extrava-
gance ard proaigacy of appropriations by the Congress
Of the Unied States for several years past and III this
connection took occasion TO allude to another one OF
the great improvements m our new Constitution,
which is clause prohibiting Congress from sppropiat
ing any money from the Treasury except by a two
thirds vote unless il be for object which the
Executive may say is necessary to carry On the Gov
eminent.
When il is thus asked for, and estimated, he con-
tinued, the majority may appropriate ibis was d
new feature.
Our fathers had guarded the assessment Of taxes by
insisting that representation and taxation should go
together. This wss Inherited from the mother
eoUntry-Engard 1t was one Of the pr nclples upon
which the Revolution had been Nougbt. Our fathers
ao prov ded In the cid Constitution that all apPro-
praton bills should originate in the Representative
branch of Congress; but our new Constitution Went
step further and guarded not oDly the pockets OF tie
people but also the public money, after 1t was taken
from their pockets.
He alluded 70 the difficulties and embarTassments
which seemed 20 surround the question OF peacefu
solution of tie controversy with the old Government.
How can il be done is perplexiDg many minds. The
President to think that he cannot recognize our
independence, can he, with and by the advice oi
the Senate, do 40. The Constitution makes no such
provision. general Convention Of all the States has
been suggested by rome.
Without proposing to solve the difficulty, he barely
made the following suggestion:
That the admission OF States ~ Congress snder
the Constitution WAS ac; OF legislation, aud ia the
nature Of contract COMPACT between the States
admitted aud tho others admitting, why should not
this contract COMPACT be garded as OF Ike carac-
by mutual agreen ent Of both partie:l Tie seeding
States have resoisGed il their part. Why cannot
the whole ones ion be settled II the North deslre
peace simply by the Congress in both branches, with
the concurrence of the President giving their consent
10 the separation, aDd recognition Of our indeIen-
deuce Til he merely offered as q suggestion, oos
Of the ways III which il might be done with much
lees violence constructions Of the Constitution than
many other acts Of that Government. Applausel
The difficulty has 10 be solved in some way or other
this may be regarded as fixed fact
Several other points were alluded to by Mr. s., par
tcularly az TO the policy If the new Government to-
weird foreign bations, and commercial relations
with them. Free trade far practicable wold be
tie policy Of this Government No higher duties
would be imposed on foreign mporiatlous than would
be necessary 10 support the Government upon the strict
eel economy.
IN oden lines the olive branch was considered the
emblem Of pence. We will send TO the nations Of the
earth another and fnr more potential emblem OF the
same-the CoTTos PLAsT. The present duties
levied with view of meeting the present necessities
and eXgeLcies in preparation for war, If need be- but
If we had peace-and he hoped we might--and trade
should its prorer course duty Of ten per cent
NJ on foreign mportaons, " was thought, might be-
sufficient 10 meet the expe nditures of the Government
II come articles should he left on the free list rs they
now are such breadsufs &c, then, of course, du
ties upon others would have TO 10 higer-but In TO
event 20 an extent to eubarrass trade and commerce
lie concluded in an earnest appeaLfor Union and bar
mony on The part of all the people, in support of the
common cause, which we are all enlisted, and upon
the isrues Of which such great consequences depend
H. said he, we arc true 10 ourselves true 10 our
cause true TO destiny, true to high mission, in
presenting the world the hgLet tyre Of civilization
ever exhibited by man. there will be found in lex
con no such word as Fail.
MIR. Stephens took his Feat amid burst Of enthus-
asm aud appliance such the Atheueun has never had
d.paytd within IFS walls within the recollection Of
the oldest iuhabitant."