New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-30

dtical Deces1y 'u ,re have found safety-there
80. found safety--and these fathers cons1ru0oru
!. Sor oar safety. All experience mas taught us
that we have the best Government ~ tpe mVii ~
Hhaasd and maladministered as 1t frequently rs
!; Il NOT at Last the best Government ia the world LIB
tbere sny betIerl Where else does liberty appear as
are does here She appears somewhere III the NIUE
epublcs OF the old world bat 30 inslgnihcant IN then
npmbss as not 70 be noticed, snd OF course 10 oe
spared by the great despots ard the great emperors OF
Thristoudom There she may be said to exlst III ner
rustic simplGy-in tatters and rags. here she eAslS
In all her spendo with diadem on Per neau:; 70 her
IA great Republic that has avowed aleglanSo 70 ne'
She az q queen, beckons TO all the world anu siS
ICES people that knew how 10 govern i rna.
people that have entitled themselves 10 TINS ~ ~
This has been the suit OF ths asamS firm. Stand
Union by which advice you TO stano lIiu, oea;,
frpe Ia IL I .sy until some great pohtcS He'e0si5
drives YOU from that post What are we 10" a. 80.
portion Of our country men are .b @ ;li omit
oopseouences They are resolving that we VIII g1i'
oyr mare of safety and 60 into an expenmeht-o he
raw revolutionary Government-and they say Inat
Virginia and other States VIII iollOW' iheh lne .
.ay there will be NO war, and then we VIII
- IN q better condition to reconstruct. Ills If an
a fallacy from beginning 10 end. Can We Trust
our speculation upon causes that are so oePeu0;
one upon another-upon contingencies lust uo &c
the future Can we come 10 distant coneiueioIs u
thst'sort1 No The safe way 10 do that duty WHoh
IA nearest to you DO that first. You cal sec tl'V
We have not the gift Of prediction Is .rguIenS ~
speculation founoed upon distant COhIhg s 70
pnon Inference and differences from Inference a 10
what nav follow from the complication OF causes e'
is least Of alto be relied upon There Is no su i.e
In It, Every and understand lne guy stas
IA next TO him. and should not attempt 10 n7
conviction by endeayodng TO comprehend colecis De-
yopd his reach. What is our nearest duty lou nave
been told to msintain the Constitution OF the Umed
States 1t has never done you wrong never oesponeo
Won of your property, never taken hom you minute
Of your freedom OF Your liberty during your whole NE
time. Are you to abandon thai upon contingency
are you to go abroad for an experiment; Is thit the
next and wisest step be taken liz not the most I'M
eate ds,y 10 stsid fast in your fidelity 20 that tined
Government I'll some necessity shall io you from w
When that necessity comes, VIII neeo 10 AguIn
Necessity requires speeulaticn-ro argument. "hen
that great political necessity comes which alone would
Justify us in sundering this glorious Union, 1t VIII speak
for itself Ii will seak for iiselt in language not TO De
We need not wrang or debate or quarrel
about it, 1t will tel I'll With its impelous tongue L. WIZ
wave ma TO obedience. Conform TO 1t we must. Is
that the case now No Why then De III a hurry 70
abandon this good Go eminent which has steerso US
% long7 WY commit ourselves to tho cold ara m
element skies Of untried country, an uDnleu "m.
teri Is that vice? L that the prudence OF greai
nation Excitement, animation, aud nnpetuosiiy may
prompt and some may be Jared oy the very DANGER
Of the experiment, but that IL not the pl OF WISDOM
that is not the Part OF that wisdom that Ought 10
govern YOU and 10 govern a con,muIIty-that wlsdOm
which is OF delbesste, rejecting mind. Iou are to
dvest yourselves Of these pesons when yon come 70
decide such a question. Let eAk you, was ever
such a question suSmtted to people beioief here
are thirty millions Of people, constituting the greatest
the feet and the powerful nation ON the lace VI
the earth. lie she to fal down N = Gay are we
hastily to 60 oto y from al the grssIness we have
inherited and acquired and madiy "uoly seek Ia tue
wilderness experimental Government, and sussti-
tue il for the better DOW ENJOY The moment
we are divided, what wei Before all the Ralions
Of the earth our greatness given up Is there one
Of yoU any one hose heart Swes with pride and love
Of country, that would not noun over the slightest
dinntion Of tie greatness OF his country poveri we
experienced the haughtiDess and supercousness OF
haughty natioss prince when we were but feeble
eolony light say Involved in revolution. Now your
Gag carries respect and esr and love over sea and over
land it !, everywhere hailed with the profoundest
respect. When you are comp elled 10 blow from its
folds seven Of the stars that now adorn iYhen tbs
waning constellation shall showits diminished head
what will become Of that resptc CT, founded In fear as
well as in lover What viii become of that respect
with which it was hailed under peaceful Government
When you go abroad now, and when to the question
what you arc, you answer you are an American
YOU are treated instantly with more respect than even
the prond Enphshman. or all names, it is that by
which & man would prefer 70 travel In Europe. ~ n
your couutrys name that gives You this stamp this
greet power Ii Is thai great country Whose name
never fails to prove shadow of'potection over you.
Do Won not believe DOW that foreign nations ere
trauplin0 10 the division and dismemberen Of this
great Government They feared It's example, they
fesred its liberty; but now they look TO you not with
. good Government, foupded on liberty aud on prin-
ciples which may be TO them dangerous example.
They look to you to cite you as an evidence that all
popular government u delusion Men are not
mrly "and the people Of the United States are
showing it, They live in q country that reveres
power They had sl sway and all dominion yet
you see by party controversy, and the little exaspefa
tions that spring out Of It, this great Government in
instant exploded under the madness Of party. In FIX
months that proud empire--reachibg 70 the skies,
stretching its arms over the worldhss fallen to the
ground. They are an evidence that man requires
fipgs and es;otsns to govern him--that he cannot
govern hirnself" You, the proud nation, are now
cited "a an example Of the impotence the incapacy OF
mankind for felf-govelnment TO show that your
boased liberty is nothing but the exhalauon Of IAN
cies. having no power, strength, no capacities.
These are the consequences that will from dis
solution Of the Union. Let strive, then, TO bring
The seeeders back and reform them Here Is Govern
rnent formedall It's laws and institutions perfect.
Tie house is complete and furnRhed Tbose who have
left MS have but TO step in and take possession Of the
mansion of their fathers. By standing fast by
the Union, and showing the seeeders that there IL
no probability that will unite with them, and if
the other loyAi SlaveholdlDg States will show the
same Interpretation Of their c0urse, viii that not
have the effect Of checking the Of tbis revclu
toni Will not its tendency BE- 10 make them
think Of returning to their brethren who are endeav
orinQ TO persuade them back by tokens OF love and
affection 7 When they we will lot follow, won't
thew return 70 ne That IL our best policy If we want
10 effect the reunion Of the seeded States. 1t il not
nnr policy To increase the ev2 by joining them. Will
il be more difficult for theIo to back alone than
ak others joined themi Won't that put further from
Us all hopes of reunion i seems TO ne that every
view every argument Is capable Of demonstration
that the course Of wisdom and policy for 10 TO stand
By the Union II s better for for the future tier
for the future OF the country. By showing 10
RUG brethren Of the South that we Will not 60 with
tbem-by showing them eur fixed opinion that their
experiment must prove failure, ard that they
axr.et nothing like encouragement from us-will
tlst not have q tendency 10 bring them back i
think 1t viii. Upon occasion not unlike the pres-
emit, ten years ago, Mr.. Clay stood near the spot
which 1 now occupy. The circumstances OF the
han Clfn lar mn w