New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-20

negroes back when the war ID o'ef w - L.
Enoyy that Port Roy experience proved one thg.
Il laid forever that ghos, Of an argument ina. .no
bok love their masters. Ii Will never again DC que
toned that the blacks are with us. MY OPINION If
fiat the blacks are the key OF our position ne wiz
GETS them wins. Loud cheers.l Now, fort nova
ss,,led one thng-the blacks are with u.s. not WIN
the Soutb, I know nothing more touching I'D nis.
torv nothing that art could realize or poetry tell Oh
more finely: know Of no tribute to the STARE anu
stripes more impressive, than that incident OF lne
blacks coming to the wster.side WIN thelr o,noloT
with a sinole faith which had endured through
the night of long forgotten years. They submitted
10 he shot rather than be kept from where toat
hammer Was TO wave. And If that wac the course
yben nothing but the proclamation OF Sherman MGs
landed on the coast, what would De the ie"ui' a
there were LOCO, with Fremont at tneir heau
Tcheers. loud and lorg Continued, aud over them
The Stars and Stripes ranged With the motto, Free
dom for an Freedom fOreyerP' had gone before
ittem3 In my opinion they would have marched
across the Csrolinas and joined browpiow IN ien'
uessee. "a moment lost is an opportunity lor
misfortune" said Napoleon. Our duty - 10
save these four millions from their own pas
eion. from their own confusion, and eight miilons
of whites from the consequences OF 1t. t. Hear,
hear and cheers And in order to do ", we,
nineteen millions OF educated, Christian Amerl'aus
are not 10 wait for the will the wisdom OF d
single man: we are not TO wait for Fremont or Nc
Clc,lsn. Government il not our Dictator IL nishI
do for Roma horde Of beggors and sololen. 1
demand of The Government policy. demand OF
the Government to show to The doubling lnldeis Oh
EuIope that the Democracy Is not only s'rouS
enough for the control but that che breeds men Win
main large enough to comprehend the hour
and wills hot enough to fuse the purpose OF
nineteen millions for safety and Tor Union;
lou NAV ak How would you have II doIe l
wonld have it done by Congress. John quincy
Adams declares that Congress has all Tue powsr5 IN
cdeut to carrying on war; But TINS Is nov IN NV
dental power. 1t is power conferred By the Con
stution. Bat tie moment 1t ia exercised u rises
above the limits OF constitutional agency. know
il is grave thing 10 trust Government win Oes-
potism. Ii was a grave power in 1907, when Con
press abolished commerce; when BY the decree OF
Boston, Boston. Congress ret no limit. 1ney forbade con-
lmerce. New.England said, Is that constitutional
, Tie SuPre 10 Court said, Yes. New.England bowed
and Eat down. Her wharves were worthless. Hel
, chips rotted. Her merchants were bcggarcd. She
| asked 10 compensation. The ordinary powers o.
, Congress carried bankruptcy from New-llayen t
Portland. Bot the Supreme Court said 1t was legal
and New-Engl gland lowed her head. We commend tn'
came cup 10 Carolina to-day. We gay TO her that II
order to save The Government sides somew
despoism. II is in the war powers OF Congress
r That d.spotsm can change the social arrangement
, of the Southern States. IL has night TO do II
Every nan Of YOU VINO talks OF the emancipation
OF the slave allows that il would he conclusive II
were ever used. You allow that when II is militia
. rily necessary, we may 1t. What We claim II
tla, In the honor of our institutions We are no
bound 10 the alternative OF the courage OF general
Oar forefathere left with no such miserable pal
) of government. They gave us Government will
"A power in such times as these, OF doing anything
that would save the belm u State III the hands o
/ lis citizens. We could code the Carolinas. Woui'
10 God we could shove them into tile Atlantic
Il,nl,usel We could cede State; We could a.
az hing for the time being. AND no theory OF gov
: ernm eut deny the power OF The Government !,
exercise most Unlimited power Ia danger Inc Oh !
alternative is this: Do yon prefer the despotism o
your own citizens Of foreigners That Is IN
oonlv ouest ON in civil war. Now this government
. which abolsnes my night OF habeas corpus, wnici
strikc. DOM iecAuse II Ia necessary every oaAo
bulwark Of liberty. which proclams martial law
Which holds every dollar and every MN NJ W.
will OF the CabiBet-do you turn round ana tel
me that this same Government Las no powe
10 -ttet,h It's hauds across the Potomac and root n
the evil which, for 20 year,, has troubled ts peace
AID vhlrk now eliminates in this rebeflioni %
r whit theory ! maintain, therefore, the power o
: tie Government itsef 10 inaugugaie pocyi and
say ia order TO ave the Union, do justice 10 tn
r lack. lAppluse You nifty say tins "a s'rang
, language for ne. a disunloni,t. Well was dls
uuI0ni {, sincerely for twel.ty years did bate th
Inion when Union meant TO make the white me-
hypo,rtes and the black men sltves. lAYplause
did prefer purity 10 peace; l acknowledge II. IL
child oi i've generations Of Puritans, knowing we
lie value of Union did prefer disuDion TO bein
/ the ,omphoe OF tyIaut-. Bot, now-now-when
, zee what Cui0n must mean IN order to las; when
: zee that Won cannot have Union without meabin
d Justice; when ! see twenty millions Of reopl
with current as swift and inevitable an Niagara
Z determining that this Union shall mean Justice
why should object to il lApl Laurel lendeavore
{ honestly aud am not ashamed OF n, TO lake nine
teen States out Of this u1on aud 10 consecrato ther
10 liberty Twenty millions oi people answer III
back, Nv. like your motto: only we mean 10 kee
tlirty.four States under IL :" and do You suppose
{. am not Yankee enough to buy Union when cal
A
J have il at q fair pace Laughter hhd applause
: know the value " Union; and the reason why
claim that Carolina b, right to secedo is this: W
: nre moi q partnership; We are a marriage; and "
a have doue great many things since We were mar
RED in 1889 which render II unjust for State TO eX
croise the right OF revolution. admit the right
acknov ledge the ~ eat principles Of the Declaration
Of Independence that State exists for liberty an
happiness, that these are the ends OF government
7 and that when government ceases to promote thoe
4 ends, the people have right TO remodel thei
e institutions. | acknowledge the right Of revolu
[ iion in South Carolina but ct the same tim
d acknowledge that right Of revolution only wbeI
i Government has ceased 10 promote those ends. Nov
t we have been married for seventy years. We hav
/, bought Florida. We rounded the Union to thu
| Gull We bought the Mississippi for commercia
1 purposes We bought TeXss fol slave purposes
Great commercial interests, great Interests oil peac
C have been subssryed by rounding the Union Int
perfect shape; aud the money and sacrifices Of TIVE
4 generations have been given Tor this purpose Now
to break up that Union il to deiraud the children
those sacrices Of what justly belongs to them, un
: less South Carolina can show sufficient reason. VIII
: cid we buy Texasi Why have we allowed tn
South to strengthen herself Because she said tina
/ Slavery within the srde Of the Constitution woulC
9 DIE out through the influence of natural principles
D She said: ave acknowledge it to be an evil; bu
nj the sane time it will end by the discussion Of FREE
principles, and the influence Of free institutions.
E And the North said: A." Yes We will give you priv
z eges on that account and we will return you
/ slaves for You" Every slave sent back from
Northern State il the oath OF the South that Shaver,
should sueoeed Our fathers trusted 70 the prom