New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25
LOCAL MILITARY MATTERS.


.hort 4 O'Clock. TIE regiment numbers soS men,
.ou,ly as coed as any that have preceded them rom
,bst State. They have with them % horses 10 arhy
sraoons, 5 ambu!ances and one hospital wagon LUG
asmes Of the officers are "a follow:
Colonel Augustus Morse formerly General Of the Mas
'.ea1sss faSstsn.St Sti;elS Colonel Addison A. WALKER
h|St ssS,.n ~ Capt = Harrison W Pratt formerly tho Iu
'',5: eastsssSs.isf, sis sSiSatsstji ). F. Thompson
Assistant Surgeon, j: Martin Price
Commisssry A. A. MO.,e.
s:%S:ay .:%S:ay + g;BEi;SR CAPT. Sss
Company Of Spencer, Capt James NJ Richards d. 9
Company Company 81 Of t'SaGSs BoyoP csp B5SsI
Company Of wSGsssT zSn1cs, c.1 eaS.9n 4aS
Company Bsch..own Capt Jo.oPss, Ps,db,1dsSn H5sS
Company X of Bare, Capt Thomas " 81 ssno"'
T1a rsg;men, had on the United States uniform. and
were accom- panied by band ana orum oorps. aues
left Jersey City about ~ H. m, on 'He No"V'''''
Railroad and Transportation Line
The ,eoimeDt yas received At the landing by de-
putstion of the Sons of Massachusetts,. During the
reception Gen. Hiram Walbridge was called upon by
Mr. Howe. the State Agent, and enthusiastically re-
,eived.
Cen w. after payinga high compliment the Sons of
Massachusetts, and her talented and efficient Governor
John A. Andrew, and the uutiring vigilance Of her
representative here, Mr.. Frank L. Howe further sad
The right of revolution is old as the human
",
Is identical by those who claim the right Of any State
TO secede from the Federal Union-Secession Is
claimed to be the dissolution of partnership,
from which any State may withdraw by giving Que
notice.
Our fathers exercised the right of revolution. and
successful bat they had real grievances to resist
hey were taxed without representation, and the
mother country alike Indifferent TO their interests
or the tee Of Not with the action Of
che Federal Government toward the South. We never
wronged and injured them year in and year out
elaV. -kox ska
Constitutional rights They have had almost unlimited
control Of the General Government. They haye had
the great majority of Presidents, Of the Fdregn
Ministers, Of the Judiciary. They have invanaoly
controlled the Army and the Navy, while State prop
erty the only property allowed any representation
In the administration of the Government. When aud
where has the General Government ever, refused 10
execute any law passed by Congress that hsd i4r ~
object the maintenance of the Constitutional rights oil
The whole executive and judicial pOwerOf the Gov
carry out in good faith all legislation that Looked to
that object. The Fugitive Slave Law has been faith
fully executed in every Northern State.
But when Massachusetts sent one OF her most eSni-
nent citizens to SOuh Carolina 10 test the validity OF
that Constitutional provision which guarantees the
citizens of State the same privileges that are ac
corded to their own citizens how was he treateof
Reyiied and prosecuted, and finally sought refuge De-
yond ber borders, be saved from the hands OF an
infuristed mob. Was that the sort of treatment from
one sister State TO another and that last the one
lot the Bible and the Printing Press; the descend
snts Of that body Of men who, on the Mayfower,
drew up the rst written Constitution on this hem.
sphere previous TO her landing the then bleak and
3nhospitable shores of New-Epgland.
"Thsrs were men with hosIy hair
They bad come TO witheT there,
Away from tner childhood's land
"There was wousn's fearless eye
Lit by her deep loves truth, "
There msnLOod's brow terenty high
Audt he heart OF
"Ah, call Il holy ground,
The soil whoTs mt they srOdi
They sft un'sinsd ~. wls; sst here they found
OF what grievance has South Carolina a right TO
sonIplaln7 Why should she seek 70 break up the
Union In South Carolina there are not over 25OOO
SlayehOlderr-not more than constitutes the population
Of some one Of our Wards in the upper part of this
cityyet those % 900 exercise absolute control In
South Carolina, and in the administration Of the
General Governments in the Senate they had an equal
voice with Massachusetts, with its million Of inhab
ants or Of Pennsylvania, with its two millions and
half of hardy, enterprisiDg and industrious people
Had not Florida, which has cost us millions upon mil
hons out Of the common Treasury, with population
under fifty thousand property valuation OF only
three and twenty Millions equal power IN the Senate OF
the United States with our own great Empire State,
with her three and half millions Of people, and her
Of one thousand miloss of dollars.
The aggregate number Of Shareholders in the South
does not exceed four hundred thousand are they 70
shape all its policy dictate all ts iegislationl Shall
sentiment Of the twenty nil lions Of people who live
between the Ohio ard the Potomac the South, ard
the St. Lawrence and the great chain OF lakes On the
Northi Yet we will protect them ia the future
have in the past In all their Constitutional and equal
ights
Why since the beginning Of the new year Congress
almost, If not quite unanimously, passed law guar
nnteeing Slavery In the States, aud expressing will
nQuesa TO incorporate this amendment into the Fed
,ral Constitution. This action have always under
tood the concurrence Of the present disngushed
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North that is unwilling 10 give equal liberty, equal
pyeQes equal protection, constitutional equality in
avery particular TO the South and North. II you
sel me there il small and fanatical organization in
the North thar is not willing TO carry all tho pro-
visions Of the Constitution for the protection Of the
rioa,s of every section OF the country answer tbst
of tie twenty millions of ConsttutiOnoving men in
the North this cDsss dOes not constitute the One-duii
dedth part OF one per cent If nybOdy Las the right
70 eecede from the Union account OF the eec ION oil
a President not RESPONSIVE 10 their yeWs, one wOnd
fhink IL would be tie Nor1 bern Democracy, when is
Il known that the conservative vote OF the Moth
aOaiugt tho successful candidate was greater than the
osbole popular vote Of the South given against sad
candidate This Rebellion, my friends, is not on &C
5onpt of the election OF President Lincoln; but the
{sadnQ men Of the South have determined 10 control
he Government, or 20 destroy it. rtey forget the
vswer TO originate also carries with it the power 70
reserve and as this Government was formed by the
.eope of the United States, IL will only be abolished
ybep the majority Of them have become convinced
% failed 10 accomplish the benehceEt object Tor winch
Fwas Instituted.
e ace In which it TRANSFERRED IL dgDifed the era IN
hich il occurred. II emaDcpated whoe continent
ON nonarcLieal enslavemeDt, and elevated lndVldnal
ght 70 the dignity of universal political equality
his was the great niseon OF our illustrous ancestOs
to-day that work Is r peril. It involves the whole
ofL Gnvra hara