New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-29
UNION LEGISLATIVE ADDRESS.
u. E,.eto,, Of d.. s.a,. Of Neu. York,

country, and the political duLes when /" a''0i'''
upon them.
When thew assembled here the great rebellion
whose rising clouds had long darkened the oouth
ern sky, had already burst in desoating Jury upon
the land The bad passions of ambitious ana W.
princpled men, emb1ered by the teachings and
spirit Of an Institution Which has long been our
sbame and our ropro.ch and poisoned by party hate
and lust of power, had 6ually eliminated in oPeu
madness and hurled upon cur country all the eaan''
tiles and dangers We had feared so long rnd hao
sought 20 earnestly by concessiOns and compromises
70 avert and avoid. il had become the dnty OF tus
generation to meet the fearful peril Our lnsu-
tntions have ever been compelled TO encounter.
That duty had b en- rendered doubly dlhCuH oy
the magnanimous and conhdins lncrecul'ty Gi
the lOyal leope OF the Northern states, VINO steau-
ilv refused to believe tier Southern brethren
capable of the greatest crme that bss ever salrea
the annals Of auy a,iun and WHO ret0inteiy buu'
their eyes TO the movemtutso Of organized conspiracy
and even TO the marsb hing Of armies in open pre-
lude TO its preIa1d''on. II whs rot uhil' 'De ooh
bardmeut OF Sumter announced the actual outbreak
of the rebellion thai tie North CoUld cremt the or
yibiliy of such al at. 1ben they awcke from Their
delusive dream and hegsn - realize the leariJl
danger that menacel them on every ade' Insy
then saw the Constitution rent and Torn &Suhle. =,
the nation stabbed in vital parl, the whCie laJTc
and foundation OF tie Government broken auc
shaken from Its cculer 10 s circumference, treason
in the Army aud Navy aud Iii every department o.
the Government, and foreign nations looking seofy-
fully on and goa'iue over he appa ent and Well
nigh accomplished rum OF tie Republic
Never was there pcro0 in the history OF the
world so well adapted to try the strength OF iret
institutions OF to t, the courage and pAtr0tlrm OF
free men, and icit well Jid they viudlcate the one
and assert, In manner never 10 10 forgotten, tie
trutbfulues5 OF the Cther
Though they found themselves without military
traiuin0 or organization OF Any kinG-with a new
dr,ir i.trn iu.f a.
spoLsibties Of pOWeT-Hlth a bank upt Tea ury,
and our little army and navy scattered 10 tie iour
quarters vi the WOft-yet, WIN u deNotlOn ana &C.
terroination worthy heroic days Of the Republic,
and without Tarsil- L. tue history Of uatiOns, they
sprang 10 arms and Iiii.ed a. man TO the sup
port Of the Constitution. FrOu mountain top and
valley from tie lake, the river and tne ocean. from
the city and from the plaiu, from all the walks ad
trades and proIo OF life without distinction OF
caste, or birthplace, sect! or party, they stepped
forth upon The s&ue common level, side by EIDE, TO
battle nobly for Freedom, OIder and Constitutional
Law.
In the polticsl world the crisis produced changes
almost as great aud Cd honorable 10 the patIi'
otic loyslty Of tie Ameicsn peoTie. 10 very
great extent in all he Northern Siates, mere party
ORGANIZATIONS dissolv.d SDC melted away III q c
pre- SCI ce Of tbis fierce AID flaming peril. In this
State Gs elsewhere, the pOpnlar lupnlse demanded
that patriotic Cf all PARTIES s. oulo lay aside ft
the time, their differences of Political feutiu ent, ana
mite in support II the NaiCbtl Adrluistrt'lou IN
its efforts uaiuisin tie suiaoriiy o. ihe CoDst7-
tion aud the Integrity o the Union. TIE great BODY
Of the people were ready such Il union, and moth
ing but the obstinate resir..rcc OF bo"eno organ
izatiOn Gait ing 20 represent the cratic party,
and controlling al its organized means Of action,
stood In the way Cf Its cObfu ilaiOo. inls organ
izaton, acting IN the Tar e., bu' belying The silll
and temper Of the patlo ssses o. -e II ein0Crslc
partv went into the STATE contest o last fall on
The avowed Lasis of bOsItiy 10 tue National
Admins Kati0n, aud 10 nearly every ore OF the
measures which, under tie N ssure OF ~ peru
tive necessity, It buG Oreu compelled 10 adopt Tor
the succeesfu prosecution # the end the arrest
OF measures in progress within toe liuits II our own
State to afford AID sud comfort 10 'te rebellion 4
strong feeling Of cl>stlsut'iuL s0Vu laade l'-elf
manlteet among tte Efea. BODY a. tue Democratic
party whose patriotic 'en,imeLts and purposes were
thus misIepreseht,d, aDd who protested ndigDa tly
against thue being ale lie instruments OF sa,tc-
ing be very honor aud safety VI The country 10 the
reseDtments ad amiiiloD Of pohiical lariisansi
and joining others ii tier feOw-cllizets no, con-
nected with them in party associations they met III
Convention st Syricuse for the nOnin5tiOn Of 4
Sta1e ticket upon the broad platform o. loyalty to
the Constiln'en and the Union, aud the support Of
the A Administration wiicn bad become resQonsitle
for the fate of both. The Rel ublcan Convection,
which bsd assembled at tbe sane place Ia he saine
Epit, and for tho same pathetic purpofe, promptly
laid aside for the all 81 ought 0i ihdel enOeut
scliOD, aDJ joined the tnioq Convention N IT. dec
hraion Of purgoses and ito rejection OF candidates
for State officers Tie meD iha. nominated, 10 spiie
of the vgOTO-5 efOrts OF toe sO-ctllcc Democratic
organization, were elected by very large popular
majority.
in The election of members % the Legislature the
game patriots riitit lerveded the great body Of
people. TIE Republican Iafy n every SeDGte aud
snd Assembly diftrict II Ills State, as eyeryWbere
Throughout the county stood Iledgei, alike by ito
prncples sno by lls responsibility, Tor the halOra!
Administration Which j, pi.tet in power 10 the SUP
port OF chat Administration IL whatever measures
TIE emergency might iequ..e Tor the suppression Of
the rebellion GId The lrtservaiion OF the Union.
il very many Of those districts The ReunblicausI
elected memtere Of tLeir party 10 the Lepitl,-
ture; while 10 many oilers, where they haa the
unQuestiOued power 70 eeci sgch caIdidAtes they
men who had never a tel WIN them politically, but
whOse Loyalty and paIamOnne devotion 10 the coun-
try Lad Go en- rnaOe 90. by thr patriotic and In
depcI dent action. AID IN iii other dlstncts, whtie
the RepUb,c4ns were IN The minority, tb,!r union
VIII tue D,uOcrais who had been repelcd iron
sympathy VIII tho political se0tnents and purposes
Nhicb prompted Tic rebellion, resulted III The eiec-
tOn OF Democratic UuiJn mCa.
j. .oue ono Of lLese tlrce ways nearly al the
underlined were eiecte1 20 te menbfTB Of The
IIessut Len l3tusc. They net ~ Albany aHd en-.
devotion 20 tbs country, the C0usituiiOn, aud tae
Union. They have sclcd together 30 Union men,
ignoring past Cifegelces and 0lscardDg all pOlucal
Gisunc'ious. They OrgaLIeJ TIC Assembly nron
'nis b's and their proceedings throughout the ses.
mon Gaye been chaiacle nztd by harmonious CO.
operation - Efforts " reform public aJuser. to re-
trehcn needless exoendi'O4es 10 cnoc and ccnh ont
ItouSacY and con upiion IN ali departments o. Tie
DV'ein"'5n', ana 10 strengthen he bauds VI t.e
3eheIsl po'erum@ut ~ hs c.utett With rebellion.
ohe "lcom o. tbs conrss IN his State and through
Sut '"e 'V1h' ~ l. now apparent. 1te heaIt-hufn
lngs anu Cl' 'heringH ~ p0ry hnvs been hausl ed
IrsitoFs at home have been COW Al or siau.d ,tto
silencc ard eubmistion. The crsd,, ~ The G0veru.