New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-29

uahle than eitb-r lie or fortune namely their per
sorA rights, freedom of epeech and 0i the pttse'
haheas corpus, apd whatever eise teeIeo Iot @ .ne
time 10 stand 10 the way of preserving the Ia'ions
honor and the nations life. None but q nal'n
whose pillars rest on be immovable foundation oi
people's love, could endure sharp eud severe
test. With every Successive step OF the ieoehioh
has the strength OF our Government become more
mapifest DesTotic Powers bave seen Wit surprise
tbis calm sur -euder by people living under rtpuo-
hcan institutions of the fundamental riglis ana I'M
uunitie- which those institutions we're made TO pro-
tect. They profess to zee in II indifference TO 'hoSe
rights; whereas they are eurrenderod iOrt tDe uoen
only, as q means OF giving them firm and luinova-
| ble bass hereafter TLey are waived for the tine,
III order to preserve the Constitution, which guarap-
! tees them forever.
| Bot wi lie go much has been done, 1t cannot be
forgotten that uebty work still remains 10 be hc
complisied. While the country has been dehvereu
/ from the immediate peril by which il seemed II few
months since to be threat ned, it mnst be borne IN
mlUd that the rebellion has not yet been crpsned
that battles have yet TO be fought and victories won,
and defeats perhaps encountered, before we can
safely relax our united efforts III ,he common cause.
! Nsr il the emergency aty longer purely niiltaty
| iu lis character. The dargers which now threaten
the Union are not exclusively dangers arelnS from
military force. Questions OF political principle,
toucnlnp the very foundations Of the Government,
and Threatening it's stability and integrity quite aS
really 81 any menace Of military power, are raj id'y
arisng or aIe thrust into the controversy by sign,
log eoemes Of the Union. fOr the purpose OF slili
futther comrcaling the problem OF Us preservation
The causes which brought on this rebeiion WIN al
their attendant erlls and evils nave YET 10 De eraui
ca ed and removed.
i A great and comprehensive system ~ financial
policy commensurate with our present and future
| wants must he iuaugnrated aud Administered the
re-estabiishment Of tie authority o. the Naiionfl
Governu eat has yet to be effected AID the mode oi
treatment toward persons Ill rebellion, then property
ad their savas has yet to be determir cd. We nusl
yindcate tie intell 2epce as well The patriotism o.
our leole, and put 10 shame he tyrants Oh me Oio
World who Laughed at our caamties and predicted
tie downfall of popular government ana free instu
tions. 80
And what is Ierhsra more difficult problem still
the system and acf oery Of free snd represeutatyt
commonwealth must nc made TO move on and woit
barnOniOusly with q heavy National debt, and nl
onerous and searching taxation. The experience
, Of tho pss, and own Revolutionary histt !
should Gdmonsh us that our greatest nerl' may yt
III hidden in The future and that i Will require i'
united efforts Sid eIeTlies, tor years to come, oi al
rue loyal, ard patriotic meu, 10 carry us III safety
through the storms and dangers that ttll beret enc
threaten our way.
Whareyer differences Of opinion rnay have hitherto
prevailed, may sill prevail, On the general cub
jet OF Slavery, no one can doubt that It L. 1t 10
tie primary cause, the preteXt end powerful ager
D Of tie present rebellion. The sayeholGIng ntetes
E has eimed for many years TO control Tie pOlica
action Of the General Government, and to make tha
action suttervent TO rs own Grqrnndizru enr. The
result Of TIE Preside 1,i election OF 1850, aided as
was by the efforts OF cOnsp .rators in tie Suuthori
States figus9td the dsiCat Of that end ayOr Nu(
tn disclosures OF tie Of the year proyeC
couclasyely thar thin defeat iiDal. lhe pOliIi
cal supremacy Oi the eaveholIiug ineresttl SWAY
vi ch that irterest had preyi,usly exercised owe
= the General Govemment-had been forever over
4 thrown. To reveipe this doleat, ard revere ~
forct the verdict OF the 6anot-box was tie prima
. purI Ose OF the rebellion.
4 1hs, pun Ose has failed, and the permanent wei
fare and settled sentiment Of tie country io bid sny
attempt to soften this ihlnre or 1ualiy m any de
] gree iis disastrous effects npOn Shvery itselt III,
rebellion has thus fur proved fatal 10 the ilieresi II
nas de.igucd TO serve. The blows cf the wa
which Slavery invoked have fallen wEh mor'a
weight upOn slavery itself. The whole false strne
ture of tie insiiuii las been shaken to it, fOun
dation Not Only have ito sway over tie admins
tration Of the National Government, and 1T hold
upOn the respectful liberation OF the country te y
ruGelS and thoroughly broken, bat che local bwf
and usaes Oh which il rested have been seriousy
affected By the Inseuce Of our armies aud iac ueas
ures Of military Daniustsatioi, wLIch the cmcrgfr
cies 5f tbr country have required However nel
may have differed iilerlo As 10 tie power Of Con
lress over Slavery there II Low very little dliier
encs an opg those who have acted together IN sup
rort of the Government as 70 the practical 0ece-si
ties Of the future We al agree that Slavery mus
never agaiu be Terntled TO increase ils power b.
invading free territory bringing new Slave at.'
tie mon tDetlTOU-lati IL u4utt Ntdft 10 a III
] III he District OF Columbia. witch Is under the
elusive Jurisdiction Of tbe Gtuerl Goyenment-suC
: that tie Cone ui0n must hereafter be administered
in the siiIit Of Freedom and for q advancement
those Urueipl,s on which our iGttituuons res' aLc
OF for tie perpe'u.t0n Of Slavery. We all ayTe,
that Slavery, :sr may be Of pccuniary, lal
or political value 10 any individual IN rebellion
against the Government, should be made 10 bear tbs
jeuaes which every such individual incurs by The
gnilt O. treason resistance 10 lawful eu,horiy
n. V.tf.f,f IgfFa
tutionsl policy Of President lincoln, by which
through aid ex,ei det by the Geuern Government "a
: such Slave States es may ibi4de measures for tie
emancipation OF their sAyes, We may nope at toms
future and not distant day 10 be delivered forever
b from the curse Of Slavery.
I Unless The country cnn rely upon the establish
ueni Of these pTi pee ia the adu Illustration Of the
, Government, TIC cat Of the rebellion viii give
ne neither indemnity for the past ror security fc the
future. We oJpope therefore, 6by peace wiict
slel leave in doubt tic pCwer Of the Geuofal Gov
ernment 10 maintuia It's H. llful authority, and %
quell any rebellion, however great, and which shall
lrave the material ability o. tbis treason but paT-
italy broken and subGGed. And WHO'D tie end OF
maiCg-l operations .Lau come oppose nuy terms
If Jeacc w0ich shall recognize any division oi the
Union, any cOUcer'iou 10 the pOliItal demauts u
the elavehOding Interest or any Acknowledgment Of
their cluims ~ on the General Government, except
such as Are distinctly conferred or admitted by the
terms Of tue COnsttutiOn. WHEN thc war Ii CiOsed,
we demand Freedom Of speech, and Of Tie prer, III
oyefy State and ~ eIery section OF the common
/ Union. We demand hat the citizens Il each state
sba he entitled 70 al the privilege and immuuiiies
OF oiizsUs IN the several States. And while pro-
claim orr solemn purpose 70 eiand ~ ID. Con
stituiOu Of tbe ULlted Stats and % Respect III i
provisions aud al IT. gifaulie,, We den and such u
construction Of tDose proyis0ns sLail conform 10
s es.ent al spirit; and uo hy c,nvertlrg It intO an
us'rumeut Tor the aRgrsBdlement ard Ie pttuaii9r
OF Human SLvery, pervoit IL from lis original pur-
Iose TO form uiofe perfect union, estatlis JUS