New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-24
believe are with us, 80 long as there are among them
rsn like Bright AID Stuart Mill; the most wonder

nI career of mproven ent in TIE III tory OF The race
/. The witness that a nation; lraly has learned
from IA 10 adhere 10 her passion Tor bringing 10
efher The parts vi ch the - listuess Of oppTesiou
Hsd djsnenbered bud the ill-Cemened fragments OF
Germany derive iTOm VA bole vi u better reunion
Now. 10 the day Of our ,Gbuatlon, ne people
have proved that they ave inspired Win NE by tne
craudts, spectacle ihe world ever witnessed, IN
iteir uprising ia the msjesy of undivided convlclOn
concentrated power, aud determined purpose Ill
their uureI ming resignation 10 suffering ana piNa-
ZION their sublime patience under s,fauge disconh-
rrea and weary DELAYS aid lOng-cOntuued lnactiY-
NV from ina iiity AID peipleNity, or from juog-
peit and ch,icei in Their o.ispokeb Joy when the
srell was brt ken Of the iuiIi 4 paralysis ct their
r;,snlie prtt artt ions IN the heaitiurts Of their
r,spoose 10 Msjor-GeueIal Grlut when be pro-
ro.rd "to move inlnr Giately on tie enemy r
works" Now the rGers Of tie earth Will come TO
know that uuGer tie Constitution which makes us
one peoIle tbe's exists 10 suthoi'y tlat cen alien.
ale a single inch ~ the territory Of the United
Staies; thai while we tlim tor each individual tie
rint Of emigration, tteie Is DO posiOle conspiracy,
combination, or convection that can discharge any
one q izen Fl ON s all glance 20 long ~ he Ttniius
on cor soil though each oIe may tor bimseii oiseo
that al glance by tei-eAl and flight. These n'ap!
and eyerlBcIea-ing CLited States Are OLE ho" 'A'
Tie opiy ground Of bore for the rerpet1'y OF our
unity, you will find, men OF Ne" ioiN' Vben
words vi Washington. Fl Oxen III !, 70 80 .,snd
IN tue brteUNt "a N'u l,,h. o.fb IN
inc npd.r tie ca on, OF tie sky, TOOK 'ne oa'n ~
supnort tie Cousiituti H. be reluiheu h'o nc
Senate Chamber, 70 interpret 70 'he - tVpe - g..
prl.ciples Of our great charter, ala loe III lO. Ioi
H. ,sf,n IN tufsue. 1beD II war that he alo oo"h
So their rule q ibe pure ana immolarle principles OF
,riv.te morality" and "THE ETkkNAL kuLts VI
GGv,tR ASn EiGhT WHICH HHA'EN ITSELF HAS
oHDuyrp." Add the House II Representatives.,
sipg the ren OF Madison tc frame sWeI sc'ePeu
~; s1Gobieued uaxius, aud owned The OplgaiOh
Ia. xi.tH L. hand ich has lea TIE
American peo, le through 20 many dllhtniiies, 10
1,s,,,b conscious IespusitiAiy for Tie Oesuhy VI
P.publican hbtity." Ga these prneiP Is, the gov
erpmeDi W ich makes Us one eople was put "a mo
zion vile the fcuuoauons OF monMchy 10 r IarIs
were e,auhling away, aDo the beams mat upbelu
the e.ihzaiiou OF the middle ages were Jhlllbs H.
Dunng the lalt century which succeeded, rance
underwent more Teyolui, II tban can feaciy coun,
m; Spain bou many forms OF government III iHplu
sn,cession; lie Gynasty OF Portugal Was driven Tor
refare 10 South America; he empire Of Germany
weuI down m the whirlpool Of revolution; Russs
mss been convused By fearful plot for insurrecion;
Ilaly was many times recODsirucltdi the rope Ioe'
ana won temporal power. aud has been alno.t .horh
OF /, again; the Institutions Of Great BrllHn have
been III ice essentially modified by the ant eAa ION OF
Ireland by lie reform Of Par lameut-wllch "sr III
fact q r.voluliOo-snd by opening Inc doois
of its two houses TO men OF al ctesds;
During ell these couvulsons The United States stond
uncla ged, admitting Nc but he slightest modih-
stable Government Of The -iyized world. BOT al
last we have fallen Oh evil cays." The prop
tious smiles of Heaven such are the word- oil
XasbingtoD--" can never be expected on nailoD
that oiegsrds The eternal rules OF ORDER and rglt
During eleven wears Of perveise government those
rules ere disregarded and II came 10 pass that men
WHO should firmly avow tie sentiments Of Washing
Ton and Jeferson and Franklin and Chancellor Liv-
iDg.tOn were di,fgauCtised for the pubic service
that The sIoti.ss Cmef-Jnsiice whom Washington
- i l..1 A., St~- on could ~ n
possibility have leen nominated for that
Office, or confirmed. Nay, the corrupt influence
invaded even the very home OF Jurtlee. The
final decree of the Supreme Cont, IN is decision
OIL articulaF case, mus re respected and obey ed;
tie present Cbief-Jusire has one memorable
appeal accompanied biz decision nth mpassioned
dec. mat on, wherein with profound imnoraliy
which one has yet fully laid bare, treating the
people of the United States as shrew to be tanned
, By an open scoIn Of ibe facts OF bis DRY, with n
dresTy industry collecting evidences OF cares where
justice may have ,lunt cred OF weakness been op-
pressed, compensaing for want Of evidence by con-
tGenee of assertion, with partlali,y that would
have disgTaced advocate negeciug humane
decisions Of Colonial Couf,s and the enduring
L memorials of colonial staiute- books, in biz
party zeal to prove that the Fathers Of our Country
held TIE negro have " 10 NJ hts which the white
l nan was bound TO respect, be has not Only
l oeicd the rights Of man and the liberties OF
/ Lind but has not left fooihold for
the b-ertv Of the white nan 10 rest upon.
That a-siarred disquisiion Of fancy, WOO trust,
cid ,lnteI TO hang out tie nag OF Dirnnioh, ls
Il TIE fcuntanbead OF tits Ttb,lhOn that ohepte 10
Ii he conscious memory of tie Millions convuised our
II euutry with the excitement ich swept over those
III Of u who vaDy hoped to preserve strong and sui-
iieut though uarrOw isbuus that might stand be-
II tween the conflicting Il ode No nation can scol
II lat Judgment as is rule snd livei the ludgnent
las in il DO element OF political vitality. viii hot
ny il is an invocation Of the dead past; there never
n vas past that accepted such opinors II we Waut
the oInOus received in the days when our Cons'ltu-
III ton was framed, we will not take them seeond-,an
II nom our Cbef.JGstieei We VIII let lie men
II Of that day tpeAk for Themselves. How " Ill our
American magistrate rink when ieDed, as be will
III be before the tibluul OF humanity; how terrible
II tll DC the verdi agsiust hIn, wien lie 10 put 10
ouparison with Wa-biugton's Iolilca teacher, The
Il great MontesQueu, the enlightened magistrate OF
France, in what esteemed the worst DAYS oi her
II Monarchy. lie argument from the difference oil
III r. Which fancy thrusis forward with passionate
III confidence, proOi OF complete disqualification,
Nj 10 brought forward by MoDlesquieu as q scaIhiug
sare On Ill tue brood If sOls who were supposed
TO uphold Slavery astOerable in itself The nights OF
MANKIND, that precious word Which Lad no equivs-
X lent IL the language OF HiudosiaD, Judea, OF
n GfeeCe, or Rome, or any snte-Chrlslian tor g1e,
A found Its supporter ia Washington, aid HamilIon;
W 10 franklin and Livingstone III Otis, George Mason,
md Gsdsden; III all The greatest men Of our early
n history. The one rule fiOm which the makers Of
y our first oouieoeracy aid then OF national Con-
n rtullon never swerved, Is this: TO Tx no
new constitutional disability on any one;
Whatever might stand in tie way OF any man
i tom opinion ancestry, weakness Of mind,
n tierioriiy, or inconvenience of any kind,
asss itself not formed INTO Il perman,n III disfrar.
II aisemeut. Ihe Col.itu,ion Of the Uni ed States
q MADE under he recognized Influence Of " the
eternal rule # order and Iigl, So that at far ns lie
lIi.oidion extended u raised at once the numerous
ti-ss WHO bad been oLattels iuto the condition OF
5 peIso1s; II neither Originates nor Ierpetuates In
n squsly.