New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-29
sIAyHHv OF, TEla GOVERNMENT
speech Of the Hon. Montgomery His"'
RO.tr,nsIer-eacncraI,

FELLOW ITIzrYs: Nv heart responds warmly
10 the feeling which udu' es your kInu TO eP',o"'
coald not ors-o tAe opportunity oheie' y '"0 '''
vitstion 10 10 present tbs 'ocs'ou " i"'0' o.
many men ia tie cause VI oar '0u"''! ""1
to uui G in your eIa,s ~ carry GA 'he struggle Aho
crown 1t with success
SLAVERY OR THE GOVERNMENT.
A .o.o,io, ,csit,t Free Government III the Unit
al States aud in thi, age, Leas upon its front the
,rsrks of insanty Tie father of the conspiracy, OF
xvhtob the couvusion which now fills tue country
with sufFsrrg and diSnay is the ufpring. wore on
his floe ~ was remsrSel by many observers. when
has last words ard dy iUg imIrecaiOns against the
principles of our Cons tuition were read il the Senate,
the Cd ~rtly aspect of m,nomanldc. His conspr-
acy prolonged through thity years gestailn bed
even thru vitality TO make Itself IsAintnlly ieit
aud no the uiOistrous birth Is stamped win DIS
freuzied features. -,
Bas ue,lher the mysterious workings Of oath.
bOuud societies, nor the pdOnc a2IsIoa eonINeG
by intrigue, ia CoOg 1876, State Legislatures anu
eec ion cabva-ees, g. euge der patisaO Jury re
pared the c0uUtry TO expoct ana meet the 'n"Vh u
has received. Tue lr gr1ss of tie Go'eThuen' "aI
been so easy, lros perous and glorious IL ,au a' W
such high rauk win States OF ~ a''s' s''eS'" ~
rspowu that scarcely any sound tblnh suppOSeI IL
posslble that sn nss assn stenlt would 0e lnaae "
close xs career by sudden Oio" as IL us ne were
as fTs that Of Gu in0iV GIA'; nero ls DO psI-l
lei ia the ms Org OF tie VOL OF siuSr sSe"ul' On
q vast, beuehcent, beloved popular Goyernment,
without even III aog ,G Act oi oppression on s part
IN nroyoko il, aud while Ii WAC actually admin s.
tend and its sds .ntages EN- 'yed by the very men
VINO aimed che sIoSe ior lie obstruction.
Bot while pros, envy acc lie Insenslble 10 the
danger the wise ana patriotic men who founded cur
(oyrfBmsnt saw III Slavery, mine ny which
frenzy and selfish anbitIcn might lay their wosk
10 ruin. The slavery vi one race iney feIt was not
compstible with The freedom OF another. lhey hoped
the suverior lace Iuhgeuced by the benign tender
ness of the GUveromeat They managed and enjoyed,
woald ultimately extend Tue blessing OF liberty to
depondeut people, ana etiectuay remove their dlsa-
biliies lew sesue O useful and independent ex-
ertion These CO. sideraliUps induced the sages on
founding the Rel uOic 10 disturb thst poisonous
element wbicu tuoy believed tue veOr OF the COusu
tuition would work Ous ., the system 10 time. They
lived to See their IOnG hOps proved oeIuslons. The
poxious plant Vi barDarvus African growth
taking root 10 tie ACCOMMODATIONS OF avaice worked
By tho energy OF great race oalstrpI all the swee,
shoots OF harmon zOg cG'ure gwen 10 our Coneti1u
tioa by he benevolent philosophy Of our fofefatherr
In plain trutu, Slavery bis prOagaed Ia lts region
in prodgious 5ength al tuaI IS evil IN sic nature
Of our countrymen, and suted al tue virtues In
which our ktonUus Government had tie origin
How s,riklngiy tins is demonstrated by the fact
that while tuere was MOI man IN the SDnth WHO
contributed to establish the free iasitHsions among
US who old not denouucs Slavery as curse from
which the country mart somehow be redeemed
now there is NOT Que OF that slsve-breedn and
eoyeruipg class who does not proclaim 1t rs the
sl-esseuLlal blessing for which life ilself must be
sacrificed. Tue process 10y which this melancholy
change has tseu accomplished is illustrated by the
drunk ARDS Career. This unhappy Glars OF reprobates
opce felt that decency, sobreiy, industry, and
purify, were the true sources oil happiness. Bat
long Indulgence III intoxicating draugbts rehders
sxfstence u burton, uAi-ss stimulated into eXtrav
sssnt feeling; wild Lil,riy or sehsnal ludolenoe
tsen beoouec tuer oUly goo. Negro Slavery 10
that black opium orue Ia The Soutn which excites
Il into 6elirioss frenzy, or usrks II into thai sad
lsthsrsy, botb alike istAl TO lis proc perity. 1t
psnpeIs every vice ana mpalIs every virtue.
Aud can 5 ate prosper under ~ stem working
euch Generalization TIE picture now presented IL
the lard Of slaves TELLS the story winch ~ be
found ia the anpas o. every slave empire. Al
Asia has been corrupted by Slavery. Africa, lie
blrth.piace, has ever been DESERT The glorlOu.
ancient Republics perisbed under lis infDeDce aieT
reaching Tue highest plat VI civilization by the hardy
virtues u Tree IeOpe, snd mOcern Europe only
redeemed hersei from tue cOmuiOn fate by the e2-
tincton Of the ieuda 81 ate that originated ser1dOm
Reverence loo the hopeful iaea OF our isthers thai
the Inherent virtue Of tue Constitution would exin-
guish Slayety, induced all VINO felt that it's perIDs
nence would To destructive, ~ acquiesce In passive
resistance 70 It's extension, although tuat resistance
had proved uDavailng 10 It's inst encrOaChmenj
west OF the Miseiss ~. IL was hoped That the pas
sion for expansion would DO allayeu by tie sQrrsI
der OF MIssOuIi and the acquisition VI 1exas, al
that the cOmpr0rlss LIE established Iii Lev, aud T,
afh rmod 1871. as Tie ltnern boundary
Slavery, would be rc-ptC,ed. Bot, having secure
the President, both branches OF Congress, and u.
Supreme Court, tue Slave Power resolved 10 brea
al contracts and strike Tor The emf ire OF the Con.
pent. Kansas Was taken by force, and Slave Gov
srDnIsnt WAS desigLed 10 DO established by 'raqC
and The Supreme COur. .en sEirmet principle j
the bred Scott Case which carried IL AL over Oh
country. Slavery, the Court ssid, Was Iropert
which held under tbe Constitution g q.
Upitsd States, and Tor that reason cOud rot be eX
cludtd from tue Territories by their lawlal Govern
ulepts. Tie reasoning ap, hes To tie States as we
a. 10 the Territories, Tor the Constitution Of IA
United States Is equally Paramount IA 10th. Ihei
fii1as ers or Iirates having failed IN their a,temp
10 SEIZE CuDa aud Central America, they propose
to take these countries openly 10y the power Of Ia
Government.
Such were the means adopted prior 70 the war Z
make The CONSTITUTION of ths Cmtcd States wiz.
that OF the CoDieGes4cy now II, an instrument 70 IN
crease, diifuse, aud pCrpetuate Slavery, and max
il Continental institution. b! the obbs archy saw
BY the election OF Lincoln that tie peace al aQtOI
OF the ballOt-Dox would reverse these wrongs, an
prevent futdre aggression, either 10 extend slavery
further South 10 nainlaln al In tAeI cglOns suD
iected by tae Supreme Court. TLey were prepare,
Tor THE contingency. They TOOK up arms " asser
their dociriue, That slavery was The best founda
sion for Government, and Undertook, IKE Mo
hammed, tie propagation Of their iaith and iDsuIu
tiOEs by The swo.d.
lt wss 10 vain that Nr. CdteBdens appefsinI
resolution WEI passed; in vain wa N amendment u
fs Constitution, declaring Slavery ~ be ifrevOcsblJ
essADiiSped unless abolIshed BY the S;ates glthii
VI b il existed. No sacrifice, not even tnat Of TIE
Go citation, to give scd!t oDa guarantees TO Slave
~ ghere 1t existed, cOulI rave The country iron
Wa for by thas means alone 1t was now evident
eo,1 slavery be nsde the dominant principle ia the
y, World. Ii is tAat domination for which they
~ Intending. Independence 10 sought only as