New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-29
ADDRESS
OF ,b. Uaiou Member. OF the Legislature
TO n. Eketor, Of tie Stats Of Ner. YORK,

Union party h the Legislature OF 1868 III pursnsucs
of custom, submit TO you The following retectlops;
When, about one year ago. yen were sddIefsed IN
this manner 1t was not supposed by many who con-
CUR ed in thet address that another year Of unencec
war wouldpasa bnt nearly all INDUCED what seemed
the vell-founded hope shat the BTms Of the Federal
Government would soon triumph everywhere, ard
that military resistance to the laws ard to the Con
,tituton of the Uuion would have been overcome.
Bnt that hope has proved fsllacious, and though
progress has upon the whole been made IN
restoring the escendency of the National
authority, an armed End powerful Rebellion
still exists and the Government is still called to
great exrtios to prevent that Rebellion from reach
ing successful revolution. An oyerruiing Proyi-
deDce has 80 ordered it that immense means put III
active exercise have not resulted in the accomplish
ment Of corresponding ends, and the people OF TINS
State, and of every State, still and again calico
10 abide in their loyalty to the Government ard 70
do and to endure for the maintenance aud preserV"
ton of tie nationality of their choice and oil 'heir
affections
We have no doubt but that the heart OF The people
Is LOYAL We have no doubt bat that the hears Oh 'e
people in fixed, uualterably and onial'onngy hSeo'
upon tie preserva ion of the Union, upon The main
tsnanos Of the Federal Constitution and the enforce
rnsnt Of tho Federal lave We nave no doubt but
that the firm answering purpose OF the people Is
that all forcble resistance TO the authority of the
Government is to he put down b. the strong hand,
by persistent unyedipg force at any necessary ex-
pendture Of men aud means.
We have no doubt but that the calm reflection OF
the people has led to this the only logical conclu.
,on. that uareI rested usurreoion is but iDcipient
anarchy, and that to allow the present Rebellion to
reach success lie but 10 the bands of organized
society, and to reduce the States and the people Of
them to a weltering chaos from which reconstruc-
ton can only come by the strong ami mastering hand
Of military despotsm. Apart from any considera-
ton Of bigh aad noble patriotism, apart from any con-
alterations of exalted regard and love for abstract
ria bit and conscientious adherence 20 established
Governments, true public aud individual economy,
and wise eIpedeucy, though found upon lower
plane OF motive, imperatvely demand that there
ihould be no steps backward IN .he VIC ent Efforts OF
the loysI people OF The North to force back 70
obedience the disloyal people Of The South. We
viii not listen TO any suggestion Of separation, and
united there is security Tor The future save III
submission extorted from admitted weakness con-
fessedy overcome by mastering power. To have
the ponderous miehtof its own great power. Is must
now be seen and felt OF all men, that whosoever
snail fall upon tits rock re email 10 dashed 10 pieces,
and that upon whomsoeyer II shall fall be snail De
ground to powder. Let it once re admitted or
demonstrated that tie Federal Union eXis's but by
the sufferance OF any OF is competent paris, that II
has not the inherent power 10 preserve itsef froul
internal conyulslOD, anc Guy dav may s. sectional
interest," demanding by force accordance with its
claims or, that denied fracture VI the nation. Do.
we assed that vie expedlency, alart from igher
con.ceYatons deman0s that tue present cOSr shall
not clos aid leave lhe problem uEsovod OF The power
of seli-deltIse ia tho Federal Government IL II
be true that the Federal Union can protect itself
sQSioss iptestine treason, however long Planned,
and however powerful and Formidable In It's out
burnt let that fact DO 90 pa paby shown and demon
stssd Is that treason snail never again dare raiss
its hdeors bead. II it be ibe lsmentable fact tina
the Federal Union is COMPETENT only for fair slie
and smooth seas let that iset be eoncusvely set
tied rs that the American People shall longe
lean upon broken reed, but may In the plonitud
of their experience look about them for some form
government that shall be strong enough to sustsii
itself-strong enough to repress instruction within
and TO repel Invasion without.
But we do not apprehend the latter alternative
We believe that the wisdom OF tie Fathers NOT
tasked In yada. We beleye that the American
Union was no abortiye birth. We believe that the
Government which the sages Of the past, fresh from
the Necessities of tie Revelation, founded was ioup
dkioned deep down below The uphea wings Of domes-
tic dscord, aud reared bigh and strong above the
shocks Of wicked treason, with inherent powers o.
sefpro;ecuoE aud se-pfes HvsGioD suh,ient for any
emergency that has yet arisen or that will rise in the
course OF time. Ii the people but love their Gov.
ernment the Government bias n sure foundation In
the love Of the people II the people but 1--we their
Government WITH love fervenp enough 10 endure
trial and to suffer privation the Government IL well
buttrsssod ia the love OF the people. We believe
that dffused through the Of the people Ia tie
loyal States there exists this love for the Govern
nent feryent patient, enduring, that will undergo
privaton rather than that the institutions of the
country shall umble, snd our nationality be botted
out.
Why, then, il may be asked, believing this--why
then this tie atiOn Electors Of the State Of New
York, though the pulse Ut soe people beats erig1t,
there are those among us whose ENDS are relish and
whose means are nnserupulOus-who would sacrifice
all public good 20 private advancement, and post
pone even the savation Of ste Nation 10 the glori
fcation OF self. We trus, that they are not many;
but we know that they are bold and daring, and
that IL the refuxes Of public opinion they seize the
opportunity to cast abroad their carpiDg cevis and
10 SOW dsrus Of the future and doubt of the powers
thai be. In our position here at tho political center
of the State we nave had frequent opportunity 70
meet toem and 10 hear their sophisns AID treir es
uiticsl teachings. With professions OF loyalty 10
the Government, they carp &C and find fault with
the National Adm nistrstion. Though we admit the
logical distinction between the Government aud the
corps of men who are the opponents of the Govern
ment 70 the people and TO the world, though we sd-
nit that the Administration 10 one thing and Gov
eminent Ia another, that the Government Is the
people itself and the Administration is bat the se. OF
men which tie people has put 10 the position OF ex
ereiAng the powers OF Government, we must still
maintain that in times like these, blind and indus.
eriIninste and virnlent Of the acts OF tue
Administration reaches beyond ste individual ex-
ponent Of Government, and goes far 10 weaken the
bath In the Government ITSELF encourages open re-
belion in ia organized Efforts and provokes secret
sympathy With rebellion 20 become open treason.
IL must be admitted that, with treason as rampant
Is Una. which Is now IN armed array sgaiSSt the