New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-16

on with view to interfere with the institution Of
Slavery. The only principle on which our rdlers
could he guided was, that all Institutions in tho
country that stand in the way of the Government
must be got ont of the way. 1hore was no instiu.
ton that WAS paramount 10 tie Government. They
said that the negroes would mon0polze the labor Of
the country. What was meant when it was
aid that tie policy OF hi Government was to make
re black man our equali Was there any mHgic
word by which be could perform any more labor
free than slave The policy of the Government
was to carry Out the Conscatlon oct III lis letter
and spirit aud tho army went South to oouiis
cate ths property of every Rebel, the proceeds to
he taken TO colonizc the black Ien when they are
free. Gleat applause. a great deal was faid
about tue Proclamation. lie regarded that simply
a. an experiment. There was never any great isct
demonsirate ID that il WAS not rst necessary TO lake
an experiment, lie regarded the Proclamation 10
coming not from Abraham Lincoln as President bat
az COmuaudcr.iu.Ch thief OF the Army and Navy.
lie had bat exercised the same power that was eN-
cIclsed by all parties engaged IA war. Ia TINS no
hai only 10 lowed the example of Napoleon, VINO
saii S.rlke Wherever You can weaken your enemy
Loud cheers. Where men 10 inio war, they must
he governed by tbs rulcs OF war ii man COM
NIT ire son. he must abide by the incidents OF the
crime OF treason. IL was a singular thing Ii, in
carry iug GA tins WAL We found something belonging
% the enemy which we could not touch. Applause
II man were loyal, there was nOlhing he would
lnot be wiling 70 ne to save his country. lie
W nd use ali the means an1 implements That Goa
had given us. lie Vas wiling 10 put steel toes on
mules; he would cal into the fangs Of the rat
!esnke, and ecnd them forth TO strike wherever Il
Rebel could be found. lApplapse.l The man who
loved his party better than he loved his country
was no patriot. lGIeat spplause.l The country
eoud not be saved by psrty;' 1t was 10 be saved
10y Dukes, hayolets, ana the whole North united.
There was no hope Tor II in any other way. Jap
rlause.l When people talked about the Democrat
i ID. Aa tUf
branch OF AZ party they might belong 10 !
Jefferson lad a Nicepresident by the name Of
Burr, Jackson had Nice-Presidelt By the name OF
Calhoun, and they Were all in the Democratic party.
Dir. Douglas was good Democrat, ami so WAS Mr.
Brcc kinrGgc; and erhaps the most beautiful scene
IN Mr.. Douglass lie was when lac went 10 Chicago,
to tue W gwam where his competitor wac nominat-
Cd and private citizen. after being defeated f0r
the Presidency said TO the PEOPLE there assembled:
:" stand by your country IT If IA question Of Dls-
union or OF In,on, OF treason or OF love TO your
cOuGtry.' Applause He wanted 20 ask wLcthc-
tuosc who believed that Democracy would save the
country belonged 10 Tie party of Bur- aud Calhoun
md Breckenridge, or OF Jefferson, JAckson aui
Douglal. lLausnter.l Had they ever heard any
OF thc men VINO were talking about President Lin-
coins vlo, tiOls o. the Constitution sAy anything
abou, JEFF D,yiss attempt TO overthrow the Goa
situation - Never II Davis were there 10 an
swer, and if hc W0II answer honestly, nc would
say when arkei where he got us large armies, and
IN what way he had been able 10 elect such union
in tn ooutn If all classes upoa one object, that /;
WIS because 10 did MOI suffer any mgn Ia the south
10 be a candidate against Lin. Did any one ever
beer Of p,sp ~ the south being candidate FOX
| Congress agninst JEFF DAvIss Government Jel
DAVIS was supreme dictator, and the North had ~
choose between That kind of Government and
the Government OF our fathers, because the
South would either sGbGue tho kortn,
or the Norm you'd subIuc her Tho war
would end when three millions OF poor white ;aen
in the South understood this controversy. ard
they were ls6r.ius every day. Some earl
iha; the only WY 10 keel The North and South
together wan % preserve Slavery. II there were
sny who believed that, be woud recommend them
TO 20 into tie Union army az once Tor II mis- war
went ON much longer there would onN he n f. "
stunts OF ne zoe left N the country. Laughter
and applause. lie tad no idea that any forc %
nation would intcrfere while large aruies w,fe
organized; mt, IN his OF iniou, wncn the war re-
solved itself into guerrilla var that moment there
would b. lOlcln Intervention, France nud EnylIni
would compel the gGerulias 10 stop. Mr. Dough-,
bad sid that the hCbeliiOn wRs connected IA Bu-
cbauan's Administration. He thought ~, TOO, when
ne remembered seeing 20 many Of oar ships in tie
AiediierIHu can, instead OF beng home. We
.aor!d not be despOndcnt, for we had now usr
block ade aud more ;han one hall OF the terri tory
claimed by the Rebels was under the STAN and
stripes tO-uEat Great applausc lie wanted TO
sc tue Mississippi opened, aud he believed u would
coup!ished the great grass growing region OF the
SCUM would be shat oil rom the cotton States, We
should have seized upon tie heart Of r,Oeldom. lie
wouid rot Object TO rec one hundred Thousand slave
holders sent one way and "A million Of negroes the
other, II only the country could be- saved. Toe tide
was setting fgst IN favor Of negro uOOps lie
believed there WAS not u politician Ia New-York
who in twelve months would not swear that he WAS
always in favor OF putting "a gun IN the hands
Of tue negro. Laughter aud applause There
q Il
that daro lay DOWN any principle for THO
war. Gov. Wright read an extract from a letter
written Dy the Consul General ~ Frankfort on the
Main. wherein il Stated that large quantities Of
lint for our wounded soldiers, and socks XII, By
women IN various parts Of Germany were collected
there and that in thirty days -, 900 could be
sent TO join the Uron army-men who had served
in the Italian and Crimean war. Loud cheers
We Lad 10 bring back tho manhoOd OF the nation
and tho patriotism VI Cur fathers We had bud too
much prosperity, and we had not yet done our whole
duty M loyal men. He pointed to the benevolent
Institutions Of the North one OF the great sources
OF ils strength. In conclusion, ne alluded 10 visit
to d room in the Vatican at Rome, upon the ceiling
IL which the flags Of all nations were 10 be seen.
He looked them over from the Oldest TO The young.
est. When he saw the stars aud Stripes he asked
himself the question why il was that our fathers
were the first 10 put s'ars on their iiaE! lbe only
answer that could be gwen that our fathers
looked up to God for help, that they saw the stars
ana planted them in our banner. Loud aud long
continued applause
Senator ANDREW JOHNSON Of Tonne6Gee was then
presented, amid very great applause. After some
personal preliminary remarks, ne said; la appearing
before you tonight, may ask The question in what
condition il the country and what has involved il in
this civil war as II ID sometimes called. am not IN
the habit OF calling it IL civil war, as 1 am in the
habit of calling it u Rebellon-whioh was antici.
paled and provided for by the Constitution OF the
United States 1t Is Rebellion in the proper and
Constitutional Sense, and inquiry very naturally
comes up why THE Rebellion aud what has caused
il Has any portion OF our fcllow-ctizens in their
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