New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-21

Davis regime, declared ut Montgomery
Ah, thar within mi S,,;d given c tune the
was an open boast at the South, and they believe
il. They believed they Lad 80 managed thing
through their sGencies in high places that they ha
secured the power aud they intended to use it,
viii not upe Names because it would not be right Of
this occasion, and know none of your minds vii
him. Loud lsnghfer and cheen.l Bnt it was so
And yet men talk abou, their constitutions
rights, and that they have property in III
South, about which property, II Jon eve
make disturbance, they intended to tear u!
the Government and make another, this same ape
cies oi property beng the cornerstone OF The new
one. Yet when you, for the preservation OF you
Government, resist their eRgressiye war, when you
attempt to put down the Rebellion you are doing
mort cruel, unjust, and unconstitutional thing.
suppo,c these gentlemen imagine that the object II
forming the Constitution was TO see how long
Government could exist without having power e
protect i'sef against enemies without or within. a
common fippant remark of the Rebels was that The
Government WAS failure, because it was not pos
iessed OF inherent strength. But | have said "a
them on many occasions, MS / say TO you tonight
that IN my judgment they will fDd, before thoy ge.
through with il, that t6is Government is strong
enough for common use. [Applause.l /, has just
the tame omDlp0tent power that any other Govern
rncnt under heaven has to protect itself FROM its
enemies without and within. IL was Intended to
have tbat power. The Constitution conferred upon
the President, and made it his sworn duty, to sup
press iDsnrrec,iop, and 10 relel INVASION; and II
laced him at tho head of its Army aud its Navy
that be might employ the whole force OF the country
If necessary, to accomplish that great object. No
body ever dreamed, until those teachings ont Of
which Sec.e' grew got TO be popular, that it had
not power 20 accomplish everything IL denied FOR
these great ends. But 1t has been discovered that
toe Government, surrounded az 1t has been by ene-
mics molesied by tie sympathy abroad Tor tue trea-
s0u at home from day 10 day surrounded with dill
culties new and hitherto untried by the Govern
n.cnt, may make now and then mistake. IL may
have made the intake of arfesling come men who
had not said as much as they ought TO have said to
convince their neighbors Of their oyeliy-for i DO
believe every man ought to speak out, that II nct
at heart q traitor he would lot be suspected
lapplause such men may have been pouneed
upon by tue Government and put III dur
ance vile for a few days, until the Gov
ernment thought il hid strength enough 10 allow
such reptiles 10 10 ut large. And then the whole
brood Of snall-ffy politicians have raieed the cry,
" Why, this is the most tyrannical Government
under heaven" With a million traiior5 In arms
y gaiust il, mud third as many more a. home going
aoo ut claiming that IL 10 al unholy war. Now ana
then tue Government arrests reptile, not for the
purpose OF executing, but Of conhnng him, and The
cry is rased that il Is tyranny too great TO be
borne ami he people called upon 70 resist 1t.
v
going about in such a condition OF things as now
ex SIS proclaiming such sentiments Is the beat evil
denc. under heaven that 10 lies. Applauee.I II
this had really been tyranny a thousand snch
heads would have rolled from the block before
now. There 10 no other Governs ent beneath the
heavens that w0uld tolerate tuch treason Tor lnat
IA the name by which to call such disoyalty. Ii
may not be treason If the first grades TO be punlshed
csritaly a. treason but il is quasi treason. Il is
line that men should cease talkiDg In that way.
Every man knows II is lie. The Government may
ma ke a thousand Mistakes bus 1t is no. despotlc.
Jew weeks ago the Secretary OF War said to me 10
reply to some remark about such language, - That
Is Lothing new; IL happens IN this city every day.
Tho reply l made was, =" IL tnat be true,
all have to cay is tbst some
BODY. do MT know who it is,
doe, not do his duty" IApplause.l II even in the
National Capital, and IN The very ball, ol the Ma
tiJual Congress such sentiments OF qualified treason
ran be uttered and ii the Oil ,ers of the Govern.
neut knowing 1t, allow such men to go AT large day
by day, say 1t IL proof that It 10 not despolic
20 vernment, but the contrary. ms Government
ls borne more from is pretended friends taan IL
nas had TO contend with from open enemies Inc
time is coming, and am heartily glad TO see this
great people liking up to the determination, when,
" nstever our thoughts or sentiments may have been
with regard 10 the policy Of the country, we VIII
together aud act together for lis preservation
Ii /, Que 10 you 10 DO this The truth 10 that
.futhiuly told tonight that IL is not "a returning
,cno, OF ideiity TO tie Government, bat returning
SENSE OF your duty under the fidelity you lave al
ways felt IL may have been latent III the bottom
Jf your hearts, but every man who belongs 10 TINS
Loyal League has always regarded himself as "A
loyal man, aud has always loved hls Government
Ilc may for tule Lays been laAewarm IN the
sust; 10 may not have iet that he could give them
he active ahd cordial support which vas due from
,yery citizen; but now, having maturely considered
T. he has at ast arrived at the conviction that there is
Dut one ah of safety. but one path OF ddty and that
10 lend hi, wncle heart 10 tue cause OF the Goyer
lent to sustain ii IN all It's constitutional relations
,ud to briug together u Inass OF public sentiment
which will sweep away every man that opposes
he Government. Applause.l And even II !here
NAV be meu in high places who for their own seltsh
rOluotlon, have been engaged IN WHY diplomacy TO
leleat Tor time the success OF one man III The pubic
service engaged aitiuy III the Enterprise in one quar-
er OF the country, ana If there may be those with
iaiur purpose matchmaking another man IN perform
M bis duty let them learn lesson from the history
D. the past. Letthem remember that The Poop Of this
great country, thinking with their heart" will
know tue men who 90 their duty ana
WILL reward them too. We know that II few years
MO when we were engaged IN a foreign war, there
as an old general, WHO never pretended TO DO AM
hiug more than rough ana faithful soldier, WILL
NM victory alter victory, paying no attention TO
what was ooing on al the National Capital, While
others were intriguing, reekiS III Their HE III camp
10 secure the great honors which this great people
could confer; and we know that the people took up
that old rough soldier, WHO had never dreamed VI
being Pres dent aud made him President all Of
them. IL may again occur that some men who
thina tina, they aro winning the popular favor may
be- net ASIDE, who ask tnat Ihose wlo have per
formed these duties, commanding the AdmiasLra-
ton OF the whole country, frgn their detant points
ia n. South nay 10 relieved because the contrast
was becom.ug 100 great between lhcm and others,
ma, live ouy enough TO realize that the people OF
this country, when aroused, are o9nipoieui,
aud TO acknowledge that ",he best lad
schemes OF mice aud men, gang oft aslce.' Ii
wo arc to do our duty 10y our Government,
let us begl1 by determining to DO our whole