New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-15
IN fact the strongest. Of all popular Governments.
He conteIded that nothing kept us apart now ex-

IN fact, the strongest. Of all popular Governments.
He conterded that nothing kept us apart now ex- |
cepting hate, ante gOnism, and revenge; that the
war heated these, passions sometimes hotter, and
while 1t lasted reunion could not commence. lie
insisted that the, prejudices could be overcome and
explained tbs origin Of the jealousies be-
tween New -Englsnd aud the South attriout-
ing them 10 difference Of manners and habils
Of social life, and their different ideas
OF religion, morals, and politics. He rejected inc
idea OF excluding Nsw.England, and insisted that
there was large non-Pari and conservative
element in that section, which would Of itself over
come the narrow, extreme, and fsnatical Puritan
element, the supremacy Of which he declared 10 DC
incor patible with the peace OF society ana OF tne
Union. He alluded to Roger Williams as the FOUNDER
of New-Engand civilization different IRON that
of the Mayhower and Plymouth Rock. He next
maintained that NewYork, New-Jersey, and
PENNSYLVANIA could not separate from the South,
ncr the South from the North and spoke OF the geo.
graphical ties which bound them together The North.
West would not separate from the South The day
which divided the slavehodng from the non-slave.
holdwy States would decree the eternal divorce o.
the West from the East. There was no cause OF
controversy excepting Slavery. The agitation OF
that subject az a political element must cease. we
must return to the old Constitution and actual basis
of fifty years sgo-the three-ffths rule the speedy
and ready retnrn Of fugitive slaves, no more sgi'a
ton, and the transit and temporary soJourn OF
masters with their slaves IN the Free Su1es'
This was the price Of the Union, and whoever
was not willing 70 pay IT must hnally
declare for separation and disunion. lhe
South war Interested just rs much as we IN
reunion. Slavery, on che old basis was the way
70 reunion. He referred to the almost exact SINH
arty of the two constitutions, Federal and Conted-
erata. anS TO the impossibiIity of keeping up two
suchf governments without national boundary.
! The only difficulty IN the way OF reunion was the
waps of the will 10 reunite, and while the war last
ed lat would never exist. Ii the country were
uy,tf ha mil
pe.laent had been tried long enough, and enough of
blood and treasure had been expended aud misery
inflicted on both, he would then propose this Stop
fighting; make armstice, no formal treaty;
withdraw your army from the seeded States; re.
duce both armies 10 fair and suflicien. peace es
J tsblishment declare absolute free trade between
the North and South; buy ana sell; agree
upon Zollverein. Recall your fleets. Break up
your blockade. Reduce your navy. Restore travel
Open up the railroads. Reestablsh the telegraphs
: Reunite your express companies. Make no more
Monitors and ronclads, but set your friendly steam
ere and steamships again in motion. fElt the North
and West. Visit the South. Exchange newspapers
Migrate. Internarry let slavery clone :hod no'a
new President In 1864. And when the Gospel oil
/, Peace shall have sounded again from Heaven into
their hearts, and the gospel OF abolition ana haIe
been expelled let your clergy and the cnurcneS meet
again in Christian intercourse, North and south.
Let secret orders and voluntary associations
everywhere reunite as brethren once more:
In short give to all the natural and all he ARTIFICIAL
GAUGES which mpel us together their fullest sway
LET time do lie office in drying tears, dispellng
sorrows mellowing passions and making the herbs,
and the grass and the trees, 10 grow again upon the
bundred battlefelds of this terrible war. He denied
that this was formal recognition-to which, for
obvious reasons, he would not consent. Ii was
informal recognition and 80 was the exchange OF
prisoners flags OF truce, &C. Ii IT confessed dis
!. pnon. il was only as the surgeon who sets
fractured limb and heals il, admitting that
il was broken. 1t would not do 20 say
the Government would have failed 10 crush
ON. the Rebellion. 1t had failed, and
would always fail. Neither ought anybody to com
plan that 10 one would be hung; TOR nobody would
be hung though the war lasted nifty years. But II
nobody was 20 be hung, then lot the wrong-doers Of
the Administration rejoice and be exceeding glad
He approved of mediation as means OF suspe noing
hostiities bat rejected arbitration. He spoke also
of the important lessons the had taught on both
sides in explaining Anti-Slavery errors, In proving
the strength of the South, and In showing that
Slavery, instead of weakness, was power, that the
: notwithstanding white men Of the South were the
. chief support OF Slavery, and thai there was no
danger Of servile instructions. lie said that tie
South had learned, too, that personal courage is a
. quality common to all sections and that
in battle the men Of the North, and
! especially Of the West, were their equals. Twenty
: months Of war had corrected many errors, and
taught us the wisdom Of century, and II we would
only reunite the Union would be stronger and more
durable than ever. be expressed his readiness 10
Weld personal interests and the more material re-
|. wards of ambition, Just now TO the future good OF
! his country. Whoever believed the would
restore the Union, whoever was for war for The
Abolition of Slavery, or for Disunion, whoever de-
mauded Southern independence and final separation,
would not be satisfied with what be said. But be
had always been for the Union, and would
not now surrender it. In youth he had
desired TO live TO see the hundredh Anniversary Of
American Independence, aud hear our orators exglt
in the growing glories and greatness OF the stall
United States. He hoped for IL still--sooner If pos
sibe. In any event, let that dsv be the day Of the
great Restoration. We were in the midst Of the
crisis OF the Revelation. II we secured peace now
aud began reunion, all would be well. Ii not, he
saw nothing before US but revolution and anarchy.
SAMUEL S. FESSENDEN rep, Me-, in reply
10 the remarks Of Mr.. Vsllanos CHAM, said New En-
gland still lives Notwithstanding the TRADE OF the
gentleman from Ohio against her, and will still live
1 in the Union and the Constitution Az tbsy are
, Mr.. BINGHAM rep, Ohio said they had been
favored again on that eide OF the House with III
D apology for the Rebellion. Ihis should never be
allowed TO 60 to the country unchailenged while gu
opportunity was allowed him TO respond. His col
league Northumberland had come here to-day with
0 denunciatons that this war has been made by the
l Executive Of the United States. lie started out
with the oracular declaration he had heretofore
made. that coercion would produce war; that he
had atided bis time; and that Time, the
" Great Avenger" had answered that coercion would
4 make war. Now he (BDgham) demanded when
the gentleman talked about posterity and the truth
of history that he should make up the record 1airy
according TO the facts stranger TO the transaction
Of events Of the last two years. listening TO the
marks OF his colleague, would suppose that blood
would not have been She'd and the cloud OF war not
covered the land with tie shadow Of its dark clouds
but for the act of the President Ii attempting to
coerce aw-abiding citizens. This IL not according TO
history While the care Of the State was IN the
keeping Of the gentlemans party, war was already
; organized against the Republic and our flag dis