New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-25
spEECM OF JUDGE UkESTARD
OF NEW.ORLEANS.

AT the great meeting III tne cooper Institute,
held on Tuesday, Judge HicStard of New
Orleans was one of the speakers. We have
seen men of all kinds fIom the South during the
war bear testimony against the Rebellion and
against the cause Of it, but chiefly those who,
like Gen. Hamilton Of Texas, Or the Rev. Mr..
Brownlow Of Tennessee, had been driven from
their homes by the Rebels, and were Stung with
the rccollections of outrages upon themselves,
families, and possessions. Judge Hiesard, how
ever, has no such anteccdents. He lived at
New Orleans, and was never bludgeOncd,
stabbed, or robbed by the Confederate gang.
He, simply, while the city was in the hands OF
the friends of Seymour, Wood Il Co., suffered
the greatest anxiety, lest he should be dragged
before a cut.,hroat Vigilance Committee, ard
wrested from his family-his wife and child.
Though the Judge. in his own case, would have
considered such fate simply as Dan'esqucly
internal and the cause for undying hatred 10
the Rebellion. and 10 its sole cause. Saychold-
ing. vet he does not appear to rate such tearing
of hcartstTingS and ou,rases on Gods image rs
Of any account applied to the save-ior be-
ayows himsclfa STAKEHOLDER, and finds 10 evil in
the course. 1hisisonc Of The inevitable nradoxe,
aud contradictions which attend the theory
and practice OF slaycholdiug; but we LET i pas
10 come 10 the core Of bis discourse. Noiwi'h-
Standing the Judge has lived at New-Orlcans
for thirty wears, and his visits 10 the North
during that long period could be measured by
few days; with all the weight OF anieoedcni'.
and the iron hand of custom and habit. 10 make
him Ike Slavery az lca,, as well a, . Demo
cratic candidate for office in Ncw.YoIk, b.
ayowed himself unchangcably hostile 20 the
Rebellion. and considered there could be no
compromise that was not a dclusion, snare and
lie. and that The only way 20 end the war and
to restore peace on has.. of permanent con.
cord and union. was by the utter eradication Of
slavery. Testimony from such souIce Is in
valuable. II ouiwcighs in a breath al! that has
been, or can be- laid a. 10 the inconEqucn'Ial
relations Of slavery 70 the Rebellion. and the
proprieiy of letting il alone, by the CcppcTacad
Journals and speaker Of this city. L.; such
testimony bc well ponicrci.
Another point IN the Judges cogcn' rud lucid
address. j. his tribute 10 the asiu'enc,- and cig
cation Of the negro. though the mcaune-s anf
deprnvi'y OF preventing the slave from lca-n.ng
70 read AAd write Is prasiIccd throughout tie
South by the heaviest pcualtc' OF 'hc statute
book H. describe. The negro 4. subject. slagc
though he be. 10 the lheTalirng influences Of
republican government. which admitted Of d..
cus,ion-promo,cd readiness Of speech and m
'crchaagc of thought. On ,Lc-c points The ne
gro--though the Copperhcad Journal css'd Oh
the mob TO murder him a, lone degree ihovc
the brute" the Judge decide. taa' De- Is uiicn a.
intelligent a. his master Ia Domestic Eco-
homie. the power o. overlooking and cllt.yat
ins plantation, wc lcaTa from the -amc judi.
c.ll authority. TIA, Oh every one OF them Is 4
slave better acquainted with The methods Of su-
peIy.sion and culture tlin tie MISTER hiulse.i.
None but those who are Determined neither
10 sec uor 20 think sill disregard such opinion
A. these from the South. OF longer as.eri the
stupidity. iabcciliy. wee, sensualism, idlencss.
OF wonhlc-.ncss generally oi the freedmen
south; and none bat those who are Secession.
isi,, open or secret. vii fail to recognize the
philosophy OF the radical cure proposed IN til
address ~ question.