New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-24
STAND BY THE GOvRsNmENT.
Speech of GerTIs sEni'R'
In Alhsny. Fcb. q. 1859.

G1 ana ,ympataiz- wi biz under it, sulents.
s"d b. grateful for Il. 6Aeity and whilst
ouiot 10 commend s wiss Fh Md never coe ia
mistakes bu 10 tn sP Of patriotism iHse,d Of par y ana
but to mate venpent sTGger instead Of WesAer and
Che enemy weaker ius d If suohsrr"
Mr. Smith proceeded to say | am not rightly
repeseuted IN all respects. For instance, because
sm an old and Jealous Temperance man, it assumed
that am for having Government take the Cause oil
Temperance under its wiog. whereas the theory
whloh have s. eut 80 mu,h time during the last
twenty years in euci1siug aud common ing, ID that
Government has uOihinR TO do with Churches nor
oven with Schools, with Tehy lnsiit ouons nor
even VITA moral re Ormsi and That It's only IeEIH-
mate province Is the narrow one OF protecting III
PERSONS aud property OF its subjects. Hence wien
would have Govern ent shut uP dramshoP, IL 20
not because | would have IL enscs sdmp1osry "a"
OF care III tie least Tor the Cause OF IolnEeran0e
bot 1t is solely becancs portion OF tno hoI' WV
fN,duent that dr. nshOp are wont 70 got o'81ou ~
ara 20 20 forth from it TO perpetrate crimes against
person and prop. w. lt is because that manuIac'oEy
Of madnen scucs nut one man 70 hfo 4 u"eilhe, suu
smother TO mrrde WIFE ana o.lers 70 o'p1' uooue
of mischief or nDu ~. Then again because All an
old and radical Zionist IL 10 taken Tor gfaute1
thu, | would agy, ur struggle to put down ,he hc-
he lion IeryeI'e1 10 crusade against oiaFeil'
Whereas ever tiLce tho Rebellion ofoks OUT nave
been entreatiug Co.,, UOuOtry men Dot 70 m Il" ~ "
any siae issues, rl. 70 c0nseer'te themselves a,u
s,d ,oul" 10 TIE o. @ work Of puttiug down TIE Ike
bel,on. Increasingly have | summoned them TO
stand shoulder to Shoulder in this work. notwlth-
and Abohtio..s,. 10 this etd was my printed Lei
Ter in 1861 10 Edwin Crusswel To this END have
been many of my writings and speeches. WIN tbis
struggle 70 put down tho Rebellion have from hrst
10 last been ubcouditonally idenuheo. Inc f!esl-
dents blocking mp OF Fremonts aud hunters AOo-
htion way did not in the least dininlsh my devouon
to the one aUsor lug purpose OF putting down the
Rebelh N; and his Proclamation OF Freedom coaid
not inof, use it. Whether the GOvernmeni, III It
ohaugeful measures, now for slavery or new
II Ia IN a cal
the overthrow OF The Rebellion.
Excuse she eRJllm OF these Introductory reuaI Ks.
dislike egOJlsm, whether IL be IN myself or III otn'
ere But felt that / must make them III order 10
get your un,reudiced aud open felt that you
would not spect what have 10 say 10 you, unless
should first asauuse yOu OF your fairs lmPieeslons
regarding my stt ude toward .ho Rebellion.
The way Is now open for me TO mention some OF
our duties al tins cIIsis.
LIST. TIE RsbtH,0H must he put dorm.
%. Al hands must hei0 put 1t DOOM
The Repu licans, Democrats and Abolitionis's
must all belly, be 1t a. Whatever REX 10 Their ioepect'
i've parties JUDGED, lar as tue Rebe!hOn Is con-
oerued they niust all give NJ their paiIies and D.
come one party. Olside Of this one party they may
suil msipta;u old patty Iamos ana old party aims.
But into tUls ue~ aud sacred parry they uust BRING
party loterets, no party JealOuseS. no party d.
Visous- In this party ali must be harmony ana lis
members must know each other only as Americans.
add tust whilsi on the one hand the AbOiitlOnsts
must help Pot down the Rebellion not merely be-
canse it is PtO-Slayery one for, Slavery out Of
the question, they shOald be equally prompt 10 pc II
down on the other hand tue Anita oOh IOnlst
must not witihO their help because II Is d Pro
Slavery Rebellion. The Democrats must be Il
promvt to assist IN putting down tins ReoelhoA Il
they wouid be wee It AN Anil-Slavery one HE
know that they wOuld lose very httie time IL array
ipg and that loo most vlDdictiyey ali Their nlgi
against n New-EHgand AhtISlaNefy keoelhoI
They, who are low Pvucs Democrats, would Inen
War Democrats: and suci OF them a. are now 10
mo- tam ID Rrbg WCnld
tient with Rebels.
shid that the Abolitiorists must help put dow
the Rebellion II any OF them would not have
put down unless slavery be put down with II or b.
fore il, they are wrong The Rebellion is, asid
from all questions OF Slavery, all enormous evil; anu
o. such. all bound TO help suppress IT. uncOn
dto0ally and overwhelmingly. Moreover, IL Ih
light OF 8 sound philosophy there Is no right thlnt
thsd can be damaged by ending evil: and hence !
the undertaken " abolish Slavery be nigh, THU,
nothing i, 10 De feared Or 1t from the suppression
tbe Rebellion.
| called the exiting Rebellion d Pro-Slavery one
do not forget that there persons who indit con
venent 10 OeBy u tlat Character. The Soulher'
statesmen, one Oi whom calls Slavery The cOrne
stone Of tLeir new natiOn do not thank these per
cons for this denial Tue Southern cerg ymen Wi
not thank them for it, They entirely concur witt
the Southern statesmen tals point. Their Bishops
in their recent Pastoral Letter, are not ashamed u
avow that the Rebel aztec arc about 70 plant tneil
national he on Slavery.
TO use a more pgSstlUe aud pT0Der word-tsy shoHiC
all DECLARE fh0t me RebcLs0E IS eHttrely GROUND
lees and eTctedlHgly tclcked.
None among us should any longer say that the
AbolitioniSs provoked the Rebellion. The saying o
this goes il not justify nevertheless to excuse, th'
Rebeilion and IL goes 10 reduce the hatred and hor
ror Of &C. and also the strength Of the purpose and
eDGeayOrs TO subdue It. 1 readily admit, that ths
AboltOuis.s did by their much talking aud writing
against Slavery greatly annoy the Shareholders
But surely this talking and writing whether night OF
wrong Furnished no excuse for Rebellion. Free dis
cuSsOn ia to be tolerated. II 1t Is not then tbs
MiseiOuaIies which Churches have sent all Ovol
kle heather world 10 discuss idolatries aud other
forms Of error, oud lie recalled; and then, indeed
the progress OF mental and moral Improvement, the
earth over, should be arrested Republicans and
AbOltonists will not you tolerate free discussion
need not AK tue Democrats whether they will.
For in tie turn OF things, they have become the
chaml ions Of free speech. IDey, before whose lie
uuent MODS against free speech l he'd twenty or
thirty years ago 10 retreat and hide, have now be-
come tie loudes, nOutbed defenders Of free speech.
But you viii perhaps say that the AbOlltiOnistH
won't beyond tree discussion, and pushed up Of
the Northern Legis4tures 10 unconstitutional legs
istion against Slavery. Bat even If II was uncOn-
btutoDa IL certainly gave 10 lust occasion Tor Re
belilOn. II nothing eise forbade Rebellion, II was
forbidden by tie iact tha. there was the Supreme
Court Of te Tn States ~ pA6s M on tbs cOusttu
GOnslity of toe legislation and TO make Decision
that all would abide By. Right here, let me run 4
contrast Between the North and the South for the
purpose Of taking all possible csvil and complaint ~
tns point Gu. OF the mouth OF the South. Tho whole
Sohh wrote or talked for Slavery. But IL was only
small portion Of the North wbIch wrote or talked
against 1t. Most Of the Northern peOple either
apOiOgileo iorr, or absolutely defended il. Again,
Southern men came Nolth and advoc .ted Slavery IL
the oIoaaesi Ahd most offensive terms. Neyerthe-
less these SOutnem visitors were treated courleousy
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