New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-30

may be- we must have SUBORDINATE rdce-S race
whose depression shall elevate US. We even put
ourselves against the very edict Of God when he de-
clared I" by the sweat Of your brow shall you earn
your bread" Applause. Under the influence OF
this sentiment was pointed out as man to be DIS
trusted as one to be avoided and scorned, becsuse
sad did believe that Labor was ennobling because
was willing to admit that thanked God that bad
been compelled to labor. Our people were car
ried away with the snblimity Of the idea Of the
eeyating Influence Of serve labor upon the superior
race. They said, We must reopen the slave'trsde,
80 that syery white man and every white woman
shall be ele sated to the condition OF master or mis-
trees. We must teach this people that it is dis
grace to labor. They adopted the views OF a
periodical published in your city-I mean De Bows
Roview-which for five years has been devoted, not
to sustaining the Government not to the purpose OF
elevatng tie humble, but TO the concentration of
power in the hands Of the few, to the depression OF
the majority, aud by degrees it nflamed the minds
of tho people strongly and more strongly upon the
subject of this one institution. l submit to you
whether the communications and leading articles
in that Review would have been regarded by
the fathers as calculated TO sustain the Government,
or whether at the formation of the Government they
would not have been looked upon with distrust, and
as destructive Of the policy Of the fathers But
will only deal with the condition of things as lind
them today. What il the cause Of our condition
TONIGHT Yon may just as well ask yourselves that
question tonight, for history will ask it, and answer
! il too. And history will answer it truly. What
bad you 10 complain Of What had the Govern
nent of the United States done to you in the way of
wrongl Were you not prosperous and happy-com'
paratively happy-for l do not ask you if you were
supremely heppyl As compared with the condition
of the world, and 90 far as happiness depends upon
government and the constitution of society,
were you not happy I Yes yes Well
then if you were, what had you to complain of
When or where has Government ever laid feath-
er's weight upon youi 1 speak of the Government
of the United States and of Louisiana and to citizens
Of Louisiana. | believe it was in The year 1903
that it became question of serious import to the
United States to control the great river which flows
through your State. The Government of the United
States felt that il was Of great Importance to Its peo
ple and il found that the inhabitants of Louisiana
were not unwilling to connec. their destinies with
ts own. They appealed to the gres. First Napoleon,
then First Consul Of France through their Minister,
and from him thoy purchased the territory which
now constitutes the State OF Louisiana, and 1t
was transferred to the United States. Was it
BY your money, by your influence, by your agency,
that this contract was made No. You and bad
nothing TO do with it. Our fathers conceived the
ijes, they paid the price that produced this great
result. The people of Louisiana did not pay the
price. The people of the United States paid and it
was transferred not to the people in Louisiana, but
to the people Of the United States lGreat ap-
plsuse.l /. became part of that Government, and
let me tell you tonight it is destined to remain
part Of i. Immense applause.) Your hear men
cay that your first allegiance is due TO LOUISIANA,
and | would not so much quarrel with that If t{Cy
had practced upon it, and if they had not nAde
vou the victims of Slidell ard a minority Of the
people of Iouisiaua; but l beg to be eS-
cused from joining in what they claim TO be the
voice of tho people of Louisiana When I
beg 10 know, have they ever soemDy determined 20
sever their connection with the Government of tie
United Stateal Was there a declaration of lbs
views of the people of Louisiana on that subject.
| No! Noll MOI Nor was there anywhere else in
the South unless il were in South Carolina, where
liberty never had an existence. They came before
Won with false representations. They said: This
thing will not last long; we shall have reconstruc
ito, and better state of things for the South.
Well some of our people refused TO go to the polls,
"a ring that no man has right to undertake to de-
eide the question whether the Government shall cease
10 exist, and If we vote no, we shall seem 10
admi. that these men have right to call upon us to
vote upon tie question. A large majority Of the
pcople Of every State reasoned in this way, and
accordingly refused TO vote And then there was an
organization, which has no equal in iDfamy on the
face Of the earth--an organization when saiu 10
peaceably-disposed citizens: You must speak ri
the polls; you must vote; and you must vote an
open ticket too; for we must know who are the
traitors among u.s." Aud when they got through,
under this SYSTEM they had one-hird OF the popular
vote Of the SAte-and they claimed a majority
They seized upon the machinery OF Govern.
ment. They had the Treasury; they hsd
the arms and the ammunition. Ihey
DISPLACED the Governor and for the time being put
one of their own creatures in hs place. and so BE-
ccssion was accomplished. And what has this .
bellicu done for youi Has your lot in lie Jcel
made better by it Your associations with yoAr fell
low citizens more pleasant DO you feel more Sc
cure from day to day. Are your hopes Tor the fu1
ture more bright for yourself, and above all, for
your childreni tell you that the arrogance grow
ing out Of tho institution of Slavery has been the
cause which has produced all this trouble; and
YOU all know it, Mr.. Yarey to the con.
trary notwithstanding. [ApplauSe.l You are
now in the condition of the quack whose
epitsph was in these words; al was well;
would be better; took my own physc, and
AN here" What had you to complain off Was
Al III 4.
maintain your rights You knew it-yOu who had
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