New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-12

- oan core with Stonewall Jack sSn lAppanse.
Narar iii then shall we succeed nave compar1d
N we've nalIeck and Gen. Fremont You may take
Ven n, - ,,aralI,l One is Seward and another IL
p,,ier Seward does not believe III war, out III
GnIomecy or comprc mise III pohiy. lie has proph-
led again and again thai this war, IKE the dlVis.
IONS of former times, could be quoted IN oO or ~
5av,. He thought so; IL he had not be never would
haye risksd his fame as statesman upon the proph.
eey He said by the voice Of regular army oincer
ia the cabin Of that ship that went down TO dis,
mantle Norfolk when ioreign-bred soldiers oegRed
The American officers to stop and give them
three hundred men to save two thousand cannon
from the armies Of the Confederates, and guar
rapeed to take that place and hold II three or SIX
months with 200 men-one of his ,lass TOOK colonel
into the cabin and said, You don't understand this
thing; this Is not war; II Is quMre,i We
have had dozen of them we shall get
over IL In co DAYS" Seward believes 1t yet;
| he receives Commissioners; be sends French
men 20 Richmond TO note terms he sends letters
abroad dealing with Rebels rs equals in fact.
| Butler is the first that ever hung a
kebel-lloud applause and onght 10 DC
recorded his gravestoue. If 1 were poh-
tician and general l would not live an hour
! until was his twin. Laughter. Let II 50 down
to history that onetbira Of the nation burst INTO IN
surrection. aud there wat but one an, ana LIE
| Democrat. that dared to bang feloD. Loud
applause lie said to ui.lana, - England
,as You belligerent. Fine word. You mar.
shall armies and give commissions. All KNOW
is, you are felons. II we take a Frenchman, we
shoot lin; il we take an Engllshman, We shoot nm
If we taSe Lousianian we hang him" Zap
plausel The whole significance OF the Depart.
iuent Of the South-West was in that gallows
The world may dignity the instruction as pleases,
bnt to the Government II IL felony punlshaoie Oy
the glhlet And when he said TO the merchants OF
Nw Orleans every inch short of the gibbet Is pure
race lie represented the only theory that VIII ever
conquer the Rebellion a Government III arms
against crimoals who have wasted its treasures ana
filled $50 coo of msftyred patriot graves. Rebels
not belhyerents Now in the two distlnctloAs be-
tween Halleck routine and Fremont, lhelle,
Butler realities il the distinction between The
,nture in military affairs III the difier.
ences between Seward the politician and
Butler the Government. Why, If Seward is
la Republican God grant US Democratic
successor Laughter / want somebody 10 Ocen-
Nv the Presidential chair WHO believes IN the GoV-
eminent and in the people, who will act without
casting bis eyes ls shoulder TO see LOW lar the
pe,ple will support him. We want leaders that lnl'
iate-that actually lead. Friends, my belief Is that
Won and ure bound to create all expecting impea-
tive public OPINION that shall compel the Govern
meut 10 the adoption Of such measures and such
men. | say such men, because, though believe ID
events, which are stronger than Cabinets, ana
are bearing 10 onward whether We WIN VI
, not. | believe also III men as harmonlhng the
, issue Of events. Let me make the Generals, anu l
, don't care who make the procamaiions Only lei
ne nut IL the mead Of the advancing columns OF Tie
Union certain men that could name, and the Cab
met AT Washington may shut Themselves up and 20
IN sleep with zip Van Wrinkle till 1872. Laughter.
, For know men, one blast OF whose ougle morn
were worth million Of men-ony put them IN the
heart of the Rebellion where our armies ouRht 10
be. | believe in Hooker, and believe IN hls cue
cess But when tie done, what Of III GfaIiiy
ltbe Norlh-startie Europe. SO far good. But
what lis Virginia If she Is ours Barrenness-eE'
: hausted by two years war-nelther army aOle y
ret a pound OF susteuance from her acres III VIII
lake two wears to make her seli-susaniDg state.
What ia Richmond You might as well take syria
cuse. You might as well fiug hundred thousand
men upon Worcester. jeff DAVIS can pack up twle
as much re- belongs TO him IN ca fel-1ag and carr
: II away. lI-aughter.l The town Is hospital.
Tie yelioW flag might lie put there over every
Louse. aud We have got 10 sustain rather than be
,usl aimed when the United State, dag hoai'
Above il Beslde do not like to hght on the rim Of
r the wheel aud let the enemy beat the hub. laukh
: teri / ain no anaconda iancleT. llAughterl.
a vyotl1 be at the hub. l would put men, whose
. nau,es YOU know too well, among the black mEsse,
Il OF the CarOilnas and Miesissppii and hSut ouiwad
a griLdiug the Rebellion TO powder. That would
J. come-eaye Virginia TO fall into our hands. Why
n nothing kegs her from grayatng 10 us but The
4 amy. The slave syttem dead there practically
before 1871. Nothing but Confederate forces keeps
Ter fouthern. And Low she never can be southern
To hurt the rebellion by bringing tie negro into tie
. war does not mean troops; It means localities.
Wien we bring the negroes iuto the war We hgtS
on his hone in inc Gulf States where he ought 10
fight The heart OF the rebellion Is where the negro
Is IL is thefe where army should stand, If VIC
torious tie bottom Of the tub 10 out. And yoa
know whose name the slave ehciishes like house
! hold wofds in every hovel, and at whose
Lidding lie will rise 10 the stars aud stripes VIII
: the slaves fgnt Well, II any man asks you tell
him no. VIII he work 7 II any man asks you tell
, him To- But II he asks you whether the negro will
/ fght, tell him yes. Applause. IL no AXIS you
whether the negro viii work tell nim yes-work even
for patriotism without wages as he has worked at
Formers hutr,e. .hc Onited States promising him
8 so MONTH keeping the hrst ~ Tor any stray
contrabauds that might Join hun, takiag the
second 81 for clothing the ccntrsbsnd hlmsel snd
the other 6 witch Sam keeps. laughter Well. be
fghtl Ask Higginson. He Gays IN one Of bis pri'
yute letters THAI when he carried that lint regiment
to S.. Mary's soldier got buckshOl IN the
back OIL his neck, aud unlike sone white voiunteers
afraid of the hospital, lie got comfado to dlg them
out with ckknife ana went on 10 the nexi bat
tie Laughter Another, wounded IN the lett arm,
afraid Of the hospital, kept II secret 4S hOurs until
the swelling anu pain were too great TO be bOrne,
I and III last he owned up sick. third, injured III
the leg, bore II in tence for the sake OF hghng Que
more skrueh, and then, when they sent him On
T. pczet duty, and he could not stand, owned up and
| went TO the hospital. Appliance. Do you think
, those men will hghti Another, with most ludicrous
carelessnees, went into the skrnsh forward dozen
rods, fired, iel back, forward again, but it was
noticed that lie moved very swkwardly. When the
skirmish was over, II discovered that in order
I to increase bis scanty rations no had picked up
live goose when he entered the fight aud held 1t all
the time between his legs. tGreat laughter.
had the pleasure the other day OF speaking 10 Gen.
Butler Tor the first tine in my life, thanking lin oI
New Orleans and | asked him his experience wish
the negro. Well, said be, when Mcclellan was on
the Peninsula, felt that was very seant of men,
! and the army at Corinth might be down upon at
any day. aud | said to the Government. Send ms
men if you expect me TO keep New Orleans; and they
answered, We can't spare you q man, but you nus,
q hold New Orleans. sent back word, Then will