New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-18

seen No fine ON exhibition OF proficiency You have
shown this day. only wish had hundred thousand
of you To fight for the freedom OF the Union" a.,
Commodore Du Pont wrote from Port Royal his graft
tude to the contrabands who had rallied around him
and HIS declaration is They serve with seI make
bargains for their remuneration go under lire With
out the slightest hesitation, and indeed in our oaus
are as nsersible TO fear as Gov. Pickens. Somo q
them are very Intelligent"
At Wagner when the gallant Shaw OF the 5ith Mass1
chuses fell with his feet tn the foe and his back to tb,
field black sergeant wounded and bleeding. dragged
himself forward when the color bearer fell and wrap
ping the flag about his body crawlcd back amid
deadly rain Of artillery and when he whispered 10 the
white soldiers in the hos ptal saved the nag three
cheers went MP for the black sergeant Of the 5ih.
Let ne assure the other side of the chamber thnt the
reign OF force IL ended, and even Chiyary begins to IN
defsland that deas rule tle roTdCiviaation wrcstes
with prejudice. tho angel OF old wfested WIN the
patriarch, and prejudice will DC smItn u the dean.
mankind. The nation has outgrown the Dred Scot de
cson. and the conscience OF tue nation az last Is sL'
fed that Gods lesson Tor Amer,ca IS ,nus TO
tice TO tho African Is mental and moral emanGpeloht 10
the white man.
beg leave TO refer 10 George Bancrofs views upon
the effort to betrsy the rights OF man ut the command on
nessinn aud preulice BE saws That lstarrcd dis
QUESTION is the starting point Oi this Rohoii0n vboh
for quarter of century had been ynniy preparing "
raise It's head When courts oil justice FAIL war begins
The so called opinion Of fancy who trust did not III
tend TO hang ont the flag Of dsunion that rash oebs
to tie conscious memory OF the Millions uphealed our
country with the excitement which swept over those o.
US who yany hoped to preserve strong and suicien'
though narrow isthmus bat might stand between INC
conflicting floods No nation can adopt that Judgment
Us s rule aud liyo the Judgment has Ia It no element
Of political vitality will not say 1t Is m invocation o
tie dead past there never wa past thEt acceptcd
such opinions. II want the opinions received IA the
DAYS when our Constitution was framed. we VIII not
take them secondhand from our Chief Jutsice. We
viii let the men Of that dny speak for themselves no"
III American magistrate sink when nrralgheG as
hc i'll De before the tribunal u humanity How terri
bic viii be the verdict against him when he is put in
comparison with WashiugOns political teacher, inc
great Montesquieu, tie enlightened magistrate OF
France IN what are esteemed the worst days oil hef
Monarchy
The argument from the difference Of race which
Tancy thTusts forward with passionate confidence AS
proof OF complete disqualification Is brought forward
by Mcntesqueu scathiuS satire on al thc brood
Of desppts who were supposed 10 uphold slavery as
toera6c in ilselL The NIGHTS or MANklND-thHt
precious word which had n the language
u Hndostan. or idea or Greece, or hoIno, OF AM
Anil Christian tonguo-found thor supporter IN wash
ington aud Hamilton in Franklin ana Livingston IN
Ots. George Mason and GadsdeD III ". tke greatest
men OF our early history,
The ore rule l.on which the makers OF or first
Confcderacy. and then of National Consultation.
never swerved, * Thu; To fix no constitutional disabi
ity in any one. Whatever might stand IN tho way OF
any man. IRON opinion. ancestry weakness OF mind.
DerOrty OF inconvenience ~ aHy kind was itself not
formed into permanent Acknowledgement.
The Constitution of the United States was made
under the recognized influence OF tho eternal ruo OF
order and right that ~ far "a its Jurisdiction
tends, II raised the numerous class b. had
been chattCls into tie condition oi pers0HSi ~ hrtbtr
| originates nor perputuaies inequality"
II the Constitution does mol peTpetuAtc inequality
shall VET
Thomas Jefferson said: 1.-THE opinion that they (the
colorrd race) inferior In the faculties Of reason
aud Imagination must he hazardcd with great diff.
dence." (Jehersons Works. vol g y. 3e1.) He said
anerNard: Il expressed these views therefore with
great hesitation; but rhGferr Be er d,9r0 Of intent
IL is no measure Of fr ri4A. Because Sir Isaac Now
ton superior 70 Others In understanding. BIO was
therefore lord Of the person and property Of others
mi. Of. lt..Iul
well AS virtues II this nation Ind boon githou. viz
tues We would. possibly have been AT peace, but II
would have been the peaes which follows dissolution
| and death.
The monument at Bunker Hil stands FOR Prescott,
and Putnam and Warren and IL also stands for SaIen
the oolored sho sEo! the gallant Pitcairn, Is he
| mounted the paispet.
Red Bank In the Revolution and Bladensburg at a
Inter day. attest the valor 81 tie ooored soldiers
Our unfrendly legislation VII not stay the eternal
laws Of order and right Let rather hasten tho oil
vance II that day hen may realize truth without
suffer ing and follow tho triumphant road Of Justice
without watering 1t With tears" The revolution through
true 20 ourselves II win BE- fortunate for all the
| world Let Us oEdeavor 20 elevate which for
centuries Inns been desp!sod and in doing this We ee
yate ourselves.
fails In the eternal years u God And this country
will become what Garbsdi and CsVour dreamed that
I Italy might be- Privilege VIII longer stalk u our
streets wLile jusiioo speaks with dated breath and
whsperng humsansss And e ys I'D i9t osss IN "a;
f11r vrarr fiiat Under such an Administration AS
it ought 10 be. and what believe IT, s Divine Author
intended II 10 benst vast plantation Tor tho bleeding
Of human beings for the purposes u ust aud bondage
but valley Of jelOshaphat in which the nations of
God. win assemble aud celebrate tho resurrection Of
human freedom"