New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-16

,oin,ad When ofice.holders interfered at al they
generally interfcred against u.s. think can name
was opposed TO the delegates that were elected Ihe
Convention represented the people and not the Office,
holders The men were sent there 70 10 te p,ading
the people and. nobody else The people mad mado
no their minds as to what theywanted done
and put the there who would do IT. was the moS'
united covenant ever saw united IN eplrit ABOVE a
and oyerbearing everything else in the determination
that come what might the Union should be preserved
[Cheers] And the only anxiety the only possible ulin
Guilty that could arise among the convention thus co
suted and representing the people was as 70 tne peS
means which could be adopted for the attainment OF
that common end. Every there felt the necessity
common n end I think may say that 1t was conyen.
ton controlled by. no party; representing no
party interest and no selfish object whatever
as you all know men Of an pat Ta,cs
were invited to be present and one Of the most diti
guished members OF the Convention mention 1t merely
70 show how husy all he SeTt 81 e
gates in his immediate vicinity who met win MN III
the Charleston Convention of 1860 Cheers.l Neither
was it Convention Of radicals and conservatives
against each other; il was Convention oil no euque
but Of men among whom all sentiments less then ma
tioaa sentiment were subordinate entirely. Perhaps
the most radical men there were almost the most con
servatve and am quite sure the conservative men
tuere felt like adopting the most radical means TO
put down this Rebellion. Applause. How entirely
this distinction of radicasm and conservatism was ~
nored viii be shown by the circumstances, The Con
vention voted almost unanimously to admit the missouri
delegation known radical and immediately after,
against the very vote Of those men thus admsued,
voted with almost equal unanimy TO admit the deega-
tons from Tennessee, Arkansas and louisiana Hero
was no action Of any clique or party spirit whatever
IL was felt that whoever there for the Union ana
was prepared TO take al the necessary for Its
presery alton, had o right there and business TO
do which he was admitted to the no9r 70
do. 1t was thoroughly and entirely Union
Cor vention; it could not BIO made to believe
q the ordinance Of secession passed by some OF the
States had any effect In law more than 90 much blank
ont of the Union Nor could anything have convinced
that Convention that Andy johnson was an alien enc
N.Y. tApplause) 1t was convention which aimed AZ
practical action determined TO take all means OF putting
down the Rebellion and restoring every foot OF this
country the paramount supremacy OF the United States
la one other respect 1t t1ok action which, think
Of the people Of this country. II adopted platform OF
principles bold last year. not TT to be held next year
but held now by the great BODY o. inc people wa
back TO the issues and convictions o the past not gong
forward 10 the sanguine expectations n the gloomy
apprehensions Of the future but taking the American
Feope as they are 10 DO with their sentiments aud
principles and making Of them to effect the great
object of the Conyort0nhe salvation OF the American
mon There is n great deal said sbous the necessity
taking ground in defense Of the people Gre.t credit is
sometimes taken By individuals. They viii tell You;
"0h knew two years ago that the country had
got 70 do this and that and II we had only done 1t then
Il would have been all right. But the salvation OF the
country is practical thing to be done by practical
acts The requirements Of next Fall will ind their own
is two OF three years ahead Of his age, they say Is
lust about for all practical purposes useless as man
who two three years behind it, he Is acting Tor
himself He that oil is right, and true and just
and he can oct upon it. But he has got 10 have the
hearty cooperation both Of the enthusiastic conviction
of the great around him, and II be attempts
opportunity Of mak1g use Of what they arc
now ready for No man knows what may be required
ueIt year. In foreign war there is generally some
single definite object. All the nation has 10 do ID -
prosecute the until that object is attaned and al
Ast You need Of public sentiment Is TO fasten upon
that object 50 as to give support to the
and necessities into play every year. Look for a
moment at these civil wars. Take that In England
began by challenging the right Of the King 10 impose
upon inland counties tax for the building of ships
and John Hampton refused to pay. H.
That issue war thus raised with the King on that per
ticular point But before it Ind goIe six months 1t
had become an issue TO whether he had any right to
lay tax at all Then came up the question as to
which was supreme. the King the Parliamenj and II
ended in the people Of England determining that the
2 Kings head should answer the question, and there
should be King in England forever after. And II
went on until the monarch was I5est4Dishcd. So In
the French Revolution began as TO the rights Of the
nobhity secondly was carried on Against the mag;
parties, IN abolislhg King and nobility, and
Everything connected with that order Of things Take
| illustrated You know that Samuel Adams insisted
that We should be independent Of England. He
preached that doctrine early and late with an eoquenee
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hearts and yet less than two years before our decra
on OF Independence the Congress Of these colonies de-
clafed In so many words on have been told that we
are seditions impatient OF our Government and desir
Gus OF indrpendency BE assured that these are not
facts but clumnes And less than year before the
issue of the Declaration ia George Washington
assures hs friend Capt Mckenzie tIat II Is not the
wish Of the Government OF Massachusetts or any other
upon this continent separately or collectively 10 set up
for independence That true at tho time 20 q
tain extent Washington represented there to very
great degree the prominent idea Of the American poo
pie but less than one year after that, the American
people had changed their minds and then the cry was
Tor independence and George Washington the very
man selected TO achieve il for them lAppause.l I
make these historical illusions simply TO show that
we must not make the standard Of to-day that for
morrow Still less must We hold any to responsibility
for not doing two three years ago what now
is reasonable. When our rebellion began. who sup
es Of cv that should be
here mourning the loss Of some Of countrymen or
friends every ona OF u.s. after three years war and
neryng our hearts for whatever might come In the way
Of efforts 10 the endi We all believed that
it not going 10 be great war. 1t is very
easy to see II now II the President had called ont
100000 men. he would hare put down the Rebellion in
year. II lie had done that. most would have
thought him out Of his senses. There are some such
men who see everything from the neutrality-suspicious.
lary at the end. iLaughte-.l What we want Is men
10 take the sentiment Of to-day the guide Of to-day
and who prepared for the advanced sentiment OF
morrow ard make the same good use Of that. think
therefore that the Convention in the next thing 1t did
did exactly the right thing when they NOMINATED Abra
ham Lincoln TO be President Of the United
States fGrcat and long continued cheering
know very well. and am not going to mince matters
here-I know very well what you all know very well, !
that Mr.. Lincoln ia not OF the chiyarc heroes OF
the imagination who bestrdes his horse and LAYS down
the law that all people must up to- and makes
himself thus the dictator Of sentiment well ~ the
guide Of action. In his first message he stated that
this Rebellion was TO be put down by the people Of the
United Staesthat 1t was the people who were 10 save
this Union and they would do it, II those whom they
had put in power 10 be their executors would execute
their task only indffcrenty. Well IL is tue This