New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-02
GEN. CAN'T At COOPER INSTITUTE
Slavery the Cause Of the Rebeihon,
and a Nuisance.
NECESSITY OF IT'S DESTRUCTION

ooo,;,ior ~ the views Of Edward w. CAN'T, late
General in the Rebel army on the subject OF our gr'
National struggle and the means of obtaining speedy
and pcrmanent peace. On the platform were Dr. lying
Judge DAILY, WIN. c. Bryant, Gen. Anderson ana
other persons Of note Gen. CAN'T was introduced oy
VIM T. Dodge and was received with hearty aceliina-
tons Of applause. When it had subsidized he sna;
Our country had been separated too much m s'nti-
mont and pnlsr and Providence, which directed alkc
the desnies of individuals and Of nations was Ia weld
ms ly war into one Homogeneous and powerIul hn'on
The local institution that has had STOOD between W
sections had been broken down by the war; We began
IN look each other in the face and understand Cach ot'
befter fAppIausc am glad To meet So many CIR
zens Of your great state. me Stae tn.' ,eors s
honor 10 represent has been linked Oyoui"r many chs
jr de tiny traL, and common sentiment more thhh
with any Other part Of the United States B1t We nave
been strangers q long times and wine !on nave pIui,
pored we have been eTshed while you have become
great and powerful have become desoiatcd AROUND
some of your frcsldcs mourning stsi ours are al
drarcd in sorrow We have country uicLo,eu III
blood; we have country desolmed our towns ana
villages are Wcluigh Impoverished our peopc eithcr
sleep upon c1y batle.bcds or IN silent gi1Vey To ~,
over the land OF are held by The iorco Of bayont 70
he yipS and most uahsome dcspOis that ever held
man in Slavery upon the face Of the earth Inc .es
Yorker Who years ago visited cur sum! chHo N''" V
much struck with these sad changes. rev oi ne "a"
FAM iar friends hc used % meet would now greet nun
Bot nc would De more struck with tie change OF s'ull
mcut that has come over our people since ihe lalu'
tom Of slavery brought the country INTO VI"
vortex II civil war. We thought II war commenced
and We told you 80 and We believed II oonscleLtontlN
that grass would .row IN tne streets oi New "'A
~ myself when came into the city Looked out ." zee
/ 4 there vas not sprig or two. But never 80" 90
many people in my life. II Jcf. Davis coutd R'"ut
cpnscTipiiug here he could catch more men thA t'io
asc Zoo the whole Davis limits. Ana you nave brruho
wealthy, You have increased IN trade, IN comleit'.
public Improvements and puhhc bn!Glhfs. lou o',
not know much about fighting when Nou commenced.
presume many Of you believed with us that lol were
deprived Of cotton you would be Destroyed ana that YOU
could not 90 without slave labor hlt yoa nave I"l'
without it-yOu can 90 without ". lou CANE nov
I ever, TO the conclusion thai u was no pIoNlue
Iof New.York 70 fight for the Union ala /
toll Won tho time will never come in yOur history when
YOU can cease D. fight for the Union. applause ne
war win pas, away and new Ordcr Of things wiz como
M New ri cannot afford 10 do without ArAahFt-'
aud Arkansas cannot afford 10 do without New ON;
but the peecc-athny prcc-nen WoMu ~ AfAAhtht ~
and allow tie men VINO had lFed ID huleiE ana pl'A
ton waiting for tie hne 70 cone womb let IN ~ 20
and be cunscIip;ed 10y Jct. Dsyls and allow Arkansas
TO 90 out OF the Sovereignty In which New ioTh II
bound I'D. The time H. approaching Wien those VINO
love their country viii look 10 The means thnt VII insure
permanent peace and the most rapidly T'cupcIa'e Us
i an. 1nisfortuues There arc many questions pre-.
4 sontlug themselves which you 90 not take hoia
OF win that freshness and power that SouiADIn
veope who are looking TO the future OF themselves,
and their country are IN tie habit Of dong We begin
TO see our way clearly. u Is true much is to be done
Three hundred thousand men IN arms are not D." De
llauged ataIe moi to be despcd. 70 you we're 60 10y
down yOur arms ana cal them 10 meet YOU ln c0cs
a Convention The! would name Ike comet over Tue
land and leave desolauon wherever they came. But
United States have the power and you have the de.
termination to have the nag Of the country borne until
. IL shall wave every portion Of IT, lChcers hat
s. the cause Of TINS war; We IN the south undcrs and
what the Of this aud We are going 10 treat
= The cause. We viii not have children subjected "a
: the suffering and anguish that We have felt ,
n KNOW that there Is but one disturbing elemtit ia
= the country. We know that there is but one
!. Tree Of evil and We intend 10 hy the IA
- At the root Of The tree. Great cheering Had
there been negro Slavery there would hayr been j."
. war lCheers There never was any bitter contest ~
county that negro slavery nos the corner stone
= lOfit What IL we tried 10 compromise year alicr
vcarf Was q horses II dog. was il cat gas 10
lTomeni Why. no; il was the question Of negro
slavery. II always some Kind Of new guarantees
for gro slavery. 4 great many Of Us raid tie Con
sttutiOu would not DO because II didn't protect u ffo
slavery enough. And now some Northern men are
afraid the Constitution viii be changed 80 IL vii not
protect Slavery. We attempted 10 settle tbs question
by diplomacy ana shteMthship "et0nIa hoi 90 a.
, Wlai did ray myseli-andI WAS avery good type of
Pro-SlaYcry mani said # the Constitution 81 our
fathers would not protect slavery no guarantees
would do IL. / wanted 30 giyO that power an
explnsOn westward 10 the ocean and IN another oircc
ton 10 take in Cuba and pant Of Ne&ico. ana A.i Ne
could get beyond Men talk about conpromise. bat
the Southern people would not have heard anything 10
lcompromsc. 4 man cOud not have stood up before
that ocean II passion and talked about compromise and
kept his head on his shoulders And yet men talk about
sending peace commissioners down there now
fLaugbterl The question could not be compromised.
and We submitted il 10 the lh-t afbHucut that OF The
sword. But am little too fast: We said We are lie
ing 10 do il; We didn't believe VIZ should do H. Times
have changed and now unless man b. political hack
seuted. and not be afraid d being called q Turn
coat they SAY, damned Abulti0nist" In
the South whom The struggle commenced There were but
two ideas ana they rcYol1ef round tie ucgrO-One Wns
should stay in tue Unsn 10 protect the negro; the
other 10 go out Still ~ protect The negro. Well
/ went out and made ny night FOR the negro, and
stand before You Of those objects whom certain
acbryIn0se people 40 the North vail over as subil-
gated SecessiOHistsi Laughter and cheeIrl When /
got back again, where do you suppose found Of
my Northern ireudsi Sitting down holding on 10 a..
Niger have had my fight about this thing have
been shot at times than have got negroes /
ldou't think a willie nnu's life ought 10 be- put
up agninst the property be has III negro. lb,n.
Anderson entered at this time, nnd cheering ensucd
for several minutes. do not TeCOicCt cTaciil
where / left OF. Oh yes left my Democratic friends
holding TO d Niger. lLaGcAterl had enough 81
that question ana have let iOJse ny negrOestlHt is
they nave colGscated them all except ones and Nh
Lincoln has paIdOued me, and the negro he set foe
And bO between him aud JEFF Davis, they have p-cty
well broke NE upon the negro question. noticed when
came North "subiugatcd StcessOnift" certain
class OF persons affected 10 moan over my severe iOf
tunes; but while il was known that quit the Rebel
service regarding il ~ corrupt aud foul and because
Jcl Davis takes the last thing in the world Southern
Union man has, do not hear them Say that j. hard
But lust let Congress Law about cOnnsCat lHW
Rebel horses negroes and Won hear them begin
to raise howl do not myself believe ia sweeping
cOniscati1n act. tell ny people the North Will vel
come them back not sucny but with rejoicing all over
the land \ 70 tho Leaders, DO not believe
any great Partially for item. Had there been ;Io
slavery there would have been technical North and
South. To be sure some say 1t the tariff but they
could h3Ye had their IOwes and Manchcstcrs in Al
kansas, had II not been for negro slavery OeIs tuy
it Is because Southern politicians lost power In the gov
ernmcut. What made them lose pOworf because they
had the eternal negro stuck IN All their platforms You
based your success and we based on that You
know Il ana know il. But let abuse each other
let us go ahead to uphold the flag all over the
land and when that is done, let remove the causc
Of the war. NEGRO Slavery is the disease Let "a
"A uVifl mill