New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-14


abolition abolition of Slavery was matter Oh in
difference 10 him. He would save the Union with slav.
cry without Slavery In bis last Message he SHOWS
the same moral indifference by saying as he does say
that he had hoped that the Rebellion could be put down
without the abolition OF Slavery.
When the late Stephen 4 Douglas uttered lle scsi
ment tlat no did not whether Slavery were Vvea
I'D or voted down in the Territories We thought MN i
to al genuine feeling the subject and no man mo-
than Mr Lincoln denounced chat sentiment az uu"oi:
OF the lin. Of auy American statesman. bnt tv.uu!,
a ar nearly three wears of Slaveh0dnG ReDei9u' w
find Ny. Lincoln uttering substantially tue shmc
less sentiments Douglas wanted Popular -,
Mr. Lincoln wants tho Union. Now did warm i. o.,
ard high moral feeling control the uteraDScs ~ VI
President he would welcome, with 10y nnspssilpi on e.,
full Of glory. the opportunity Afforded p tno ;nsy
free the country from the matchiess cflnc a hh5 on
But policy policy everlasting policy, nns iopo'u VIZ
statesman hip Of al soul moving uttet me, III =.
The great misfortune Is and has peen olrins '' Wy
n-nrress of tbis war that the Governments ana loy
Scone have no; understood and accepted US true nus
sion Hence We have been toundeiAhg III tne uepts oi
dead issues Fndoayoring 10 imPo.s GU anu it
conditions upon new reations-pntthg new "iDe nlLo
old hotties new cloth into old garments, and thus max
irs the rent worse than before.
ira 10 hsen wise We should have recognized the war
At "set as NJ once the signal and the necessity for
new order OF social and political relations among the
whole people VI could Ike The ancients discern lhe
WI have been talking Of tho Importance Of carrying on
ths war within she limits Of Constitution broSeh do"h
by the very people Ia whose behalf 'ho toAstle,om 10
pleaded Hence We have from the hfst Deeh aelroins
can he revived In tie States wherc II mas been apoi'
ished.
Now, we Of tie North have many strange things
and may see uGRy more; but tnat old Union, whose
canoniaed bones We hoarsed in death and nurned
under the frowning battlemenis OF Sumter, We shan
never again While the wo-ld stsndeth. The issue
before Us is living issue We are not bghng Tor IN,
dead past but for The living present and The glorious
future We are not fighting for the Old Union nor ioi
anything like IT, but Tor that which IS Ten thousand
times more important and that thing crispy rendered
il Roth sections have ITlel lnlon ~
has failed.
The lesson for the Statesmen At this hour u 10 dis
cover and apply some principle Of Government which
shall produce unity Of sentiment UNITY OF IDEA, UNITY OF
object. Union without unity is as We have seen body
without soul marTiage without love. barrel without
hoops. which falls a, The first touch.
The statesmen OF the South understood this motter
earlier and better than the statesmen OF the North The
dissolution Of the Union on the old bases of compromise
was plainly fereseen and predicted 50 years ago Mr. Cal
houn and no: Mr.. Seward, Is mo origins author Of the
doctrine OF tho iTrepressible conflict The South IS
logical and consistent. Under the teachings OF their
great leader they admit into their form OF Government
no disturbing force They have based their Confeder
acy .guarey on their cornerstone Their two great,
and al commanding ideas are. first that slavery is
right ana second, That the slavehodeTs are superior
order class Around these two ideas their manners
morals. politics. religion, and laws reyove slavery
being right al that Is Inconsistent with its entire -ecu
rty IS necessarily wrong end Of ght be put
down. There IL no law IN their logic.
They fret endeayored 20 make the Federal Govern
ment stand upon their accursed cornerstone and we
bu. bSrey escaped, a. you well Know thhl cAaLltI
Fugitive Slave laws Slavery Extension laws. ana bred
Scott decisions among tho steps 70 get the nation
squ8rey upon the cornerstone now chosen BY the Con
federae States. The loyal North Is less logical less
consistent and less definite in regard 20 tho necessity OF
principles Of National Unity. Yet ulconsciousy 20
curselSea and against protestaiions ne are IN
realty like tho south fighting for national uniiy-s
unity Of which the great principles Of liberty and equa
iiy and not Slavery and eiass superiority are the
corner stone.
Long before this rude and terrible war came 20 tell U,
Of broken Constitution and dead non inc Better
portion Of the loyal people had outved and oulgrown
Whist they had been taught TO believe were the require
ments Of the old Union. We had cone TO detest ne
principle by which Slavery had strong representation
Ia Congress- " had come TO abhor the idea Of being
called upon 10 suppress slave insurrectons. we REQ
come TO be ashamed Of sayehunting and being maze the
yaehdogs of Shareholders who were too proud 70 scent
out and hun, down their slaves for themselves We had
SO far outyed the old Union four years ago that We
thought the little finger Of the hero Of srpers Ferry Q,
more value 10 the world struggling for liberty than al
the frs. families Of old Virgins put together
What business then, have we 70 be pouring ont orr
treasure and shedding our best blood axe wste Tor hs
become calamity md cnrsef The fact H. ~o orc nns
fighting 10. any sloh thing and We ought 20 come out
under our true coors and lei the south and the
whole world know TINT we do Mt want and viii not
/ have anything csgOus % the old Union
! VIVA. we row want is 2 conniry--a free county,
country nowhere ssddeDed by thu footprints OF single
saye-ana nowhere cursed by the presence Of save-
holder. We want country. and we are fighting for 4
country which shO not brand the Declaration % Iude
mental institutions proudly defend before the
highest n1elgen AID civilization OF the age Hitherto
have opposed European scora Of our Slavery VIII
blush OF shame our seat defense. We nov want
country in which she Of pa otisn sLa not
conflict with fidelity 90 Justice and Liberty we want
country. and are tsing icr couniry winch 'esI %
free from sectional political pariesfrce from sectional
religious Observation-Disclosures from sectional benevolent
asocstiOnsfToe rom oSs1y KIND and description OF
sect party. and combination Of sectional character
We want a country where men may assemble NON any
part Of IT, wtLont pref 30 their interests or peril 10
ther persons We in fact and from absolute neces
sity transporting the whole south VITA tho higher
house is bound 10 take she place Of the Southern whip
ping post MOI because love Tie nesr1 Du. the nh
ton: not because prefer to DO this because mus.
or give up the contest and give up the country We
want cOustTy and are lighting Tor country, where
social Intercourse and commercial relations shall neither
be embarrassed embtered BY tho impeTiOus exsc
tions of an iDsoleEt slayehOdng OhgarcDy which re-
quired Northern merchants 20 se their souls con-
dton precedent 10 selling their goods We want Al
country, and aro fighting FOR country through tho
length and breadth Oi which the literature and learning
OF any section Of IL may foa. TO Us exremities unim
paired aud thus become the common property o. all the
people-a country in which no man shall be fined for
reading book or imprisoned for selling book
country whore no can be imprisoned or forged or
sold fog learning % Iead, or teaching fellow mortal
how 20 resd Ws want country and are fighting for
country in tny part Of which W DO called au Ameri.
can citizen tha mean much "a IL did TO DO called
Roman citizen In the pa1lest Days ot the Roman En-
piTe.
We have heard much in other DAYS ~ manifest des.
tiny. do nj go OIL the lengths ~ which sut theories
are pressed bu do believe that il il The manifest des
ny OF this unity and gan2e the institutions
Of This eountryand that herein il the secret Of the
strength. the fortude the persistent energy In word
me sacred significance OF this Strike out the high
ends and aims thus indicated and the war would appear
70 tho impartial eye OF o1ioosing world little better
than gigantic enterprise for shedding human blood
A most interesting and gratifying continuation OF
this theory Of les mission is furnished in tho varying
fortunes Of the struggle itself Just in proportion 10 the
progress made IN taking upon itself tho character