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

strictly and you know ll wei and Dittcry WIN what
rpsus will not stop here to blame and denounee the
mast bat say that the most Of The blunders and aus
asers tho earlier part the might nave been avoid
ed had armies aud Generals not repeed the only true
friends the Union cause had in the RoDo states Inc
Army Of the Potomac took up ontiDeRro position
from the first and has not entirely IchOuhced ~ YET
The coored people told few days ago IN "ashihg
ton that they were the victims OF Tie most brutal trent
Incnt by these Northern soldiers when they first came
there. But let that pass. Pow men, however grehI
their wisdom permitted 10 see he enu ron tue oe
ginning. Events are riighuer tban our IuoiS nnu
these Divine forces, with oyerpo"erlnS "Bio' nay
fixed upon this war against the wishes OF onr to.e
Ineut the comp ehensvc character and mission nave
ascribcd TO it. The collecting o. revenue IN sc ond
ohey public property stolen by the ebes have almost
disappeared from the recollection oi the people Inc
war has been growing war ~ ever! sense OF le Wolu
II began weak and has risen strong 1t began low and
has risen high IL BEGAN marrow, and has become
brOnd II began with few, and now. behold the coun
Try is m Of armed men, ready with courage aud forti
tude 10 make the wlscst ana best lded OF American
craftsmanship the law OF the land
broad course ill the Rebellion Is put down and our
country Is saved beyond tho necessity OF being saved
again ..,,
have slready hnicd a. danger. Let me be little
more direct and pronounced.
lions sst Fall is still power II ~ the ready organ
i,ed nucleus Of powerful Pro.Saycry and ProKebel
reaction. Though ii has lost IN numbers, 1t retains oil
the clements Of Ats former power .'d masI olence:
That party los five very strung points IN It's iNor,
and its public men and journals know wei how 10 take
advantage Of them. .
Frst. There is the absence of any de'r moral feeling
among the loyal people against slavery it,cii-tnef
feeling against Il being account Of it's rebellion
against The Government, and not because 1t IS SUI
pendons crime against human nature
Secondly: The vast expense OF The W,r ana Tho ncn'y
taxes IN money as well which the wnr requires
for its prosecution. Loyalty has sstrong back but tax
alton has often broken II.
7Eirdg. The earnest desire for peace which y shared
hx all. 1ctDfh
making money out OF the war a'eellng which may ne
kindled a fams by any serious reverses 70 our arms.
1t is silent in victory but vehement and dangerous IN
defeat
fopriiiy: And superior 70 al Others, Is the national
prejudice and hatred toward to coored people OF the
country feeling which has done more TO encourage
the hopes OF the H. bels thsn all other powers beside
Fylliy; An Abol'ionist is az object OF pop9iH dls,
Ike. The guilty Rebel who with broad blades ana
bloody hands seeks the life Of the nation Is at tbs hohf
acceptable 10 the northern Delnocrac! ihhn an
AbOlitionist guilty OF crime. Whatever may De q
mans abilities virtue service the fact that be Is On
Aboli.ionist makes him an object OF populsr hate
Upon these i've strings the Democracy sti nave hopes
Of playing themselves INTO power and not without rea
son. While our Government has the nieanne.s 10 AK
Northern cOOred men 10 give up inc comiori OF
home good wages and personal security, To join the
arrny endure untold hardshps peril health. limbs and
life .t.sL Ia is defense and then degradcs them II thc
ewes Of other soldiers by Offering hom the paltry sum
OF e. per month and refuses 10 rewsrd their vaor win
even the hope OF proE.oon,he Demoeratio party may
we'll enough presume upon the strength OF popusr pro-
judico for support.
While our Republican Government Of Washington
makes color ana not character the criterion OF promo
ton iu the arny and degrndes oo.ofei commissioned
officers at Now Orleans below the rank 10 which even
the Rebel Government had elevated them, tAlnk We
are IN dal ger Of q compromise wfh Slavery
Our houeful Republican friends tell me this II impos
sbe-.bai day II compounds with slavery Is past.
This mar do f1r s1ne men, but Il " ~ not DO FOR me
Tho Northern people have always been remarkably
confident Of their own virtue They are hopeful 70 tie
las. Twenty wears ago hoped that Texas cnld not
be anneIed bat AZ that could not be prevented we hoped
that sac would IN Free state. Thirteen years
AGO se wers quite sure that such aDOn'nion az the
Fugitive Slave BIZ could set issef our National stat
Ute book but when 70 got there We were elnany sure
that " could b. enforced. -Four years ago We
were that tie Slave States would Iot rebel but II
they did We sure IL would h. very abort rebel
lion. know that times have changed very rapidly and
that We have changed aith them. NeyerIheicss,
know also that ere tho Old American people,
aud that " nat have done We may possibly do
again. The heaven OF compromise Is among ISL re-
peat while we have Democratic party Of tho North
trimming is sail catch the Southern brcese In the
next Presidential election are IN danncr Of com.
prcuiss. Tell ma not of amxesss and oeths OF ALE
glance. They TalBsless in ina presence OF twenty
huudrel millions Invested In human flesh. let but the
tte hngor Of Slavery get back into this Union and IN
one year yol sha see Its whole body again upon our
backs.
While respectable colOred man or woman can DO
kicked out u me cOmmonest street ~ New York
who're any white rnfiau ride un1ucst,onei-ue are
Norti Is fnl - such papers as r., Nc Ysrk World Er
pr.ss and Rersld sring the nations heart vth hatred
10 negroes AID ALo'if.onists wo arr In danger Of
slsveholdiug peace While the major part Of oil Anti
Slavery profession based upon devotion 20 The Union
rather than hostility 10 Slavery there Is danger Of
siavehodng pesce Sntll wo shan see We eectoa OF
November next. and know that It has resulted In the
election Of a sound Anti Slavery man ~ President
shall bs In danger OF O sla'etolding compromise.
ILdesd ~ long slavery has a. lie ef In H. anywhere
Ia tho country, IN danger NJ such compromise
Then there Is the danger arising fi0m the impotence
Of the people account ~ the proongailon OF the war;
know thc American people. They are An impnlsvs
people impatient Of d.lay, canOrous for changeand
often loo. Tor results out II al proportion 70 the means
employed In attaining them.
You and 1 know that the mission of tbs S,f Is VA
tional regeneration. We know aud consider that
nation is not born in day We know that Large bodies
more si0Wly-uf often seen 10 move thus-When could
perceive their actual velocity We should 10
asODishcd a. ia greatness great battle ps won
easily described understood and appreciated. but tho
moral growth % great nation requires reflection. a.
well 20 observation. 70 appreciate II. There are vast
numbers Of voters, who make nccoun Of the moral
growth Of the nation and Who only look al tho war u
a calamity 70 be endured only long they have no
power to arrest H. NOW this IA Just the sort OF people
whose votes Ilsy turn tue scale against VI N ts as
event
Thoughts OF this Kind ter ma that there vas
Tine wren AutiSayery work more needed than
now. The day that shall see the Rebels at our feet
their weapons Hang away viii be The dsy Of trial We
hsye need ~ prepare for that trial. We have long
beer saved "A Pro Slavery peice by the stubborn ny
bcndiugperssience of tho Rebels. Let them bend as
they viii bondthere viii come the test Of ous steFnest
virtues.
have nov given, very briefly soris OF The grounds
OF danger. A word ri to the grounds VI hope. The
best that be offered IT, that have made progress
sast and striking pFogTess-wthn TIE last Two years
PTcsiaent Lincoln introduced bis administration 20 The
country which would faithfully catch. hold and
return RUNAWAY slaves to their mnsters He ayoged
liz determination 20 protect and defend the slavchold
ght plumber the black labOrcr OF bis hard
ings Europe Was assured by Mr. Seward that slave
should gain his freedom by this Both the Pres!
dent aud the Secretary OF state have made progress
since then.