New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-18
-y1yYYusry ron THE UNION.
.I nr ,,,. vuon. yan,es VI. sc0.cl on
,hs nil before the New-fcrsey senate
60 rmpri con Men for Eniis'ing Co'ored


over House Of this Legislature IN oppoulon 10 Wv
poace Resolutions offered and advocated ny maJoiH!
,ftbe Senators upon this lloor . A.,
These resolutions sought % purchase peace ut the
price OF national honor. 5000, ,.. -. e.,
The Senate have observed silence at once omiGon' ana
remarkabc united the morality q 'Iick iuiptn,
Jonathan WA. or Louis Napoleon Wl.h the Iahgtase
Of Maccliuyc They riAcG with the conscience VI te
state az the Rebellion hos sought % tria vain th, cur
science Of the nation; for wien Chiei Ju5uce tu.e3
announced from the highest Court IN tie lana 'v u
pvcrlastng curse If human bondage was the supreme
law before which absolute Justice must bend ehG Uienhi
th en- the great popular heart stirred - ne qepH @
corscience, with delicate voice tHat IL IS "l,oI
.tlned spoke in clear a voice lltt i'S :, eI
could neither be mistaken its mandates gu;
Some Ofus cane UP slowly 10 INC he'p OF INC LoIu
orainsf the mighty. Metal seryltuoe Aau tcVNie e
attribute Of the North as much as Du1iy @fll'uc WIS
the institution Of the south ~ WIN ~ hlIn wv no as
truth q son Oi New England sald Replying 70 hnilV
Webster Yes there Is no North; !. Is The south Gil
the way up 20 Canada
soon II parncaed the minds OF the people that when
chief Justice said in IL latitude II Washington City.
tbat a negro had no rights which white man was
bound TO respect" the true intent and meaning OF suen
language IN the atmosphere OF Charleston was that 10
Northern mudsl has any rights which Southern gen
tleuan is bound to respect Then the shotied suns o.
Sumter opened while manhood and moral courage TOOK
Che place in the mind and heart Of the American Peo
pie. OF concession aud puSillaninity. sra
" We have refused allegiance 10 our HlnSlP'ooi w
have refused to pay ne pTlce oi Ses,,rv and tbe
case il this day trial" And need bot scaA vi wy
eagerness with which the eyes OF hei"l' ue tiln'T
toward America that land OF when a listing ulsueu
EnylisIman Goi, Bright SAYS Privilege every
morning with blatant breath begins TO cuie because
it (Americ darcs 10 be prosperous ana IaPps Nm
monarchy without an aristGciacy; anu "iinoat
priesthood Who the licensed Venders OF salvation
Mr. President confess the hesitation with which
snnroech The discussion Of this bill hoh is now before
RE senate Aly only desire IS To proclaim those semi
ments of public policy which believe are InInieeE
connected with the future glory and grandeur oil my
country And Sir, trust that belong to thai class
who believe the greatest glory of freeman Is TO be
good citizen And good citizen prefers hOef!y " uA
ury and honor 10 profit He holds that pCNt 10 ullne
for ones country the greatest glory is T. I'VE ir her IN
terest and her honor. have no aspirations no anni-
lions which 90 not 20 forward IN longing ioi th peac
which shall dawn upon the end Of this terrible ana
righteous war peace which. in tie language OF Apfa-
ham Lincoln " hope may core soon ana When " coos
come will come 20 stay and VIII be worm TIE Aeepihg
Tor all future time .
Whenever lock upon that flag sir with every i'm.
pulse ofmy heart there rises sentiment Of affection OF
OF honor know that God has Given this country 10
men who con dcfendit and who IN m scrl ice
consent to tie sacrifice Of heir husbands her brothers
and their And the man whoever he IS ana what.
ever place be may fiji who win hot protect and defend
the land that gave him birth IS bastard and coward
The bill before the Senate, Mr. President is entitled
." An Act 20 regulate TIE appropriation OF moneys
raised BY the authority OF the STAT for purposes
frankly confess that differ with my honorable friend,
the Senator from Union (A.r. JeI % Ia tie views he
enesns Of the causes and OF the conduct Of the
General sagaOity and ur-igh cannot contend
against the prejudices among cl man IS born, and
those who advocate the Possae@ Of ls BIZ IRE lnin.
growth as silent and yet as alp cating rs the air
VII Oh they breathe As GOD has bute ich sides
with the oppreSsOr. ,lnObles nsch Dec m
ing the advocate Of the ppressed Bishop Hop ins
may thunder in small Ney IL very select 4udience,
that Slavery is divine IL tuition, and conf s aud
iors 10 bow down 10 the uaIrOwesi intrpret Of in
dividusl texts But the .cir relying tie Yir!t OF
Scripture still whispers what every grand ker THE
world has ever produced 1dly proclns-that all men
everywhere Ought 10 b. G.
You cannot make sciep utter a " in u Of IN,
universe and declare iEnt the sun moT'' rornd IN
and he sfa nd 81 he of 81 IN
qaisition are nothing, and Ga leo VIII -. T. put
muoye." n d9e' more thou A." Ay And New
Jersey moves. Only year threatened
with revolution in the North if - sing ldier who Wal
not r1iie citizen should e list light agains
Slavery In arrs"-and now single township In ~,
County OF Warren has paid $4,000 f. bountcs col
ored soldiers, and not less thsn sc. lack men hay
len hew-Jersey to aycree their ss ered brothers
Wagner at Port Hudson. and at .ckDburc. Aye
Even New-Jersey moves.
Never again viii inolent majority on bonded knee
supplcate for peace and heTold L. u the world tia
this war for Law. for Liberty and Humanity 4
'cguseless in its origin and dangerous to the libertie
OF the peope' Mover again WIN MOI" oder UPON tie
floor Of this Senate 20 join ony Of tic sister states Of The
Union TO carry into ITayu al effect q war upon the
Federal Government.
The utter change Of front in regard TO Slavery did
not take place till after the year lsJC.
But 50 wide spread asd so thorough became The de-
fusion about Slavery in the remnant OF tho Democratic
party that they uncOnsciOusy became the spO.Ogiss
and defenders OF human bondage and all its vilaines
We lind the present Executive Of tbs state declaring
in his inaugural address (paFe a, 1900 We told
shat Slavery is the OF the war and that the war
until Slavery be abolished This has led 20 departure
from the original purpose Of the war This is the rGf
cal error Of hs EmobeiPGtioRisfs. SoSsry u
Of The Than gold is the sGgse Of robbery end
murder"
Compare this with the avowal ~ Alexander n Ste
pheDs the associate Of Jefferson Davis in speech de-
Iyered at Savannah on the 2lst of March, ls6l lie
says The new Constitution has put - rest oreoeT oil
agitang questions relation 10 our peculiar institutions
african Slavery among is the proper status
of The negro in our JorHr Of cUili,G0n his WAS TIE
n0dyDIATE CAUSE or THg LATE BtFTURE AND PhEsENI
REVOLUTION"
Between such eminent advocates Of Slavery as the
Governor OF hewJcrsey and the Nioe'PTesidcDt Of q
noribuad Confederacy, who shall decidel
Outside 81 this Stat excepting jeff Dayis's majority
IN the City of New. York do not know where II is
rOusly cOn;endod that "AbolitioIisn and Secession.
ism" were the carses Of the war Yet snch was TIE
opinion deliberately expressed by joel Parker in has
inaugural address in 1864 and boldly avon cd in his
nual message Of Jan. - 1858.
Hethiuks that II the policy OF Emancipation had not
been naugurated the Of the people in some Of the
Southern States would have "suppicated their rulers
and returned 70 their allegiance" greater feacy
uttered. Let Maryland and Missouri and ArkaD-
There you cannot find ony fugitive slaves,
has been born Of this terrible contest they hold that
Slavery. Ike Aehan's wedge Of gold l. an accursed
thing and they gladly tear down the Rebel banner and
run up "our beautiful dag"
But in Kentucky where neutrality prevaled-and
neutrality in a struggle between freedom and barbarian
l. a monstrosity-wbere neutrality prevailed, We nov
find Gov Bramctte threatening resist the enlistment
OF negroes soldiers. Ketucky answers NewJersey,
while South Carolina applauds.
And l venture the assertion that outside IN. Rebel
lines there Is no Legislature that dares 10 defy the
FEDERAL Government by passing iniqutOus InCaS-
ure as the under consideration unless il be the Leg
isature OF Ncw-Jersey. No man whose heart Is with
his country read this bill without condemnng It.
1t provides THAT from and after tho passage OF this
act shall not be lawful for any part tie moneys
raised which he hereafter raised, for pur-
poses to be used for the employment OF negroes rs