New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-25

these have seen your sons die for their country.
They struggled they fought and they died but they
were conquerors. Immense applause Their glory
and their trophies and the treasures they nave won
they have left 10 your These trophies VIII hN es
you Sleep and have firm faith that you too viii watcn
and struggle. and fight and believe you TOO VIII pe
conqutrJrs. Immense applauseJ
GEN. MARTINDALE's ADDRESS.
The General was received with enthusiastic sp.
pause He commenced by saying that the policy OF tue
Of the United soes IN ana which
wise tho policy OF the great mass OF the northern PEG
pie was born amid the travail and the agonies Oh the
recent civil war IL did not exist before the war ~
is hostile to the antagonisms which had prevailed
throughout this land before the war It dawned anna
the lurd lights of the battle fedit appeared IN t9at
grand Emancipation Proclamation or President LIN
coin Immense cheering IL IL revolutionary policy
as radical as that which dethroned the Bourbops-more
radical than That which brought the mead Of
policy is beyond the researches Of statesmanshipi
! IL cannot be earned forward alone ny
civil power i demands the presence o. taSt null MIL
on the assumption that the Is not yet ended-that
it still progresses not In the clash Of resoundng arms
but that It is still felt in the presence OF martial Jaw
and An array OF armed men standing guard over ten
States OF this Union. and holding It's inhabitants Nf.
tuay paroled prisoners OF war L told you that !.
was revolutionary IL enters INTO these keDe 4,
tears out from those States those rights long conceded
as the rights Of States II at present demands OF them
the surrender Of those rights but II does IT, indeed IN
tones of Kindness but always under the pressure Of
/ cononest' TApplauscl Grand old Andrew johnson
great cheerDgl knows how 70 grant mercy 10 these
Rebels He knows how TO bring them 10 terms. TINS
great revolution does not cease with the reconstruc-
ton of these States. II goes further. IL assaiis
the Constitution Of the United States what IN was
dark u Eliminates what was imperfect 1t reforms ana
harmonizes into power Ii enters where these people
are; il takes hold Of the domestic institutions OF
ID 600 Of people and II demands OF them that tney
shall be surrendered now and forever, against the
preiudces and the purposes aud the lifelong habits
Of all of them My fellow citizens. this Presidential
policy is immediate II will allow no period for prepa,
ration, Il demands instant change-not 10 be postponed
one year. nor two years, but to be contaminated now
II Is inevitable Infnity. IL comes forward de-
signing and intending 10 spread its beneicence over he
land which IL reforms and invigorates IL proposes 10
exat this Government, and to plant on the eveIasl
ing foundations Of eternal justice My fellow.
citizens, bear with me while 1 occupy your
attention here TO night. 1 cannot indulge IN
puerities must present 10 this audience the
grand issue that Is before them. And 1 tell You
that TO comprehend this revolution. We must go back
10 the Continental Congress OF l776 and bring out Its
work. and present u again before tue nation now 40
sembed In Committee OF the Whole ON the state OF the
Union. We. must 60 further-to the Convention OF
i7s7 that formed the Constitution Of the United States
We must deal with the document which II framed; we
must tear out the antagonsms which 10 contains ana
this Is what President proposes Right here arises
great and prominent issue between and the Demo
cratic party because that party in their
port ofhe Presiden, are appandng BIN moi ,os VIVA.
force on those rebellous States immediate negro sui
frsge by Presidential mandate. But what does
the President proPosei What does ths nation
sS o. hi. iaSs Rsi By tho rsia9aioa 0f the
amendment tbst nol.ssf EVERY nor a'Tttantary
seryituda, except for the punishment OF crime
shs De permitted In any portion OF the United States
President johnson proposes In addition that Congress
shall have the power 20 enforce those conditions IRIS
The .e o. shs n' Of III the .
Northern well Southern. aud subject them 70 the
power Of the law because the law has the majority In
the Congress Of the Union. and therefore has the
TO grasp aud hold those domestic Institutions Of
The South Rot while this policy Of the President Is
thus radical and revolutionary, II Is Likewise conserva
tive. II Is conservative because II Il logical and
natural instead OF aiming TO establish tho mere result
OF principles. II proposes TO hI trmy the ioundations
of liberty by the education Of right principles. II pro-
poses TO arrange all tho power OF ths country 90
That by.snd by we shall gather the fruits Intends
that the increase shall come Applause My fellow
citizens that presents the real attitude OF the Demo
cratic party to-day They oresee the increase Of the
Presidential policy, They know what sure
TO cone. fhey know too. that the prejudice
and the education Of Northern. well as southern men
are not prepared 20 accept these conditions and there
fore with deyilish ingenuity they are endeavorlng
10 undermine the Presidential policy po you wan,
over the South Well. II you do, follow that Pres
dental policy which gives the lands OF treason to the
laborers of the South. do you want the education OF
these degraded Southern laborersi Then give them
that freedom which IL sure IT. its good tune. 10 WORK
| their manumission and improvement. do you want
the ballot given to the negro lGreat applause lheh
FIX the foundation for it by securing for him his exemp
ton from involuntary serytudethe grand principles
Involved in the Impending amendment 10 tho copstu
ton Certain. certain as truth aud justice reign We
uress forward this Presidential policy that ballot TO
The negro will surely comes nness indeed II STAMPS
revealed that 1t Is against naiuro-that their class
differs 90 deeply as 20 render IL impossible cannot
tell God knows This Presidential policy may be the
opening scene in that grand drama In which the negro
is to leave this land. (Hsses.l know II tho negro
ever goes he viii not 60 on conpulsion know TOO
he will never 20 nntn by the illumina tons OF freedom
be has been pre- pared for bis departure. shall come
10 him in the st small voice from the Infinite reaching
of his COZ seriousness and informing bin that his social
elevation to political condition cannot be perfected In
this land. because compromising Win ,he White nan
know that the black man viii choose TO CO. misses
mingled with cheers That time comes In any event.
he viii leave with blessings, instead OF curses
Until that time comes, / know that his contin
nance In this land must be ON those terms
| that shall be prepared for him by the adoption
| OF the Constitution Of the United States
by granting him that equality which freedom ga,
designs that this race solong under oppression so long
degraded by the system OF Slavery which has involved
this country in frghtfnl war are henceiorth 10 be
free knowing ihir, look WIN lndlneiehee on inc
look upon the assault the President and presented
by the Democratic party in the issue which they make
on the subject ofnegr0 suffrage. as comparatively In
eiRnifcant look upon that which will bring liberty
and intelligence and ultimate success. In order 10 com
prehend the farreaching influence Of tho Presidential
policy. must what they did inthe congress OF
i776 / desire TO call your attention 20 the following
passage Of the Declaration OF Independence. Tue
here read that passage from the Declaration.
accusing the King Of England OF having iorcgd slavery
upon this country and afterward In the Revolution III.
citing the very slaves 10 light against the AmercansJ
Let the Democrats have their eyes upon this paragraph
IL is the exact parallel OF the sentiments expressed by
President johnson the steps of the Capitol at Nnsh
iDpt0n We thus the magnitude OF TIE revolution
we have just had in vindcaiing that glorious Deelara
ton Before the war there were two sySteme0ne Tor
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