New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-08
NrwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY DECEMBER, 8, 1865

Government which Is msnifesy 20 great and good a.
sSs danger tSss lay In fostering sectional saonsieS
and after paying glowing tribute the memory OF
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster no asked bis hearers
from the topography Judge, whether God has not
designed this ~ be q land Of Government
and people and he asked what his hearers thought
Of the who had far forgotten their national pride
az to propose to lower the flag In favor of foreign pro-
tectorate He thanked God that the nation still lived
and that II understood 1t before we could now
comprehend the great fact that hereafter shall make
orr own laws in own language and do things ia our
own way without regard TO maconteDts within our
own borders and without asking permission OF foreign
powers Mono had greater occasion for thanktnlness
than the people Of the very States that were recently In
re bellion for they had been liberated from thrado
which cursed alike the white Dan and the black and
under the benefcent rule OF chief magistrate who
perfectly comprehended the sit1aton their sunny laid
might now smile 1t had never smiled before. The
speaker took occasion to say that there never was docu
mont which throughout the civilized world cOuld com
a higher respect than the message which the Chlef
Magistrate had to the two houses OF Congress ths
week. and he willing that this grent state paper
from the poised master OF the continent should 60
10 Europe the representative thought OF America AZ
the present hour 1he speaker iBdorsed the Presi
dents views Of the Constitution the best thing thar
could been devised ~ its time and under the err
cumstances and be thanked God that in His marvellous
way the minds Of the people had been so changed 10
provide for lawfa change Of the organic law, and the
complete cutting ont OF the national ulcer WltBoht cN
tinguishng the national life and leaving the nation ana
]
Abiding to the topic Of reconstruction, the speaker
said that whether the hanging Of few Discreants IN
the South would be productive oi good or evil he would
leave 10 the relg ious instincts OF the people and TO
those who consttutionny hold the power to determine
but 10 the southern masses lie wond be ienient ana
magnanirnous. making but one condition. namely;
that they should henceforwsrd support the Con
stitulion and the laws in good faith. lie
would not ask the South perform the u1glers feat Of
swallowing itseif bat accepting the appeal TO arms
which the South had invoked he would row ask them
TO abide the issue 1t had been said that the oath OF
allegiance had been taken necessity and with the
mental reservation; bu, If there much ms sus
picon that the oath 10 not taken IN good fat1 ten the
foundations OF society have dropped oct. The late
slaves are 10 be the wards Of the nation The speaker
conld agree with those persons that demanded the
elective franchise Immediately and absolutely Tor the
freedmen ~ natural right; for If suffrage were
natural right II began with birth, and might be claimed
by women as well as men The speaker thought thgt
plainly the right not natural but politi'
cal right the qualification for which was and ever
must be- hxed by the civil authorities. The speaker
concluded by urging bis hearers 10 thank God llat TIE
SAME GAg which rusted their heads In childhood
the to-day. 10 be changed only AS new stars
were ~ bc added ~ its azure field.