The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-22

dent ranly generous and honest support; look on
with hope and confidence but to be nexble as des
tiny itself with the cause Of impartial and universal
liberty In tie counuya for which three hundred
and twenty i've thousand Union soldiers sleep In their
bloody graves to-day GAUGE for which than four
hundred thousand SCARED and MANNED tread the
soil o. the country They have don6their dutythelr
whole duty. They have trampled this rebellion down
under the from heel OF war and Il is committed not 70
tho PRESIDENT alone, not 10 Congress alone but TO the
aaministraion put INTO power by the American
people to restore this Union that there
snail not be black law in the country that there shall
DO no oppression and rule recognition that shall
oppress single man we have made Free They
wards TO use the language Of the President Of the United
States Abraham Lincoln pledged himself 10 his coun-
try and TO his God for their emancipation and main
tain Their liberties and that pledge believe every de.
judicial will maintain. Measured by what existed last
April NO have made progTess-n some sections, great
have gone backwards But there has been general
progress daring the last nine months Measured by
what existed when President entered upon his duties
and what now exists in the country taking The whole
rebel section into account have made progress, but
we have not made so much as wish wo had made, and
as think we could have made. But IL have made
less progress than we desired to make, must mako
more IN the future That has been made emily
by during the last four years Of bloody
war we have had conflict Of twenty 1--we
thoughts are stronger than balls and have
had four years OF bloody Slavery and every thing
that belongs to pertains to 1t lies PROSTATE before
To-day and the foot OF regenerated nation Is upon IT,
Sir hope words to DO uttered and steps to be
taken OF resctionary character. hope that nothing
that goes by the Of the word In the English
language consergatsm-is 10 b. allowed here II there
Is word in the English language that means twenty
years OF scfvility and cowardico il Is that word
servat sun. IL never ought TO be on the lips Of
American citizen. / hope too, sir, that We are
not 70 make apologies here The way to settle this
grade you; have resisted for twenty years your az
gressive policy Of slavery and your barbarian robbers
we bore the dishonor and Disgrace Of your policy; you
plunged MS into four years Of bloody civil to per-
pefuatc slavery TO mako the ideas OF slavery dominant
In republican and Christian land resisted your az
gressiors before the people; shrunk not from civil
war; We met the contest you fought braycly worthy OF
better cause, butyou we're defeated crushed, annblaod
ground 20 powder not flag Of yours between the
Capitol and the Rio Grande not rebel soldier bears
rebel bayonet anywhere. VIC do not seek your lives
your blood and you have bat little property for us 10
seek, II we would Alive ask is tls-and this shall
ask and this shall have, God rules In the
word,-we have the men emanc pated by war, emanci-
the mariyred President, emancpatcd by that grand
browning act, tho constitutional amendment We
proudly their native hills | wan, every rebel
and every rebel sympathzer, every repentant and
nnrepsntan rebel in the land 70 understand that tho
loyal men OF hscountry who yoted their blood and ea
sure and who gave their for the of the
Union and the cause of liberty, hayo they have
written II ON the lids Of their Bibles they have engraved
on their door posts that these shall be free indeed
not SORTS, not slaves and that black laws or un.
friendly legislation shall live tho book OF any CON-
munity in America Mr.. Wilson continued his arguments
that loyal people had right TO the guarantees ho
hat Indicated There was no diOerenc, except
action in the Union party. There had boon
these differences for twenty-five years in tha Union
paiss anu out Oh them had grown n0lhing but Tree
and manly discussion OF grea. public questions The
Senator from Delaware, when he spoke Of divisions In
THIS great party did not know the men who had fought
supposed that men accustomed to speak their minds
freely, becomes American citizen upon all grca.
tho benefit Of mon who had linked their names forever
with the cause OF human slavery this continent and
como OF them with the calso OF the rebellion itself In
MI gaih HI. hon nj I.csa ~
day these seats would be nIled by who whatever
might have been their errors in tho past would support
the cause OF the country and Of liberty men, that
these freedmen, degraded by two centuries OF slavery
wapd In all respects be Free and that they would 60
Mr. sAuIssunY said Mr. wilson was laborlng under
very great Dstake lie seemed " have undcrt ood me-
sad Mr. saniabury saying that tho democratic party
TINS ouny wus - come into through the agency
Of fls President sad notning Kinu sinS3 sbe
commencement of this session the democratic members
OF this body have sat in their seats In perfect silence
without saying wori in reference to any issues that
wse made to distract the councils OF the republican
party. did say however thai apprehension seemed
10 exist IN the minds OF in tho other end OF tho
CAPITOL ana in this chamber that the democratic party
OF The country was about TO come into power through
the agency OF the Executive. ! expressing
opinion, but stating the simple fact that such appre.
henson seemed to exist Was justified IN that
city by Mr.. Thaddeus stevens a distinguished eiiisen
Of PENNSYLVANIA In which he advocated the exclusion OF
the Southern statcs from representation Ia Congress
the ground that such representation would be de.ruc
tive ~ The republican party He IL high authority IN
shat poiiti II church, belieye appeal 10 he aoncra-
b's Senator from Massachusetts, 10 snow whether IN
speech nalo by his colleague Yesterday, and extracts
from prvsc letters read the approximations did
not seeui - ~ ~ sir, do not rise TO express sny
opinions Of M own. Whether 'i9t apprehension Was
Well o. III pnnded am IN no position 10 know. only
know the President OF the United states disin.
gashed senator this cor, serving with him for
raj Yeas, our personal relations always oil the most
iijenuiy and Kindly character; and will take
occasiou 10 say that, although not Of bis
party nov, entertain high personal
gard for him. Though he may have strayed into
wrong company Sun ior him personally entertain
great respect and kindness; and for one far his
action shall conform 10 The constellation Of the county
and lpe jus, rixhs VI the StaLsf of the Cn0n Sian
teEI, bin my hearty support Ir. Salisbury said ths
dampcr,ic party WAS not IN tad condition Mt.
Wilson thorsht IL did, need Tccopsiruc
organization A. 10 The srbjeot OF reconstruction, he
believed the p,sn or General Sherman -ss the best
yet presented % tie country, snd soTIy not
adopted
Mr. Naps uepl Of Ohio moved tina ne Senate al.
joum.
rFseiOt.
Mr. TerssrLt pep. OF H., SAID II Wa osc.ssry 20
have b. 4 niiv- session 20 the Jocis we're closed
and tho session held and the enste AT three
O'Clock adionfned 10 meet an FRIDAY, Jsnusry :, ts,a
~ Twelve o'clock.