New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-17
NEW YORK MONDAY SEPTEMBER H. ls66.-rRIPLE SHEET

who 4. copshle Of ererytDg and so'hethng vorseyonI
lasAstse viii be than your fgst Constitutional
Amendment Congressional Pan <nd You yourselves VIII
10 oyerridden and ramIled IN oIe dust.
Re not deceived, my brothe[s. Evil communications
corrupt good moralss lie yhO would save bis life shall
was laundering at their doors, lyon may compromise
voar principles but yous will never the Port Royal
40 say 10 you, "You may coDDronise your Principles
but YOU will not sa yourselves in the South nor add
vote TO your power in he North"
Nay as the Spanish knight, you will give your strong
hold for destruction. His father in the hands OF ths
bKing Bernardo del Carpo rebeed This sake took ref
uge in his mpregpabe fortress resisting all the assaults
that were made upon H. till the King outwearied prom.
sed to release the father if he would yield his castle
was dOne; and Bernardo leaving his empty and deserted
eastlebehind him. rode forth to meet the kng Oeslue
whom sat the figure Of knight
Behold thy father r. said the King Aud Bernardo, as
mounting knelt embrace the hand shat hung by ms
sde but fell back in agony for II was tho touch oil aea,n
that met his own, and so cried aloud II Despair
Don San Diaz in an evil hour didst thou beget me- Tor
thou dead and have given my stronghold ior 'nee
and now have lost all y" =
defense your'C ase OF Truth and it 10 but destruction
and death you will receive in return. II you go down
INTO the South without this guarantee Of safety you WIN
20 de the State prisoners Of Louis XIV, mic an IRON
chamber which, by devilish ingenuity of tortuTe
contracted about hem day BY day and hour by hour TIL
they crushe last SO The IRON walls oi pesoGGi o
ton and oppression viii close you round, making you dc
| every day you i've and annihlating you at last
protesfor your sake for the sake of the NORTH,
stood your friends and through six years Of blood and
conflict. While watching this contest have oeeh sQi
rOvuy reminded Of story tod m 1e cary GS1s 81 'o
which, through the shadowsof night, came bnek MAD
slave in pursuit Of some suffering souls that might need
his aid. lie baBdaged limb here poured eoong water
on fevered limbs there and at last found OF our men
| wounded, bleeding, almost dying, who said TO MN; "
am from ohioII cannot walk; cannotsnoye hl me up
and carry me my camp II was near the oor1er hne
Won will remember This slave, still slave with the
marks of his servitude lsh and irounPon him. placed ms
soldier upon his shoulders aud carried hm'eenG ana al
most faintng under the load miles away 70 the Northern
line. The next day came voie, from henueky, voice
from his MASTER saying % O me heoTed The
very regiment 10 which ho was retured, dummed thls
black hero out Of the camp senthm down 10 MS master
| in Kentucky, to'tOrture and death.
My friends Of the South who have Suffered who have
struggled FOR the right my friends to-day that slave sondS
as type OF four millions, that slave stands as wye
of those who have struggled for, suffered for you,
as none others could would. Their nights are IN your
hands, their safety and their future are wnpPos up IN
yours To-day Kentucky cries Give mo tins Nctn 10
DESTROY" on great spints oh tried and beroiesousi
beseeeh Of you that you cry aloud as with one voice.
Never whale loyal heart beats IN our midstF pro
test too for the future safety, webeing and peace OF inc
county. These men, your opponents, VIII return 10
power not. in the past the colleagues Of men whoshed
| them in check. They will come back pledged to
maintain every abuse the people have sworn to de-
stroy. They will build their place and power
upon the ruins of Liberty and the destruction OF the he.
public. Then shall gather in tho bhghied harvest OF
thef boodiest sowing the heds of the world ever saw
Oppression everywhere, wrong everywhere outrage every
| VIII
I" The sense of oppression makoth man mad Iho
result will be 10 mike every loyal among you reyo-
uonist These four millions oil blacks are helpless io
opposition because they know not their own strength,
because they blind to their power In such future
they will find instructors and sight in you Let THIS
"eeless giant find guide 10 put has hand on the
props Of the State let him bow himself to the pnars
and woe unto ali thosc who have made him their laugh
ing-sock have chained him to grind at their mi"
friends of the Border Siaio belong 20 the Border
States. Pennsylvania and Maryland stand together in
of mi
MY friends OF the Border States and Of the North when
you deprecae discussion, opposition, aguDen are you
than of rivers that what you see here today rs not
the tossing up Of shallow the coast long
surge sweeping from continent TO continent aeoSs me
! majestic sea az ofin'on You remember what he
Tocaueville SAYS "a science Of politics is necessary
TO new world" You have done that which has changed
the entire policy Of Government modified it, instu-
tons and altered the whole framework Of society. You
have taken long step fOrward you can take none IN re-
treat Before you glory behind You is defeat disgrace
and nfamy. And so implore you, the action Of this
Convention not being closed to take counsel not OF paer
ing not Of weakness not Of policy but Of strength OF
oyay of liberty Of the warnings OF the past, OF the
Signs Of the present of the hopes Of the future beseech
Of you 10 take such high stand that all men may reeog
nze that when you threaten you "ay your hand on the
| hit of the sword OF God"
sat in this Convention yesterday, and, hearing Mary
land offer her resolution boRcd my face IN anguish hear
ing in that resolution thecho Of the White House The
event brought before sharply picture of the war. AT
Fair Oaks regiment had murdered TO hold certain
point-imporAn the center Of the line Massing its
!
ceasngy its shot and shell fiery rain of sdeath Tho
line held firm when It's coOrbearer 10 the front fell dead
with his fac beside himand another, and another and
another. AS the last fellth flag sa was shot away
The line reeled-the'regiment was falling back-whcn a
little fellow scarcely than child sprang forward,
tore the flag from uader the very feet OF the advancing
host twisted it about hiIa stood there living rags1ah
and turning his face which bZed tho giOres OF the
near eternity creds ImSgood for amiRuc, boys Come
on and foil doadthe flag, his winding sheet, about
him But the line had closed n the regiment had pressed
forward had saved dag and flagstaff alike, and the field
won.
a SO With these States have seen ttcn going down,
going down letting their flag trail in the dust beside them
breaking before the reOf the enemy. Maryland dropped
with Pennsylvania, Kentucky with Nev-fork, when @
man, Of theneu see beoredno, who hold not their
lives at pins feeompared with thQ great cause al stake,
lifted himself up with the dag Of qIay aud truth about
him. saying simply, at may mean death to- us when we
return, but win sand.iOng enough at least before We
fill graves for the North 10 close about US and press
| onward 20 victory
OF thousands pale lips say, Dead in batle for
Won and for me multtudes who fter Dead of starva,
lion in Southern prsons for you and for me- men and
and little children perchanco some brother wife,
little child of yours who utter Dead lithrough tho
cause that assaed you and me-" In the midst see orr
echoes back for them from the cterqes, the words OF
! bis dying lips, Let the good fight gosn"
This Convention is not yet elosed-s action not yet
ended Ireland, tO.whch you have sent greeting stands
listening The crushed millions Of the Old World stand
listening The great loyal masses OF the North-the
wroDged, prosecuted, and suffering one Of re Souta,
stand listening Our martyrs hover near God stands
listening your word 10 declare that the good tghtshaH
| go on.
SPEECH BY CARL 'SCHURz.
Con sehlrz delivered long and able speech on Ny