New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-13
Nr. Bancroft. Hration.
con IL HISTORY.


SENATOR'S, REPRESENTATIVES,. OF AMERICA;
That God rcs So the srs Of men is as certain rs any
truth OF phy sica science Ga The great moving power
which is from the beginning. hangs The world Oi the
senses mi the world " thought and action. Eternal
wisdom maTshlls the great procession oi the NATIONS
working in patient continuity through th" ages never
hating and abrupt cnconpassing all events IN
it, Oyeright and ever affecting us Will th"ugh miha
NAV siunpeT iu apathy or oppose win Madness hluys
are el mp or thrown down. nations come and 90. re
fupie, flourish and WifhtF dlDgstles away lhc "a
iale NJ n is told; but nothing by chance though men
in foir Ignorance 81 causes may fAnt 80
The deeds oi time are governed, os Wen as
Judged by The decrccs' OF eternity. The caprice
Of fcetug esstenccs bonds 10 the immOvaDlc omalpo
tcace which plants ts loot on o the ocniure, ana MS
neither change OF purpose nor reposc. Sometimes lke
messenger through she thick dlrkucss II night, D.
sops along mvscrOus way Dut when The hour stlAts
for peOplc mauk nd 20 pass INTO new form %
being unseen hands draw tic bolt from the gates ~
fufuriil al subduiag influence prepares the inind
o. mcl iOr ne coming re.O!ltiDn. those WI" pinn &c.
sistauce md themselves IN conflict with the viii g
Prov idcncc rather than with human devices; ana al
hearts and understandings. most of d the opinions
tractcd md compelled 20 bear forward Tie change
which becomes more IN obedience 10 The Jew ol uni
veTsal natue than submission 10 ibe aim'f''nchi "i
man.
GlowIu or THE ANtRIcAN mrrmic
In the frlupss OF time republic rose mp IN tbe vii
doruc.s or America Thousands Of wears bad passed
away be,e ths Child OF The ages could be born. From
yhatcve. hero was If good IN The rseins o former
centuries She drew ler uOrshmcn, tie wrecks o.. the
past were her warnings. With the deepest sentiment
of aiih hAed iu her nlnus nature, ne ulsc.lhIdcu
religion from bondage 10 temporal power that her W0r
ship mgi be- ToIsAIp DnH IA slili ana ln Uuth. Inc
wisdom which hal passed ron lndla ihI"nfh 'Iecc'
with what ,reccc bad added Of her own The Jlrslfl
derce oi Rome: lIc med! val munic cipaites nc
Teut0nc method of representation ne poNlcu cape
rcace Of England; l1o benisnlni wisdom oi tae eA'
pO,tOlt the law Of nature and ~ nations 10 ihhte
aud Holland al she'd ON her Their sclcctesi Induence
She ed the GOLD oi political wisdom nom The sands
wherever % found; she Glen ~ RON lie rocks she
fH H.fR "a fla asft tlTiT nf
statesmen and sagos ont 0f all the experience Of past
human life, she compiled q perennial political philoso-
ply tie plimofdal principles OF national ctlhCs 1he
Wisc men Of Europe SOUGHT the best government IN a
mixture of in0narhy arsiOcracy aud democracy. and
America went behind these names 70 extract from them
the vital element OF social forms and blend ihem hur
uouiolslv 10 the iIec commonwealth. which comes
ueareet 10 the Illustration OF the natural eiualty Oi all
men. She iniru,ted the gnardiansmp Of established
rights 10 law the movements OF reform 70 The spirit OF
the people and drew her i0fee from the hhpPy recon
ciiiatOn OF both.
TERRITORIAL ExIEST or Fr1E REPCBLic.
Republics lad heretofore been limited 10 small can.ons
or cities aud their dependencies; AMERICA DONG iiha
OF which the Ike Lad not before been known upon the
earth or believed by kings and statesmen TO be posi-
bic extended her republic acIoss continent ndeI
her auspices the vine of liberty tooH deep root and hed
the land tie hills covered with rs shadow ITS
bolghs were like Tie gOpdly cedars. and reached
unto both oceans. The ZANE oI this only daughter ol
freedom went oui into oil the lands Of The earth nom
her The human race drew hope
Prophecies Ot TBE CONsLQl kNCEs OF sLAVIRN
Scither hereditary monarchy nor hereditary aristoc
racy planted Itself on our SOIL the only hereditary
condition that fastened itself upon u was ser, ,nde
Nature works in sincerity and u ever true 10 III law
The bee hives honey the viper dstis poison the vine
~ Juices and 20 do the poppy and The upas Ia
like manner every thought and every action rpens its
seed each in is Kind In tie individual man. and ati!l
more in naiOr inst idea gives life and progress
and glory; false conception pr0tends disaster shame
a West jersey Quaker wrote: This trade OF
importing slaves i. dark glooinncss hanging
over the land the consequences will be-
gIeyous 10 posteiiy AT me Norln Tue Siowlh Oh
nearest the tropics it throye rankiy and worked itself
into the organism OF TIE rising STATES virginia $1,000
between tue two with soil ana climate ana resources
demanding free labor and yet capable OF the proft
bic employment Oi the slave. She was Inc and 0l Rlta
statesmen; and they saw the danger Of her being
whelmcd under the rising Hood in time 10 struggle
against The decisions Of aTarce and pfide. Ninety
four years ngo The Legislature Of Virginia addressed
the Brush hlng. saying that tie trade IN oluyes was
Of great nhumanity" was opposed 10 the security
and happiness OF their constituents would M time
have tfe most destructive influence and "enaaaser
their very existence And the King answered them
that upon pain OF his highest dispeasure The impOt
aon slaves should not be IN any respect obstructed
"pharisica Britain wrote franklin in behalf OF Nir
gnia 'to pride thysef in setting free single slave
that happened to land on thy coasls while Thy laws
coutiuue traffic whereby many hundreds 0f thou
sands are dragged into Slavery that Is cnailed on
their posteity' - serious view oi this subject said
Patrick Henry in 1913. gives gloomy prospect TO
lUurf liut. III tue hdln' NN"if 'N".E.. NV
10 the Legislature Of Virginia: Ile laws Of I'M.
partial Providence may avenge our Injustice upon our
posterity.' In Virginia and in the Continental Con-
gless Jefferson with the approval OF Edmund Pehde'
ton branded the slave trade piracy; and he LAcd IN
the Declaration OF Independence as the cornerstone ol
America. IAN men are created equal with an IN.
alienable right TO liberty" On the first organization OF
TEMPORARY governments for the continental domain
Jefferson but for the default OF NewJersey, would IN
l7f have consecrated every part OF that territory TO
freedom In the formation of the national Constitution
Virginia, opposed by part of New England, yainly
struggled 10 abolish the slaverade at and forever
and when the ordinance Of 1857 introduced by Ma
than Dane without the clause prohibiting Slavery It
was through The favorable disposition OF Virginia and
I,bs Whole North Wsst:JD T.Jytory-U the Territory