New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-23

Ccrt IL /, she only one that can be attempted wth
success Ii nearly executed already The states aro
Lcyc Is us fully IN the exercise Jf their state inhc'
tons and powers and faculties the State OF New
York Is at Albany to-day. Representatives can come
np and lay their bands upun tho BiDe ana taAe tho
oah and remain there. Now think this s goiLE 10 oc
done i, NAV not Be done today. thoBght t 0nght
to be done the first day II this session oi Congress.
Oihers thought II better 10 wait and inlnFe-'ah'
recess Then ] thought II bad better be done
whom N 9 recess was ended. Others thought u
better be postponed 10 the Let OF February Now th'y
talking Of poStpong 1t u!l thcy can pass some Jaw"
Bot for all that / know state which IN loyal, anu
continues be loya from this time henccfOr~ard. anu
is represented by loyal representatives. - sure some DAY
lin this Congress or some other Congress-some tinS ~
the life of tho Republic will ~. That is all thar
remains 20 be dOne-and It is The same plan ihat
| Abraham Lincoln projected before he was re
moved lom his high trust the same one that
And ew johnson executing for him In Tennessee
IL wil le done Now If err IN this my Judgment ~
Iinco.r.t. Jhen the Union N TO be restored some
tine there is to be some plan when ~ practcaDe ana
II lhcte Ia sora one then who is In favor OF
lean tel me What that plan is and when II ls Ikey
20 10 adopted. pause for reply. nave never seen
! any othsr plan proposed. l have seen this plan sng
,qstel 1T two successive Congresses, that, notwth
starding she conditions ~ the States they snoud ne
egislaed into the condition oi Ierrlt0ries ana shohu
be governed by the military arm TIL they hnd performed
suce1t acts Of purgation and should ne brought IN NJ
some fer of period II tins Is c1Dabe OF beng cii'd
plan OF restoration then ! think II hrs proved tolh
lilure because requires law 10 rednce the States
alrealy with governments in full operation 10 the coh-
duon of territories. That cannot be- done without an
act Of Congress Every one knowst VIII require ne
assen nj the President and everybody knows who has
read)i message he is not going 10 knock down and
tear g. pieces the States which be has bu up with hi.
ewn otlds II takes ten emperors, With then combined
forces and statesmen not troubled by any Congress-
TO effect the reduction Of one state into the condition o
a prosinee with pro-Consul - its ruler. think
therefore thai the plan is not practicable, and nave
giyeu up. ! will show yOn. IL II no longer men
iioneGts.jr proposed. The D has met the sleep Of
death aBd iu s place we ind lont resolution Oh
the etwo sh0useS OF Congress, passed on TUESDAY
1sa i0nt resolution that the states viii not % al
u;te1 anyhow-that IL 10 say, they never SlaH De re-
admitted until they have law pessed We'l, uial -
certainly giving uD the idea Of r,ducing them to terri
tories They are content 10 let them stand out were
hey a., and not let them IN at all think ilat the
PresiS ats plan u certain TO be adopted at iast VA!
give you Of the reasons why thInk so The MS
ory o the United States fer ninety years shows that
ih.re never State kept ont Of this Union
That wanted to come in; there never was u
state that wanted To get ont that was
permit ed TO do so. Applause There never was
Stlte outside that within tae verge Of the Union
Congress ihat large portion nf this period has had
a fancy for paying experiments ~ keeping states OUT
NJ the Union ont but IL II only the present
one that carries the chimera 80 iar as 20 Keep ont
Stntes that are H. They lurcd II. There were four
states when the Constitution was adopted That refused
20 come in. Nine adopted the Constitution. Wei,
after years all the other four, with WY faces
enough came m and made the Union thirteen
Instead Of nine. Well then the Congress tried hard
10 Keep ont Michigan and they tried very hard 20 Keep
Missouri out and they went into an agony over Texas
That died and we got perfectly beside ourselves
linrela ON 90 Cali'0rni,s coming in. We would not
let her come IN anyhow. But here they all arc
Tex. 'issouIi California an 81 them loyal, ard
all ~ them. except Texas. perfectly dut!ful We
have brought IN new states, and not kept thom
as territOrirs Every province every district az the
east side Of The Mississippi River. rushed through
stac pupase into toe Federal Union fast as they
could get in Every State west of the Mississippwc
bought provinces from spain from France and irpin
McNco including the whole territory We wTan yied
whether they shOgd come In ~ provinces Or States.
and very soon hev came In ~ states and here they all
~ uefsg hf,tr.
as to keeping States out Of The Union when they
organized, that you cannot Keep from getting
States 10 without trying. II i;lwoIc possible that We
should provinces north OF lhe frontier in Mexico
thcy Wonld De inconinently perfect, full complete
States. We cannot go further west without getting
into tie ocean, and therefore do not extend in that
direction IL h the necessity OF the American people
and nation. ~ the people OF this continent
Tar as propinquity or ncishborhood will allow
not o. make other territories or provinces accord
ing Ia The rules Of Washington, bat States. 4 State
does nO Ike 10 have deputy Government, and State
hen II has got To be State likes 10 be member Of
the Federal Union, because IL wants the commercial
the ,oca and other advantages and share in the
toua Uuown. and therefore is our destinylt seems
indeed II the Lord Almighty In his wisdom had
hurled All these States. Mexican. French Spanish
white PEOPLE slaves free native born. aehs-bured
them iuo the Union spite OF the will ~ the American
people themselves. thus declaring and mani.
testing h- will that here in this
continent of North America shall not b. many nations
but one nation. lCheers.l Fellow citizens have
thus far sand nothing Of the feelings of morality, Of re-
liglon and Of patriotism. do not propose to raise
them here. confess that tie regulations OF Scripture
are not Ia these latter days aeceIted infable
guide q iaith-mnch less an lnfiible guide Of prac
tce, aid therefore do not ask you whether We
ought not since the prodgul has abandoned his
course and his views. aud has returned and
is on tie way to meet the parent AT the door do rot
ask you whether We ought not whether ought 10
kll the fltted calf and invite this Rebel brother Ia tho
Luxurious entertainments but do say this, speaking
ns uner Of worldly penence and not Of Christian
faith doctrine that when five ago ths Yrodiga
abandoned rs, and attempted to pull the house down
over our heads, We soemnly resolved We would
pursue and bring back that prodgal brother and when
he bad been brought back and repentnt that W.
wouio compel him TO take his seat AZ his fathers table
Now. Whist say is. have done l1st exactly that
thing. We have reduced him; We have humil-
lated him; we have brought him 10 peni-
tcncc and contrition and % sorrow and 10y
atty md 10 beg for his p!aco be rejected IN hIs
pride and folly-his seat at the family mansion. !
Ibor' are no more controversies abOt slavery 1here
was cause vi embarrassment bat slavery That you
have ,ucn to the dogs and that made fnsh OF 1t. !
They have Eot left hair of its skin or disointed
bone or fragment To cnmbcr tho ground. or sharpen
The cpidy OF those sinners called sayehoders or 10
awaken the hopes OF that mistaken class Of men called
90 doghfaccs." There is no longer any controversy |
about slavery TO give yon ah excuse Tor keeping these
State out Of the Union. They are all free States
well WI may say that after ALL destiny that seems 30
fixed thssuch sn Irresistible prooliyy Of States To
come .ogethcr-show and mpossibity 70 Keep them |
out tell you my good friends. We haze noticed what
this c'rntry has done for period Of ~ years IL had
Slavey then not only In the Rebel Stat,S but partially
10 evsy State saw the people abolish H. state after
state aad proceed to educate aud elevate the emanei
pnted freedmen. until Slavery hnding that
it's tine was coming. organized itself Into Rebellion
and hen i them take IL and tear II /
IN piees and cast down. This has been done by the
Ameran people In 20 years. Uncle Sans position has
been One by ourselves In this generation Wen, don't
yon gre yourselves the least concern. Inc American
peopesre one hundred fold wiser than they were 100
years ago. and they have given PROOF ot IL:
and aftcr tho next hundred years they will
he a Lulrrl