New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-20

they have not succeeded Begin now and dig down TO
he priucipal granite throttle Slavery the very
nen strike the root Of the Rebellion and In thrOttng
IT, Kill the Rebellion aud insure homogeneity similarity
oneness the nation over aerwaTd" In other words
these statesmen said: The compromises Of the COns
tuition were a screen between the American magistrate
AND be system OF slavery lie had no right TO see IT, He
had DO right TO discriminate its character. But when
that gun sounded at Sumter, the screen shryeed,
and for the first time since S an American President had
the constitutional right with his official eye know that
Slavery was immoral and because 1t mmoral-Or
other reason than because was alien 10 the civilization
" which he was the head-he had the right TO throttle IT.
for its sins to throttle it, and for the usefulness Of
thIothng u III putting down the Rebellion You know
the divergence that took place that occasion That
Another class Of that everlastiugly deuding
themselves with what they call grand sounding word
and unable to see an inch ahead cOnceiyes intel
ecual abortion and nobody recognizes its proportions
calls ITS craftsmanship Laughter ana appausel, aud
all sit down and put our hands our mouths Whereas
craftsmanship does not consist In sitting under gilded
roof on marble floor and velvet cushion with long
Title to your name. craftsmanship is only common scEse
Satesmanship is when man. kn9wins the need Of
OF his own time 10 cure that need That statesman
when history lights its torch to find out the statesman
ship of 1867, they will neither go to the War ONCE in
that rocky island the shores Of Italy, where imprs
oSG ana, as IhSy say Heeateu man eats ms own hta
what Italy needed Loud appausel And that is
craftsmanship Why, when that gun sounded nj Sumter
IN 1901 had merchant friend whose ship laid in Nor
folk Navy all dismantled and he elegraphed 10 his
She is in; get her a1oatl' And the captain obeyed
orders and to-day, between Boston and Canton, that
telegraph brought news to the Secretary Of the Navy that
the United states had S3,OOOOOO worth of munitions Of
III Rebel waters but he sitting red tape, let them
alone and the South took possession OF hem and fought
o % %edn our own weapons pr Iod % one year
Yard the inexperienced Of the GOvernmentan that my
friend was Taitor but fifty years hence, when men
look back on our day. they will say that that merchant
sitting m his COunnghOuse had Statosmans brain, and
that the Secretary sitting in his official chair fool
And IL is exactly with the craftsmanship OF to-day. It
is all common sense There is no mistake about IT, but
the worst it shall upon twelve months
late Look back TO 1861 To-day there not Democrat,
Conservative man OF any miud-whO does not
knowledge thet We wasted 1861 and 1902 that we wasted
100000 and quarter Of million of valuable lives,
the choicest in the couny-men who rushed TO the front
Of their hearts devoted themselves to the great idea OF
without any result We now at tn9i Is nls
take We now the absurd prjudiccs which blinded us
blush folly of 1901 1902 Do yOu not remember
how tottcrod along, spending blood and treasure,
of 1867 we began TO ask "Wil the negro ~" And
then sent 10 France, aud wanted to know how the
physics dream Overland dug up crodou aud hunting
up the schemes Of all ages we stumbled forward and
we would try IT, and see if the negro would fight That
was ,tatesmanslp No common sense would nave 1aa,
any animal that will not nghtl win negro work. Is
there any negro into whom God has put stomach Who
ton and progress Is necessity Common sense would
have saved us a thousand millions Of dollars and half
million OF lives, but made ourselves the slaves OF
prejudice and by shutting own hearts and our own
rolvicons so We drod on until 1863 and the moment
We touched the tallsman, Justice. the moment
dismissed our doubts aud became regardless OF
We moved through Gettysburg and Aniietam 20
the crOWnMg victory 40 Richmond. .Applause.l
Now stand just IN the same relative
position to-day exactly said here two years ago that
Ii In 1861 the Government had let out this contract
Yankees, such who build railroads 10 the IA
Uhc. men u enterprise, men who carry more brains IN
the night hand than other men do In the head, wide
awake men, who respect the great business princ
pie the very golden rule OF al satS5hahShlh great
results in short time this war would have soon ter
minated Business knows no prejudice Business knows
no password Business Is az dlslasaOate as zee ~ rs
from every possible mote Of prejudice a. the blue
south Carolina as nave described lh eol-bslhess men
under cOntract-yOu would have saved 100000 negroes of
unimpeachabe loyalty. what should We do Why, bnld
on LOYALTY, no matter whether black white They
would have lost themselves in no dream OF the meta
Tor 1000 men 10 on the Pacific Railroad does not ask
whether they he white, Chinese mulatO, or negro, 50
hires them But we All know that tins win be the
hardest road that an Ango-Saxon foot ever trod sim
great branches Of the AngoSaXon race, the one here
and the other in England and God Is chamng them poth
To the performance OF the same unWhOesomo duty.
There stands England to-day, reduced 20 secondrate
power in the affairs OF Europe because she holds Ireland
and after the Injustice Of 800 years her pride Will
not acknowledge the civil equality of the Cet We re-
and inevitable necessity Of eliminating from the
stautebOok, and putting the negro on the basis OF c,'li
equality and We have the same saxon TtuuCe tnat
bndods and endeavors TO persuade us TO ger d on
this disageeable duty hut as sure as me waters OF te
lake mng,e IN the Atiahlc, 80 surrey VII Aou - 49,
and Christian, infidel and believer, black ana Nllte'
crOwdng up under tne sheer OF eqHaI t"s IN T,v C1
stltution CheeIs Inc ony question j. #mf t 5"'
will do il now, just when you have bought II Win blood
OV -
and treasure aud have 70 90 u al over asaih lete %
class who frightened ont Of their propncy by
Afrcanize negroes south Now, would Ould UP the
south possible but would Dud her OUT OF inc
best material DO not care what race IT comes rom
There are class Of men who say, would TO Cod thele
was not negro IN the land pnil sn ssItsh, y yeA
Keep the idea before you, you viii say just what history
Mi YEA 30 ~ tIfif cod nom the hearts OF the Amer
giautuue 10 ALi9I y, 80 Hod Si io,a Mack men
I'm the Southern States il 10 were mol Tor the presence OF
bat element there Is not the rcmotest possibility either
dave IN
recOns tructed permanent OASIS III the bOuth W.T.
one 6oynSgeneous White race the reconstruction Of the
american Nation would DO 20 years distant Phil sherl-
dan spoke the exact truth when ne sara 70 the boston Al
dermen SO far my opinion goes, have seen no 10y,
atty al the south which not covered by black skim
But we don't need sheridan's testimony Wedont heed
any Congressional report We don't needa any newspaper
correspondence coming 70 Us from every quarter OIL the
world We don't need the records OF cen Grant or Cen
the only law capable OF being enforced there There Is
keener more delicate thermome,e tan OF GoI
ind h In capital You viii fnd in the money instinct
of the world The most delicate OF all thermoinetersi
csrf1 The most unerTiug capitalists tell you the
great conyulsiye heayngs Of the American mODocrae
clement all along the seabomd ana back 10 81 LoG ana
can ten you whether there ls danger TO inc country,
Webster pointed 20 the stock Exchange as me place
ter in Europe homo by the oneteuth part " one per
cent Aud as long as tal u inc iact ter9 - 10 use %
Una ,s(tness even like the Hps OF sheridan. know
that as long the great money eeners OF the word are
unwilling TO trust any amount Of capta 10 SUSTAIN invest
mem III opitai Knows the state Of the world better than
any other element 1t knows the temper OF the times ana
~ The dominant race and whether the state Of the South
il such that a dollar cannot safely go there teh
Won how YOU the state OF the South better ta
nv listening 10 the discussions Of COngress-Dy gong
down TO Was and whether there Is anybody invest
ing south Of Mason and Dixons line or whether any
hd viii trust million there. Why, co days before that
sleeping laundering aud coward Senate knows the con
dt1n III the SOUTH Walst. viii DC making 10 per cent
n au0hter1 They will know 10 before the telegraph
eTngs the news Of It, The South the most attractive
sd ~ snecnlation in the world. Gold VIII double mere
,icker man I'm California any place else The owners
Of capital in your city and IN London are most 70
90 dawn there They stand tlptoe watching every,
thing and try 20 obtain 30 days ahead the posslD %
nsI13S m neT cent Now know that there Is 10 DaSs
ruof oQ "A