New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-01
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just passed benecent Providence will insure for US
permanent existence OF our free government am
P Ss G mission " We are s extending our
and power. and though some may be opposed 20 Tue
extension Of our Jurisdiction yet my honest c0nveuon
too weak, as some contend, to cover greaate greater
embrace within its sphere and influence the whole civil
lied world. Great applause We have tried 700 mucn
TO make the public mind the direction OF lnVen
ton. There is difference between invention and DIS
We have been making ing HD nc dscSyeV and
asoertaning what law u.s. and conform our acuOn 10 ~
mS EGr s s HoTh AND the can work in harmony
with the Federal Goyernmen-the parts are essentmI 70
without law the machinery will not work smoothly ana
accomplish the great ends which it assigned to attain
Pardon friends, for tespassng thus long on your
patience and permit me to BY repeating tn e
yor and the Governor OF the state S @ nr T
have my sincere thanks and gratitude Tor the welcome
which has been extended to me on the occasion OF my
visit to the capital of Maryland.
The President greeted with applause he resumed
Mr. Dobbin member of the convention, in order that
the President might proceed TO the Senate ChamDer
that the Convention do now adjourn. Inc motion was
There were repeated calls for Secretary Seward when
that gentleman conducted to the Presidents chf
People Of Maryland After the very impressive and
touching speech which has been made TO you uy e
President OF the United states ~ ceed 4s back to
cardinal periods in the history OF our
states delivered up Congress and accepted
with complete and accompanying satisfaction the results
of independence the other great event was
when there went forth these venerable legislative
Iee which framed constitution for 10
States which constitution, and merctul froVuence
| overlooking, accepted and appointed 10 become
ultimately the Constitution of the whole American CONT
nent model for the world. lApplause rms, tnen, ~
perseyering Kindness calls forth uterance from me-
that utterance ought not to be upon topics already ds
political nature SHALL nevertheless, seem to be new ana
original subdue my reluctance, therefore, ana come
| hefor in an
see ourselves others see U.S. Many III May!anu, SsPo
this coIntry North and south viii be surprised when
sy mat mY one cheering recollection 10 that
6yetoore wherever might be- spoken as an American
n;ti1en and never as sectional staesman that nave
always spoken TO the whole American peope any ~ ~
the whole XRS ana ns CITIZEN 10 Of
have not loved her better than Maryland Georgia or
feel sure that You VII acinowiedgc hereafter
shall at least hope that during Inc sA Years nay o
GOvernment acted in this broad national charac
ter and now am TO assume sectional mar III C n .e
pie have seen in Virginia and North Carolina, ana an
The neople might have Seen In louisiana Georgia. ana
Texas had extended our journey SO Iaf ar People
who were and educated and have then neids OF uy
and on the western coast Of the Atlantic The
same thing is true of all the people have seen IN con
| have seen in Rhode Island, Vermont and NewIiamp
shire We Of the North and of the South as thus dlsn
shed in our political debates are only one secoh OF
the Union and that is the Atlantic section IL Is 10
this Atlantic section that belong, 40 vdI ana fn
ia political existence. 1 now speak sectional
we seen and what dc we now seeI This Atlantic section
divided distracted embittered, and exhausted by po-
cal controversies tariffs and free trade about free
dom and Slavery about Catholic and Protestant religions,
until have come to wage war against each other the
South and the North, war for mutual destruction IN
ali this contention have been South Atlantic against
North Atlantic section and North 9gaIRiii south
] hemmed in both fractions We had no East; for the
1tntic on that side shut us both out from the whole
exhausted very vitality in disputes between the Free
States OF the North ana the slave states Oh de 80 m
North and the cotton, tobacco and sugar Interests OF the
control in the Federal Union Now, when we wake Iom
this destructive contest what 90 we ma Inc empire
0nGI py md trayersng the Mississippi is being
established the coast OF the Pacific Ocean We OF the
lions have referred our mutual dispute TO the great West
as an umpire and 1t mas sterny decided rs u might 30
seeks and appr0prates TO itself all the material social
and political advantages that we nave cOhceussI ~
migration and foreign immigration. our young men IN
the North and OF the South weared Of our disputes
and contend with German. swede and Norwegian upon
practices of drinking agerbee and holding Turner tesi
NnOw Nothing coalitions against them to embarra9s them,
wae we TsHt the North and our tobacco and
cOttoneds in the South. They escape fast as they
can from these obstacles which we throw IN their way
To the West and thence for the settling there and be
coming citizens they are heneeorth known as electors
and founders of American states. There neither they
nor the native citizens 70 whom they assiinllnte care
|
men, for the rights OF Catholics or the rights OF Protest
ants In the Atlantic States, where they belong to- The
mands US to accept all men, exotic native, white
black freedmen or born free Catholics and Proestan7
citizens Of the United States know not what can say
more as Atlantic sectional man to Atlantic sectional
to invite them to Cancellation and reconciliation be-
tween the Atlantic North and the Atlantic South Even
this day. while New. England s considering whether y
be reconclcd TO the Cotton States the gold and silver
mines of California and the Fisheries OF Russian america
ottrin heir
and establishing their connections with the coast and
Islands Of China Japan ana snP e h and 5 Se
York and their railroads for the trade of the Atlantic
Let me tell you that the Pacific coast already begin
ming TO reyoiutionize the world. Applause 90 hence
forth have always gone heretofore not win ny sec
ton, but with the American nation lCheersl Hence
forth If YOU will insist upon continuing the insane divs
ions Of the East shall be found among the politicians
and the statesmen Of the West. One word more; You
have Justly celebrated the Constitution OF the United
Sates its peculiar and benecent feature Is that cen
care that no law shall be passed by Congress without the
consent Of the President OF the United States II his veto
is sustained by more than onehrd OF the people OF the
United States. That onethird Is the minority Of the
American people That minority is hcneeforth and for
ever t0 be the Atlantic section OF the United States made
up OF the Northern Atlantic and the South Atlantic States
of the United States That the protection Tor te prescn
Atlantic States OF the Union are no longer represented In
Congress pray tgf ie1sIs OF t now
condition. and 70 be assured that u IS more important
that the Atlantic States North and South should adjust
and forever extihgnlsh their differences than that
they should adjust te constitutions OF selfg6yerInent
the best models that Plato conceived or OcKe ever
devised. Cheers Gentlemen, II Is hard work TO speak
political occasions like this, without becoming didac-
tic seeming TO be dogmatic pray your pardon IN
this respect have offended YOU you would not let me
| be silent Loud cbeers.]
The President and Secretary Seward then escorted
TO the Senate Chamber, where Washington resigned his
/ military commission when Dr. Claude, Mayor OF the
CITY, received and welcomed him behalf Of the civic
| authorities 80. .
The Mayor read resolution adopted by the City Council
and delivered brief address, in which he said the Presi
dent had always been friend Of civil and religion Der
y of equal and Just rights in the North and south ana
| he of
tuton The President In response after thanking the
MAYER for the warmth OF the expression kindly feeling