New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-18
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE.

nelence adding the very cap sheaf to their stacl
Of ms Te erb PoS0 to raise eo5 for hpr Children R
hnO slaves free, and their value lost TO their forme
masters forever How any VII Te s,
face and recorded forever In the book OF history can stu
Than of shame and passes my Hnders andng and
instead OF being revived know that their lost cause I'll
sink deeper and deeper into niany as time more keen
probes M hidden mysteries and reveals them TO the light
OF day Now that Slavery is gone and gone forever
with Ia unhappy wrecks left behind, and all danger II
passed n any Of men again appeal to when they
have courts to secure their rights and redress the
wrongs would trust our national destiny again to those
grand old laws which raised country through
Die long tedious Vassalage OF coOnlzatlOn which carried
us safely through the ordeal OF our Revolutionary War
made or Gag famous the high in 1912 led
uuerng armies the gates OF Mexico In 1S47 and ha
borne s corousy through four years Of hard war
ever tested the manhood OF any people Let renew
as far a. lies ia our individual person. that system which
Bancroft tells us guided fathers before tho Reyolu
system which combines and perfects the symbolic wisdom
Of the Orient and the reflective genius Of Greece the sys
always Fastening reform, yet always conservative; pro
claiming absolute equality among men, yet not suddenly
ing absolute freedom, yet involving lnexOrabe rcstIc
tions OF duty; in tho highest degree theoretical yet IN
the highest degree practical awakening the inner man
consciousness OF his destiny, and yet adapted with eIac
harmony to the outward world; at once divine aud hu
man. THIS system was @ 10 every part OF HH
such spirit pcrvading all our country once nore-witn
our population increasing 81 per cent every 10 years Win
with frontiers pushing back III every dlrection wtl
farms and Villages aud clies rapidly covering our Vasl
national domain with mines OF gold and silver aud Iron
and coal pouring ont wealth faster than ever did tG
cotonhods " the South. with 5000 miles OF FINISHED
railroads. and other thousands In progresscan any ons
doubt our present strength. or calculate our future
destinyi II oar friends AZ ne South icW heartily ana
cieeriy JOIN icIh ia his future course, j, for one
scOuld ccioone item 5ac. equals bit not our SUPERIOR
and lend Ren helping hand But IT, like spoiled children
they viii cling 10 tue dead past and SHUT ter eyes 10 ht
coming future. would only call their attention TO that
Of emigration that has swept over our land from the
Atlantic the Pacific and must back and dow
vain as 1t was for them TO try and stop tho Army OF the
land The neat OF kothe, fHrasio 1e not desoIa!c
their land but wai Jrnetgy and regeneyeie a. Aud now,
in conclusion, my friends, Will soy that since the
war closed nothing has given me more satisfaction
than to see the spirit you have oil manifested
call little circumstance in Memphis, in the
Summer OF 1868. We were lying in camp drilling and
preparing for the coming Winter, when visited by
gentleman Of high education, Captain then Admit
raj Lessodike Of the Russian Navy, who accompanied
me in many drills and reviews, always compunonting
our men on their sOdlerly appearance On occasion
rode into the camp OF Barretts Battery and we timed
them from the call OF "assembly" till the battery
harneeed up and in the field. ready for action He
was much pleased at Their Explained thas
our men were not professional soldiers, but had been
mechanics clerks and labOres only fow months before.
Ho seemed 10 admit that was possible, but he said
"What will you DO with these men whom the war Is
fully return to their homes He shook bls head and did
u.s. people, full credit for this resulo him andtO all
Europeans cnignaticai In ts character Yes our men
have returned 10 their homes Ia peace and quiet And go
where may, meet them all more lesa busy at their
various oalllngs Instead oil the great art OF
destruction, they now acting that better
part Of construction. Dodge guiding the Pacific
railroad that stupendous movement Of the
energy and OF people, tho Rocky
Mountains; Easement laying his two miles OF rails per
day: Wright seeking out tho way for the Southern Pacific
Road: Sprage At tine North, building wcstward COTso
constructing haIbOrs tie great Lakes; Blair aud War
ner planting cotton At tie South; Wilson dcying the
Mississippi. aud planning 10 make the Illinois River q
majestic canal fed by the great lakes or the North; and
turn which way we may find orr comrades busy, their
swords turned into pruning hooks each planting hs own
vine and fgtree aud o man afraid Go on then. say.
and encourage honest industry everywhere Form and
express your honest opinions like freemen Discourage
that system OF personal abuse and detacton which has
grown too much into habit, aud 10 n stain upon the
hOIa character. Irown upon violence, come from what
quarter IL may Have unb0uudeu faith in your country
aud It's flag and yOu will win for tho Army Of tho Ton
nessee fame in peace equal 10 that which you fairly
for IL In and He WHO holds the fate Of nations In
palm OF His hand will that your AbOrs not In
va aud that the glory Of your country Tor which you
batted aud abOred In peace, shall not be tarniAho
by an insidOus foo