New-York tribune., 1867-04-24
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lican members TO G3 Democrats.
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The Commercial Adrerfiser ("T. w. y fully ad-
mis the accuracy of my statement as to his
rage excited by Mr.. Wm. c. Bloss's rebuke TO
the spirit of caste displayed at a church COM
munon in which hc participated. His explana-
ton of il is,
owe were opposed then. as We are now to amalenma'
ton this we differed with Mr. Bloss, Mr Phillips,
Mr. Tntou. aud Mr. Grcley. beyond this boundary, We
have no prejudice against negroes"
Here we have key to what is meant by
"amalgamation "-at least TO what "T. W.
means by it. 1t is amalgamation' to protest
against dividing of, in the house of God, wor-
shippers according 10 their color. If so, the
Roman Catholic church practices amalgamation;
for that church knows nothing of votarys
color, treating Blacks and Whites exactly alike.
If that is amaeamation, we uphold it. If q
White man chooses to have colorcd children,
we prefer that he should marry their mother.
But VIC should advise Blacks and Whites alike
to have wives and children of their own race
exclusively. We firmly believe this to be best !;
and yet we should hesitate TO impose on others
by a criminal statute conformity 10 our own
taste in the premises.
Il. w. is still bitter, by spells, against
"the fell spirit OF Abolition his dcte9tation
of which impelled him TO resign the cditorshp
of The journal in one of the dark hours Of
the War. He now says;
"Tbe Abolition Wickcduess did divide the North. The
Peace Dcnocracy' carried elections in New-Nork' New
So indeed that in 1865 uirAbo speakers were kept
out Of Maine and Connecticut
Then the Editor of THE TRIBUNE is not
"ultra- Abolition" for he was not kept OUT
of Connecticut in the memorable struggle OF
March, 1868: and among the most persistent
and popular Ecanyasscrs for the Republican
ticket in that struggle was Anna Dickinson.
There were several more such.
II. W. quotes from The TRIBUNE March %,
1868, as follows:
"Bt II as seemed on our part desirable 10 strengthen
the new movement toward earnest, active, unconditional
loyalty nthe Opposition ranks, ~ conrcag bfmocrpN
ofhc roci mai ne Is lrago on he Tr or Ne Gos'I-
ieHf simply and m good rnh for ihc restoration o. e
gnoaa me E%a9ePG9g ocg - ~ TSfs e.r
and because they talots and NOT because they
SHAREHOLDERS. slavery ia this country if, we trust,
approaching iis end which Jclla'ls has done moro
than IlOyd GaffigOU, any other aY0wed Aboonist.
10 hasten Thcre Grc oih,els, oDerwi" teH hlormcd,
rhoSc Parig frcj"diccs ppcl henl 10 Ocbrc MAJ ns
Il War fOT NE agOcr rGihrr Mdn JOr NE Lnton; Ga mW
fore al pel IL, and We trust not without success
That was our view from first TO last--it is
that which we expect TO live and die in. The
War for the Union was not offensive but de
fensivc-the Rebellion was simply Slavery de-
manding and fighting for an increase of its
power. IL became necessary to strike at the
effect (Rebellion) through the cause Slavery :
and VIC early and earnestly urged the adoption
of chat policy. We insisted that this was not
pervcrting the War for the Union into a
War for the Negro, but, on the contrary, con-
verting the Negro into a potent weapon of
defense for the Union. The CoppeIheads con
tested this view yehemontly. with some aid
from jealous but maladroit Aboltionists. and
still moTc from T.. W., who perversely adopted
their view of the matter, and whose occasional
bulletins went the round of their journals as
fast rs issued, serving them most effectively.
1t seemed a sad pity to see whatever ability
and influence he had put to such Il use.
II. W. proceeds:
"But where was Mr. Greeley's friendship for negroes
while he defending sccessoni when he said That
bid them God speed.in their effOrs when he endeay-
aud their millions Of offspring, to the hhacke an the
Lash forever and evcrP"
II. w. knows better than all this knows
that the right we have ever upheld is that af
fimed 10y our fathers in the preamble to their
Declaration Of independence, when they de-
carcd that governments derive their just
"powcIs from the consent of the governed"
and that this consent they have a right TO
withdraw. We cannot renounce the doctrines
of the American Revolution in Difference to
any political eXigency. But we deny that
Rebels were the people or even the States
of the SoutIi-we insist that the Rebellion was
the fruit Of conspiracy, violence, and terrorism,
ovcrbearing and suppressing the real Judgment
of "a majority of the Southern people, who
would have voted il down at any free and fair
election prior TO the Inauguration of hostilities.
Fort Sumter was cannonaded and reduced ex-
pressly TO "lirc the Southern hcart,n and thus
prevent the imminent collapse of the Southern
Confcderacy.
Were we unwise in presenting our view of
the fundamental question: Consider that the
moment Mr.. Lmcoln's election was assured, the
North was summoned To make new concessions
TO the Slave Power or fight for the Union. To
our amazement, Il. w. was found backing this
dcmand-nay. urging that tho Republicans
should consent TO run the slave line clear
across the continent, and cOncede all our terri
tory south OF the parallel of 3Go 80 to Slavery
forcvcri 10 do this, was to insure the ultimate
conversion of all Mexico and Central America,
with Cuba, into additional Slave States of our
Union. 70 this fearful concession-to any con
cesson that would give Slavery another foot of
Free Soil--we were intensely hostile. Yet stocks
were falling, business paralyzed, local cleo