New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-06

The Chair announced the Committees as follows; Gil,
Permanent Orgoae1t0nMessFl Charles Spencer v 1ra
le, H,a,or Hams L Peused Churchill ReTiny W
Lanport n. Grsr Charles Morton Isaac liOlossy a., C
After the recess Mr. Charles = Spencer from the Soil
Ittee on Permanent Organization, reported the oo"
ing which was adopted UNANIMOUSLY
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tssIns which. he said:
mr. VAN wYcK's SPEECH
Although the battle has been fought and victory
yet the NlOOrs and VanquShed are engaged III ahOher
to e Gi nS6n 70 o Ses aSsn 70 ma
shal the Grand Army OF the Union Inc same Pro9yl-
ence decreed the length and rceness OF the conflict
the hallObox, as he did with the byonet ana do tue
glorious resuit-eQua and exact justice 10 All men
what direction lay the path Of justice and duty They
Deed four years Of struggle 70 teach them boldly TO
The horse and rider have been thrown in the we
have rejOced upon timhre and harp. and are now
passing through the wilderness Yet the bow oil promise
Stall shines in the heavens above us How true ~ Is that
fhe price of liberty is eternal vigilance THAT the
sentinel does not slumber the outpost the watch
man be at ease his tower After the ended
could look back aud discover the great errors com
tntfed. and Time is bearing us away from one ana
another of the civil contests we find that serious ms
takes IN war and IN peace mas been the Zoo Sn
forgiveness and too great lenency 70 Rebel criminals
she war was waged for years Win the 1eoSTa t5
Rebellion and not 10 harm those who were surviving ing
20 overthrow Nd 'e NE R nnsf coocate otherwise the
sought 70 destroy ana failed VIII SOine
not back again. That role has been played; Their
deserved cOnhseaon OF property aud death Ihey
only asked to accept Citizenship Tor ghef pane
ton 10 recognize those principles when nave gwen
courage 70 our heroes ana lnsraion 10 our poets
SHINE gifts condition that equal rgbswch
,esedsba he nroteeted no aid i'm administering Stale
Governments which they overthrew, only securing the
same privileges 20 those who fought 10 sustain them
All such propositions they have spurned. Johnson has
taught them that they OF the stuationhad
power indefinitely delay the work 01 reconstruction
Songress told 10 vote $4,000 to feed the
suffering poor. 1t would be the open sesame 1S 10
Rebel hearts and their devotion TO the Olo nag
From that DAY they have manifested more determination
IN their opposition the demands Of the nation The pa
trots OF the Revolution did not attempt TO suhdue 10y love
thOse who had been Torres Ihey 10 senoI@i
amnesty Every State save one disiranchlseG theh'
cure Of York as late November 1851, prohibited
n Tory lawyers from practleng IN tne Sos Oa rns
fons The Rebels say there shall be none unless upon
e sy wS as dictated by his policy But the loyal
great OF the population insist tnsl rcch
sructOn shall be based upon the issues settled Dy inc
war-upOn the principles Illustrated by the death OF
100000 patriots and the nartyrdom OF me great Lhco
npOn such basis Will not reprOach the HNng s9dleI
nor the memory OF the dead-on such foundation
hat
again with treasons bloody haHd As tnls nation nae
spoken. shall II he done; as they uapled on the
RebeOn and its cause so viii they on all VINO oppose
Shem now. Through this delay, the nation has been
growing full manhood Of the crisis We were tod icy
OF the Rebellion. Let prominent men Of the North sign
Che bslbOnd and have lOyecast with the Rebel chei
and the heart OF treason viii soften and forsooth forgive
ns ne h9aCh ~ me bitterHess Of their feel
ngs Davis released from the pretended torture OF
his prison. left proudly defiant went 10 Canada puDhcy
fOrh deSperdCOcs.
met within their border 20 organize arson, rane muir
Re;e chief who INDUCED the hope that he would
ran the roll Of his slaves at the foot OF Bnn1er
elm Monument, and who by reason OF ms
infamous treason had earned the tue 10 De iugve al
the days on ms me but ar he was allowed 10 re-
turn. This subdued Rebel boldly asserts; The nrst
potcSi life have stood by them from youth TO this
year have maintained them IN pesc t anu %I y az
thirty years ago when entered pubic NE as Nuiner
60 spend and be spent in the sacred cause and my
sscr6ces of all sorts had been thousand times more
than they beeB should consider them better spent
4Se American Contribution Therefore sink or swim.
vive or perish am with the West and south Tor inc
ret nothing past but the dead and the failure and
am Today to use me oest means Sich c touSbf What
better commentary and condemnation OF TINS suicidal
with an n'V oyeThrewn Re6eionl The mere fact that
wretch like Toombs who deserved death ana
country Which he has aided to fin with blood and tears
publish, not only justification and exultauon but Doal
policy You may say, all the South do not
partske OF this feeling. Not all grant but do not de-
OF the fought the Rebellion. sympathized
with It in the north and are IN sympathy with the utter
the lost Their mistaken love 70 the South has
been cruelty to the nation Such oil poured into the
sSOunds has had no healing power Again we ask, why
the states reconstructed Congress has fixed
terms the justice and magnsDmity Of which the world
mas acknowledged All have been rejected; quiet be
had the terms offered. Davis Toombs, and Rebels
generally refuse. Men like LoDgstreet are powerless
amid the ruins Of the Conederaey Inc allies OF John
sons rebellion are the same as OF DaVlss Inc copper
heads are s advising their friends in the South 10 their
hurt They cOunseled them early 70 resistance promised
aid and division among the men OF the NORTH ano as
did those Of CONNECTICUT tS no the soStS
that the grass should grow in the streets
of our cities that our currency would become worthless
prined on that individual property would be swept
way foT taxes and the nation made bankrupt Act tne
mot decent respect for their prophecies TO for
themselves In their judgment, laws TO raise
cOnscrpts Unconstitutional they organized
mObs 20 resist burn, and murder and who Lincoln
rtood as did MOses-h face shining as though mis- heart
had been with God the mount, amid the thunders Of
batte-wrOte the tables OF the nations remembrance
inc great law which the Almg hty giving and issued
the proclamation OF emancipation striking the chains
from four millions OF slaves How bitter the denunca-
iion how malignant the SANDERS only was 1t un-
constitutional but these prophets Of Baal aspred
aempate the pety OF the act pronounced ~ unchrstaD
worse than unoosng ssyages in warfare on defense
less women and children. and actually implored
fho nterposOn OF foreign nations Whom on the th day
July the then Democratic Governor OF the State I'm
speech in NewYOrk City, Insutcd the nation by prophe
eyng our defeat-nnOckng and tsuntng by eXclaming.
swhere are the victories yon promised ~ Even that very
day his reasonable shreks by the OF
cannon, the Rebel works were crumbng al Vcksburg
and his unhoy utterances drowned IN the proud
burah Of army they pulled Lee from his defenses
Ano broke the Rebellion al Gettysburg. Blind 10 their
own destruction despised their reasonable prophe
convention the war failure, demanding cessation Of
osuhes and withdrawal Of troops, while sherman
ss marching through Georgia from Atlanta 20 the sea
ngnng from the srouds OF his ship al Mobile
shs.S tawlng the anaconda folds around Richmond
Az defeat