New-York tribune., 1868-08-28

ton. that 10 held in abhouence aI s., seI.p carried
I,.in tiat the dogma that the COnsttulloh i;4i,I
slavery into the Territories was dangerous H. H.
hercsy revolutionary in It's tendency, "bat af free
normal condition Of the territories vas tbia Mat
dom Procaiming as is faith and creeu 'tra 9PP,o
form which brcathed the vital hplIlI oi - 49,,
patriotism Justice and humanity, IL pIc9';u i,ort
nation Abraham Lincoln, whose liaHo y, " lorg "a
i'm the heart and in the memories ol lhth o. 'artL
patriotgrn and liberty shall have khIi'lgS O 80
Thesr Two sections Of the DenocIacy' 81, 80 -
finct like tie pillows" were vet one g, I,ho w
T.; fdiity fo tle interests Of Slavery. lhougn ltht
and torn IL went into the canvass aIpeaIIII ~ .uo
brg1tal passions selfish instincts anu uIih"Iy 80
of fine country The leaders Of these iacilohs VIZ
with each other in scOllng at the seHe5uen! I,'
of the Declaration Of Independence hItchiniIut, .
the leader of one faction, pIonou1Ceu 9 1r4 r,I
"al,stractou which wOuld lead our country rap
;di, I'm dissoIntIonp Douglas the chief OF the other
faction defined those sublime truths 70 mean, tne
British subjects on this continent were 1qust W
British subjects born and residing IN DIe;.V
Abraham Lincoln pronounced the gi5@ giI % ~ iI
that immortal declaration TO DO aPliC"mo 10 az
men and oil times" that TO-DAY @ aI n, an 1on6 I y,
days IL shall be a rebuke and stumDhhg, Diock U
the hdrbingers of Tc-appearmc TYRANNY d'iu oppltS
sion.o The Republican party GeHe'lne' WIN WIN
its leader th9t thIs is Moliu rlt 0l conlrnt 10
hare no slavcp that those who deny lfeeGoul
10 Others deserve it not for themselves ahd Hhder
just God cannot long retain it. appeaeu 10 th9 Peo
ple 10 rally 20 the standard ol llnpellcu Hoti'E'
Nearly two millions of men, regardless or the Urea
souable mcnaces ana revolutionary teachllgS ol the
Democratic leaders, and the ignobc ara aRirItless
submission Of the Democratic masses, thf0nged 70
the ballot box, dcthroncd to slave power, ana maze
Abraham Lincoln President OF the United States;
South Carolina trained for thirty years m the school
Of treason. leaped hcadlong INTO rebelhCni ouel
States quickly followed her example Then the
vauntrd Southern COuiederacy the dream 0t slave
peTpetualists for generation rose on the bsls th
involuntary scTyItude was the normal condition oi
the black race in America. Coming INTO Colgre-t,
with Official oaths on their Pjured lips' these a.
chitccts of ruin plotted cOnsplraces IN Congress III
the Cabinet in the Army. in the Navy, everywhere,
for the dlsmcmhcrment Of the Union and the death
of the nation. The Republic Of Washington seemed
doomed TO a swift and iguOminlous dsS0luiloh-lo
be stricken from tho roll OF nations. Nhile these
cousprators wore organizing treason seunclhg tne
weak and coIrupung the yenal, while they WE'RE
seZinr forts aISeuals, arms, ana millions ol pubic
lrOperty raising batteries Tor assault or DEFENSE
Hring upon the Old flag, which covered bread lot
starving soldiers, they weTo receiving not tHe Wi'u
erng, blasting Tcbukcs OF lusulted ltllHlSi.' uuS
aid and comfort from their Northern Demouaiic ~,
suciates. The Democratic President, pool weak ola
man, made haste - assure the lnsuiterlohalN Cc's
that no had arrived at the conclusion ~ That no
power hsd been ofpatcd TO Congress to hoece mo
Submission q State which - attempting 10 NithdTaW
or which has entirely withdrawn, from th9 coiltu-
cfacy. AttOuCy-GcArim B@th plohub1co' at'.',''t
thc power Of the Governments To CocIce stceulH8
State and maintained that the attempt 10 ITO 20
would be au expulsion OF such state IRON Jho
I'piop aud would alsOlve all the StGtps from
their Federal obligations and tho people Irom con-
tIibutng their money or their piood 10 carry on
contest like that" Did not these disOYEanlIHg
opinions of the President and OF the Attorney Ogn,
eial showing the utter imPotoncy OF Tie lWperitq
nation. give aid aud comfort to the cOnspudtO4Hl
Did not these sworn guardians OF the nation iea,o
fhe Government wcaponless at the mercy OF the
armed hands of the assasslns Of the tinohf
Jefferson Davis, when he assumed me iIc,l,
dency of the Confederate Government, and
proclaimed that we have entered upon -
career OF independence and II must be lnntNiDly
pursued. through many years 0i controversy WIN our
late associates OF tna Northern States held the writ
ton assurance Of eX-President Pierce, who believed
that the disruption Of the Union would not occn
yifhout "blo6dD that "thc lighting will not be
NfYaC atrI fNI
within our own borders IN our own sticeis. lld
not this assurance Of franklin Pierce, that the night
ing would be in streets, between our own ctl.
zens give ald and comfort to the Rebel president
PendletOn. who now teliCatCs himself upOn She fJct
that he imposed his policy, although he could not I'M
pose himself. upon the Democratic Convention, de-
clared the House Of Representatives, IN the pres
ence of his Democratic associates glceiuiy chuck
ling over the severed Union. that armies money.
blood cannot main tain this Union" " the whole
scheme of coercion IL impracticable 1T - contrary
to the genius and spirit of the institution he
who had never word of cheer for the loyal, assured
the retiring cOnspiraOs that ltthey must leave the
family mansion, / would bid them farewell 30 ton
dery, that they would be forever touched by mo
recollection Nallanda CHAM, who has JuHl lOiccd
the reluctant Seymour 10 accept the Proicred houOfs
of the New-YOTk Convention, bad, m that city. oH
the eyo Of tho Presidential election, when medtated
treason lowered the country, proclaimed, that
" if any one Of the States should sccode, mover
would, rs Representative IN Congress vote one
dollar whereby one drop Of American blood should
be shed IN civil war; Referring To that early pledge
of fathlessness to his country, after armed treason
had opened It's batteries upon the steamer bearing
food 10 thc famishing defenders Of beieagurrd sum
ter he defantly said, " deliberately repeat aud re
affirm IT, resolved though stand alone, though all
Others yield and fall away, to make it good to the
last moment Of my official life Did not that pledge
fire the hot blood Of the SeceOnists OF South Caro-
lima Did not the re-afirming OF that unpatuout
declaration excite the hopes and nerve the arm of
traitors aiming blows at the nations lifei Did not
that pledge and the Te-aimng of that pledge, cause
American blood 20 flow IN civil war; In that time
of peril when the Government rocked beneath the
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days Of anxiety and glOOm when the hearts of the
loyal thrObbed heavily over the sOrrOws of their be-
trayed country, there came from Democratic orators
Democratic presses and Democratic cOnvocai ions, all
over the North, bitter GeprOachcs 20 loyalty and
words Of cheer TO disloyalty From the capital OF the
Empire State from that great Democratic Convention
al Tweddle Hail. HOatl0 Seymour sent forth these
words, 10 burden the patriotic men who were MAIN
tanning the just power OF the Government ana 10
cheer on It's deadcst foes: " Let us n successful
coercion by the North s less revolutionary than sue
cessiul secession by the SOuth.' Did these dis
organizing words Of HOrito Seymour saddon the
country friends and iuspHit the cOuntTys enemies
Were not these opinions pledges assurances OF
Buchanan Black, Pierce, Pendleton, NallandIgham
and Seymour Inspirations 10 the Southern leaders Ot
secession and disunionf Did they not invite and
incte civil Wari Does not the blood OF our slain
rest heavily on the souls of our Democratic poll
tcians Did not these uttcrances OF such eXpOnents
OF Northern Democracy llnger IN the memory OF Gov
Orr, when he said to the men of South Carolina:
Many of yon will remember that, when the war
first commenced great hopes and expectations were
there would be no war And that, Il Il commenced, it
would be north Of Mason and Dxon's line, and that
it would not be in the SOnth + Did not lloratio
Seymour hold out great hopes and expectations TO
Rebels weapOned with the bullet in 1861 7 Does he
not hold out great hopes and expectations 20
Wade Hampton, Forrest, and Robert IOOmbs, who
defantlY declares, as we have possibility OF
fighting with the sword let us light with the ballot
bOxP When Southern Senators were announcing
that the Slave States intending 10 out Of the
Union that Southern cOnfederacy will DO formed,
and that it will be the most successful government
In the world" timd Conservatism demanded a com
promise, by which the nation. by rrepeaable Con
etitutiOna aniendments was 70 recognize establish,