New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

few yeaIs past Certainly. cannot forget this day In
loo king back over the century which is gone, how onS
that example overshadowed. in the eyes OF all men,
by tie cx sencc o. African slavery in considerable
portion OF country. Never never, howeyeI-t may
be- safely sall--was there more tremendous, more
dreadful probl submitted 10 nation for solution tban
that which ts institution involved the United states
of America Nor were alone responsible for its exist
ence do speak OF 1t in the way OF apology for our
selves SIN less would refer b. il in the OF crin
nation or reproach toward others, abroad or at home
But the weILnovn paragraph tbis subject, In the
original draft Of the Declaration, il quite too notable
remn sccnce the little desk before me- to- forgotten
on such an this That omitted clause, which,
as llr Jefferson tells ia. struck ont In eompals-
ance TO south Carolina and Georgia." not without Ten
de ness" too he adds, TO some Northern brethren
who though they had very few slaves themselves, MAJ
been pretty considerable carriers or them TO Others
confane the direct allegation that the King had pros
tituted his negative for suppressing every eS siaVe
attempt to prohibit or rest ain this exsc?aoe
commerce" That memorable clause, omitted Tor pru'
dental reasons only passed into history, and lis
truth can never be disputed Ii recalls to and recalls
to the world, the historical fact-wheh we certainly
have a special right to remember this day-tat not only
had African slavery oJnl lis pOrentous and pernclous
way into our colonies in their very earliest settlement
but that It had been fixed and fastened upon some OF
them by royal vetoes prohibiting the passage Of laws to
entwned and eutaneed tssl about the very roots OF
our choicest harvests-Tnul slavery and cotton
at last seomed az insepaIable the tTcs and
wheat Of the sacred parsble-but H had engraitei
itself upon the very fabTic OF our Government veal
know, the world ,nows, that our lndependance could
not have been achieved Union could not have been
maintained, our Constitution could not have been
established without the adoption OF those compromises
which recognized It's continued existence, ani left IL I"
tba responsibility OF the states OF w1fch Is was To
grlevrus Inheritance And from that day forward q
method Of dealing with IT, Of dspOsing Of IT, and OF ea-
tngushng It. became and more problem fuli OF
terrible perpcxity aud seemingly incapable VI humaN
solution.
oh that it could have been solved al last By
csa less drI orable and dreadful than Ciy WarI How
glolcus IL wOud have been for this diy
could the Great Emancipation have been concerted a.
ranged and ultimately effected, without violence o.
boodshad a. a simple and sublime act vi philanthropy
and justice!
Bat II was not IN the divine economy that so huge al
original should be righed by any easy pioctss
The decree seems W gone forth o iEe very regis
tries 4 heaven:
"cuncta prius teniands, sed rpmedicable vu'nas
In IeC' cnduIn est
TIE unavoidable wound must be cut away by the
swordl Again aud again that terrible war went GA
W. m gLt almost hear voices crying out, in the words OF
the old prophet: 90 thou sword Of the Lord how long
VIII IL h. ere thou queti Put up thyself into thy
scabard; rest and be still" Bat the answering voice
seemed audibe How can It be quiet, seeing
the Lord hath given it charged"
And tho war went on-brayey fought 10th sides. as
we all kuow-uDiil, IA OF its necessities, Slavery was
abolished II fell at last under that right of war to aoo
ish it which the John Quincy Adams had been the
rst to in the way Of warning, more than ~
years before, in my own hearing on the door OF Con
gress remember wen the burst OF indignation and de-
rlsioa with which that warning was received No pre-
mara Tnf1 han
and he did not live u witness its ve1hcaton But who
ever else may have been Immediately AID person
ally instrumental tho final resuthe brave soldiers
wbo ght battles the gallant generals who led
thethe devoted philanthrOpsts CT the ardent states
men whO in and out Of season, labored Tor II
tho mart President who proclaimed 1.-THE true story
OF emancipation never De fairly and fully told with
out the old man eloquent" who died beneath the roof
Of the Capitol nearly so years ago, being recognized as
ore Of the leading figures of the narrative
Bnt thanks be 70 Col, who OyerrJes everything for |
good that great the greatest OF our American age
reat enough, alone aud by itself TO give name and
character tn any agehas bo5n accomplished and. by
His blessing We present country lie world this
d.y without slave, white or black, upon Its soil |
Thanks be to only that beloved Union lac been
saved but that It has been made both to and
better worth saving hereafter by the final solution OF
problem before which all human ", sdom had stood |
hast nd COMPOUNDED for many gcneratons' Thanks
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can read the great words Of the Declaration on thi Cen
tennial anniversary without reservation evasion:
We hold these truths be sefevdcnt, that all men are
created tlua and that they endowed ~ their Gre
ator with Ger unaena5le rights that among these
are fe liberty and the pursuit Of happiness The ie
gcnd on that new colossal PAarUs at Long Island may
now indeed DC, Liberty enhghsening the world"
VII.
DUTIES OF THE FUTURE.
We come then to-day fellow citizens with hearts full