New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-26

Of A April f but to have done the an q March im%s
Il found duty 70 require raSasrS
to surrender his office. he should have also Recognized
the duty OF surrendering bis own.
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certainly know s that Packard was not eeeted rres
dent Hayes vas not II the latter Is nGt an s ISn
that the ess q Scss s
s handy e cam SHSSsv' trained 1s follow bis
q tides Sw the mSS
Hayes and Packard But human belief Is ny
to accept the hss a H nc result
which President was sss IN ~
conflicts With savags IN The rSs af 20 appro
pirate money for its support. except upon the conao
that it should be employed In defence OF tns y,
ment OF louisiana felt no disposition 20 npt as
necessity, but policy and when am ad utoT
1 %sd mSisy 10 Ss soWsd
path OF duty mapped out before the ,o2
1s S H ,Ss E ns as Of
duty was less difficult Of execution than was the dahS NY
charged upon NE Bshanan af Thai saV Of the latter
WHAT HARMONY" COSTS AT TIMES.
J. ATTEMPTED TO Justify the treatment OF Louisiana
as being measure much needed for the "pronot'op OF
National harmony" do not underrate the '"iue Vi
that great interest, bat there Is price when We c"uo
afford 10 nay for National harmony We cannot ahofo
to purchase 1t by sacrifice OF the rights
f %aioriiies Upon the protection OF those rights hangs
the perpetuty of our institutions when they are saei
deed the American system is gone Besides sl our MS
% has nroved II II proves anything, that National
harmony cannot be secured by sacrificing 70 wrong
r. cannot he even promoted by such means $500
pronbecy Il but another name for calculation when
we correctly comprehend The past IS NOT my at
then can most confidently predict that in me ihture
national harmony IL not 10 be secured ny uisooeeluc
IN constitutional duty nor by infdelty 20 local sen,
vovernmentv We have tried those methods Tor nearly
the convention assembled which framed our Con
s,i,uiiop nothing was intended than 10 amend tle
articles OF confederation, to pateh MP tns eonpa a
government supreme all the states But aiter tne
Convention assembled, 1t very soon became appafe ~
for the United States the several states must mus.
surrender sovereignty For tnat measure n TSe
states were reluctant 10 ACCEPT such Con-
stitution when il was offered 10 them. and hest
"a secure their compliance the friends of the Constitu
ton industrionsly published tne weakes' a.. n'erpte
I'm those who had resisted 1t upon the plea
that 1t deprived the states OF s0verciiny. ny once
snto Of the Constitution To concatc t7 opponents by
gradual pronunciation of ts authority was the WORK OF
rropiicrsiuan who when with MS FAMILY he was pur-
rued by wolves. directed his wife to check the
Rn,sa aeI That measure was Successful, and the
mother I'm narratng that adventure, piOsy remarked
that though they al their children yet BY the bless
inc Of God she and her husband both reached home In
safety The Federal party was less Triumphant me
pursuing Republicans deyourcd every rreIOS"'sc when
ihe FcdcEnss rrnouuced and after twelve snort years
dcspte the eulgence which ne dying Wnshingon eit
upo It's head they swallowed the Federal party ltsc
ON my first introduction to politics, ! found the Ma
ton cish.ered. The Federal authority had become,
mere adedecsmp to the SOVEREIGN S.1c9 nv SUI Wy
National harmony not established. The sicuth
hounds OF politics were even then shining along al our
highways eager 10 oyeriake aud tear cow some unv
inn lie who might have the smell OF Federalism upon MS
garments. Then the hunger for National harmony,
which impels all sentimental statesmen, SCI OcIore the
country few effort at cOuciiaOn. The cotton sn had
elevated slavery into commanding interest 10 con
ciate it, reconcile it to the Union, became the object
OF National endeayof. -. ,-,,,,
The very year after had cast my first ballot William
siade OF Vermont. presented IN TIE House OF Kepscn
Atves two petitions from CONSTITUENCY o Ms OWL pray
ng for the ABOLITION Of slavery in the District OF o9iu
bia He moved Their reference 10 s,lect
on the 10th Of December 1891 he addTfssoI thu lpue
upon this notion ihe c1ngTessomg 1'2De nas 40, pe
served speech but has preserved INC narrative OF
scene which trans pired during it, delivery Repre-
sentative from South Carolina interrupted IN. speaker
and then me Globe proceeds Mr. sade again resumed
his remarks and after proceedns i9r some INC eue1d
into AN argument touching the subject OF slavery 10 the
state OF Virginia. He was about 70 fca1 PAPER on We
same subject, wherenpon MI Wise ntefp1sed, alu sa
that the gentleman had been di'cassins o 'Wgos, OF
.yery I'm the South slavery IN the STATE oil virginia
slavery in his district, and he now asked ~;
colleagues 10 retro With him nom thht nan
4 stormy scene cnsued, which it mignt be nsirue-
tive 20 read Mr siae T4s rGeg ' AVE s Sr tks,
the Southern delegations were asseublca III ne room OF
he Committee the Di3bict u Nviut'""' mn ~
SS adng int Then the ousc adjourned On the
next day Mr. Patton, OF Virginia asked leave TO submit
a resolution IN The following words:
Resoired. That all petitions. memorials, and papers
touching tue abolition u slavery or the buying or set
lux Transporting Ot slaves nm S.t D'.tttVt, y, ~
rory OF the United states, De ld on the tspc Wlhput
bong adopted printed. read or REFERRED ana that no
further action whatever sh..i ~ i,u 'hSiSI' 80, %,
The rules were suspended l" ,n'p'o , sir, Ia, i
he hal offcrd this resolution ~ TIE spirit OF
peace and harmony II Involves tah Mr. rat
ton las far ss AN concerned and ~ far as concerns
some portion 81 the prescnta'ycs 0f TIE slave hoI.
ing states concession which We make 10Y mo sake OF
L. one huudrci aud twenty two members OF the
House Yoted II, and but seycnyonr voted against
only concession ever made b. III. Patton Gnd Ina
friends for the sake o. The Cuinn lhry CONCEDED To
but denied t. their petitions al utennte' either ny
prluting by reading or by rcItT nee reunions Piac.i
Under haystacks would ~ qulic Is potential aI I.d
nndcr floor carpets would DO uscful The Repre-
sentative OF State had been slenced ana seated III tie
House for prosuming 10 spe.H oi slavery Ia virginia
The champions Of the commanding interest had been
summoDea from he floor ~ the House 10 committee
sol,mnIy renowned the right Of petiiion aud sternL
prohibited all debate "tOuchn1 the interest OF slavery
BLOOD AND TREASURE FOR "HARMoNY"
STILL National harmony was not restored, strange as 1t
may seem Farther sacrifice was sought for and found
Having barrcaded the House against possible
sault which could weaken slavery It's champions began
IN ook around 10 SEQ what DO done TO strengthen that ill.,
terest For quarter OF Il century National ordinance
had excluded slavery from the territory nOrth Oh Ger
tain latitude. New must therefore, be sought Tor IL
ON the south. Texas annexed. | DO not stop 10
notice the methods by which that was effected merely
say that Texas was annexed ana by ths acquisition
pa 1856 SQUARE miles OF territory were acqured-ulnost
equal to six states OF the size OF New-fork
la Texas slavery was ALREADY plaItcd oel
National harmony was not secured war
with Mexico WAS the price paid for Texas. As the result
Of that acquired to7.oSO square niles more IN
Guiding Alaska, that II more Than onehith OF the wh0le
area OF the United States, and Is all south Of the ne
which. under the act OF $50, marked me hofthttn
boundary Of slavery. St, National harmony was not
con,plete A few years later made another acqusi
ton from Mexico through wnat Is known Us Tue Gidsuch
almost large New-York Under that treaty we dis
bursed Mexico $40. OOO 900 IN cash But that dii 10;
secure National rep0sc. Stil slavery cried iOr more
ROOM and gtl the Nation tOled at pacilcatlOn Then
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