.5 ^ p6Rnulip6« ^ LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 863 BROADWAY. JTo. 16. NO PARTY NOW ALL FOR OUR COUITRY. By Dr. Francis JLieber. NEW YORK, ITIAV, 1863. Nero t)ork: . S . W £ S T C T T & CO., P K 1 N T E K IS , No. 79 John Street. 18G3. LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY. Ohe objC'Cl-i of l/u; M'Ciettj are expressed irv the foUowing /lesolu= lion, formerly adopted hj the- tmcminious vote of the Society, at its first Jie&ting, r Itlo Selruaiy^ 7863. Resolved, That the ohject of this organization is, aud shall be couiined to the distribution of Journals' aud Documents of unquestionable and uncondi- tional loyalty throughout the United States, and particularly in tlie Armies now engaged in the suppression of the Rebellion^ and to counteract, as far as practicable, the efforts now being made by the enemies of the Government and the advocates of a disgraceful peace to circulate journals and documents of % disloyal character. 7'^ersons sijvipathizinc/ ivitk the objects of thu- Society, cuul wish-- tng to contrihute funds for its support, nun/ iiddress MORRIS KETCHUM, Esq , Treasurer, 40 Exchange Place, ,^'hicli had not been known before , for we had a National Government commensurate to our land and, it seemed, ade- quate to our destiny. But while thus united and freed from provincial retardation and entan- glements, a new portent appeared. Slavery, which had been planted here in the colonial times, and which had been increased in this country, by the parent government, against the ur2;ent protestations of the colonists, and especially of the Virginians, ex- isted in all the colonies at the time when they declared themselves inde- pendent. It was felt by all to be an evil which must be dealt with as best it might be, and the gradual extinction of which must be wisely yet surely provided for. Even Mr. Calhoun, in his earlier days, called slavery a scaffolding erected to rear the mansion of civilization, which must be taken down when the fabric is finished. This institution gave way gradually as civilization advanced. It has done so in all periods of history, and especially of Christian history. Slavery melts away like snow before the ra3'S of rising civilization. The South envied the Noi'th for getting rid of slavery so easily, and often ex- pressed her envy. But a combination of untoward circumstances led the South to change her mind. First, it was maintained that if slavery is an evil, it was their affair and no one else had a right to discuss it or to interfere with it ; then it came to be maintained that it was no evil ; then slavery came to be declared an important national element, which required its own distinct representation and especial protection ; then it was said — we feel ashamed to mention it — that slavery is a divme institution. To use the words of the great South-Carolinian, who.-e death we deeply mourn — of James Louis Petigru — they placed, like the templars, Christ and Ba- phomet on the same altar, worshipping God and Satan simultaneously. But though si ivery were divine, they choked the wells of common knowl- edge with sand and stones, and enacted perpetual ignorance for the slave. Then the renewal of that traffic, the records of which fills far the darkest pages of European history, and which the most strenuous and protracted efforts of civilized nations have not yet wholly succeeded in abolishing, was loudly called for ; and our national laws, making that unhallowed trade piracy, were declared unconstitutional. Yet still another step was to be taken. It was proclaimed that slavery is a necessary element of a new and glorious civilization ; and those who call themselves conservatives plunged recklessly into a new-fangled theory of politics and civilization. Some thirty years ago we first heard of Southern Eights. Some tv/enty years since we were first made familiar with the expression. Southern Principles. Within the present lustre, Southern Civilization has been proclaimed. What else remained but to invent Southern Mathematics and to decree a Southern God ? And what does SoutJiern mean in this connection ? South is a word which indicates relative position in geography. Yet, in these combinations, it refers neither to geography, nor to climate, nor to product, but singly and exclusively to Slavery. Southern Rights, Southern Principles, Southern Civilization, and South- ern Honor or " Chivalry," are novel phrases, to express the new idea of principles and civilization characterized and tested by the dependence of one class of people as chattel upon another. A more appalling confusion of ideas is not recorded in the history of any tribe or nation that has made any use of the terms— Kights, Principles, or Civilization. Thus slavery came to group t"he different portions of our country , out- side of, and indeed in hostility to, tho National Government and National Constitution. The struggle for the leadership was upon us. The South declared openly that it must rule ; we, in the meantime, declaring that the Nation must rule, and if an i=sue is forced upon us, between the South and the North, then, indeed, the North must iiile and shall rule. This^ is the war in which we are now engaged — in which, at the moment this is read to you, the precious blood of your sons, and brothers, and fathers, is flow- ing. Whenever men are led, in the downward course of error and passion, ultimately to declare themselves, with immoral courage, in favor of a thing or principle which for centuries and thousands of years their own race has declared, by a united voice, an evil or a crime, the mischief does not stop with this single declaration. It naturally, and by a well-established law, unhinges the whole morality of man ; it warps his intellect, and in- flames his soul, Avith bewildering passions, with defiance to the simplest truth and plainest fact, and with vindictive hatred toward those who cannot agree with him. It is a fearful thing to become the defiant idolater of wrong. Slavery, and the consequent separation from the rest of men, begot prtde in the leading men of the South— absurdly even pretending to be of a different and better race. Pride begot bitter and venomous hatred, and this bitter hatred, coupled with the love of owning men as things, begot at last a hatred of that which distinguishes the whole race to which we° belong, more than aught else— the striving for and love of lib- erty. There is no room, then, for pacifying arguments with such men m arrfls against us, against their duty, their country, their civilization. AH that remains for the present is the question. Who shall be the victor It is for all these reasons which have been stated, that we pledge our- selves anew, in unwavering loyalty, to stand by and support the Govern- ment in all its efforts to suppress the rebellion, and to spare no endeavor to maintain, unimpaired, the national unity, both in principle and terri- torial boundary. We will support the Government, and call on it with a united voice to use greater and greater energy, as the contest may seem to draw to a close"; so that whatever advantages we may gain, we may pursue them with increasing efficiency, and bring every one in the military or civil service, that may be slow in the performance of his duty, to a quick and efficient account. . t i -j • We approve of the Conscription Act, and will give our loyal aid in its bein