Mr. NYE. I am not going to stop now to discuss in detail this doctrine of State rights, because I do not think it would be profitable. I do not know that I can exactly describe, and I do not know that the Senator can exactly, what he means by State rights. I speak of the interpretation that has torn this Government in fragments. They called it what we called it, State rights. They not only held the right of these States to secede, but they denied the right of the General Government to force them to remain in the Union. So held your great Pennsylvania leader, the then President, with whose friends you seem to be acting pretty much now. I hope my friendfrom Wisconsin will not get the nightmare, State rights, firmly seated on him. Why do you not talk about State wrongs? But a State can do nowrong; it is only the barrier that is seen in this General Governmentl I hope the Senator will not persist in this doctrine of State rights again. If he does, he will have to settle it with his own conse ience and with an enlightened constituency. But. Mr. President, “hurry” seems now to be the word. “My policy” is immediate. 3 weeks ago I went over to Arlington heights. I counted therea great many graves, am? they told me there were 14,000 dead soldiers reposing upon the heights of Arlington. Earl in May, 1861, Istood upon those heights, an there was not a grave there. The inquiry naturally arose in my mind, why are so many here now? I found a quick and ready answer in arecurronce to the terrible revolution of the last 4 years. There lie mingled the remains of rebels and the remains of Lnion men. I noticed not unfrequently, as I passed along, the inscription “unknown” on the head hoard of the Union soldier. Sir, in behalf of that unknown soldier, I require prudence at the hands of this Congress. There I got the inspiration, ifI may use the expression, of extreme caution. I stand here the advocate of that unknown soldier; and in his name and by his memory I demand of the Congress of the U.S. that they shall tread cau tiously in this great work of binding up the wounds of the country. In the name of all the dead, I demand it. In the name of mourning millions, I require at the hands of everybody who is engaged in this work to see to it that it is done in such away as to render a recurrence of this terrible rebellion impossible. Stain not again the fair fields of this country with loyal blood; rear no more hecatombs of loyal bones; but stand here in this breach made by them, as the Romans stood, firm and determined that what youdo shall be well done, and that it shall not require doing again. If all these recollections are not enough, in the name of the martyred Lincoln I demand prudence at the hands of the American Government. If that is not enough, I demand it in the name of the mangled living. My friendfrom Wisconsin will pardon me, having great faith, as he says, in the final result, if call his attention to another view. Sir, beyond the grave we shall meet an army of 300,000 dead, who will never again answer to roll call on earth, but in the day of judment they will be there. In their name and y their memory, by the immortal death they died and lives they lived, I demand that Congress and every Dept of this Government shall tread cautiously in this great work of reconstruction. Sir, my mind is made up. Encounter whatever opposition it may, from whatever source, I will be prudent. By all the sacred recollections of the past, I demand caution. By all that is gar flared up in the rich treasure house of the future, I demand caution. In the name of liberty and freedom itself and its perpetuation, I demand caution in every step you take. Rush not madly on to any policy. See where.your strength lies and follow that. See where the right lies, no matter whose policy it may be, and follow it, though the heavens fall. Sir, I entertain no fears for the future of this country. It is written by the finger of Omnipotence Himself that this nation is to be the ireest, noblest, happiest nation of the earth. Through whatever tribulations we may have to go I see through the mists and the fogs of the present its coming glory in the future. This continent is destined and dedicated as the abode of a happy and free people. If our sufferings have not yet been sufficient to bring us to the true consideration of what is demanded at our hands, it may be that we shall be called upon to wade through still deeperafflictions; but, sir, the spirit of this people will rise with the demand. It will carry on to perfection the great work commenced by our fathers here of making this the abode of the free and the home of the oppressed of every grace and clime. [Applause in the galleries.]