New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-14
s,averv be,oua the Rio erande.

The Morning NenS is the tirsti 10 answer our
noip,ea nopirv Of dozen leading Loco-F Geo jour
nails as follows:
.IJes G.a1 BY conquest AND ee-,.7H se"d oa ~ -
u,.s Egond tie Rto Gr1nes ShdH isai Goqsi,-5 ~ m,
nsTed 70 5ecos> S.dce-hoid! StzsSSf Andt ~. -
!, liquid not ,cla: cQurse ril y5l take 70 7rere"'R
In attempting 10 reply 10 this the News SPINS
ova, balfa colump. studded with as many ofa"
hack. and qualifications as epistle IRON hia'ef-
hook Tho following are its most material para
graphs: ns-ss
:. r,, 4-est,ons Of The Tribune remain 70 DC ans -
",t 20 ind a. ACQUIRED, mainly unsettled as -
.s g,hao district OF sn11cIer: extent, oeihs se'Ls
n... .pplication Se admitted INTO the mon
world undoubtedly have the power 20 mss 9p TSa
49,. ~ yrhch slavery should Be abolished forever ne
v,ecIency Of mptins 20 exercise thas ppre- go go
however be al least quesuonfpe- .s - would be
~ .s they were settled If settled as ree staes
,..ey woud be admitted as such; II othe1"se' d S-'
States" A.. t,.,-s sv.ensions
of onr national Unite ond the Rio Grande 'hond no
he suffered 10 become slaveho'dIDs States Ee Nouo
all 10 our power prevent IL oy Ana
whenever such acquisition Is made, we Wo1!o seSe
rnost oper,sn, step toward It's settlement oy Tree labor
ers BY restricting the title 10 eno 10 scTsi
and limiting The quantity that could be held oJ each
family.
Answered You can guess We only gather
from your Incubation that you would like TO seem
not unfriendly 10 Universal Freedom while your
every act shall subserve the ends OF Slavery. II
settled as Free States Why, neighbor! those
regions have how fundamental Law, and that La w
recognizes the essential equality OF al men, without
distinction Of Color and siernly forbids one man 10
hold another as his chattel. The moment slave
crosses the Rio Grande his shackes fall off; he be-
comes freeman, by The force Of Law, unless cur
bayonets have subverted that law. II man is ever
held in bondage any where below the Sabine, we
say. but you may say The Nueces, or the hio del
Norte if you can. i, is because Slavery has been
planted and upheld there by ornaments from the
United States. What we wish to know is whether
there is TO be any limit short OF the Pacific to this
extension of Slavery by deadly voleys OF grape and
musketry and numbering charges OF dragons
Will Northern Democracy ever weary OF pouring
out blood and treasure 10 extend the dominion OF
Southern Slavery That is the question the News
virtually answers in The negative, though with an
ambiguity and circumIocution which prove H.
though recreent Liberty not utterly los, 10 shame
None of the country in question can ever be set
lied as Slave States until first settled as Slave terri
tori, and this must De nnUer Inc laws Oh tHe Ou!Oh
The Free States have only say that they vii! no
consent 10 any legezstion Of Slavery under our flag
beyond the present limits OF the United States, and
the whole matter is settled.
The rmid n,ms,ion OF the News that il will en-
courage the settlement OF The territory in question
by Free Laborers only and to that end will fa"oi
the principle OF Land Limitation, is worth lille
For months the principle of Land Limitation ha:
been agated, and measure vitality affecting II ha'
been before Congress, yet this is the first word We
have heard from the News in favor Of the reslric
,ion And now we are not told whether its limit i:
100 acres or 1000. Besides this, who knows tina
Public Land is not as scarce 10 New Mexico and
California as i, has proved 10 be in Te1asl Are moi
Spanish American Governments VIGOROUSLY prodi
gal Of land and who does not thai. in case OF
transfer of sovereignty. the transferred soil will
prove TO have been mainly granted away or mort
gagged Keeping Slavery off of the Public Lands
Of the Mexican Departments marked out for conquest
will go bat little way toward securing them &c
Freedom.